Job 33
1 Therfor, Joob, here thou my spechis, and herkene alle my wordis.
Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.
2 Lo! Y haue openyd my mouth, my tunge schal speke in my chekis.
Beholde now, I haue opened my mouth: my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
3 Of symple herte ben my wordis, and my lippis schulen speke clene sentence.
My words are in the vprightnesse of mine heart, and my lippes shall speake pure knowledge.
4 The spirit of God made me, and the brething of Almyyti God quykenyde me.
The Spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almightie hath giuen me life.
5 If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou ayens my face.
If thou canst giue me answere, prepare thy selfe and stand before me.
6 Lo! God made me as and thee; and also Y am formyd of the same cley.
Beholde, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I am also formed of the clay.
7 Netheles my myracle make thee not afeerd, and myn eloquence be not greuouse to thee.
Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall mine hand be heauie vpon thee.
8 Therfor thou seidist in myn eeris, and Y herde the vois of thi wordis;
Doubtles thou hast spoken in mine eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes.
9 Y am cleene, and with out gilt, and vnwemmed, and wickidnesse is not in me.
I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.
10 `For God foond querels in me, therfor he demyde me enemy to hym silf.
Lo, he hath found occasions against me, and counted me for his enemie.
11 He hath set my feet in a stok; he kepte alle my pathis.
He hath put my feete in the stockes, and looketh narrowly vnto all my paths.
12 Therfor this thing it is, in which thou art not maad iust; Y schal answere to thee, that God is more than man.
Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.
13 Thou stryuest ayenus God, that not at alle wordis he answeride to thee.
Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.
14 God spekith onys, and the secounde tyme he rehersith not the same thing.
For God speaketh once or twise, and one seeth it not.
15 God spekith bi a dreem in the visioun of nyyt, whanne sleep fallith on men, and thei slepen in the bed.
In dreames and visions of the night, when sleepe falleth vpon men, and they sleepe vpon their beds,
16 Thanne he openith the eeris of men, and he techith hem, `and techith prudence;
Then he openeth the eares of men, euen by their corrections, which he had sealed,
17 that he turne awei a man fro these thingis whiche he made, and delyuere hym fro pride; delyuerynge his soule fro corrupcioun,
That he might cause man to turne away from his enterprise, and that he might hide the pride of man,
18 and his lijf, that it go not in to swerd.
And keepe backe his soule from the pit, and that his life should not passe by the sword.
19 Also God blameth a synnere bi sorewe in the bed, and makith alle the boonys of hym `to fade.
He is also striken with sorow vpon his bed, and the griefe of his bones is sore,
20 Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete desirable `bifor to his soule.
So that his life causeth him to abhorre bread, and his soule daintie meate.
21 His fleisch schal faile for rot, and hise boonys, that weren hilid, schulen be maad nakid.
His flesh faileth that it can not be seene, and his bones which were not seene, clatter.
22 His soule schal neiye to corrupcioun, and his lijf to thingis `bryngynge deeth.
So his soule draweth to the graue, and his life to the buriers.
23 If an aungel, oon of a thousynde, is spekynge for hym, that he telle the equyte of man, God schal haue mercy on hym,
If there be a messenger with him, or an interpreter, one of a thousand to declare vnto man his righteousnesse,
24 and schal seie, Delyuere thou hym, that he go not doun in to corrupcioun; Y haue founde in what thing Y schal do merci to hym.
Then will he haue mercie vpon him, and will say, Deliuer him, that he go not downe into the pit: for I haue receiued a reconciliation.
25 His fleisch is wastid of turmentis; turne he ayen to the daies of his yonge wexynge age.
Then shall his flesh be as fresh as a childes, and shall returne as in the dayes of his youth.
26 He schal biseche God, and he schal be quemeful to hym; and he schal se his face in hertly ioye, and he schal yelde to man his riytfulnesse.
He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauourable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy: for he will render vnto man his righteousnes.
27 He schal biholde men, and he schal seie, Y haue synned, and verili Y haue trespassid; and Y haue not resseyued, as Y was worthi.
He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,
28 For he delyueride his soule, that it schulde not go in to perischyng, but that he lyuynge schulde se liyt.
He will deliuer his soule from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
29 Lo! God worchith alle these thingis in thre tymes bi alle men;
Lo, all these things will God worke twise or thrise with a man,
30 that he ayen clepe her soulis fro corrupcioun, and liytne in the liyt of lyuynge men.
That he may turne backe his soule from the pit, to be illuminate in the light of the liuing.
31 Thou, Joob, perseyue, and here me, and be thou stille, the while Y speke.
Marke well, O Iob, and heare me: keepe silence, and I will speake.
32 Sotheli if thou hast what thou schalt speke, answere thou to me, speke thou; for Y wole, that thou appere iust.
If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.
33 That if thou hast not, here thou me; be thou stille, and Y schal teche thee wisdom.
If thou hast not, heare me: holde thy tongue, and I will teach thee wisedome.
