¹And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

¹A zase sa stalo jedného dňa, keď prišli synovia Boží, aby sa postavili pred Hospodinom, že prišiel medzi nimi aj Satan, aby sa postavil pred Hospodinom.

²And Jehovah said to Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

²A Hospodin riekol Satanovi: Odkiaľ ideš? A Satan odpovedal Hospodinovi a riekol: Chodil som sem a ta po zemi a prechádzal som sa po nej.

³And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

³A zase riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Či si si všimnul môjho služobníka Joba, že nie je jemu rovného na zemi, takého bezúhonného muža, priameho a spravedlivého, ktorý sa bojí Boha a chráni sa zlého, ktorý sa ešte vždy drží svojej bezúhonnosti, hoci si ma popudil proti nemu, aby som ho pohltil bez príčiny.

⁴And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;

⁴Na to odpovedal Satan Hospodinovi a riekol: Kožu za kožu a všetko, čo má človek, dá za svoj život.

⁵but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!

⁵Ale nože vystri svoju ruku a dotkni sa jeho kosti a jeho tela, či ti nebude zlorečiť do tvári!

⁶And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

⁶Vtedy riekol Hospodin Satanovi: Hľa, je v tvojej ruke, len zachovaj jeho život!

⁷And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

⁷A keď vyšiel Satan zpred tvári Hospodinovej, ranil Joba zlým vredom od spodku jeho nohy až po jeho temeno,

⁸And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.

⁸takže si vzal črep, aby sa ním škriabal, sediac prostred popola.

⁹And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.

⁹A jeho žena mu riekla: Či sa ešte držíš svojej bezúhony? Zloreč Bohu a zomri!

¹⁰But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

¹⁰Na to jej povedal: Hovoríš, ako hovorieva niektorá z bláznivých. Či azda len dobré budeme brať od Boha a zlého nebudeme brať? V tom vo všetkom nezhrešil Job svojimi rtami.

¹¹And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

¹¹Keď potom počuli traja priatelia Jobovi o všetkom tom zlom, ktoré prišlo na neho, prišli každý zo svojho miesta: Elifaz Témanský, Bildad Šuchský a Cófar Naamatský a uradili sa spoločne, že prijdú poľutovať ho a potešiť.

¹²And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

¹²A keď pozdvihli svoje oči zďaleka, nepoznali ho. Potom pozdvihli svoj hlas a plakali a roztrhnúc každý svoj plášť sypali prach na svoje hlavy vrhajúc ho k nebu.

¹³And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that [his] anguish was very great.

¹³A sedeli s ním na zemi sedem dní a sedem nocí, a nikto neprehovoril k nemu ani slova, lebo videli, že jeho bolesť je veľmi veliká.