Joel 1
1 The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Palavra do SENHOR que veio a Joel, filho de Petuel.
2 Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Ouvi isto, anciãos, e escutai, todos os moradores desta terra. Por acaso isto aconteceu em vossos dias, ou nos dias dos vossos pais?
3 Give the story of it to your children, and let them give it to their children, and their children to another generation.
Contai disso aos vossos filhos, e vossos filhos aos seus filhos, e seus filhos à outra geração.
4 What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.
O que restou do gafanhoto cortador o gafanhoto comedor comeu; e o que restou do gafanhoto comedor o gafanhoto devorador comeu, e o que restou do gafanhoto devorador o gafanhoto destruidor comeu.
5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
Despertai, vós bêbados, e chorai; gemei todos vós que bebeis vinho, por causa do suco de uva, porque foi tirado de vossa boca.
6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.
Porque uma nação subiu sobre minha terra, poderosa e sem número; seus dentes são dentes de leão, e têm presas de leoa.
7 By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to the earth; its branches are made white.
Assolou minha videira, e devastou minha figueira; desnudou-a por completo e a derrubou; seus ramos ficaram brancos.
8 Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
Chora tu como a virgem vestida de saco por causa do marido de sua juventude.
9 The meal offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's servants, are sorrowing.
As ofertas de cereais e de bebidas se acabaram da casa do SENHOR; os sacerdotes, servos do SENHOR, estão de luto.
10 The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.
O campo foi assolado, a terra está de luto; porque o trigo foi destruído, o suco de uva se secou, o azeite está em falta.
11 The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.
Envergonhai-vos, trabalhadores; gemei, plantadores de vinhas, pelo trigo e pela a cevada; porque a colheita do campo pereceu.
12 The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.
A vide se secou, a figueira definhou, assim como a romeira, a palmeira, e a macieira; todas as árvores do campo se secaram; por isso a alegria se secou entre os filhos dos homens.
13 Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servants of the altar: come in, and, clothed in haircloth, let the night go past, you servants of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering have been kept back from the house of your God.
Cingi-vos e lamentai, sacerdotes; gemei, ministros do altar; vinde e deitai em sacos, trabalhadores de meu Deus; porque as ofertas de alimentos e de bebidas foram tiradas da casa de vosso Deus.
14 Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the people of the land, come together to the house of the Lord your God, crying out to the Lord.
Santificai um jejum; convocai uma reunião solene; congregai os anciãos e todos os moradores desta terra na casa do SENHOR vosso Deus, e clamai ao SENHOR.
15 Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
Ai daquele dia! Porque perto está o dia do SENHOR, e virá do Todo-Poderoso como destruição.
16 Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God?
Por acaso não foi tirado o alimento de diante de nossos olhos, a alegria e o prazer da casa de nosso Deus?
17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.
As sementes se apodreceram debaixo de seus torrões, os celeiros foram assolados, os depósitos foram derrubados; porque o trigo se secou.
18 What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.
Como geme o gado! As manadas dos vacas estão confusas, porque não têm pasto! Os rebanhos das ovelhas estão desolados.
19 O Lord, my cry goes up to you: for fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste, and all the trees of the field are burned with its flame.
A ti, ó SENHOR, eu clamo; porque o fogo consumiu os pastos do deserto, e chama incendiou todas as árvores do campo.
20 The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.
Até os animais do campo clamam a ti, porque os rios de águas se secaram, e o fogo consumiu os pastos do deserto.
