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| [1]Respondens autem Job, dixit: |
[1]Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide, |
| [2]Ergo vos estis soli homines, et vobiscum morietur sapientia? |
[2]Therfor ben ye men aloone, that wisdom dwelle with you? |
| [3]Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat? |
[3]And to me is an herte, as and to you, and Y am not lowere than ye; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ye knowen? |
| [4]Qui deridetur ab amico suo, sicut ego, invocabit Deum, et exaudiet eum; deridetur enim justi simplicitas. |
[4]He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; for the symplenesse of a iust man is scorned. |
| [5]Lampas contempta apud cogitationes divitum, parata ad tempus statutum. |
[5]A laumpe is dispisid at the thouytis of riche men, and the laumpe is maad redi to a tyme ordeyned. |
| [6]Abundant tabernacula prædonum, et audacter provocant Deum, cum ipse dederit omnia in manus eorum. |
[6]The tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, `ether ful of goodis; and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath youe alle thingis in to her hondis. |
| [7]Nimirum interroga jumenta, et docebunt te; et volatilia cæli, et indicabunt tibi. |
[7]No wondur, ax thou beestis, and tho schulen teche thee; and axe thou volatilis of the eir, and tho schulen schewe to thee. |
| [8]Loquere terræ, et respondebit tibi; et narrabunt pisces maris. |
[8]Speke thou to the erthe, and it schal answere thee; and the fischis of the see schulen telle tho thingis. |
| [9]Quis ignorat quod omnia hæc manus Domini fecerit? |
[9]Who knowith not that the hond of the Lord made alle these thingis? |
| [10]In cujus manu anima omnis viventis, et spiritus universæ carnis hominis. |
[10]In whos hond the soule is of ech lyuynge thing, and the spirit, `that is, resonable soule, of ech fleisch of man. |
| [11]Nonne auris verba dijudicat? Et fauces comedentis, saporem? |
[11]Whether the eere demeth not wordis, and the chekis of the etere demen sauour? |
| [12]In antiquis est sapientia, et in multo tempore prudentia. |
[12]Wisdom is in elde men, and prudence is in myche tyme. |
| [13]Apud ipsum est sapientia et fortitudo; ipse habet consilium et intelligentiam. |
[13]Wisdom and strengthe is at God; he hath counsel and vndurstondyng. |
| [14]Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat. |
[14]If he distrieth, no man is that bildith; if he schittith in a man, `noon is that openith. |
| [15]Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram. |
[15]If he holdith togidere watris, alle thingis schulen be maad drie; if he sendith out tho watris, tho schulen distrie the erthe. |
| [16]Apud ipsum est fortitudo et sapientia; ipse novit et decipientem, et eum qui decipitur. |
[16]Strengthe and wisdom is at God; he knowith bothe hym that disseyueth and hym that is disseyued. |
| [17]Adducit consiliarios in stultum finem, et judices in stuporem. |
[17]And he bryngith conselours in to a fonned eende, and iugis in to wondryng, ethir astonying. |
| [18]Balteum regum dissolvit, et præcingit fune renes eorum. |
[18]He vnbindith the girdil of kyngis, and girdith her reynes with a coorde. |
| [19]Ducit sacerdotes inglorios, et optimates supplantat; |
[19]He ledith her prestis with out glorie, and he disseyueth the principal men, `ethir counselours; |
| [20]commutans labium veracium, et doctrinam senum auferens. |
[20]and he chaungith the lippis of sothefast men, and takith awei the doctrine of elde men. |
| [21]Effundit despectionem super principes, eos qui oppressi fuerant relevans. |
[21]He schedith out dispisyng on princes, and releeueth hem, that weren oppressid. |
| [22]Qui revelat profunda de tenebris, et producit in lucem umbram mortis. |
[22]Which schewith depe thingis fro derknessis; and bryngith forth in to liyt the schadewe of deeth. |
| [23]Qui multiplicat gentes, et perdit eas, et subversas in integrum restituit. |
[23]Which multiplieth folkis, and leesith hem, and restorith hem destried in to the hool. |
| [24]Qui immutat cor principum populi terræ, et decipit eos ut frustra incedant per invium. |
[24]Which chaungith the herte of princes of the puple of erthe; and disseyueth hem, that thei go in veyn out of the weie. |
| [25]Palpabunt quasi in tenebris, et non in luce, et errare eos faciet quasi ebrios. |
[25]Thei schulen grope, as in derknessis, and not in liyt; and he schal make hem to erre as drunken men. |