¹Ja ühel päeval, kui Jumala lapsed tulid ja seisid Issanda ees, tuli ka saatan nende sekka ja seisis Issanda ees.

¹Again it happened on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

²Ja Issand küsis saatanalt: 'Kust sa tuled?' Ja saatan vastas Issandale: 'Maad mööda hulkumast ja rändamast.'

²Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

³Siis Issand ütles saatanale: 'Kas oled pannud tähele mu sulast Iiobit? Sest tema sarnast maa peal ei ole: ta on vaga ja õiglane mees, kardab Jumalat ja hoidub kurjast. Ikka veel peab ta kinni oma vagadusest, kuigi sa kihutasid mind tema vastu teda ilma põhjuseta hävitama.'

³Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

⁴Aga saatan vastas Issandale ning ütles: 'Nahk naha vastu, ja mees annab kõik, mis tal on, oma hinge eest.

⁴Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

⁵Aga siruta ometi oma käsi ning puuduta tema luud ja liha! Kas ta siis õnnistab su palet?'

⁵But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.”

⁶Ja Issand ütles saatanale: 'Vaata, ta on su käes! Säästa ainult tema hing!'

⁶Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand. Only spare his life.”

⁷Siis saatan läks Issanda juurest ära ja lõi Iiobit kurjade paisetega jalatallast pealaeni.

⁷So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

⁸Iiob aga võttis enesele potikillu, et sellega ennast kaapida; ja ta istus tuha sees.

⁸He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

⁹Siis ta naine ütles temale: 'Kas sa veelgi oma vagadusest kinni pead? Nea Jumalat ja sure!'

⁹Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”

¹⁰Aga ta vastas temale: 'Sinagi räägid, nagu rumalad naised räägivad. Kas me peaksime Jumalalt vastu võtma ainult head, aga mitte kurja?' Kõige selle juures ei teinud Iiob oma huultega pattu.

¹⁰But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

¹¹Kui Iiobi kolm sõpra kuulsid kogu sellest õnnetusest, mis teda oli tabanud, siis tulid nad igaüks oma kodupaigast: teemanlane Eliifas, suhiit Bildad ja naamalane Soofar; ja nad tulid kokku, et minna temale kaastunnet avaldama ja teda trööstima.

¹¹Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

¹²Aga kui nad eemalt oma silmad üles tõstsid, siis nad ei tundnud teda. Ja nad tõstsid häält ning nutsid, ja igamees käristas oma kuue lõhki ning riputas enesele vastu taevast tuhka pea peale.

¹²When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

¹³Siis nad istusid maas koos temaga seitse päeva ja seitse ööd, ja ükski ei rääkinud temaga sõnagi, sest nad nägid, et ta valu oli väga suur.

¹³So 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 grief was very great.