Job 2
Zlořeč Bohu a zemři
1 Jednoho dne, když synové Boží přišli, aby předstoupili před Hospodina, přišel s nimi i satan, aby předstoupil před Hospodina.
2 „Odkud jdeš?“ zeptal se Hospodin satana.
„Toulal jsem se po zemi sem a tam,“ odpověděl mu satan.
3 „A všiml sis mého služebníka Joba?“ řekl mu na to Hospodin. „Na zemi mu není rovného – ten muž je bezúhonný a poctivý, bohabojný a prostý všeho zla. Až dosud vytrval ve své bezúhonnosti, ačkoli jsi mě podnítil, abych ho bezdůvodně trápil.“
4 „Kůži za kůži! Za svůj život člověk dá vše, co má,“ namítl satan Hospodinu. 5 „Zkus ale vztáhnout ruku a sáhnout mu na tělo a kosti – uvidíš, že ti pak bude do očí zlořečit!“
6 „Tak dobrá,“ řekl Hospodin satanovi. „Ať je ve tvé moci. Musíš ho ale nechat naživu.“
7 S tím satan od Hospodina odešel a ranil Joba od hlavy až k patě hroznými vředy.
8 Job seděl v popelu a škrábal se střepem. 9 „Ještě se držíš té své bezúhonnosti?“ řekla mu manželka. „Zlořeč Bohu a zemři!“
10 „Mluvíš jako nějaká hloupá ženská,“ odpověděl jí. „Budeme snad od Boha přijímat jen dobré, a zlé ne?“
V tom ve všem Job ani jediným slovem nezhřešil.
11 Když o všem tom zlém, co Joba potkalo, uslyšeli jeho tři přátelé, vypravili se každý ze svého kraje: Elifaz z Temanu, Bildad ze Šuchu a Sofar z Naámy. Shodli se, že ho společně půjdou navštívit, aby ho politovali a potěšili. 12 Uviděli ho už zdálky a byl k nepoznání. Dali se do hlasitého pláče, roztrhli své pláště a sypali si na hlavu prach, až létal k obloze. 13 Sedm dní a sedm nocí s ním proseděli na zemi, a když viděli tu nesmírnou bolest, nikdo mu neřekl ani jediné slovo.
Job 2
Satan’s Additional Charge
1 Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord.s2 And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord,t “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”t
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmlyt to his integrity,t so thatt you stirred me up to destroy himt without reason.”s
4 Butt Satan answered the Lord, “Skin fort skin!s Indeed, a man will give ups all that he has to save his life!t
5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh,s and he will no doubts curse you to your face!”
6 So the Lord said to Satan, “All right,t he ist in your power;t only preserves his life.”
Job’s Integrity in Suffering
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflictedt Job with a malignant ulcers from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.t
8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrapet himselfs with while he was sittingt among the ashes.s
9 Thent his wife said to him, “Are you still holding firmly to your integrity?s Cursets God, and die!”t
10 But he replied,t “You’re talking like one of the godlesst women would do! Should we receivet what is good from God, and not alsot receivet what is evil?”ts In all this Job did not sin by what he said.t
The Visit of Job’s Friends
11 When Job’s three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own countryt – Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.s They met togethert to come to show sympathyt for him and to consolet him.12 But when they gazed intentlyt from a distance but did not recognizet him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.t
13 Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his paint was very great.s