約伯記 19
1 約伯回答說：
Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, Hou long turmente ye my soule,
2 你們叫我的心悲傷，說話苦惱我，要到何時﹖
and al to-breken me with wordis?
3 你們侮辱我，已有十次之多，苛待我卻不知羞愧。
Lo! ten sithis ye schenden me, and ye ben not aschamed, oppressynge me.
4 我若實在錯了，錯自由我承當。
Forsothe and if Y `koude not, myn vnkynnyng schal be with me.
5 如果你們真要對我自誇，證明我的醜惡，
And ye ben reisid ayens me, and repreuen me with my schenschipis.
6 你們應當知道：是天主虐待了我，是他用自己的羅網圍困了我。
Nameli now vndurstonde ye, that God hath turmentid me not bi euene doom, and hath cumpassid me with hise betyngis.
7 我若高呼說：「殘暴，」但得不到答覆；我大聲呼冤，卻沒有正義。
Lo! Y suffrynge violence schal crye, and no man schal here; Y schal crye loude, and `noon is that demeth.
8 他攔住我的去路，使我不得過去，使黑暗籠罩著我的去路。
He bisette aboute my path, and Y may not go; and he settide derknessis in my weie.
9 他奪去了我的光榮，摘下了我頭上的冠冕；
He hath spuylid me of my glorye, and hath take awey the coroun fro myn heed.
10 他四面打擊我，使我逝去；拔除我的希望，猶如拔樹。
He hath distried me on ech side, and Y perischide; and he hath take awei myn hope, as fro a tre pullid vp bi the roote.
11 他對我怒火如焚，拿我當作他的仇敵。
His stronge veniaunce was wrooth ayens me; and he hadde me so as his enemye.
12 他的軍隊一齊開來，修好道路攻擊我，圍著我的帳幕紮營。
Hise theues camen togidere, and `maden to hem a wei bi me; and bisegiden my tabernacle in cumpas.
13 他使我的弟兄離棄我，使我的知己疏遠我。
He made fer my britheren fro me; and my knowun as aliens yeden awei fro me.
14 鄰人和相識者都不見了，寄居我家的人都忘了我。
My neiyboris forsoken me; and thei that knewen me han foryete me.
15 我的婢女拿我當作外人，視我如一陌生人。
The tenauntis of myn hows, and myn handmaydis hadden me as a straunger; and Y was as a pilgrym bifor her iyen.
16 我呼喚僕人，他不回答；我必須親口央求他。
Y clepide my seruaunt, and he answeride not to me; with myn owne mouth Y preiede hym.
17 我的氣味使妻子憎厭，我的同胞視我作臭物。
My wijf wlatide my breeth; and Y preiede the sones of my wombe.
18 連孩子們也輕慢我，我一起來，他們就凌辱我。
Also foolis dispisiden me; and whanne Y was goon awei fro hem, thei bacbitiden me.
19 我的知交密友都憎惡我，我所愛的人也對我變了臉。
Thei, that weren my counselouris sum tyme, hadden abhomynacioun of me; and he, whom Y louede moost, was aduersarie to me.
20 我的骨頭緊貼著皮，我很徼幸還保留牙床。
Whanne fleischis weren wastid, my boon cleuyde to my skyn; and `oneli lippis ben left aboute my teeth.
21 我的朋友，你們可憐可憐我罷! 因為天主的手打傷了我。
Haue ye merci on me, haue ye merci on me, nameli, ye my frendis; for the hond of the Lord hath touchid me.
22 你們為何如同天主一樣逼迫我，吃了我的肉還不知足呢﹖
Whi pursuen ye me, as God pursueth; and ben fillid with my fleischis?
23 惟願我的話都記錄下來，都刻在銅板上；
Who yyueth to me, that my wordis be writun? Who yyueth to me,
24 用鐵鑿刻在鉛版上，永遠鑿在磐石上。
that tho be writun in a book with an yrun poyntil, ethir with a plate of leed; ethir with a chisel be grauun in a flynt?
25 我確實知道為我伸冤者還活著，我的辯護人要在地上起立。
For Y woot, that myn ayenbiere lyueth, and in the laste dai Y schal rise fro the erthe;
26 我的皮膚雖由我身上脫落，但我仍要看見天主；
and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour.
27 要看見他站在我這一方，我親眼要看見他，並非外人；我的五內因熱望而耗盡。
Whom Y my silf schal se, and myn iyen schulen biholde, and not an other man. This myn hope is kept in my bosum.
28 如果你們說：「我們怎能難為他﹖怎能在他身上尋到這事的根由﹖」
Whi therfor seien ye now, Pursue we hym, and fynde we the roote of a word ayens hym?
29 你們應當害怕刀劍，因為報復罪惡者是刀劍；如此你們知道終有一個審判者。
Therfor fle ye fro the face of the swerd; for the swerd is the vengere of wickidnessis, and wite ye, that doom schal be.
