Job 29
1 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ιωβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ
2 Who yyueth to me, that I be bisidis the elde monethis, bi the daies in whiche God kepte me?
τίς ἄν με θείη κατὰ μῆνα ἔμπροσθεν ἡμερῶν ὧν με ὁ θεὸς ἐφύλαξεν
3 Whanne his lanterne schynede on myn heed, and Y yede in derknessis at his liyt.
ὡς ὅτε ηὔγει ὁ λύχνος αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς μου ὅτε τῷ φωτὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπορευόμην ἐν σκότει
4 As Y was in the daies of my yongthe, whanne in priuete God was in my tabernacle.
ὅτε ἤμην ἐπιβρίθων ὁδοῖς ὅτε ὁ θεὸς ἐπισκοπὴν ἐποιεῖτο τοῦ οἴκου μου
5 Whanne Almyyti God was with me, and my children weren in my cumpas;
ὅτε ἤμην ὑλώδης λίαν κύκλῳ δέ μου οἱ παῖδες
6 whanne Y waischide my feet in botere, and the stoon schedde out to me the stremes of oile;
ὅτε ἐχέοντό μου αἱ ὁδοὶ βουτύρῳ τὰ δὲ ὄρη μου ἐχέοντο γάλακτι
7 whanne Y yede forth to the yate of the citee, and in the street thei maden redi a chaier to me.
ὅτε ἐξεπορευόμην ὄρθριος ἐν πόλει ἐν δὲ πλατείαις ἐτίθετό μου ὁ δίφρος
8 Yonge men, `that is, wantoun, sien me, and weren hid, and elde men risynge vp stoden;
ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν
9 princes ceessiden to speke, and puttiden the fyngur on her mouth;
ἁδροὶ δὲ ἐπαύσαντο λαλοῦντες δάκτυλον ἐπιθέντες ἐπὶ στόματι
10 duykis refreyneden her vois, and her tunge cleuyde to her throte.
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐμακάρισάν με καὶ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτῶν ἐκολλήθη
11 An eere herynge blesside me, and an iye seynge yeldide witnessyng to me;
ὅτι οὖς ἤκουσεν καὶ ἐμακάρισέν με ὀφθαλμὸς δὲ ἰδών με ἐξέκλινεν
12 for Y hadde delyueride a pore man criynge, and a fadirles child, that hadde noon helpere.
διέσωσα γὰρ πτωχὸν ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου καὶ ὀρφανῷ ᾧ οὐκ ἦν βοηθός ἐβοήθησα
13 The blessyng of a man `to perische cam on me, and Y coumfortide the herte of a widewe.
εὐλογία ἀπολλυμένου ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἔλθοι στόμα δὲ χήρας με εὐλόγησεν
14 Y was clothid with riytfulnesse; and Y clothide me as with a cloth, and with my `doom a diademe.
δικαιοσύνην δὲ ἐνεδεδύκειν ἠμφιασάμην δὲ κρίμα ἴσα διπλοΐδι
15 Y was iye `to a blynde man, and foot to a crokyd man.
ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν
16 Y was a fadir of pore men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, which Y knew not.
ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων δίκην δέ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα
17 Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth.
συνέτριψα δὲ μύλας ἀδίκων ἐκ δὲ μέσου τῶν ὀδόντων αὐτῶν ἅρπαγμα ἐξέσπασα
18 And Y seide, Y schal die in my nest; and as a palm tre Y schal multiplie daies.
εἶπα δέ ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω
19 My roote is openyde bisidis watris, and deew schal dwelle in my repyng.
ἡ ῥίζα μου διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου
20 My glorie schal euere be renulid, and my bouwe schal be astorid in myn hond.
ἡ δόξα μου καινὴ μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται
21 Thei, that herden me, abiden my sentence; and thei weren ententif, and weren stille to my counsel.
ἐμοῦ ἀκούσαντες προσέσχον ἐσιώπησαν δὲ ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμῇ βουλῇ
22 Thei dursten no thing adde to my wordis; and my speche droppide on hem.
ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ἐμῷ ῥήματι οὐ προσέθεντο περιχαρεῖς δὲ ἐγίνοντο ὁπόταν αὐτοῖς ἐλάλουν
23 Thei abididen me as reyn; and thei openyden her mouth as to the softe reyn `comynge late.
ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετόν οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν
24 If ony tyme Y leiyide to hem, thei bileueden not; and the liyt of my cheer felde not doun in to erthe.
ἐὰν γελάσω πρὸς αὐτούς οὐ μὴ πιστεύσωσιν καὶ φῶς τοῦ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἀπέπιπτεν
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.
ἐξελεξάμην ὁδὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐκάθισα ἄρχων καὶ κατεσκήνουν ὡσεὶ βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις ὃν τρόπον παθεινοὺς παρακαλῶν
