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.
Satani unolika Jobe kakale
1 Kukazha limwe zhuba kakale bakololo be Ndzimu bakazha kuwozwilakidza mbeli kwa Yahwe, Satani kazhabo nabo. 2 Ipapo Yahwe bakabhuzwa Satani beti, “Unodwa ngayi?”
Satani kadabila Yahwe eti, “Ndodwa kuyendayenda mu shango ne kupotelekapoteleka muili.” 3 Ngono Yahwe bakadwa Satani bakati, “Apa wabe ne hanya ngekwe nlanda wangu Jobe kene? Akuna nthu unonga iye mu shango, nthu usina nlandu, wakatambunuka una ntutshi unotja Ndzimu kakale unoleya mbipo. Nenguba wakathama kuti ndinlobe shamu asina nlandu aazolashikigwa ngolulwama kukwe.” 4 Satani kashandula eti, “Nthu ungakoba tjimwe ne tjimwe tjaanatjo kuti ndizo atjengete butjilo gugwe. 5 Koga tambunudzani luboko gwenyu ngwenu muhwise mbili uwe ne mafupa awe zogwadza unowomutuka patjena!”
6 Yahwe bakadwa Satani beti, “Kwakalulwama, ndokupa iye, koga butjilo gugwe igo usitongo gukuma.”
7 Ndizo Satani kamilika mbeli kwa Yahwe ngono kathama kuti Jobe abhudiwe nge malonda mbili wose kudwa mu nsholo kunoti ku makumbo. 8 Jobe kamilika kanogala pa tjizhalanlota ngono katola tjiyenga kazwing'wanga natjo. 9 Ipapo nkadzi uwe kandwa kati, “Apa utjakabhatilila mu kululwama kuko? Tuka Ndzimu ufe.”
10 Koga Jobe kanshandula eti, “Unolebeleka se tjilengwe tje nkadzi. Apa takafanila amutjila zwakanaka koga kudwa ku Ndzimu kene? Zwibiibi izo atizofanila kuzwiamutjila kene?” Muna zose izwezwi Jobe aazothama tjibi nge nlomo uwe.
Bakwinya ba Jobe banonshola
11 Kwakati bakwinya ba Jobe batatu Elifazi we N'temani na Bhilidadi we N'shuhi na Zofa we N'namathi behwa kuti Jobe wawigwa nge mang'oni mangapani, bakadwa mu magalo akasiyana siyana bakashangana kunon'nyaladza. 12 Ngono bakati be milidza mesho bali thambgwana bakasibhate kuti ndiani, ngono bakamilidza mahwi abo bakalila kwazo, bakapalula zwiambalo zwabo bakazwidila hwuluba mu misholo yabo. 13 Ngono bakagala naye pasi mazhuba ali kutendeka ne masiku ali kutendeka, koga kwakasheta ne nng'ompela wabo wakan'dwa dama, ngobe bakabe bebona kuti umu kugwadzika kukulu kwazo.