Job 19
1 Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, Hou long turmente ye my soule,
And he answered Job and he said.
2 and al to-breken me with wordis?
Until when? will you torment! self my and will you crush? me with words.
3 Lo! ten sithis ye schenden me, and ye ben not aschamed, oppressynge me.
This ten times you have insulted me not you have been ashamed you have ill-treated me.
4 Forsothe and if Y `koude not, myn vnkynnyng schal be with me.
And even truly I have erred with me it lodges error my.
5 And ye ben reisid ayens me, and repreuen me with my schenschipis.
If truly above me you will magnify yourselves and you may argue on me disgrace my.
6 Nameli now vndurstonde ye, that God hath turmentid me not bi euene doom, and hath cumpassid me with hise betyngis.
Know then that God he has wronged me and net his over me he has closed.
7 Lo! Y suffrynge violence schal crye, and no man schal here; Y schal crye loude, and `noon is that demeth.
There! I cry out violence and not I am answered I cry for help and there not [is] justice.
8 He bisette aboute my path, and Y may not go; and he settide derknessis in my weie.
Way my he has walled up and not I will pass and on paths my darkness he puts.
9 He hath spuylid me of my glorye, and hath take awey the coroun fro myn heed.
Honor my from on me he has stripped off and he has removed [the] crown of head my.
10 He hath distried me on ech side, and Y perischide; and he hath take awei myn hope, as fro a tre pullid vp bi the roote.
He has torn down me all around and I have gone and he has uprooted like a tree hope my.
11 His stronge veniaunce was wrooth ayens me; and he hadde me so as his enemye.
And he has kindled towards me anger his and he has considered me himself like foes his.
12 Hise theues camen togidere, and `maden to hem a wei bi me; and bisegiden my tabernacle in cumpas.
Together - they have come troops his and they have piled up on me way their and they have encamped all around tent my.
13 He made fer my britheren fro me; and my knowun as aliens yeden awei fro me.
Brothers my from with me he has put far away and acquaintances my surely they have become estranged from me.
14 My neiyboris forsoken me; and thei that knewen me han foryete me.
They have ceased kindred my and acquaintances my they have forgotten me.
15 The tenauntis of myn hows, and myn handmaydis hadden me as a straunger; and Y was as a pilgrym bifor her iyen.
[the] sojourners of House my and female servants my to a stranger they consider me a foreigner I have become in view their.
16 Y clepide my seruaunt, and he answeride not to me; with myn owne mouth Y preiede hym.
To servant my I call and not he answers with mouth my I seek favor to him.
17 My wijf wlatide my breeth; and Y preiede the sones of my wombe.
Breath my it is loathsome to wife my and I am repulsive to [the] sons of womb my.
18 Also foolis dispisiden me; and whanne Y was goon awei fro hem, thei bacbitiden me.
Also young boys they reject me I arise and they spoke against me.
19 Thei, that weren my counselouris sum tyme, hadden abhomynacioun of me; and he, whom Y louede moost, was aduersarie to me.
They abhor me all [the] men of council my and whom I love they have turned against me.
20 Whanne fleischis weren wastid, my boon cleuyde to my skyn; and `oneli lippis ben left aboute my teeth.
On skin my and on flesh my it clings bone my and I have escaped! with [the] skin of teeth my.
21 Haue ye merci on me, haue ye merci on me, nameli, ye my frendis; for the hond of the Lord hath touchid me.
Show favor to me show favor to me O you friends my for [the] hand of God it has touched me.
22 Whi pursuen ye me, as God pursueth; and ben fillid with my fleischis?
Why? are you persecuting me like God and from flesh my not are you satisfied?
23 Who yyueth to me, that my wordis be writun? Who yyueth to me,
Who? will he give then and they will be written down! words my who? will he give on the scroll so they may be inscribed.
24 that tho be writun in a book with an yrun poyntil, ethir with a plate of leed; ethir with a chisel be grauun in a flynt?
With a stylus of iron and lead for ever in the rock they will be engraved!
25 For Y woot, that myn ayenbiere lyueth, and in the laste dai Y schal rise fro the erthe;
And I I know vindicator my he lives and last on dust he will stand.
26 and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour.
And after skin my people have struck off this and from flesh my I will see God.
27 Whom Y my silf schal se, and myn iyen schulen biholde, and not an other man. This myn hope is kept in my bosum.
Whom I - I will see for myself and own eyes my they will see and not a stranger they are faint kidneys my in bosom my.
28 Whi therfor seien ye now, Pursue we hym, and fynde we the roote of a word ayens hym?
If you will say what? will we persecute him and [the] root of [the] matter it has been found in me.
29 Therfor fle ye fro the face of the swerd; for the swerd is the vengere of wickidnessis, and wite ye, that doom schal be.
Be afraid yourselves - of [the] sword for rage [is] iniquities of [the] sword so that you may know! (that a judgment. *Q(k)*)
