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.
Job Loses His Health
1 When the angels gathered around the Lord again, Satan was there with them, 2 and the Lord asked, “Satan, where have you been?”
Satan replied, “I have been going all over the earth.”
3 Then the Lord asked, “What do you think of my servant Job? No one on earth is like him—he is a truly good person, who respects me and refuses to do evil. And he hasn't changed, even though you persuaded me to destroy him for no reason.”
4 Satan answered, “There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive. 5 Try striking Job's own body with pain, and he will curse you to your face.”
6 “All right!” the Lord replied. “Make Job suffer as much as you want, but just don't kill him.” 7 Satan left and caused painful sores to break out all over Job's body—from head to toe.
8 Then Job sat on the ash-heap to show his sorrow. And while he was scraping his sores with a broken piece of pottery, 9 his wife asked, “Why do you still trust God? Why don't you curse him and die?”
10 Job replied, “Don't talk like a fool! If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well.” In all that happened, Job never once said anything against God.
Job's Three Friends
11 Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamah were three of Job's friends, and they heard about his troubles. So they agreed to visit Job and comfort him. 12 When they came near enough to see Job, they could hardly recognize him. And in their great sorrow, they tore their clothes, then sprinkled dust on their heads and cried bitterly. 13 For seven days and nights, they sat silently on the ground beside him, because they realized what terrible pain he was in.