Joel 1
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
Inilah pesan TUHAN kepada Yoel, anak Petuel.
2 Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
Dengarlah, hai para tua-tua; perhatikanlah, semua orang di Yehuda. Pernahkah hal begini terjadi di zamanmu, atau di zaman para nenek moyangmu?
3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
Ceritakanlah kejadian itu kepada anak-anakmu; agar mereka menyampaikan kepada anak-anak mereka cerita itu. Keturunan berikut harus mendengarnya pula, dan meneruskannya kepada keturunan selanjutnya.
4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
Kawanan belalang yang tak terhitung jumlahnya, hinggap di ladang-ladang dan melahap hasilnya. Apa yang disisakan kawanan yang ini, dihabiskan oleh kawanan yang lain lagi.
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
Hai para pemabuk, bangunlah! Hai para peminum, menangislah! Sebab anggur yang baru sudah dirampas dari mulutmu.
6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
Pasukan belalang menyerang negeri kita; mereka kuat dan tak terbilang banyaknya, giginya setajam taring singa betina.
7 It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
Mereka musnahkan pohon anggur kita, dan pohon ara kita, hanya tinggal tunggulnya. Batang-batangnya mereka kuliti, hingga carang-carangnya menjadi putih.
8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Menangislah, hai umat, seperti gadis yang duka yang menangisi kematian tunangannya tercinta.
9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
Gandum dan anggur sudah hilang dari Rumah TUHAN. Maka berkabunglah para imam, yang setia melayani TUHAN.
10 The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
Ladang-ladang kini hancur. Tanah berkabung; sebab musnahlah segala gandum, keringlah buah anggur, dan habislah minyak zaitun.
11 Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
Hai petani, merataplah! Hai tukang kebun anggur, menangislah! Sebab gandum, jelai dan seluruh panen musnah.
12 The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
Pohon-pohon buah di padang menjadi kering semua: pohon anggur, apel, ara, kurma dan delima. Maka rakyat pun tak lagi gembira.
13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Hai para imam yang melayani di mezbah, pakailah kain karung, dan menangislah. Masuklah ke Rumah TUHAN untuk meratap semalam suntuk, sebab tak ada kurban anggur dan gandum bagi Allahmu.
14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Perintahkan umatmu untuk berpuasa, maklumkanlah pertemuan raya! Undanglah para pemimpin dan tua-tua serta seluruh penduduk Yehuda, supaya datang ke Rumah Allah, untuk berseru minta tolong kepada-Nya.
15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Hari TUHAN sudah dekat, hari yang mengerikan; saat Yang Mahakuasa mendatangkan kehancuran.
16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Makanan habis binasa di hadapan mata kita di Rumah Allah kita tak ada lagi sorak gembira.
17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
Benih mati di tanah yang kersang. Tak ada gandum untuk disimpan, maka lumbung-lumbung kosong dan jadi reruntuhan.
18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
Ternak melenguh dan gelisah; tiada lagi padang rumput baginya. Kawanan domba pun merana.
19 To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
Aku minta tolong kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN sebab padang-padang rumput hangus kersang pohon-pohon pun kering dan mati seolah-olah dimakan api.
20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
Bahkan binatang-binatang liar di hutan berseru kepada-Mu minta bantuan. Mereka tak dapat memuaskan dahaga, sebab sungai-sungai kering semua.
