1 Num dia em que os filhos de Deus vieram apresentar-se perante Jeová, sucedeu vir também Satanás entre eles apresentar-se perante Jeová.2 Perguntou Jeová a Satanás: Donde vens? Respondeu Satanás a Jeová: De rodear a terra e de passear por ela.3 Disse Jeová a Satanás: Acaso notaste o meu servo Jó? pois não há ninguém semelhante a ele na terra, homem íntegro e reto, que teme a Deus e que se desvia do mal. Ele ainda conserva a sua integridade embora me incitasses contra ele, para o consumir sem causa.4 Respondeu Satanás a Jeová: Pele por pele, tudo quanto o homem tem dará pela sua vida.5 Mas estende a mão agora, e toca-lhe nos ossos e na carne, e ele te renunciará à tua face.6 Disse Jeová a Satanás: Eis que ele está ao teu dispor; somente poupa-lhe a vida.7 Saiu Satanás da presença de Jeová, e feriu a Jó de úlceras malignas desde a planta do pé até o alto da cabeça.8 Jó, sentado em cinza, tomou um caco para com ele se raspar.9 Sua mulher disse-lhe: Conservas tu ainda a tua integridade? renuncia a Deus e morre.10 Mas ele lhe disse: Estás falando como fala uma mulher tola. Que? receberemos o bem da mão de Deus, e não receberemos o mal? Em tudo isso não pecou Jó com os seus lábios.11 Tendo ouvido três amigos de Jó todo este mal que lhe havia sucedido, vieram, cada um do seu lugar; Elifaz temanita, Bildade suíta e Zofar naamatita. Tinham combinado para irem condoer-se dele e consolá-lo.12 Tendo de longe olhado para ele, e não o conhecendo, levantaram a voz e choraram; e rasgou cada um o seu manto, lançando pó ao ar sobre a sua cabeça.13 Sentaram-se com ele na terra sete dias e sete noites, e nenhum deles lhe dizia palavra; pois viam que a dor era mui grande.
1 One day when the sons of God came to present themselves in front of Jehovah, Satan the Accuser came along with them.2 Jehovah asked Satan: »Where have you come from? Satan replied to Jehovah: From wandering all over the earth.«3 Jehovah asked Satan: »Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity! He is decent and he respects God. He stays away from evil. And he still holds on to his principles. You are trying to provoke me into ruining him for no reason.«4 Satan answered Jehovah: »Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life.5 »But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!«6 Jehovah told Satan: »He is in your power, but you must spare his life!«7 Satan left Jehovahs presence and struck Job with painful boils from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.8 Job took a piece of broken pottery to scratch his sores as he sat in the ashes.9 His wife asked him: »Are you still holding on to your principles? Curse God and die!«10 He said to her: »You are talking like a godless fool. We accept the good that God gives us. Should we not also accept the bad?« Through all this Job did not speak sinful words.11 Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.12 They saw him from a distance and did not even recognize him. They cried out loud and wept. Each of them tore his clothes in grief. They threw dust on their heads.13 Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.