约珥书 1
1 耶和华的话临到毗土珥的儿子约珥。
The word of Jehovah, which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
2 老年人哪，当听我的话； 国中的居民哪，都要侧耳而听。 在你们的日子， 或你们列祖的日子， 曾有这样的事吗？
Hear this, ye old men; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land! Hath such a thing happened in your days, Or even in the days of your fathers?
3 你们要将这事传与子， 子传与孙， 孙传与后代。
Tell ye your children of it, And let your children tell their children, And their children another generation!
4 剪虫剩下的，蝗虫来吃； 蝗虫剩下的，蝻子来吃； 蝻子剩下的，蚂蚱来吃。
That which the gnawing-locust left hath the swarming-locust eaten, And that which the swarming-locust left hath the licking-locust eaten, And that which the licking-locust left hath the consuming-locust eaten.
5 酒醉的人哪，要清醒哭泣； 好酒的人哪，都要为甜酒哀号， 因为从你们的口中断绝了。
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep! Howl, all ye drinkers of wine, For the new wine, which is snatched from your mouths!
6 有一队蝗虫又强盛又无数， 侵犯我的地； 它的牙齿如狮子的牙齿， 大牙如母狮的大牙。
For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and not to be numbered; Their teeth are the teeth of the lion; They have the jaw-teeth of the lioness.
7 它毁坏我的葡萄树， 剥了我无花果树的皮， 剥尽而丢弃，使枝条露白。
They have made my vine a desolation, And my fig-tree a broken branch; They have made it quite bare and cast it away; The branches thereof are made white.
8 我的民哪，你当哀号，像处女腰束麻布， 为幼年的丈夫哀号。
Lament ye, like a bride, Clothed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
9 素祭和奠祭从耶和华的殿中断绝； 事奉耶和华的祭司都悲哀。
The flour-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; The priests, the servants of Jehovah mourn.
10 田荒凉，地悲哀； 因为五谷毁坏， 新酒干竭，油也缺乏。
The field is laid waste; The ground mourneth, For the corn is laid waste; The new wine is dried up; The oil languisheth.
11 农夫啊，你们要惭愧； 修理葡萄园的啊，你们要哀号； 因为大麦小麦与田间的庄稼都灭绝了。
Lament, O ye husbandmen, Howl, O ye vine-dressers, For the wheat and the barley, For the harvest of the field hath perished!
12 葡萄树枯干； 无花果树衰残。 石榴树、棕树、苹果树， 连田野一切的树木也都枯干； 众人的喜乐尽都消灭。
The vine is dried up, And the fig-tree languisheth; The pomegranate, the palm-tree, and the apple-tree, —All the trees of the field, are withered; Yea, joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 祭司啊，你们当腰束麻布痛哭； 伺候祭坛的啊，你们要哀号； 事奉我 神的啊，你们要来披上麻布过夜， 因为素祭和奠祭从你们 神的殿中断绝了。
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and mourn, ye priests! Howl, ye ministers of the altar! Come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God, For the flour-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God!
14 你们要分定禁食的日子， 宣告严肃会， 招聚长老和国中的一切居民 到耶和华—你们 神的殿， 向耶和华哀求。
Appoint ye a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of Jehovah, your God, And cry unto Jehovah!
15 哀哉！耶和华的日子临近了。 这日来到，好像毁灭从全能者来到。
Alas, alas the day! For the day of Jehovah is near; Even as destruction from the Almighty doth it come.
16 粮食不是在我们眼前断绝了吗？ 欢喜快乐不是从我们 神的殿中止息了吗？
Is not our food cut off from before our eyes, Yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 谷种在土块下朽烂； 仓也荒凉，廪也破坏； 因为五谷枯干了。
The seeds are rotten under their clods, The storehouses are laid desolate, the garners are destroyed; For the corn is withered.
18 牲畜哀鸣； 牛群混乱，因为无草； 羊群也受了困苦。
How do the beasts groan, How do the herds of oxen wander perplexed, Having no pasture! The flocks of sheep also are destroyed.
19 耶和华啊，我向你求告， 因为火烧灭旷野的草场； 火焰烧尽田野的树木。
To thee, O Jehovah, do I call, For a fire hath devoured the pastures of the desert, And a flame hath burned all the trees of the field!
20 田野的走兽向你发喘； 因为溪水干涸， 火也烧灭旷野的草场。
The beasts of the field, also, cry unto thee, For the streams of water are dried up, And a fire hath devoured the pastures of the desert!
