Job 20
1 Forsothe Sophar Naamathites answeride, and seide,
and to answer Zophar [the] Naamathite and to say
2 Therfor my thouytis dyuerse comen oon aftir anothir; and the mynde is rauyischid in to dyuerse thingis.
to/for so disquietings my to return: reply me and in/on/with for the sake of to hasten I in/on/with me
3 Y schal here the techyng, bi which thou repreuest me; and the spirit of myn vndurstondyng schal answere me.
discipline shame my to hear: hear and spirit from understanding my to answer me
4 Y woot this fro the bigynnyng, sithen man was set on erthe,
this to know from perpetuity from to set: put man upon land: country/planet
5 that the preisyng of wickid men is schort, and the ioie of an ypocrite is at the licnesse of a poynt.
for triumphing wicked from near and joy profane till moment
6 Thouy his pride `stieth in to heuene, and his heed touchith the cloudis,
if to ascend: rise to/for heaven loftiness his and head his to/for cloud to touch
7 he schal be lost in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen seie, Where is he?
like/as dung his to/for perpetuity to perish to see: see him to say where? he
8 As a dreem fleynge awei he schal not be foundun; he schal passe as `a nyytis siyt.
like/as dream to fly and not to find him and to wander like/as vision night
9 The iye that siy hym schal not se; and his place schal no more biholde him.
eye to see him and not to add: again and not still to see him place his
10 Hise sones schulen be `al to-brokun with nedynesse; and hise hondis schulen yelde to hym his sorewe.
son: child his to accept poor and hand his to return: return strength his
11 Hise boonys schulen be fillid with the vices of his yong wexynge age; and schulen slepe with hym in dust.
bone his to fill (youth his *Q(K)*) and with him upon dust to lie down: lay down
12 For whanne yuel was swete in his mouth, he hidde it vndur his tunge.
if be sweet in/on/with lip his distress: evil to hide her underneath: under tongue his
13 He schal spare it, and schal not forsake it; and schal hide in his throte.
to spare upon her and not to leave: release her and to withhold her in/on/with midst palate his
14 His breed in his wombe schal be turned in to galle of snakis withynne.
food his in/on/with belly his to overturn gall cobra in/on/with entrails: among his
15 He schal spue out the richessis, whiche he deuouride; and God schal drawe tho ritchessis out of his wombe.
strength: rich to swallow up and to vomit him from belly: abdomen his to possess: take him God
16 He schal souke the heed of snakis; and the tunge of an addre schal sle hym.
poison cobra to suckle to kill him tongue viper
17 Se he not the stremys of the flood of the stronde, of hony, and of botere.
not to see: see in/on/with stream river torrent: river honey and curd
18 He schal suffre peyne for alle thingis whiche he hath do, netheles he schal not be wastid; aftir the multitude of his fyndyngis, so and `he schal suffre.
to return: return toil and not to swallow up like/as strength: rich exchange his and not to rejoice
19 For he brake, and made nakid the hows of a pore man; he rauyschide, and bildide it not.
for to crush to leave: neglect poor house: home to plunder and not to build him
20 And his wombe was not fillid; and whanne he hath that, that he couetide, he may not holde in possessioun.
for not to know at ease in/on/with belly: abdomen his in/on/with to desire his not to escape
21 `No thing lefte of his mete; and therfor no thing schal dwelle of his goodis.
nothing survivor to/for to eat he upon so not be firm goodness his
22 Whanne he is fillid, he schal be maad streit; he schal `be hoot, and alle sorewe schal falle in on hym.
in/on/with to fill sufficiency his be distressed to/for him all hand labour(er) to come (in): come him
23 `Y wolde, that his wombe be fillid, that he sende out in to hym the ire of his strong veniaunce, and reyne his batel on hym.
to be to/for to fill belly: abdomen his to send: depart in/on/with him burning anger face: anger his and to rain upon them in/on/with intestine his
24 He schal fle yrun armuris, and he schal falle in to a brasun boowe.
to flee from weapon iron to pass him bow bronze
25 Led out, and goynge out `of his schethe, and schynynge, `ether smytinge with leit, `in to his bittirnesse; orrible fendis schulen go, and schulen come on hym.
to draw and to come out: come from back and lightning from gall his to go: come upon him terror
26 Alle derknessis ben hid in hise priuytees; fier, which is not teendid, schal deuoure hym; he schal be turmentid left in his tabernacle.
all darkness to hide to/for to treasure his to eat him fire not to breathe be evil survivor in/on/with tent his
27 Heuenes schulen schewe his wickidnesse; and erthe schal rise togidere ayens hym.
to reveal: reveal heaven iniquity: crime his and land: country/planet to arise: attack to/for him
28 The seed of his hows schal be opyn; it schal be drawun doun in the dai of the strong veniaunce of the Lord.
to reveal: remove crops house: home his to pour in/on/with day face: anger his
29 This is the part of a wickid man, `which part is youun of God, and the eritage of hise wordis of the Lord.
this portion man wicked from God and inheritance word his from God
