Job 33
1 Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Therfor, Joob, here thou my spechis, and herkene alle my wordis.
2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Lo! Y haue openyd my mouth, my tunge schal speke in my chekis.
3 My words [shall be of] the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Of symple herte ben my wordis, and my lippis schulen speke clene sentence.
4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
The spirit of God made me, and the brething of Almyyti God quykenyde me.
5 If thou canst answer me, set [thy words] in order before me, stand up.
If thou maist, answere thou to me, and stoonde thou ayens my face.
6 Behold, I [am] according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Lo! God made me as and thee; and also Y am formyd of the same cley.
7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
Netheles my myracle make thee not afeerd, and myn eloquence be not greuouse to thee.
8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],
Therfor thou seidist in myn eeris, and Y herde the vois of thi wordis;
9 I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.
Y am cleene, and with out gilt, and vnwemmed, and wickidnesse is not in me.
10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
`For God foond querels in me, therfor he demyde me enemy to hym silf.
11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
He hath set my feet in a stok; he kepte alle my pathis.
12 Behold, [in] this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Therfor this thing it is, in which thou art not maad iust; Y schal answere to thee, that God is more than man.
13 Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Thou stryuest ayenus God, that not at alle wordis he answeride to thee.
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, [yet man] perceiveth it not.
God spekith onys, and the secounde tyme he rehersith not the same thing.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
God spekith bi a dreem in the visioun of nyyt, whanne sleep fallith on men, and thei slepen in the bed.
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
Thanne he openith the eeris of men, and he techith hem, `and techith prudence;
17 That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.
that he turne awei a man fro these thingis whiche he made, and delyuere hym fro pride; delyuerynge his soule fro corrupcioun,
18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
and his lijf, that it go not in to swerd.
19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong [pain: ]
Also God blameth a synnere bi sorewe in the bed, and makith alle the boonys of hym `to fade.
20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Breed is maad abhomynable to hym in his lijf, and mete desirable `bifor to his soule.
21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones [that] were not seen stick out.
His fleisch schal faile for rot, and hise boonys, that weren hilid, schulen be maad nakid.
22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
His soule schal neiye to corrupcioun, and his lijf to thingis `bryngynge deeth.
23 If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
If an aungel, oon of a thousynde, is spekynge for hym, that he telle the equyte of man, God schal haue mercy on hym,
24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
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.
25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
His fleisch is wastid of turmentis; turne he ayen to the daies of his yonge wexynge age.
26 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
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.
27 He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
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.
28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
For he delyueride his soule, that it schulde not go in to perischyng, but that he lyuynge schulde se liyt.
29 Lo, all these [things] worketh God oftentimes with man,
Lo! God worchith alle these thingis in thre tymes bi alle men;
30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
that he ayen clepe her soulis fro corrupcioun, and liytne in the liyt of lyuynge men.
31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Thou, Joob, perseyue, and here me, and be thou stille, the while Y speke.
32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee.
Sotheli if thou hast what thou schalt speke, answere thou to me, speke thou; for Y wole, that thou appere iust.
33 If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom.
That if thou hast not, here thou me; be thou stille, and Y schal teche thee wisdom.
