איוב 8
| וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשּׁוּחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Sotheli Baldath Suytes answeride, and seide,
| עַד־אָן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵלֶּה וְרוּחַ כַּבִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃ | 2 |
Hou longe schalt thou speke siche thingis? The spirit of the word of thi mouth is manyfold.
| הַאֵל יְעַוֵּת מִשְׁפָּט וְאִם־שַׁדַּי יְעַוֵּת־צֶֽדֶק׃ | 3 |
Whether God supplauntith, `ethir disseyueth, doom, and whether Almyyti God distrieth that, that is iust?
| אִם־בָּנֶיךָ חָֽטְאוּ־לוֹ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃ | 4 |
Yhe, thouy thi sones synneden ayens hym, and he lefte hem in the hond of her wickidnesse;
| אִם־אַתָּה תְּשַׁחֵר אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־שַׁדַּי תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃ | 5 |
netheles, if thou risist eerli to God, and bisechist `Almyyti God, if thou goist clene and riytful,
| אִם־זַךְ וְיָשָׁר אָתָּה כִּֽי־עַתָּה יָעִיר עָלֶיךָ וְשִׁלַּם נְוַת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃ | 6 |
anoon he schal wake fulli to thee, and schal make pesible the dwellyng place of thi ryytfulnesse;
| וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִֽיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹֽד׃ | 7 |
in so miche that thi formere thingis weren litil, and that thi laste thingis be multiplied greetli.
| כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָא לְדֹר רִישׁוֹן וְכוֹנֵן לְחֵקֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃ | 8 |
For whi, axe thou the formere generacioun, and seke thou diligentli the mynde of fadris.
| כִּֽי־תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ | 9 |
For we ben men of yistirdai, and `kunnen not; for oure daies ben as schadewe on the erthe.
| הֲלֹא־הֵם יוֹרוּךָ יֹאמְרוּ לָךְ וּמִלִּבָּם יוֹצִאוּ מִלִּֽים׃ | 10 |
And thei schulen teche thee, thei schulen speke to thee, and of her herte thei schulen bring forth spechis.
| הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָחוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃ | 11 |
Whether a rusche may lyue with out moysture? ethir a spier `may wexe with out watir?
| עֹדֶנּוּ בְאִבּוֹ לֹא יִקָּטֵף וְלִפְנֵי כׇל־חָצִיר יִיבָֽשׁ׃ | 12 |
Whanne it is yit in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor alle erbis.
| כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל־שֹׁכְחֵי אֵל וְתִקְוַת חָנֵף תֹּאבֵֽד׃ | 13 |
So the weies of alle men, that foryeten God; and the hope of an ypocrite schal perische.
| אֲשֶׁר־יָקוֹט כִּסְלוֹ וּבֵית עַכָּבִישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃ | 14 |
His cowardise schal not plese hym, and his trist schal be as a web of yreyns.
| יִשָּׁעֵן עַל־בֵּיתוֹ וְלֹא יַעֲמֹד יַחֲזִיק בּוֹ וְלֹא יָקֽוּם׃ | 15 |
He schal leene, `ether reste, on his hows, and it schal not stonde; he schal vndursette it, and it schal not rise togidere.
| רָטֹב הוּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁמֶשׁ וְעַל גַּנָּתוֹ יֹנַקְתּוֹ תֵצֵֽא׃ | 16 |
The rusche semeth moist, bifor that the sunne come; and in the risyng of the sunne the seed therof schal go out.
| עַל־גַּל שׇׁרָשָׁיו יְסֻבָּכוּ בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ | 17 |
Rootis therof schulen be maad thicke on an heep of stoonys, and it schal dwelle among stoonys.
| אִם־יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ מִמְּקֹמוֹ וְכִחֶשׁ בּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ | 18 |
If a man drawith it out of `his place, his place schal denye it, and schal seie, Y knowe thee not.
| הֶן־הוּא מְשׂוֹשׂ דַּרְכּוֹ וּמֵעָפָר אַחֵר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃ | 19 |
For this is the gladnesse of his weie, that eft othere ruschis springe out of the erthe.
| הֶן־אֵל לֹא יִמְאַס־תָּם וְלֹֽא־יַחֲזִיק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃ | 20 |
Forsothe God schal not caste a wei a symple man, nethir schal dresse hond to wickid men;
| עַד־יְמַלֵּה שְׂחוֹק פִּיךָ וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃ | 21 |
til thi mouth be fillid with leiytir, and thi lippis with hertli song.
| שֹׂנְאֶיךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹשֶׁת וְאֹהֶל רְשָׁעִים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ | 22 |
Thei that haten thee schulen be clothid with schenschip; and the tabernacle of wickid men schal not stonde.
