Job 34
1 pronuntians itaque Heliu etiam haec locutus est
And Helyu pronounside, and spak also these thingis,
2 audite sapientes verba mea et eruditi auscultate me
Wise men, here ye my wordis, and lerned men, herkne ye me; for the eere preueth wordis,
3 auris enim verba probat et guttur escas gustu diiudicat
and the throte demeth metis bi taast.
4 iudicium eligamus nobis et inter nos videamus quid sit melius
Chese we doom to vs; and se we among vs, what is the betere.
5 quia dixit Iob iustus sum et Deus subvertit iudicium meum
For Job seide, Y am iust, and God hath distried my doom.
6 in iudicando enim me mendacium est violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato
For whi lesynge is in demynge me, and myn arowe is violent with out ony synne.
7 quis est vir ut est Iob qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam
Who is a man, as Joob is, that drynkith scornyng as watir?
8 qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem et ambulat cum viris impiis
that goith with men worchynge wickidnesse, and goith with vnfeithful men?
9 dixit enim non placebit vir Deo etiam si cucurrerit cum eo
For he seide, A man schal not plese God, yhe, thouy he renneth with God.
10 ideo viri cordati audite me absit a Deo impietas et ab Omnipotente iniquitas
Therfor ye men hertid, `that is, vndurstonde, here ye me; vnpite, `ethir cruelte, be fer fro God, and wickidnesse fro Almyyti God.
11 opus enim hominis reddet ei et iuxta vias singulorum restituet
For he schal yelde the werk of man to hym; and bi the weies of ech man he schal restore to hym.
12 vere enim Deus non condemnabit frustra nec Omnipotens subvertet iudicium
For verili God schal not condempne with out cause; nether Almyyti God schal distrie doom.
13 quem constituit alium super terram aut quem posuit super orbem quem fabricatus est
What othere man hath he ordeyned on the lond? ether whom hath he set on the world, which he made?
14 si direxerit ad eum cor suum spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet
If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
15 deficiet omnis caro simul et homo in cinerem revertetur
Ech fleisch schal faile togidere; `and a man schal turne ayen in to aisch.
16 si habes ergo intellectum audi quod dicitur et ausculta vocem eloquii mei
Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
17 numquid qui non amat iudicium sanare potest et quomodo tu eum qui iustus est in tantum condemnas
Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
18 qui dicit regi apostata qui vocat duces impios
Which seith to the kyng, Thou art apostata; which clepith the duykis vnpitouse, `ethir vnfeithful.
19 qui non accipit personas principum nec cognovit tyrannum cum disceptaret contra pauperem opus enim manuum eius sunt universi
`Which takith not the persoones of princes, nether knew a tyraunt, whanne he stryuede ayens a pore man; for alle men ben the werk of hise hondis.
20 subito morientur et in media nocte turbabuntur populi et pertransibunt et auferent violentum absque manu
Thei schulen die sudeynli, and at mydnyyt puplis schulen be troblid, `ethir schulen be bowid, as othere bookis han; and schulen passe, and schulen take `awei `a violent man with out hond.
21 oculi enim eius super vias hominum et omnes gressus eorum considerat
For the iyen of God ben on the weies of men, and biholdith alle goyngis of hem.
22 non sunt tenebrae et non est umbra mortis ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem
No derknessis ben, and no schadewe of deeth is, that thei, that worchen wickidnesse, be hid there;
23 neque enim ultra in hominis potestate est ut veniat ad Deum in iudicium
for it is `no more in the power of man, that he come to God in to doom.
24 conteret multos innumerabiles et stare faciet alios pro eis
God schal al to-breke many men and vnnoumbrable; and schal make othere men to stonde for hem.
25 novit enim opera eorum et idcirco inducet noctem et conterentur
For he knowith the werkis of hem; therfor he schal brynge yn niyt, and thei schulen be al to-brokun.
26 quasi impios percussit eos in loco videntium
He smoot hem, as vnpitouse men, in the place of seinge men.
27 qui quasi de industria recesserunt ab eo et omnes vias eius intellegere noluerunt
Whiche yeden awei fro hym bi `castyng afore, and nolden vndurstonde alle hise weies.
28 ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni et audiret vocem pauperum
That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
29 ipso enim concedente pacem quis est qui condemnet ex quo absconderit vultum quis est qui contempletur eum et super gentem et super omnes homines
For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that condempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath power `to do siche thingis.
30 qui regnare facit hominem hypocritam propter peccata populi
Which makith `a man ypocrite to regne, for the synnes of the puple.
31 quia ergo ego locutus sum ad Deum te quoque non prohibeo
Therfor for Y haue spoke to God, also Y schal not forbede thee.
32 si erravi tu doce me si iniquitatem locutus sum ultra non addam
If Y erride, teche thou me; if Y spak wickidnesse, Y schal no more adde.
33 numquid a te Deus expetit eam quia displicuit tibi tu enim coepisti loqui et non ego quod si quid nosti melius loquere
Whether God axith that wickidnesse of thee, for it displeside thee? For thou hast bigunne to speke, and not Y; that if thou knowist ony thing betere, speke thou.
34 viri intellegentes loquantur mihi et vir sapiens audiat me
Men vndurstondynge, speke to me; and a wise man, here me.
35 Iob autem stulte locutus est et verba illius non sonant disciplinam
Forsothe Joob spak folili, and hise wordis sownen not techyng.
36 pater mi probetur Iob usque ad finem ne desinas in hominibus iniquitatis
My fadir, be Joob preuede `til to the ende; ceesse thou not fro the man of wickidnesse,
37 quia addit super peccata sua blasphemiam inter nos interim constringatur et tunc ad iudicium provocet sermonibus suis Deum
`that addith blasfemye ouer hise synnes. Be he constreyned among vs in the meene tyme; and thanne bi hise wordis stire he God to the doom.
