< Job 40 >

1 And the Lord addide, and spak to Joob,
וַיַּ֖עַן יְהוָ֥ה אֶת־אִיֹּ֗וב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
2 Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so liytli? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere to hym.
הֲ֭רֹב עִם־שַׁדַּ֣י יִסֹּ֑ור מֹוכִ֖יחַ אֱלֹ֣והַּ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פ
3 Forsothe Joob answeride to the Lord,
וַיַּ֖עַן אִיֹּ֥וב אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
4 and seide, What may Y answere, which haue spoke liytli? Y schal putte myn hond on my mouth.
הֵ֣ן קַ֭לֹּתִי מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶ֑ךָּ יָ֝דִ֗י שַׂ֣מְתִּי לְמֹו־פִֽי׃
5 Y spak o thing, which thing Y wold, that Y hadde not seid; and Y spak anothir thing, to which Y schal no more adde.
אַחַ֣ת דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם וְלֹ֣א אֹוסִֽיף׃ פ
6 Forsothe the Lord answeride to Joob fro the whirlewynd,
וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יֹּוב מִנ סְעָרָה (מִ֥ן ׀ סְעָרָ֗ה) וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
7 and seide, Girde thou as a man thi leendis, and Y schal axe thee, and schewe thou to me.
אֱזָר־נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהֹודִיעֵֽנִי׃
8 Whether thou schalt make voide my doom, and schalt condempne me, that thou be maad iust?
הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃
9 And if thou hast an arm, as God hath, and if thou thundrist with lijk vois, `take thou fairnesse aboute thee,
וְאִם־זְרֹ֖ועַ כָּאֵ֥ל ׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְקֹ֗ול כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃
10 and be thou reisid an hiy, and be thou gloriouse, and be thou clothid `in faire clothis.
עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽאֹ֣ון וָגֹ֑בַהּ וְהֹ֖וד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃
11 Distrie thou proude men in thi woodnesse, and biholde thou, and make lowe ech bostere.
הָ֭פֵץ עֶבְרֹ֣ות אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּרְאֵ֥ה כָל־גֵּ֝אֶ֗ה וְהַשְׁפִּילֵֽהוּ׃
12 Biholde thou alle proude men, and schende thou hem; and al to-breke thou wickid men in her place.
רְאֵ֣ה כָל־גֵּ֭אֶה הַכְנִיעֵ֑הוּ וַהֲדֹ֖ךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃
13 Hide thou hem in dust togidere, and drenche doun her faces in to a diche.
טָמְנֵ֣ם בֶּעָפָ֣ר יָ֑חַד פְּ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם חֲבֹ֣שׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃
14 And Y schal knowleche, that thi riyt hond may saue thee.
וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י אֹודֶ֑ךָּ כִּֽי־תֹושִׁ֖עַ לְךָ֣ יְמִינֶֽךָ׃
15 Lo! behemot, whom Y made with thee, schal as an oxe ete hey.
הִנֵּה־נָ֣א בְ֭הֵמֹות אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֣יתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ חָ֝צִ֗יר כַּבָּקָ֥ר יֹאכֵֽל׃
16 His strengthe is in hise leendis, and his vertu is in the nawle of his wombe.
הִנֵּה־נָ֣א כֹחֹ֣ו בְמָתְנָ֑יו וְ֝אֹנֹ֗ו בִּשְׁרִירֵ֥י בִטְנֹֽו׃
17 He streyneth his tail as a cedre; the senewis of his `stones of gendrure ben foldid togidere.
יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָבֹ֣ו כְמֹו־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדֹו (פַחֲדָ֣יו) יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃
18 Hise boonys ben as the pipis of bras; the gristil of hym is as platis of yrun.
עֲ֭צָמָיו אֲפִיקֵ֣י נְחוּשָׁ֑ה גְּ֝רָמָ֗יו כִּמְטִ֥יל בַּרְזֶֽל׃
19 He is the bigynnyng of the weies of God; he, that made hym, schal sette his swerd to hym.
ה֖וּא רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכֵי־אֵ֑ל הָ֝עֹשֹׂו יַגֵּ֥שׁ חַרְבֹּֽו׃
20 Hillis beren eerbis to this behemot; alle the beestis of the feeld pleien there.
כִּֽי־ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־לֹ֑ו וְֽכָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃
21 He slepith vndur schadewe, in the pryuete of rehed, in moiste places.
תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִ֥ים יִשְׁכָּ֑ב בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃
22 Schadewis hilen his schadewe; the salewis of the ryuer cumpassen hym.
יְסֻכֻּ֣הוּ צֶאֱלִ֣ים צִֽלֲלֹ֑ו יְ֝סֻבּ֗וּהוּ עַרְבֵי־נָֽחַל׃
23 He schal soupe vp the flood, and he schal not wondre; he hath trist, that Jordan schal flowe in to his mouth.
הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפֹּ֑וז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃
24 He schal take hem bi `the iyen of hym, as bi an hook; and bi scharpe schaftis he schal perse hise nosethirlis.
בְּעֵינָ֥יו יִקָּחֶ֑נּוּ בְּ֝מֹֽוקְשִׁ֗ים יִנְקָב־אָֽף׃

< Job 40 >