Job 18
1 Forsothe Baldach Suythes answeride, and seide,
respondens autem Baldad Suites dixit
2 `Til to what ende schalt thou booste with wordis? Vndurstonde thou first, and so speke we.
usque ad quem finem verba iactabitis intellegite prius et sic loquamur
3 Whi ben we arettid as beestis, and han we be foule bifor thee?
quare reputati sumus ut iumenta et sorduimus coram vobis
4 What leesist thou thi soule in thi woodnes? Whether the erthe schal be forsakun `for thee, and hard stoonys schulen be borun ouer fro her place?
qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo numquid propter te derelinquetur terra et transferentur rupes de loco suo
5 Whethir the liyt of a wickid man schal not be quenchid; and the flawme of his fier schal not schyne?
nonne lux impii extinguetur nec splendebit flamma ignis eius
6 Liyt schal wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lanterne, which is on hym, schal be quenchid.
lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius et lucerna quae super eum est extinguetur
7 The steppis of his vertu schulen be maad streit; and his counsel schal caste hym doun.
artabuntur gressus virtutis eius et praecipitabit eum consilium suum
8 For he hath sent hise feet in to a net; and he goith in the meschis therof.
inmisit enim in rete pedes suos et in maculis eius ambulat
9 His foot schal be holdun with a snare; and thirst schal brenne out ayens hym.
tenebitur planta illius laqueo et exardescet contra eum sitis
10 The foot trappe of hym is hid in the erthe, and his snare on the path.
abscondita est in terra pedica eius et decipula illius super semitam
11 Dredis schulen make hym aferd on ech side, and schulen biwlappe hise feet.
undique terrebunt eum formidines et involvent pedes eius
12 His strengthe be maad feble bi hungur; and pouert asaile hise ribbis.
adtenuetur fame robur eius et inedia invadat costas illius
13 Deuoure it the fairnesse of his skyn; the firste gendrid deth waste hise armes.
devoret pulchritudinem cutis eius consumat brachia illius primogenita mors
14 His trist be takun awei fro his tabernacle; and perischyng, as a kyng, aboue trede on hym.
avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia eius et calcet super eum quasi rex interitus
15 The felowis of hym that is not, dwelle in his tabernacle; brymston be spreynt in his tabernacle.
habitent in tabernaculo illius socii eius qui non est aspergatur in tabernaculo eius sulphur
16 The rootis of hym be maad drie bynethe; sotheli his ripe corn be al to-brokun aboue.
deorsum radices eius siccentur sursum autem adteratur messis eius
17 His mynde perische fro the erthe; and his name be not maad solempne in stretis.
memoria illius pereat de terra et non celebretur nomen eius in plateis
18 He schal put hym out fro `liyt in to derknessis; and he schal bere hym ouer fro the world.
expellet eum de luce in tenebras et de orbe transferet eum
19 Nethir his seed nether kynrede schal be in his puple, nether ony relifs in hise cuntreis.
non erit semen eius neque progenies in populo suo nec ullae reliquiae in regionibus eius
20 The laste men schulen wondre in hise daies; and hidousnesse schal asaile the firste men.
in die eius stupebunt novissimi et primos invadet horror
21 Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a wickid man; and this is the place of hym, that knowith not God.
haec sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui et iste locus eius qui ignorat Deum
