Job 29
1 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
2 Who yyueth to me, that I be bisidis the elde monethis, bi the daies in whiche God kepte me?
who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
3 Whanne his lanterne schynede on myn heed, and Y yede in derknessis at his liyt.
in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
4 As Y was in the daies of my yongthe, whanne in priuete God was in my tabernacle.
like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
5 Whanne Almyyti God was with me, and my children weren in my cumpas;
in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
6 whanne Y waischide my feet in botere, and the stoon schedde out to me the stremes of oile;
in/on/with to wash: wash step my in/on/with heat and rock to pour with me me stream oil
7 whanne Y yede forth to the yate of the citee, and in the street thei maden redi a chaier to me.
in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
8 Yonge men, `that is, wantoun, sien me, and weren hid, and elde men risynge vp stoden;
to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
9 princes ceessiden to speke, and puttiden the fyngur on her mouth;
ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
10 duykis refreyneden her vois, and her tunge cleuyde to her throte.
voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
11 An eere herynge blesside me, and an iye seynge yeldide witnessyng to me;
for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
12 for Y hadde delyueride a pore man criynge, and a fadirles child, that hadde noon helpere.
for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
13 The blessyng of a man `to perische cam on me, and Y coumfortide the herte of a widewe.
blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
14 Y was clothid with riytfulnesse; and Y clothide me as with a cloth, and with my `doom a diademe.
righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
15 Y was iye `to a blynde man, and foot to a crokyd man.
eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
16 Y was a fadir of pore men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, which Y knew not.
father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
17 Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth.
and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
18 And Y seide, Y schal die in my nest; and as a palm tre Y schal multiplie daies.
and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
19 My roote is openyde bisidis watris, and deew schal dwelle in my repyng.
root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
20 My glorie schal euere be renulid, and my bouwe schal be astorid in myn hond.
glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
21 Thei, that herden me, abiden my sentence; and thei weren ententif, and weren stille to my counsel.
to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
22 Thei dursten no thing adde to my wordis; and my speche droppide on hem.
after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
23 Thei abididen me as reyn; and thei openyden her mouth as to the softe reyn `comynge late.
and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
24 If ony tyme Y leiyide to hem, thei bileueden not; and the liyt of my cheer felde not doun in to erthe.
to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
25 If Y wolde go to hem, Y sat the firste; and whanne Y sat as kyng, while the oost stood aboute, netheles Y was comfortour of hem that morenyden.
to choose way: conduct their and to dwell head: leader and to dwell like/as king in/on/with band like/as as which mourning to be sorry: comfort
