< Job 17 >
1 Mi spirit schal be maad feble; my daies schulen be maad schort, and oneli the sepulcre is left to me.
spirit my to destroy day my to extinguish grave to/for me
2 Y have not synned, and myn iye dwellith in bittirnessis.
if: surely yes not mockery with me me and in/on/with to rebel they to lodge eye my
3 Lord, delyuere thou me, and sette thou me bisidis thee; and the hond of ech fiyte ayens me.
to set: put [emph?] please to pledge me with you who? he/she/it to/for hand: themselves my to blow
4 Thou hast maad the herte of hem fer fro doctryn, `ethir knowyng of treuthe; therfor thei schulen not be enhaunsid.
for heart their to treasure from understanding upon so not to exalt
5 He bihetith prey to felowis, and the iyen of hise sones schulen faile.
to/for portion to tell neighbor and eye son: child his to end: expend
6 He hath set as in to a prouerbe of the comyn puple, and his saumple bifor hem.
and to set me to/for byword people and spit to/for face: before to be
7 Myn `iye dasewide at indignacioun; and my membris ben dryuun as in to nouyt.
and to grow dim from vexation eye my and member my like/as shadow all their
8 Iust men schulen wondre on this thing; and an innocent schal be reisid ayens an ypocrite.
be desolate: appalled upright upon this and innocent upon profane to rouse
9 And a iust man schal holde his weie, and he schal adde strengthe to clene hondis.
and to grasp righteous way: conduct his and pure hand to add strength
10 Therfor alle `ye be conuertid, and come ye; and Y schal not fynde in you ony wiys man.
and but all their to return: return and to come (in): come please and not to find in/on/with you wise
11 My daies ben passid; my thouytis ben scaterid, turmentynge myn herte.
day my to pass wickedness my to tear possession heart my
12 Tho han turned the nyyt `in to day; and eft aftir derknessis hope liyt.
night to/for day to set: make light near from face: before darkness
13 If Y `susteyne, ether suffre pacientli, helle is myn hous; and Y haue arayede my bed in derknessis. (Sheol )
if to await hell: Sheol house: home my in/on/with darkness to spread bed my (Sheol )
14 Y seide to rot, Thou art my fadur; and to wormes, Ye ben my modir and my sister.
to/for pit: grave to call: call out father my you(m. s.) mother my and sister my to/for worm
15 Therfor where is now myn abidyng? and who biholdith my pacience?
and where? then hope my and hope my who? to see her
16 Alle my thingis schulen go doun in to deppeste helle; gessist thou, whether reste schal be to me, nameli there. (Sheol )
alone: pole hell: Sheol to go down if: surely no unitedness upon dust to descend (Sheol )