< Job 30 >

1 But now yongere men in tyme scornen me, whos fadris Y deynede not to sette with the doggis of my flok.
and now to laugh upon me little from me to/for day: old which to reject father their to/for to set: make with dog flock my
2 Of whiche men the vertu of hondis was for nouyt to me, and thei weren gessid vnworthi to that lijf.
also strength hand their to/for what? to/for me upon them to perish vigor
3 Thei weren bareyn for nedynesse and hungur; that gnawiden in wildirnesse, and weren pale for pouert and wretchidnesse;
in/on/with poverty and in/on/with famine solitary [the] to gnaw dryness last night devastation and desolation
4 and eeten eerbis, aud the ryndis of trees; and the roote of iunyperis was her mete.
[the] to pluck mallow upon bush and root broom food their
5 Whiche men rauyschiden these thingis fro grete valeis; and whanne thei hadden foundun ony of alle, thei runnen with cry to tho.
from midst to drive out: drive out to shout upon them like/as thief
6 Thei dwelliden in deseertis of strondis, and in caues of erthe, ethir on grauel, `ethir on cley.
in/on/with dreadful torrent: river to/for to dwell hole dust and rock
7 Whiche weren glad among siche thingis, and arettiden delices to be vndur buschis.
between bush to bray underneath: under nettle to attach
8 The sones of foolis and of vnnoble men, and outirli apperynge not in erthe.
son: type of foolish also son: child without name to whip from [the] land: country/planet
9 But now Y am turned in to the song of hem, and Y am maad a prouerbe to hem.
and now music their to be and to be to/for them to/for speech
10 Thei holden me abhomynable, and fleen fer fro me, and dreden not to spete on my face.
to abhor me to remove from me and from face my not to withhold spittle
11 For God hath openyd his arowe caas, and hath turmentid me, and hath set a bridil in to my mouth.
for (cord my *Q(K)*) to open and to afflict me and bridle from face my to send: depart
12 At the riytside of the eest my wretchidnessis risiden anoon; thei turneden vpsedoun my feet, and oppressiden with her pathis as with floodis.
upon right brood to arise: rise foot my to send: depart and to build upon me way calamity their
13 Thei destrieden my weies; thei settiden tresoun to me, and hadden the maistri; and `noon was that helpide.
to break path my to/for desire my to gain not to help to/for them
14 Thei felden in on me as bi a brokun wal, and bi yate openyd, and weren stretchid forth to my wretchidnessis.
like/as breach broad: wide to come underneath: stand devastation to roll
15 Y am dryuun in to nouyt; he took awei my desir as wynd, and myn helpe passide awei as a cloude.
to overturn upon me terror to pursue like/as spirit: breath honor my and like/as cloud to pass salvation my
16 But now my soule fadith in my silf, and daies of turment holden me stidfastly.
and now upon me to pour: pour soul my to grasp me day affliction
17 In nyyt my boon is persid with sorewis; and thei, that eten me, slepen not.
night bone my to dig from upon me and to gnaw me not to lie down: sleep [emph?]
18 In the multitude of tho my cloth is wastid, and thei han gird me as with coler of a coote.
in/on/with many strength to search clothing my like/as lip: edge tunic my to gird me
19 Y am comparisound to cley, and Y am maad lijk to a deed sparcle and aisch.
to shoot me to/for clay and to liken like/as dust and ashes
20 Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not me.
to cry to(wards) you and not to answer me to stand: stand and to understand in/on/with me
21 Thou art chaungid in to cruel to me, and in the hardnesse of thin hond thou art aduersarie to me.
to overturn to/for cruel to/for me in/on/with strength hand: power your to hate me
22 Thou hast reisid me, and hast set as on wynd; and hast hurtlid me doun strongli.
to lift: raise me to(wards) spirit: breath to ride me and to melt me (wisdom *Q(K)*)
23 Y woot, that thow schalt bitake me to deeth, where an hows is ordeyned to ech lyuynge man.
for to know death to return: return me and house: home meeting: time appointed to/for all alive
24 Netheles thou sendist not out thin hond to the wastyng of hem; and if thei fallen doun, thou schalt saue.
surely not in/on/with ruin to send: reach hand if: surely yes in/on/with disaster his to/for them cry
25 Y wepte sum tyme on him, that was turmentid, and my soule hadde compassioun on a pore man.
if: surely no not to weep to/for severe day be grieved soul my to/for needy
26 Y abood goodis, and yuelis ben comun to me; Y abood liyt, and derknessis braken out.
for good to await and to come (in): come bad: evil and to wait: hope to/for light and to come (in): come darkness
27 Myn ynnere thingis buyliden out with outen my reste; daies of turment camen bifor me.
belly my to boil and not to silence: stationary to meet me day affliction
28 Y yede morenynge, and Y roos with out woodnesse in the cumpenye, and criede.
be dark to go: walk in/on/with not heat to arise: establish in/on/with assembly to cry
29 Y was the brother of dragouns, and the felow of ostrigis.
brother: male-sibling to be to/for jackal and neighbor to/for daughter ostrich
30 My skyn was maad blak on me, and my boonys drieden for heete.
skin my be black from upon me and bone my to scorch from drought
31 Myn harpe is turned in to morenyng, and myn orgun in to the vois of weperis.
and to be to/for mourning lyre my and pipe my to/for voice to weep

< Job 30 >