1 Kādu dienu Dieva dēli nāca Kunga priekšā un arī sātans nāca ar tiem, lai stātos Kunga priekšā. 2 Kungs vaicāja sātanam: “No kurienes tu nāc?” Sātans atbildēja Kungam: “No gaitām un tekām pa zemi.” 3 Kungs vaicāja sātanam: “Vai ievēroji Ījabu, manu kalpu, – tam nav līdzīga virs zemes! – krietnu un taisnu vīru, kas bīstas Dieva un vairās ļauna? Arvien vēl viņš turas krietnumā! Bet tu kūdīji mani pret viņu, lai aprītu viņu gluži par neko!”
4 Sātans atbildēja Kungam: “Ādu par ādu! Visu, kas cilvēkam pieder, tas atdos par savu dzīvību. 5 Nudien, izstiep tik roku un aizskar tā kaulus un miesu – vai gan viņš nelādēs tevi tieši vaigā?” 6 Kungs sacīja sātanam: “Lai notiek! Viņš tavā rokā – vien viņa dzīvību saudzi!”
7 Tad sātans atkāpās no Kunga vaiga un sita Ījabu ļauniem trumiem no kāju pēdām līdz pat galvvidum. 8 Un Ījabs ņēma poda lausku un lobīja savas vātis, pelnos sēdēdams. 9 Sieva viņam sacīja: “Vēl tu turies pie sava krietnuma?! Nolādi Dievu un mirsti!” 10 Bet viņš tai sacīja: “Kā nejēgas runā, tā arī tu runā! Ak labu gan no Dieva ņemsim, bet ļaunu, to ne?!” Un visā, kas notika, Ījabs neapgrēkojās savām lūpām.
Ījaba trīs draugi
11 Kad trīs Ījaba draugi dzirdēja par postu, kas nācis pār viņu, tie nāca katrs no savas mājvietas – tēmānietis Elīfazs, šūhietis Bildads un naamātietis Cofars. Tie vienojās atnākt kopā, lai viņu žēlotu un mierinātu. 12 Tie pacēla acis un lūkojās no tālienes, bet nepazina viņu. Un tie pacēla balsis un vaimanāja un saplēsa savus svārkus, un svieda pīšļus debesīs pār savām galvām. 13 Tie sēdēja viņam blakus zemē septiņas dienas un septiņas naktis un neteica ne vārda, jo redzēja, ka viņa sāpes ir ļoti lielas.
Satan Tests Job Again
1 When the day came for the heavenly beings to appear before the Lord again, Satan was there among them. 2 The Lord asked him, “Where have you been?”
Satan answered, “I have been walking here and there, roaming around the earth.”
3 “Did you notice my servant Job?” the Lord asked. “There is no one on earth as faithful and good as he is. He worships me and is careful not to do anything evil. You persuaded me to let you attack him for no reason at all, but Job is still as faithful as ever.”
4 Satan replied, “A person will give up everything in order to stay alive. 5 But now suppose you hurt his body—he will curse you to your face!”
6 So the Lord said to Satan, “All right, he is in your power, but you are not to kill him.”
7 Then Satan left the Lord's presence and made sores break out all over Job's body. 8 Job went and sat by the garbage dump and took a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores. 9 His wife said to him, “You are still as faithful as ever, aren't you? Why don't you curse God and die?”
10 Job answered, “You are talking nonsense! When God sends us something good, we welcome it. How can we complain when he sends us trouble?” Even in all this suffering Job said nothing against God.
Job's Friends Come
11 Three of Job's friends were Eliphaz, from the city of Teman, Bildad, from the land of Shuah, and Zophar, from the land of Naamah. When they heard how much Job had been suffering, they decided to go and comfort him. 12 While they were still a long way off they saw Job, but did not recognize him. When they did, they began to weep and wail, tearing their clothes in grief and throwing dust into the air and on their heads. 13 Then they sat there on the ground with him for seven days and nights without saying a word, because they saw how much he was suffering.
