< Job 30 >

1 and now to laugh upon me little from me to/for day: old which to reject father their to/for to set: make with dog flock my
But now yongere men in tyme scornen me, whos fadris Y deynede not to sette with the doggis of my flok.
2 also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
Of whiche men the vertu of hondis was for nouyt to me, and thei weren gessid vnworthi to that lijf.
3 in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
Thei weren bareyn for nedynesse and hungur; that gnawiden in wildirnesse, and weren pale for pouert and wretchidnesse;
4 [the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
and eeten eerbis, aud the ryndis of trees; and the roote of iunyperis was her mete.
5 from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
Whiche men rauyschiden these thingis fro grete valeis; and whanne thei hadden foundun ony of alle, thei runnen with cry to tho.
6 in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
Thei dwelliden in deseertis of strondis, and in caues of erthe, ethir on grauel, `ethir on cley.
7 between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
Whiche weren glad among siche thingis, and arettiden delices to be vndur buschis.
8 son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
The sones of foolis and of vnnoble men, and outirli apperynge not in erthe.
9 and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
But now Y am turned in to the song of hem, and Y am maad a prouerbe to hem.
10 to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
Thei holden me abhomynable, and fleen fer fro me, and dreden not to spete on my face.
11 for (cord my *Q(K)*) to open and to afflict me and bridle from face my to send: depart
For God hath openyd his arowe caas, and hath turmentid me, and hath set a bridil in to my mouth.
12 upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
At the riytside of the eest my wretchidnessis risiden anoon; thei turneden vpsedoun my feet, and oppressiden with her pathis as with floodis.
13 to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
Thei destrieden my weies; thei settiden tresoun to me, and hadden the maistri; and `noon was that helpide.
14 like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
Thei felden in on me as bi a brokun wal, and bi yate openyd, and weren stretchid forth to my wretchidnessis.
15 to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
Y am dryuun in to nouyt; he took awei my desir as wynd, and myn helpe passide awei as a cloude.
16 and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
But now my soule fadith in my silf, and daies of turment holden me stidfastly.
17 night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
In nyyt my boon is persid with sorewis; and thei, that eten me, slepen not.
18 in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
In the multitude of tho my cloth is wastid, and thei han gird me as with coler of a coote.
19 to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
Y am comparisound to cley, and Y am maad lijk to a deed sparcle and aisch.
20 to cry to(wards) you and not to answer me to stand: stand and to understand in/on/with me
Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not me.
21 to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
Thou art chaungid in to cruel to me, and in the hardnesse of thin hond thou art aduersarie to me.
22 to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *Q(K)*)
Thou hast reisid me, and hast set as on wynd; and hast hurtlid me doun strongli.
23 for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
Y woot, that thow schalt bitake me to deeth, where an hows is ordeyned to ech lyuynge man.
24 surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
Netheles thou sendist not out thin hond to the wastyng of hem; and if thei fallen doun, thou schalt saue.
25 if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
Y wepte sum tyme on him, that was turmentid, and my soule hadde compassioun on a pore man.
26 for good to await and to come (in): come bad: evil and to wait: hope to/for light and to come (in): come darkness
Y abood goodis, and yuelis ben comun to me; Y abood liyt, and derknessis braken out.
27 belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
Myn ynnere thingis buyliden out with outen my reste; daies of turment camen bifor me.
28 be dark to go: walk in/on/with not heat to arise: establish in/on/with assembly to cry
Y yede morenynge, and Y roos with out woodnesse in the cumpenye, and criede.
29 brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
Y was the brother of dragouns, and the felow of ostrigis.
30 skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
My skyn was maad blak on me, and my boonys drieden for heete.
31 and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep
Myn harpe is turned in to morenyng, and myn orgun in to the vois of weperis.

< Job 30 >