Joel 1
1 [I am] Joel, the son of Pethuel. [This is] a message that Yahweh gave to me.
上主的話傳給培特耳的兒子岳厄爾：
2 You leaders [of Israel], and everyone else who lives in this country, listen [to this message]! Nothing [RHQ] like this has ever happened during the time that we have lived or the time when our ancestors lived.
老人們，你們應聽這事! 地上的一切在你們的應側耳細聽! 在你們的時日，或在你們的祖先的時日，是否有過這樣的事﹖
3 Tell your children about it, and tell your children to tell it to their children, and tell your grandchildren to tell it to their children.
你們應將這樣的事告訴你們的子孫，你們的子孫應傳給你們的的子孫；他們的子孫又應代傳給下一代：
4 [I am talking about] the locusts that have eaten our crops. The first swarm of locusts came and cut [many of the leaves of the crops]; then another swarm came and ate [the rest of the leaves], then another swarm came hopping along, and finally another swarm came and they destroyed [everything else].
蝻子吃剩的，飛蝗來吃了；飛蝗吃剩的，冬斯來吃了；冬斯吃剩的，蚱蜢來吃了。
5 You people who are drunk, wake up! Wake up and wail loudly, because all the grapes are ruined, and so there will be no new wine [MTY]!
醉漢，你們醒來慟哭吧! 一切愛暍酒的人，為了新酒悲泣吧! 因為已由你們嘴邊奪去了。
6 [Huge swarms of] locusts have entered our country. [They are like] [MET] a powerful army [that has very many soldiers], [with the result that] no one can count them. The locusts have teeth that are [as sharp as] the teeth of lions [DOU]!
因為有一個民族侵入了我的地區，既強大而又不可勝數；你們的牙猶如獅子的牙，臼齒有如母獅的臼齒。
7 They have destroyed our grapevines and our fig trees [by] stripping off [and eating all] the bark, with the result that the branches are white [and (bare/have no leaves on them)].
他們蹂躝了我的葡萄園，折斷了我的無花果樹，將樹皮完全剝掉，使樹枝光禿發白。
8 Cry like [SIM] a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was (engaged/promised to marry) has died.
你哀傷吧! 如同一個身披喪服的處女，哀哭她青年的未婚夫。
9 There is no grain or wine for us to offer [as sacrifices] at the temple, [so] the priests who serve Yahweh are mourning/weeping.
上主殿中的素祭和奠祭已中斷；上主的僕人──司祭都都悲哀不已。
10 [The crops in] the fields have been ruined; [it is as though] [PRS] the ground is mourning. The grain has been destroyed, there are no [grapes to make] wine, and there is no [more olive] oil.
田園已荒廢，土地已淒涼；因為五榖已遭蹂躝，美酒已枯竭，油已乾涸。
11 You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing.
農夫，你們應哀哭! 葡萄園丁，你們應為小麥和大麥而號咷! 因為田園的出產已遭。破壞
12 The grapevines and the fig trees have withered, and the pomegranate [trees] and palm [trees] and apricot [trees] have also dried up. The people are no longer joyful.
葡萄樹枯槁了，無花果樹凋謝了；石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹，以及田間大中的一切果樹都枯死了；為此，喜樂已由人間消失。
13 You priests, put on [rough] sack clothes and wail. You who serve God [by offering sacrifices] on the altar, wear those rough sack clothes all night [to show that you are mourning], because there is no grain or wine to be offered at the temple of your God.
司祭，你們應披上麻衣而哀悼! 服務祭壇的人，你們應號咷! 我天主的僕人，你們應進來，披上麻衣過夜! 因為素祭和奠祭在你們天主的殿內已中斷了。
14 Tell the people that they should (fast/abstain from eating food). Tell the leaders and the other people to gather at the temple and to cry [out] to Yahweh [there].
你們應制定一個齋期，召開一個盛會，聚集長老和當地的一切居民，在上主你們的天主的殿內，向上主呼號o
15 Terrible things are happening to us! It will soon be the time when Yahweh, [who is] the Almighty God, [will really punish us], [when he] will cause us to experience more disasters.
那日子啊! 上主的日子來近了，它來有如全能者施行毀滅。
16 Our crops are already gone, and no [one is] rejoicing at all [DOU] at the temple of our God.
食物不是在我們眼斷絕了嗎﹖喜樂和歡欣不是離開了我們天主的殿嗎﹖
17 [When we plant] seeds, [they do not grow]; they dry up in the ground, so there are no crops to harvest. Our barns/storehouses are empty; there is no grain [to store in them].
麥粒已在土塊下腐爛，糧倉業已荒廢，廩倉業已坍塌，因為五榖都枯死了。
18 Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering.
牲畜為什麼悲鳴﹖牛群為什麼徬徨﹖因為沒有了草場；連群也感絕望。
19 Yahweh, I cry [out] to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine [MET].
上主，我向你呼號，因為烈火吞滅了原野的牧場，火燄焚燒了田間的一切樹木。
20 [It is as though] even the wild animals cry [out] to you because all the streams have dried up. The rivers and streams are all dry, and the grass in the pastures is all parched.
連野獸也向你懇切哀鳴，因為水流已枯竭，烈火又吞滅了原野的牧場。
