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Lunedi, 13 maggio 2024 - Beata Vergine Maria di Fatima ( Letture di oggi)

Livre de Job 2


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JERUSALEMNEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Un autre jour où les Fils de Dieu venaient se présenter devant Yahvé, le Satan aussi s'avançait parmieux.1 Once again the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
2 Yahvé dit alors au Satan: "D'où viens-tu" -- "De rôder sur la terre, répondit-il, et d'y flâner."2 And the LORD said to Satan, "Whence do you come?" And Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming the earth and patrolling it."
3 Et Yahvé reprit: "As-tu remarqué mon serviteur Job? Il n'a point son pareil sur la terre: un hommeintègre et droit, qui craint Dieu et se garde du mal! Il persévère dans son intégrité et c'est en vain que tu m'asexcité contre lui pour le perdre."3 And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you noticed my servant Job, and that there is no one on earth like him, faultless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil? He still holds fast to his innocence although you incited me against him to ruin him without cause."
4 Et le Satan de répliquer: "Peau après peau. Tout ce que l'homme possède, il l'abandonne pour sauver savie!4 And Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has will he give for his life.
5 Mais étends la main, touche à ses os et à sa chair; je te jure qu'il te maudira en face" --5 But now put forth your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and surely he will blaspheme you to your face."
6 "Soit! dit Yahvé au Satan, dispose de lui, mais respecte pourtant sa vie."6 And the LORD said to Satan, "He is in your power; only spare his life."
7 Et le Satan sortit de l'audience de Yahvé. Il affligea Job d'un ulcère malin, depuis la plante des piedsjusqu'au sommet de la tête.7 So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with severe boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
8 Job prit un tesson pour se gratter et il s'installa parmi les cendres.8 And he took a potsherd to scrape himself, as he sat among the ashes.
9 Alors sa femme lui dit: "Pourquoi persévérer dans ton intégrité? Maudis donc Dieu et meurs!"9 Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding to your innocence? Curse God and die."
10 Job lui répondit: "Tu parles comme une folle. Si nous accueillons le bonheur comme un don de Dieu,comment ne pas accepter de même le malheur!" En toute cette infortune, Job ne pécha point en paroles.10 But he said to her, "Are even you going to speak as senseless women do? We accept good things from God; and should we not accept evil?" Through all this, Job said nothing sinful.
11 La nouvelle de tous les maux qui avaient frappé Job parvint à ses trois amis. Ils partirent chacun de sonpays, Eliphaz de Témân, Bildad de Shuah, Cophar de Naamat. Ensemble, ils décidèrent d'aller le plaindre et leconsoler.11 Now when three of Job's friends heard of all the misfortune that had come upon him, they set out each one from his own place: Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuh, and Zophar from Naamath. They met and journeyed together to give him sympathy and comfort.
12 De loin, fixant les yeux sur lui, ils ne le reconnurent pas. Alors ils éclatèrent en sanglots. Chacundéchira son vêtement et jeta de la poussière sur sa tête.12 But when, at a distance, they lifted up their eyes and did not recognize him, they began to weep aloud; they tore their cloaks and threw dust upon their heads.
13 Puis, s'asseyant à terre près de lui, ils restèrent ainsi durant sept jours et sept nuits. Aucun ne luiadressa la parole, au spectacle d'une si grande douleur.13 Then they sat down upon the ground with him seven days and seven nights, but none of them spoke a word to him; for they saw how great was his suffering.