ヨブ 記 2 – JCB & NIRV

Japanese Contemporary Bible

ヨブ 記 2:1-13

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1このことがあったあと、御使いたちが再び主の前に出た時、サタンも同席していました。 2主はサタンに聞きました。「おまえはどこから来たのか。」「地上を歩き回って、いろいろと見てきたところです。」 3「そうか。おまえは、わたしのしもべヨブの態度を見たか。ヨブは世界で一番の人格者だ。神を敬い、いっさいの悪から遠ざかっている。おまえは、わたしをそそのかして、理由もないのに彼に危害を加えた。ところが、あの信仰深さはどうだろう。」 4-5「いのちが助かるためなら、人はどんなことでもするものです。今度は病気にしてみればいい。ヨブはきっと、面と向かってあなたをのろうでしょう。」 6「気のすむようにするがいい。ただし、ヨブのいのちだけは取ってはならない。」

7こうして主の前から引き下がったサタンは、ヨブを頭のてっぺんから足の裏まで悪性の腫れ物だらけにして攻め立てました。 8ヨブは土器のかけらで体中をかきむしり、灰の上に座り込みました。 9それを見て、妻がそそのかしました。「こんなひどい仕打ちをされても、まだ神を大切にするのですか。いっそ、神をのろって死んでしまったほうがいいのではないかしら。」 10「まるで、神を知らない外国の女のような口をきくのだな。神から祝福ばかり頂いて、災いはお断わりなどという都合のいい話があるだろうか。」ヨブは、このようになってもなお、神を冒瀆するようなことは、いっさい口にしませんでした。

11さて、ヨブの身に災難が降りかかったことを知った友人たちが三人、互いに打ち合わせをして、彼を慰め励まそうと、はるばる訪ねて来ました。この三人は、テマン人エリファズ、シュアハ人ビルダデ、ナアマ人ツォファルです。 12彼らはヨブを見て、ただ、びっくりするばかりでした。顔形はすっかり変わり、見分けもつかないほどです。彼らはあまりの痛ましさに声を上げて泣き、めいめい上着を裂き、ちりを空中にまき散らし、頭に土をかぶって悲しみました。 13それから、ヨブとともに七日七夜、地に座っていましたが、だれも黙ったままでした。ヨブの苦しみようがあまりひどいので、話しかけることもできなかったのです。

New International Reader’s Version

Job 2:1-13

1On another day angels came to the Lord. Satan also came to him along with them. 2The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered, “From traveling all around the earth. I’ve been going from one end of it to the other.”

3Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? There isn’t anyone on earth like him. He is honest. He does what is right. He has respect for God and avoids evil. You tried to turn me against him. You wanted me to destroy him without any reason. But he still continues to be faithful.”

4Satan replied, “A man will give everything he has to save himself. So Job is willing to give up the lives of his family to save his own life. 5But now reach out your hand and strike his flesh and bones. Then I’m sure he will speak evil things against you. In fact, he’ll do it right in front of you.”

6The Lord said to Satan, “All right. I am handing him over to you. But you must spare his life.”

7Then Satan left the Lord and went on his way. He sent painful sores on Job. They covered him from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. 8He got part of a broken pot. He used it to scrape his skin. He did it while he was sitting in ashes.

9His wife said to him, “Are you still continuing to be faithful to the Lord? Speak evil things against him and die!”

10Job replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. We accept good things from God. So we should also accept trouble when he sends it.”

In spite of everything, Job didn’t say anything that was sinful.

11Job had three friends named Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They heard about all the troubles that had come to Job. So they started out from their homes. They had agreed to meet together. They wanted to go and show their concern for Job. They wanted to comfort him. 12When they got closer to where he lived, they could see him. But they could hardly recognize him. They began to weep out loud. They tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him. That’s because they saw how much he was suffering.