Job 12
1 Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide,
Respondens autem Iob, dixit:
2 Therfor ben ye men aloone, that wisdom dwelle with you?
Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia?
3 And to me is an herte, as and to you, and Y am not lowere than ye; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ye knowen?
Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum: quis enim hæc, quæ nostis, ignorat?
4 He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; for the symplenesse of a iust man is scorned.
Qui deridetur ab amico suo sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum: deridetur enim iusti simplicitas.
5 A laumpe is dispisid at the thouytis of riche men, and the laumpe is maad redi to a tyme ordeyned.
Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum, parata ad tempus statutum.
6 The tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, `ether ful of goodis; and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath youe alle thingis in to her hondis.
Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum.
7 No wondur, ax thou beestis, and tho schulen teche thee; and axe thou volatilis of the eir, and tho schulen schewe to thee.
Nimirum interroga iumenta, et docebunt te: et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi.
8 Speke thou to the erthe, and it schal answere thee; and the fischis of the see schulen telle tho thingis.
Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi: et narrabunt pisces maris.
9 Who knowith not that the hond of the Lord made alle these thingis?
Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit?
10 In whos hond the soule is of ech lyuynge thing, and the spirit, `that is, resonable soule, of ech fleisch of man.
In cuius manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis.
11 Whether the eere demeth not wordis, and the chekis of the etere demen sauour?
Nonne auris verba diiudicat, et fauces comedentis, saporem?
12 Wisdom is in elde men, and prudence is in myche tyme.
In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia.
13 Wisdom and strengthe is at God; he hath counsel and vndurstondyng.
Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo, ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam.
14 If he distrieth, no man is that bildith; if he schittith in a man, `noon is that openith.
Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet: si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.
15 If he holdith togidere watris, alle thingis schulen be maad drie; if he sendith out tho watris, tho schulen distrie the erthe.
Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur: et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.
16 Strengthe and wisdom is at God; he knowith bothe hym that disseyueth and hym that is disseyued.
Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia: ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur.
17 And he bryngith conselours in to a fonned eende, and iugis in to wondryng, ethir astonying.
Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem, et iudices in stuporem.
18 He vnbindith the girdil of kyngis, and girdith her reynes with a coorde.
Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum.
19 He ledith her prestis with out glorie, and he disseyueth the principal men, `ethir counselours;
Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat:
20 and he chaungith the lippis of sothefast men, and takith awei the doctrine of elde men.
Commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens.
21 He schedith out dispisyng on princes, and releeueth hem, that weren oppressid.
Effundit despectionem super principes, eos, qui oppressi fuerant, relevans.
22 Which schewith depe thingis fro derknessis; and bryngith forth in to liyt the schadewe of deeth.
Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis.
23 Which multiplieth folkis, and leesith hem, and restorith hem destried in to the hool.
Qui multiplicat gentes et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit.
24 Which chaungith the herte of princes of the puple of erthe; and disseyueth hem, that thei go in veyn out of the weie.
Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium:
25 Thei schulen grope, as in derknessis, and not in liyt; and he schal make hem to erre as drunken men.
Palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios.
