Job 27
1 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
Job also added to this, using figures of speech, and he said:
2 God lyueth, that hath take awey my doom, and Almyyti God, that hath brouyt my soule to bitternesse.
As God lives, who has taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who has led my soul to bitterness,
3 For as long as breeth is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose thirlis,
as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
4 my lippis schulen not speke wickidnesse, nether my tunge schal thenke a leesyng.
my lips will not speak iniquity, nor will my tongue devise lies.
5 Fer be it fro me, that Y deme you iust; til Y faile, Y schal not go awei fro myn innocence.
Far be it from me that I should judge you to be right, for, until I expire, I will not withdraw from my innocence.
6 Y schal not forsake my iustifiyng, which Y bigan to holde; for myn herte repreueth me not in al my lijf.
I will not forsake my justification, which I have just begun to grasp, for my heart does not find blame for me in my whole life.
7 As my wickid enemy doth; myn aduersarie is as wickid.
Let the impious be as my enemy, and the sinful, as my adversary.
8 For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?
For what hope is there for the hypocrite, if he greedily plunders and God does not free his soul?
9 Whether God schal here the cry of hym, whanne angwisch schal come on hym?
Will God pay attention to his cry, when anguish overcomes him?
10 ether whether he may delite in Almyyti God, and inwardli clepe God in al tyme?
Or will he take delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
11 Y schal teche you bi the hond of God, what thingis Almyyti God hath; and Y schal not hide.
I will teach you through the hand of God, what the Almighty holds, and I will not conceal it.
12 Lo! alle ye knowen, and what speken ye veyn thingis with out cause?
Behold, you know all this, and so why do you speak vain things without a reason?
13 This is the part of a wickid man anentis God, and the eritage of violent men, ether rauenours, whiche thei schulen take of Almyyti God.
This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
14 If hise children ben multiplied, thei schulen be slayn in swerd; and hise sones sones schulen not be fillid with breed.
If his sons should happen to increase, they will be for the sword, and his grandsons will not be satisfied with bread.
15 Thei, that ben residue of hym, schulen be biried in perischyng; and the widewis of hym schulen not wepe.
Whatever will remain of him will be buried in the ruins, and his widows will not weep.
16 If he gaderith togidere siluer as erthe, and makith redi clothis as cley;
If he will amass silver as if it were dirt and fabricate garments as if they were clay,
17 sotheli he made redi, but a iust man schal be clothid in tho, and an innocent man schal departe the siluer.
then yes, he will gather, but the just will be clothed with it and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 As a mouyte he hath bildid his hous, and as a kepere he made a schadewyng place.
He has built his house like a moth, and he has made a makeshift shelter like a sentry.
19 A riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thing with hym; he schal opene hise iyen, and he schal fynde no thing.
When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.
20 Pouert as water schal take hym; and tempeste schal oppresse hym in the nyyt.
Destitution will surround him like water; a storm will overwhelm him in the night.
21 Brennynge wynd schal take hym, and schal do awei; and as a whirlewynd it schal rauysche hym fro his place.
A burning wind will pick him up and carry him away, and, like a whirlwind, it will rush him from his place.
22 He schal sende out turmentis on hym, and schal not spare; he fleynge schal `fle fro his hond.
And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.
23 He schal streyne hise hondis on him, and he schal hisse on hym, and schal biholde his place.
He will clasp his hands over himself, and he will hiss at himself, while considering his situation.
