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