< Job 15 >
1 Forsothe Eliphat Themanytes answeride, and seide,
and to answer Eliphaz [the] Temanite and to say
2 Whether a wise man schal answere, as spekynge ayens the wynd, and schal fille his stomac with brennyng, `that is, ire?
wise to answer knowledge spirit: breath and to fill east belly: abdomen his
3 For thou repreuest hym bi wordis, which is not lijk thee, and thou spekist that, that spedith not to thee.
to rebuke in/on/with word: speaking not be useful and speech not to gain in/on/with them
4 As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God.
also you(m. s.) to break fear and to dimish meditation to/for face: before God
5 For wickidnesse hath tauyt thi mouth, and thou suest the tunge of blasfemeris.
for to teach/learn iniquity: crime your lip your and to choose tongue prudent
6 Thi tunge, and not Y, schal condempne thee, and thi lippis schulen answere thee.
be wicked you lip your and not I and lips your to answer in/on/with you
7 Whether thou art borun the firste man, and art formed bifor alle little hillis?
first man to beget and to/for face: before hill to twist: give birth
8 Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou?
in/on/with counsel god to hear: hear and to dimish to(wards) you wisdom
9 What thing knowist thou, whiche we knowen not? What thing vndurstondist thou, whiche we witen not?
what? to know and not to know to understand and not with us he/she/it
10 Bothe wise men and elde, myche eldre than thi fadris, ben among vs.
also be gray also aged in/on/with us mighty from father your day: old
11 Whether it is greet, that God coumforte thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this.
little from you consolation God and word to/for softly with you
12 What reisith thin herte thee, and thou as thenkynge grete thingis hast iyen astonyed?
what? to take: take you heart your and what? to flash [emph?] eye your
13 What bolneth thi spirit ayens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis?
for to return: turn back to(wards) God spirit your and to come out: speak from lip your speech
14 What is a man, that he be with out wem, and that he borun of a womman appere iust?
what? human for to clean and for to justify to beget woman
15 Lo! noon among hise seyntis is vnchaungable, and heuenes ben not cleene in his siyt.
look! (in/on/with holy his *Q(K)*) not be faithful and heaven not be clean in/on/with eye: seeing his
16 How myche more a man abhomynable and vnprofitable, that drynkith wickidnesse as water?
also for to abhor and to corrupt man to drink like/as water injustice
17 I schal schewe to thee, here thou me; Y schal telle to thee that, that Y siy.
to explain you to hear: hear to/for me and this to see and to recount
18 Wise men knoulechen, and hiden not her fadris.
which wise to tell and not to hide from father their
19 To whiche aloone the erthe is youun, and an alien schal not passe bi hem.
to/for them to/for alone them to give: give [the] land: country/planet and not to pass be a stranger in/on/with midst their
20 A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise yeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn.
all day wicked he/she/it to twist: writh in pain and number year to treasure to/for ruthless
21 The sown of drede is euere in hise eeris, and whanne pees is, he supposith euere tresouns.
voice: sound dread in/on/with ear his in/on/with peace: well-being to ruin to come (in): come him
22 He bileueth not that he may turne ayen fro derknessis to liyt; and biholdith aboute on ech side a swerd.
not be faithful to return: return from darkness (and to watch *Q(k)*) he/she/it to(wards) sword
23 Whanne he stirith hym to seke breed, he woot, that the dai of derknessis is maad redi in his hond.
to wander he/she/it to/for food: bread where? to know for to establish: prepare in/on/with hand his day darkness
24 Tribulacioun schal make hym aferd, and angwisch schal cumpas hym, as a kyng which is maad redi to batel.
to terrify him distress and distress to prevail him like/as king ready to/for battle
25 For he helde forth his hond ayens God, and he was maad strong ayens Almyyti God.
for to stretch to(wards) God hand his and to(wards) Almighty to prevail
26 He ran with neck reisid ayens God, and he was armed with fat nol.
to run: run to(wards) him in/on/with neck in/on/with thickness back/rim/brow shield his
27 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.
for to cover face his in/on/with fat his and to make excess fat upon loin
28 He schal dwelle in desolat citees, and in deseert, `ethir forsakun, housis, that ben turned in to biriels.
and to dwell city to hide house: home not to dwell to/for them which be ready to/for heap
29 He schal not be maad riche, nether his catel schal dwelle stidefastli; nether he schal sende his roote in the erthe,
not to enrich and not to arise: establish strength: rich his and not to stretch to/for land: country/planet gain their
30 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.
not to turn aside: depart from darkness shoot his to wither flame and to turn aside: depart in/on/with spirit: breath lip his
31 Bileue he not veynli disseyued bi errour, that he schal be ayenbouyt bi ony prijs.
not be faithful (in/on/with vanity: vain *Q(K)*) to go astray for vanity: vain to be exchange his
32 Bifor that hise daies ben fillid, he schal perische, and hise hondis schulen wexe drye;
in/on/with not day his to fill and branch his not be fresh
33 he schal be hirt as a vyne in the firste flour of his grape, and as an olyue tre castinge awei his flour.
to injure like/as vine unripe grape his and to throw like/as olive flower his
34 For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken yiftis wilfuli.
for congregation profane solitary and fire to eat tent bribe
35 He conseyuede sorewe, and childide wickidnesse, and his wombe makith redi tretcheries.
to conceive trouble and to beget evil: wickedness and belly: womb their to establish: prepare deceit