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Një ditë ndodhi që bijtë e Perëndisë shkuan të paraqiten përpara Zotit, dhe midis tyre shkoi edhe Satanai për t’u paraqitur përpara Zotit.

Zoti i tha Satanait: "Nga vjen?". Satanai iu përgjigj Zotit: "Nga ecejaket mbi dheun duke e përshkuar lart e poshtë". Zoti i tha Satanait:

"A e vure re shërbëtorin tim Job? Sepse mbi dhe nuk ka asnjë tjetër si ai që të jetë i ndershëm, i drejtë, të ketë frikë nga Perëndia dhe t’i largohet së keqes. Ai qëndron i patundur në ndershmërinë e tij, megjithëse ti më ke nxitur kundër tij për ta shkatërruar pa asnjë shkak".

Atëherë Satanai iu përgjigj Zotit dhe tha: "Lëkurë për lëkurë! Gjithçka që zotëron, njeriu është gati ta japë për jetën e tij.

Por shtrije dorën tënde dhe preki kockat e tij dhe mishin e tij dhe ke për të parë po nuk të mallkoi haptazi".

Zoti i tha Satanait: "Ja ai, është në pushtetin tënd, por mos ia merr jetën".

Kështu Satanai u largua nga prania e Zotit dhe e goditi Jobin me një ulcerë të keqe nga majat e këmbëve deri në pjesën e sipërme të kokës.

Jobi mori një copë balte për t’u kruar dhe rrinte ulur në mes të hirit.

Atëherë gruaja e tij i tha: "Qëndron ende në ndershmërinë tënde? Mallko Perëndinë dhe vdis!".

10 Por ai i tha asaj: "Ti flet si një grua pa mend. Në rast se pranojmë të mirën nga Perëndia, pse nuk duhet të pranojmë edhe të keqen?". Në të gjitha këto Jobi nuk mëkatoi me buzët e tij.

11 Kur tre miq të Jobit mësuan tërë këto fatkeqësi që kishin rënë mbi të, erdhën secili nga vendi i vet, Elifazi nga Temani, Bildadi nga Shuahu dhe Tsofari nga Naamathi; ata në të vërtetë ishin marrë vesh midis tyre për t’i bërë ngushëllimet dhe për t’ia lehtësuar dhembjen.

12 I ngritën sytë nga larg, por nuk e njohën dot; atëherë filluan të qajnë me zë të lartë, dhe secili grisi rrobat e tij dhe qiti mbi kryet e tij pluhur duke e hedhur në drejtim të qiellit.

13 Pastaj u ulën pranë tij për shtatë ditë e shtatë net, dhe asnjë nuk i drejtoi qoftë një fjalë të vetme, sepse e shikonin se dhembja e tij ishte shumë e madhe.

On another day the angels[a](A) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them(B) to present himself before him. And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”(C)

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(D) And he still maintains his integrity,(E) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(F)

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has(G) for his own life. But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones,(H) and he will surely curse you to your face.”(I)

The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands;(J) but you must spare his life.”(K)

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.(L) Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(M)

His wife said to him, “Are you still maintaining your integrity?(N) Curse God and die!”(O)

10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[b] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(P)

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(Q)

11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite,(R) Bildad the Shuhite(S) and Zophar the Naamathite,(T) heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.(U) 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(V) they began to weep aloud,(W) and they tore their robes(X) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(Y) 13 Then they sat on the ground(Z) with him for seven days and seven nights.(AA) No one said a word to him,(AB) because they saw how great his suffering was.

Footnotes

  1. Job 2:1 Hebrew the sons of God
  2. Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

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

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

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

12 And 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 heaven.

13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.