Job 21
1 Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide,
and to answer Job and to say
2 Y preye, here ye my wordis, and do ye penaunce.
to hear: hear to hear: hear speech my and to be this consolation your
3 Suffre ye me, that Y speke; and leiye ye aftir my wordis, if it schal seme worthi.
to lift: bear me and I to speak: speak and after to speak: speak I to mock
4 Whether my disputyng is ayens man, that skilfuli Y owe not to be sori?
I to/for man complaint my and if: surely no why? not be short spirit: temper my
5 Perseyue ye me, and be ye astonyed; and sette ye fyngur on youre mouth.
to turn to(wards) me and be desolate: appalled and to set: put hand upon lip
6 And whanne Y bithenke, Y drede, and tremblyng schakith my fleisch.
and if to remember and to dismay and to grasp flesh my shuddering
7 Whi therfor lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, and coumfortid with richessis.
why? wicked to live to proceed also to prevail strength
8 Her seed dwellith bifor hem; the cumpeny of kynesmen, and of sones of sones dwellith in her siyt.
seed: children their to establish: establish to/for face their with them and offspring their to/for eye their
9 Her housis ben sikur, and pesible; and the yerde of God is not on hem.
house: household their peace: well-being from dread and not tribe: staff god upon them
10 The cow of hem conseyuede, and caluede not a deed calf; the cow caluyde, and is not priued of hir calf.
cattle his to pass and not to abhor to escape heifer his and not be bereaved
11 Her litle children goen out as flockis; and her yonge children `maken fulli ioye with pleies.
to send: depart like/as flock boy their and youth their to skip about [emph?]
12 Thei holden tympan, and harpe; and ioien at the soun of orgun.
to lift: bear like/as tambourine and lyre and to rejoice to/for voice: sound pipe
(to end: finish *Q(K)*) in/on/with good day their and in/on/with moment hell: Sheol to descend (Sheol h7585)
14 Whiche men seiden to God, Go thou awei fro us; we nylen the kunnyng of thi weies.
and to say to/for God to turn aside: depart from us and knowledge way: conduct your not to delight in
15 Who is Almiyti God, that we serue him? and what profitith it to vs, if we preien him?
what? Almighty for to serve: minister him and what? to gain for to fall on in/on/with him
16 Netheles for her goodis ben not in her hond, `that is, power, the counsel of wickid men be fer fro me.
look! not in/on/with hand their goodness their counsel wicked to remove from me
17 Hou ofte schal the lanterne of wickid men be quenchid, and flowing schal come on hem, and God schal departe the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce?
like/as what? lamp wicked to put out and to come (in): come upon them calamity their pain to divide in/on/with face: anger his
18 Thei schulen be as chaffis bifor the face of the wynd; and as a deed sparcle, whiche the whirlewynd scaterith abrood.
to be like/as straw to/for face: before spirit: breath and like/as chaff to steal him whirlwind
19 God schal kepe the sorewe of the fadir to hise sones; and whanne he hath yoldun, thanne he schal wite.
god to treasure to/for son: child his evil: wickedness his to complete to(wards) him and to know
20 Hise iyen schulen se her sleyng; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce of Almyyti God.
to see: see (eye his *Q(K)*) ruin his and from rage Almighty to drink
21 For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey?
for what? pleasure his in/on/with house: household his after him and number month his to divide
22 Whether ony man schal teche God kunnyng, which demeth hem that ben hiye?
to/for God to learn: teach knowledge and he/she/it to exalt to judge
23 This yuel man dieth strong and hool, riche and blesful, `that is, myrie.
this to die in/on/with bone integrity his all his at ease and at ease
24 Hise entrails ben ful of fatnesse; and hise boonys ben moistid with merowis.
belly his to fill milk and marrow bone his to water: watering
25 Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis.
and this to die in/on/with soul bitter and not to eat in/on/with welfare
26 And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem.
unitedness upon dust to lie down: lay down and worm to cover upon them
27 Certis Y knowe youre wickid thouytis, and sentensis ayens me.
look! to know plot your and plot upon me to injure
28 For ye seien, Where is the hows of the prince? and where ben the tabernaclis of wickid men?
for to say where? house: home noble and where? tent tabernacle wicked
29 Axe ye ech of `the weie goeris; and ye schulen knowe, that he vndurstondith these same thingis,
not to ask to pass way: road and sign: indicator their not to recognize
30 that an yuel man schal be kept in to the dai of perdicioun, and schal be led to the dai of woodnesse.
for to/for day calamity to withhold bad: evil to/for day fury to conduct
31 Who schal repreue hise weies bifor hym? and who schal yelde to hym tho thingis, whiche he hath doon?
who? to tell upon face his way: conduct his and he/she/it to make: do who? to complete to/for him
32 He schal be led to the sepulcris; and he schal wake in the heep of deed men.
and he/she/it to/for grave to conduct and upon tomb to watch
33 He was swete to the `stoonys, ether filthis, of helle; and drawith ech man aftir hym, and vnnoumbrable men bifor him.
be sweet to/for him clod torrent: valley and after him all man to draw and to/for face: before his nothing number
34 Hou therfor coumforten ye me in veyn, sithen youre answeris ben schewid to `repugne to treuthe?
and how? to be sorry: comfort me vanity and turn your to remain unfaithfulness
