Job 3
1 after so to open Job [obj] lip his and to lighten [obj] day his
Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth,
2 and to answer Job and to say
and curside his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun,
3 to perish day to beget in/on/with him and [the] night to say to conceive great man
and the nyyt in which it was seid, The man is conceyued.
4 [the] day [the] he/she/it to be darkness not to seek him god from above and not to shine upon him light
Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis; God seke not it aboue, and be it not in mynde, nethir be it liytned with liyt.
5 to redeem: redeem him darkness and shadow to dwell upon him cloud to terrify him darkness day
Derknessis make it derk, and the schadewe of deeth and myist occupie it; and be it wlappid with bittirnesse.
6 [the] night [the] he/she/it to take: take him darkness not to rejoice in/on/with day year in/on/with number month not to come (in): come
Derk whirlwynde holde that niyt; be it not rikynyd among the daies of the yeer, nethir be it noumbrid among the monethes.
7 behold [the] night [the] he/she/it to be solitary not to come (in): come triumphing in/on/with him
Thilke nyyt be soleyn, and not worthi of preisyng.
8 to curse him to curse day [the] ready to rouse Leviathan
Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, that ben redi to reise Leuyathan.
9 to darken star twilight his to await to/for light and nothing and not to see: see in/on/with eyelid dawn
Sterris be maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liyt, and se it not, nethir the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp.
10 for not to shut door belly: womb my and to hide trouble from eye my
For it closide not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, nethir took awei yuels fro min iyen.
11 to/for what? not from womb to die from belly: womb to come out: produce and to die
Whi was not Y deed in the wombe? whi yede Y out of the wombe, and perischide not anoon?
12 why? to meet me knee and what? breast for to suckle
Whi was Y takun on knees? whi was Y suclid with teetis?
13 for now to lie down: lay down and to quiet to sleep then to rest to/for me
For now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my sleep,
14 with king and to advise land: country/planet [the] to build desolation to/for them
with kyngis, and consuls of erthe, that bilden to hem soleyn places;
15 or with ruler gold to/for them [the] to fill house: home their silver: money
ethir with prynces that han gold in possessioun, and fillen her housis with siluer;
16 or like/as miscarriage to hide not to be like/as infant not to see: see light
ethir as a `thing hid not borun Y schulde not stonde, ethir whiche conseyued sien not liyt.
17 there wicked to cease turmoil and there to rest weary strength
There wickid men ceessiden of noise, and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden.
18 unitedness prisoner to rest not to hear: hear voice to oppress
And sum tyme boundun togidere with out disese thei herden not the voys of the wrongful axere.
19 small and great: large there he/she/it and servant/slave free from lord his
A litil man and greet man be there, and a seruaunt free fro his lord.
20 to/for what? to give: give to/for labour(er) light and life to/for bitter soul
Whi is liyt youun to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule?
21 [the] to wait to/for death and nothing he and to search him from treasure
Whiche abiden deeth, and it cometh not;
22 [the] glad to(wards) rejoicing to rejoice for to find grave
as men diggynge out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han founde a sepulcre?
23 to/for great man which way: journey his to hide and to fence god about/through/for him
Whi is liyt youun to a man, whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis?
24 for to/for face: before food: bread my sighing my to come (in): come and to pour like/as water roaring my
Bifore that Y ete, Y siyhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng.
25 for dread to dread and to come me and which to fear to come (in): come to/for me
For the drede, which Y dredde, cam to me; and that, that Y schamede, bifelde.
26 not to prosper and not to quiet and not to rest and to come (in): come turmoil
Whether Y dissymilide not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide not? and indignacioun cometh on me.
