Job 33
1 Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.
Therfor, Joob, here thou my spechis, and herkene alle my wordis.
2 Beholde now, I haue opened my mouth: my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Lo! Y haue openyd my mouth, my tunge schal speke in my chekis.
3 My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, and my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.
Of symple herte ben my wordis, and my lippis schulen speke clene sentence.
4 The Spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightie hath giuen me life.
The spirit of God made me, and the brething of Almyyti God quykenyde me.
5 If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.
If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou ayens my face.
6 Beholde, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I am also formed of the clay.
Lo! God made me as and thee; and also Y am formyd of the same cley.
7 Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall mine hand be heauie vpon thee.
Netheles my myracle make thee not afeerd, and myn eloquence be not greuouse to thee.
8 Doubtles thou hast spoken in mine eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes.
Therfor thou seidist in myn eeris, and Y herde the vois of thi wordis;
9 I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.
Y am cleene, and with out gilt, and vnwemmed, and wickidnesse is not in me.
10 Lo, he hath found occasions against me, and counted me for his enemie.
`For God foond querels in me, therfor he demyde me enemy to hym silf.
11 He hath put my feete in the stockes, and looketh narrowly vnto all my paths.
He hath set my feet in a stok; he kepte alle my pathis.
12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.
Therfor this thing it is, in which thou art not maad iust; Y schal answere to thee, that God is more than man.
13 Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.
Thou stryuest ayenus God, that not at alle wordis he answeride to thee.
14 For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not.
God spekith onys, and the secounde tyme he rehersith not the same thing.
15 In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,
God spekith bi a dreem in the visioun of nyyt, whanne sleep fallith on men, and thei slepen in the bed.
16 Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections, which he had sealed,
Thanne he openith the eeris of men, and he techith hem, `and techith prudence;
17 That he might cause man to turne away from his enterprise, and that he might hide the pride of man,
that he turne awei a man fro these thingis whiche he made, and delyuere hym fro pride; delyuerynge his soule fro corrupcioun,
18 And keepe backe his soule from the pit, and that his life should not passe by the sword.
and his lijf, that it go not in to swerd.
19 He is also striken with sorow vpon his bed, and the griefe of his bones is sore,
Also God blameth a synnere bi sorewe in the bed, and makith alle the boonys of hym `to fade.
20 So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meate.
Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete desirable `bifor to his soule.
21 His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.
His fleisch schal faile for rot, and hise boonys, that weren hilid, schulen be maad nakid.
22 So his soule draweth to the graue, and his life to the buriers.
His soule schal neiye to corrupcioun, and his lijf to thingis `bryngynge deeth.
23 If there be a messenger with him, or an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare vnto man his righteousnesse,
If an aungel, oon of a thousynde, is spekynge for hym, that he telle the equyte of man, God schal haue mercy on hym,
24 Then will he haue mercie vpon him, and will say, Deliuer him, that he go not downe into the pit: for I haue receiued a reconciliation.
and schal seie, Delyuere thou hym, that he go not doun in to corrupcioun; Y haue founde in what thing Y schal do merci to hym.
25 Then shall his flesh be as fresh as a childes, and shall returne as in the dayes of his youth.
His fleisch is wastid of turmentis; turne he ayen to the daies of his yonge wexynge age.
26 He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauourable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy: for he will render vnto man his righteousnes.
He schal biseche God, and he schal be quemeful to hym; and he schal se his face in hertly ioye, and he schal yelde to man his riytfulnesse.
27 He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,
He schal biholde men, and he schal seie, Y haue synned, and verili Y haue trespassid; and Y haue not resseyued, as Y was worthi.
28 He will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
For he delyueride his soule, that it schulde not go in to perischyng, but that he lyuynge schulde se liyt.
29 Lo, all these things will God worke twise or thrise with a man,
Lo! God worchith alle these thingis in thre tymes bi alle men;
30 That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
that he ayen clepe her soulis fro corrupcioun, and liytne in the liyt of lyuynge men.
31 Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.
Thou, Joob, perseyue, and here me, and be thou stille, the while Y speke.
32 If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.
Sotheli if thou hast what thou schalt speke, answere thou to me, speke thou; for Y wole, that thou appere iust.
33 If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.
That if thou hast not, here thou me; be thou stille, and Y schal teche thee wisdom.
