¹There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , and turned away from evil.

¹Quicuan jun li cuînk aj Job xcßabaß saß li naßajej Uz. Li cuînk aßin tzßakal re ru lix yußam ut tîc xchßôl. Naxxucua ru li Dios ut incßaß naxbânu li mâusilal.

²There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

²Queßcuan cuukub ralal ut oxib xrabin.

³His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

³Laj Job kßaxal nabal cßaßru re cuan. Cuukub mil lix carner ut oxib mil lix camello, ôb ciento sumal lix bôyx ut ôb ciento lix bûr. Kßaxal nabaleb lix môs. Laj Job, aßan li kßaxal biom saß chixjunil li naßajej li cuan saß li oriente.

⁴His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

⁴Eb li ralal nequeßxbânu xninkßeheb rajlal saß li rochocheb chi xjunjûnkaleb nak nequeßxbânu xchihabeb. Ut nequeßxtakla xbokbaleb li ranab oxib re teßcuaßak rochbeneb.

⁵It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

⁵Nak nequeßrakeß chi ninkßeîc, laj Job naxqßue lix cßatbil mayej re xsantobresinquileb li ralal xcßajol. Nacuacli toj ekßela ut naxqßue lix mayej aß yal jarub li ralal xcßajol cuan. —Mâre eb li cualal incßajol queßmâcob ut queßxmajecua li Dios saß xchßôleb, chan laj Job. Ut rajlal naxbânu chi joßcan.

⁶Now it happened on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that Satan also came among them.

⁶Quicuulac xkßehil nak queßxchßutub rib chiru li Dios eb li ángel. Ut saß xyânkeb aßan quicuulac laj tza.

⁷Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

⁷Ut li Kâcuaß Dios quixye re laj tza: —¿Bar xatchal chak? chan re. Ut laj tza quixye re li Dios: —Yôquin chak chixsutinquil li ruchichßochß. Ut yôquin chixbeninquil cuib yalak bar, chan.

⁸Yahweh 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.”

⁸Ut li Kâcuaß Dios quixye re laj tza: —¿Ma incßaß nacacuil laj Job laj cßanjel chicuu? Mâ ani chic junak cuînk joß aßan saß ruchichßochß. Aßan tzßakal re ru lix yußam ut tîc xchßôl. Aßan naxxucua cuu ut incßaß naxbânu mâusilal, chan.

⁹Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

⁹Ut laj tza quichakßoc ut quixye re li Kâcuaß Dios: —¿Ma yâl naxxucua ta biß âcuu yal chi joßcan? ¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß xban li cßaßru cuan re nak naxxucua âcuu?

¹⁰Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

¹⁰¿Ma mâcuaß ta biß lâat yôcat chi coloc rix lix jun cablal ut chixjunil li cßaßru cuan re? Ut lâat ajcuiß yôcat chi osobtesînc re riqßuin chixjunil li cßaßru naxbânu. Joßcan nak yô chi qßuiânc li cßaßru re saß ruchichßochß.

¹¹But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

¹¹Cui lâat tâcuisi chixjunil li cßaßru cuan re chiru, aran tâcuil ma incßaß na tatxmajecua saß xnakß âcuu, chan laj tza.

¹²Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t put forth your hand.” So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh.

¹²Li Kâcuaß quixye re laj tza: —Us. Bânu chixjunil li cßaßru tâcuaj riqßuin li cßaßru cuan re. Abanan laj Job mâcßaß tâbânu re, chan. Ut chirix aßan qui-el laj tza riqßuin li Kâcuaß.

¹³It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

¹³Saß jun li cutan eb li ralal ut eb lix rabin laj Job yôqueb chi cuaßac ut yôqueb chi ucßac vino saß rochoch li xbên alalbej.

¹⁴that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

¹⁴Saß li hônal aßan quicuulac jun li takl riqßuin laj Job ut quixye re: —Eb lâ bôyx yôqueb chi picßoc chßochß riqßuin arado ut eb li bûr yôqueb chi cuaßac nachß riqßuineb.

¹⁵and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁵Mâcßaß saß kachßôl nak queßcuulac eb laj sabeo ut queßrelkßa li bôyx ut eb li bûr. Ut xeßxcamsi chi chßîchß eb lâ môs. Lâin xinchal chixyebal resil âcue xban nak caßaj chic lâin xincoleß, chan.

¹⁶While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁶Toj yô ajcuiß chi âtinac li cuînk aßan nak quicuulac jun chic li môs. Quixye: —Xmok li câk ut xcamsiheb lâ carner ut xcamsiheb ajcuiß laj ilol reheb. Caßaj chic lâin xincoleß. Joßcan nak xinchal chixyebal âcue, chan.

¹⁷While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁷Toj yô ajcuiß chi âtinac li cuînk aßan nak quicuulac jun chic li môs. Quixye re laj Job: —Xeßcuulac oxib chßûtal laj Caldea chi mâcßaß saß kachßôl. Xeßrelkßaheb lâ camello ut xeßxcamsiheb chi chßîchß lâ môs. Lâin xinchal chixyebal resil âcue xban nak caßaj chic lâin xincoleß, chan.

¹⁸While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

¹⁸Toj mâjiß ajcuiß narakeß chi âtinac li cuînk aßan nak quicuulac jun chic li môs ut quixye re laj Job: —Eb lâ cualal ut eb lâ rabin yôqueb chi cuaßac ut chi ucßac vino saß rochoch li xbên âcualal.

¹⁹and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”

¹⁹Saß junpât xchal chak jun li cacuil ikß saß li chaki chßochß. Ut quixsacß rib saß xcâ pacßalil li cab ut quitßaneß li cab saß xbêneb lâ cualal âcßajol. Ut xeßcam chixjunileb. Caßaj chic lâin xincoleß ut xinchal chixyebal resil âcue, chan.

²⁰Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.

²⁰Nak quirabi aßan, laj Job quicuacli ut quixpej li rakß ut quixbes li rismal retalil lix rahil xchßôl ut quixcuikßib rib saß chßochß ut quixlokßoni li Dios.

²¹He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh.”

²¹Ut quixye: —Mâcßaß cuan cue saß li ruchichßochß aßin nak quinyoßla ut mâcßaß ajcuiß tincßam chicuix nak tincâmk. Li Kâcuaß xqßuehoc cue chixjunil li cßaßru cuan cue ut aßan x-isin re chicuu. Lokßoninbil taxak xcßabaß li Kâcuaß, chan.Riqßuin chixjunil li raylal li quixcßul laj Job, incßaß quimâcob chiru li Dios, chi moco quixqßue saß xbên li Dios li cßaßru quicßulman.

²²In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

²²Riqßuin chixjunil li raylal li quixcßul laj Job, incßaß quimâcob chiru li Dios, chi moco quixqßue saß xbên li Dios li cßaßru quicßulman.