Job 16
1 Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, Y `herde ofte siche thingis;
respondens autem Iob dixit
2 alle ye ben heuy coumfortouris.
audivi frequenter talia consolatores onerosi omnes vos estis
3 Whether wordis ful of wynd schulen haue an ende? ether ony thing is diseseful to thee, if thou spekist?
numquid habebunt finem verba ventosa aut aliquid tibi molestum est si loquaris
4 Also Y myyte speke thingis lijk to you, and `Y wolde, that youre soule were for my soule; and Y wolde coumfort you by wordis, and Y wolde moue myn heed on you;
poteram et ego similia vestri loqui atque utinam esset anima vestra pro anima mea consolarer et ego vos sermonibus et moverem caput meum super vos
5 Y wolde make you stronge bi my mouth, and Y wolde moue lippis as sparynge you.
roborarem vos ore meo et moverem labia quasi parcens vobis
6 But what schal Y do? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not; and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me.
sed quid agam si locutus fuero non quiescet dolor meus et si tacuero non recedet a me
7 But now my sorewe hath oppressid me, and alle my lymes ben dryuun in to nouyt.
nunc autem oppressit me dolor meus et in nihili redacti sunt omnes artus mei
8 My ryuelyngis seien witnessyng ayens me, and a fals spekere is reisid ayens my face, and ayenseith me.
rugae meae testimonium dicunt contra me et suscitatur falsiloquus adversus faciem meam contradicens mihi
9 He gaderide togidere his woodnesse in me, and he manaasside me, and gnastide ayens me with his teeth; myn enemye bihelde me with ferdful iyen.
collegit furorem suum in me et comminans mihi infremuit contra me dentibus suis hostis meus terribilibus oculis me intuitus est
10 Thei openyden her mouthis on me, and thei seiden schenschip, and smytiden my cheke; and thei ben fillid with my peynes.
aperuerunt super me ora sua exprobrantes percusserunt maxillam meam satiati sunt poenis meis
11 God hath closid me togidere at the wickid, and hath youe me to the hondis of wickid men.
conclusit me Deus apud iniquum et manibus impiorum me tradidit
12 Y thilke riche man and famouse sum tyme, am al to brokun sudeynli; `he helde my nol; he hath broke me, and hath set me as in to a signe.
ego ille quondam opulentus repente contritus sum tenuit cervicem meam confregit me et posuit sibi quasi in signum
13 He hath cumpasside me with hise speris, he woundide togidere my leendis; he sparide not, and schedde out myn entrails in to the erthe.
circumdedit me lanceis suis convulneravit lumbos meos non pepercit et effudit in terra viscera mea
14 He beet me with wounde on wounde; he as a giaunt felde in on me.
concidit me vulnere super vulnus inruit in me quasi gigans
15 Y sewide togidere a sak on my skyn; and Y hilide my fleisch with aische.
saccum consui super cutem meam et operui cinere cornu meum
16 My face bolnyde of wepynge, and myn iyeliddis wexiden derke.
facies mea intumuit a fletu et palpebrae meae caligaverunt
17 Y suffride these thingis with out wickidnesse of myn hond, `that is, werk, whanne Y hadde cleene preieris to God.
haec passus sum absque iniquitate manus meae cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces
18 Erthe, hile thou not my blood, and my cry fynde not in thee a place of hidyng.
terra ne operias sanguinem meum neque inveniat locum in te latendi clamor meus
19 `For, lo! my witnesse is in heuene; and the knowere of my consience is in hiye places.
ecce enim in caelo testis meus et conscius meus in excelsis
20 A! my frendis, ful of wordis, myn iye droppith to God.
verbosi mei amici mei ad Deum stillat oculus meus
21 And `Y wolde, that a man were demed so with God, as the sone of man is demed with his felowe.
atque utinam sic iudicaretur vir cum Deo quomodo iudicatur filius hominis cum collega suo
22 `For lo! schorte yeeris passen, and Y go a path, bi which Y schal not turne ayen.
ecce enim breves anni transeunt et semitam per quam non revertar ambulo
