約珥書 1
1 耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。
The word of the Lord which came to Joel the son of Bathuel.
2 老年人哪，當聽我的話； 國中的居民哪，都要側耳而聽。 在你們的日子， 或你們列祖的日子， 曾有這樣的事嗎？
Hear these [words], you elders, and listen all you that inhabit the land. Have such things happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
3 你們要將這事傳與子， 子傳與孫， 孫傳與後代。
Tell your children concerning them, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
4 剪蟲剩下的，蝗蟲來吃； 蝗蟲剩下的，蝻子來吃； 蝻子剩下的，螞蚱來吃。
The leavings of the caterpillar has the locust eaten, and the leavings of the locust has the palmerworm eaten, and the leavings of the palmerworm has the cankerworm eaten.
5 酒醉的人哪，要清醒哭泣； 好酒的人哪，都要為甜酒哀號， 因為從你們的口中斷絕了。
Awake, you drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all you that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth.
6 有一隊蝗蟲又強盛又無數， 侵犯我的地； 牠的牙齒如獅子的牙齒， 大牙如母獅的大牙。
For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land, their teeth are lion's teeth, and their back teeth those of a [lion's] whelp.
7 牠毀壞我的葡萄樹， 剝了我無花果樹的皮， 剝盡而丟棄，使枝條露白。
He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig-trees: he has utterly searched [my vine], and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.
8 我的民哪，你當哀號，像處女腰束麻布， 為幼年的丈夫哀號。
Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 素祭和奠祭從耶和華的殿中斷絕； 事奉耶和華的祭司都悲哀。
The meat-offering and drink-offering are removed from the house of the Lord: mourn, you priests that serve at the altar of the Lord.
10 田荒涼，地悲哀； 因為五穀毀壞， 新酒乾竭，油也缺乏。
For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;
11 農夫啊，你們要慚愧； 修理葡萄園的啊，你們要哀號； 因為大麥小麥與田間的莊稼都滅絕了。
the husbandmen are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field.
12 葡萄樹枯乾； 無花果樹衰殘。 石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹， 連田野一切的樹木也都枯乾； 眾人的喜樂盡都消滅。
The vine is dried up, and the fig-trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm tree, and apple, and all trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have have abolished joy.
13 祭司啊，你們當腰束麻布痛哭； 伺候祭壇的啊，你們要哀號； 事奉我上帝的啊，你們要來披上麻布過夜， 因為素祭和奠祭從你們上帝的殿中斷絕了。
Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, you priests: mourn, you that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloths, you that minister to God: for the meat-offering and drink-offering are withheld from the house of your God.
14 你們要分定禁食的日子， 宣告嚴肅會， 招聚長老和國中的一切居民 到耶和華－你們上帝的殿， 向耶和華哀求。
Sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn] service, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord,
15 哀哉！耶和華的日子臨近了。 這日來到，好像毀滅從全能者來到。
Alas, Alas, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.
16 糧食不是在我們眼前斷絕了嗎？ 歡喜快樂不是從我們上帝的殿中止息了嗎？
[Your] meat has been destroyed before your eyes, joy and gladness from out of the house of your God.
17 穀種在土塊下朽爛； 倉也荒涼，廩也破壞； 因為五穀枯乾了。
The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the wine presses are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18 牲畜哀鳴； 牛群混亂，因為無草； 羊群也受了困苦。
What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.
19 耶和華啊，我向你求告， 因為火燒滅曠野的草場； 火焰燒盡田野的樹木。
To you, O Lord, will I cry: for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness, and a flame has burnt up all the trees of the field.
20 田野的走獸向你發喘； 因為溪水乾涸， 火也燒滅曠野的草場。
And the cattle of the field have looked up to you: for the fountains of waters have been dried up, and fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness.
