Joel 1
1 A word of YHWH that has been to Joel, son of Pethuel:
verbum Domini quod factum est ad Iohel filium Fatuhel
2 Hear this, you aged ones, And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land, Has this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?
audite hoc senes et auribus percipite omnes habitatores terrae si factum est istud in diebus vestris aut in diebus patrum vestrorum
3 Concerning it talk to your sons, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.
super hoc filiis vestris narrate et filii vestri filiis suis et filii eorum generationi alterae
4 What is left of the palmer-worm, the locust has eaten, And what is left of the locust, The cankerworm has eaten, And what is left of the cankerworm, The caterpillar has eaten.
residuum erucae comedit lucusta et residuum lucustae comedit bruchus et residuum bruchi comedit rubigo
5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it has been cut off from your mouth.
expergescimini ebrii et flete et ululate omnes qui bibitis vinum in dulcedine quoniam periit ab ore vestro
6 For a nation has come up on My land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, And it has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
gens enim ascendit super terram meam fortis et innumerabilis dentes eius ut dentes leonis et molares eius ut catuli leonis
7 It has made My vine become a desolation, And My fig tree become a splinter, It has made it thoroughly bare, and has cast down, Its branches have been made white.
posuit vineam meam in desertum et ficum meam decorticavit nudans spoliavit eam et proiecit albi facti sunt rami eius
8 Wail, as a virgin girds with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
plange quasi virgo accincta sacco super virum pubertatis suae
9 Present and drink-offering have been cut off from the house of YHWH, The priests have mourned, servants of YHWH.
periit sacrificium et libatio de domo Domini luxerunt sacerdotes ministri Domini
10 The field is spoiled, The ground has mourned, For the grain is spoiled, New wine has been dried up, oil languishes.
depopulata est regio luxit humus quoniam devastatum est triticum confusum est vinum elanguit oleum
11 Be ashamed, you farmers, Howl, vinedressers, for wheat and for barley, For the harvest of the field has perished.
confusi sunt agricolae ululaverunt vinitores super frumento et hordeo quia periit messis agri
12 The vine has been dried up, And the fig tree languishes, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For joy has been dried up from the sons of men.
vinea confusa est et ficus elanguit malogranatum et palma et malum et omnia ligna agri aruerunt quia confusum est gaudium a filiis hominum
13 Gird, and lament, you priests, Howl, you servants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, servants of my God, For present and drink-offering have been withheld from the house of your God.
accingite vos et plangite sacerdotes ululate ministri altaris ingredimini cubate in sacco ministri Dei mei quoniam interiit de domo Dei vestri sacrificium et libatio
14 Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather [the] elderly [and] all those inhabiting the land, [Into the] house of your God YHWH,
sanctificate ieiunium vocate coetum congregate senes omnes habitatores terrae in domum Dei vestri et clamate ad Dominum
15 And cry to YHWH, “Aah! For the day! For [the] Day of YHWH [is] near, And it comes as destruction from [the] Almighty.
a a a diei quia prope est dies Domini et quasi vastitas a potente veniet
16 Is food not cut off before our eyes? Joy and rejoicing from the house of our God?
numquid non coram oculis vestris alimenta perierunt de domo Dei nostri laetitia et exultatio
17 Scattered things have rotted under their clods, Storehouses have been desolated, Granaries have been broken down, For the grain has withered.
conputruerunt iumenta in stercore suo demolita sunt horrea dissipatae sunt apothecae quoniam confusum est triticum
18 How livestock have sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
quid ingemuit animal mugierunt greges armenti quia non est pascua eis sed et greges pecorum disperierunt
19 To You, O YHWH, I call, For fire has consumed lovely places of a wilderness, And a flame has set on fire all trees of the field.
ad te Domine clamabo quia ignis comedit speciosa deserti et flamma succendit omnia ligna regionis
20 Also the livestock of the field long for You, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire has consumed lovely places of a wilderness!”
sed et bestiae agri quasi area sitiens imbrem suspexerunt ad te quoniam exsiccati sunt fontes aquarum et ignis devoravit speciosa deserti
