1 Havia um homem na terra de Uz, por nome Jó. Era esse homem íntegro e reto, temia a Deus e desviava-se do mal.
2 Nasceram-lhe sete filhos e três filhas.
3 Possuía ele sete mil ovelhas, e três mil camelos, e quinhentas juntas de bois, e quinhentas jumentas, e família numerosíssima; de sorte que este homem era o maior de todos os filhos do Oriente.
4 Seus filhos iam nas casas uns dos outros e davam banquetes, cada um por sua vez; e mandavam convidar suas três irmãs a comerem e a beberem com eles.
5 Quando os dias dos seus banquetes eram passados, enviava Jó, e santificava-os; e, levantando-se de manhã cedo, oferecia holocaustos segundo o número de todos eles, pois dizia: Talvez que meus filhos tenham pecado, e renunciado a Deus nos seus corações. Assim o fazia Jó sempre.
6 Num dia em que os filhos de Deus vieram apresentar-se perante Jeová, sucedeu vir também entre eles Satanás.
7 Perguntou Jeová a Satanás: Donde vens? Respondeu Satanás a Jeová: De rodear a terra, e de passear por ela.
8 Disse Jeová a Satanás: Acaso notaste o meu servo Jó? pois não há ninguém semelhante a ele na terra, homem íntegro e reto, que teme a Deus e que se desvia do mal.
9 Respondeu Satanás a Jeová: Acaso Jó teme debalde a Deus?
10 Porventura não tens posto uma sebe ao redor dele, da sua casa e de tudo o que ele tem? tens abençoado a obra das suas mãos, e os seus bens multiplicam-se na terra.
11 Mas estende a mão agora, toca em tudo quanto ele tem, e ele te renunciará à tua face.
12 Disse Jeová a Satanás: Eis que tudo o que ele tem está ao teu dispor; somente contra ele não estendas a tua mão. Saiu Satanás da presença de Jeová.
13 Um dia em que seus filhos e suas filhas estavam comendo e bebendo vinho na casa de seu irmão mais velho,
14 sucedeu que veio um mensageiro a Jó e lhe disse: Os bois lavravam e as jumentas pastavam junto a eles.
15 Vieram sobre eles de repente os sabeus, e os levaram; mataram aos servos ao fio da espada, e só eu escapei para te trazer a nova.
16 Estando este ainda falando, veio também outro e disse: Fogo de Deus caiu do céu, e queimou as ovelhas e os servos, e os consumiu; e só eu escapei para te trazer a nova.
17 Estando este ainda falando, veio também outro e disse: Os caldeus dividiram-se em três tropas, e deram sobre os camelos, e os levaram; mataram os servos ao fio da espada, e só eu escapei para te trazer a nova.
18 Estando este ainda falando, veio também outro e disse: Teus filhos e tuas filhas estavam comendo e bebendo vinho na casa de seu irmão mais velho.
19 Eis que um grande vento se levantou da banda do deserto, e deu nos quatro cantos da casa, que caiu sobre os mancebos, e morreram. Só eu escapei para te trazer a nova.
20 Então se levantou Jó, rasgou o seu manto, rapou a sua cabeça, prostrou-se em terra e adorou;
21 e disse: Nu saí do ventre de minha mãe, e nu tornarei para lá. Jeová deu, e Jeová tirou; bendito seja o nome de Jeová.
22 Em tudo isso não pecou Jó, nem atribuiu a Deus inconveniência.
1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
2 And he had seven sons and three daughters.
3 And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.
4 His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.
5 And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.
6 And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.
7 And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.
8 And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
9 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?
10 Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land?
11 But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.
12 And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.
13 And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,
14 And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
15 And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
16 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
17 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
18 And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,
19 When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
20 Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,
21 With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
22 In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.