Job 15
1 And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,
2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind,
Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire?
3 Reasoning with unprofitable talk, and with speeches which do no good?
For thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee.
4 Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before God.
As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty.
For wickidnesse hath tauyt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.
Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?
Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed bifor alle little hillis?
8 Hast thou listened in the secret council of God? And hast thou absorbed wisdom for thyself?
Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou?
9 What knowest thou that we know not? [what] understandest thou which is not in us?
What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not?
10 Both the greyheaded and the aged are with us, older than thy father.
Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs.
11 Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?
Whether it is greet, that God coumforte thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this.
12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?
What reisith thin herte thee, and thou as thenkynge grete thingis hast iyen astonyed?
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest words go out of thy mouth?
What bolneth thi spirit ayens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis?
14 What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones, and the heavens are not pure in his sight:
Lo! noon among hise seyntis is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not cleene in his siyt.
16 How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
How myche more a man abhomynable and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water?
17 I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;
I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siy.
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hidden;
Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris.
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
To whiche aloone the erthe is youun, and an alien schal not passe bi hem.
20 All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise yeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn.
21 The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne pees is, he supposith euere tresouns.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
He bileueth not that he may turne ayen fro derknessis to liyt; and biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, — where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Whanne he stirith hym to seke breed, he woot, that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in his hond.
24 Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.
Tribulacioun schal make hym aferd, and angwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng which is maad redi to batel.
25 For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
For he helde forth his hond ayens God, and he was maad strong ayens Almyyti God.
26 He runneth against him, with [outstretched] neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;
He ran with neck reisid ayens God, and he was armed with fat nol.
27 For he hath covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon [his] flanks.
Fatnesse, that is, pride `comyng forth of temporal aboundaunce, hilide his face, `that is, the knowyng of vndurstondyng, and outward fatnesse hangith doun of his sidis.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, in houses that no man inhabiteth, which are destined to become heaps.
He schal dwelle in desolat citees, and in deseert, `ethir forsakun, housis, that ben turned in to biriels.
29 He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal dwelle stidefastli; nether he schal sende his roote in the erthe,
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
nether he schal go awei fro derknessis. Flawme schal make drie hise braunchis, and he schal be takun a wey bi the spirit of his mouth.
31 Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
Bileue he not veynli disseyued bi errour, that he schal be ayenbouyt bi ony prijs.
32 It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
Bifor that hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye;
33 He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.
he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his flour.
34 For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken yiftis wilfuli.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
He conseyuede sorewe, and childide wickidnesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcheries.
