Yoel 1
1 Esiae nye gbedeasi si va na Yoel, Petuel ƒe vi, tso Yehowa gbɔ.
word LORD which to be to(wards) Joel son: child Pethuel
2 Miɖo to afii, mi Israel ƒe ame tsitsiwo! Mi anyigbadzitɔwo, mise nya sia ɖa. Le miaƒe agbemeŋkekewo katã me ɖe, miese nya sia tɔgbi kpɔa?
to hear: hear this [the] old: elder and to listen all to dwell [the] land: country/planet to be this in/on/with day your and if in/on/with day father your
3 Mitsɔe xlɔ̃ nu mia viwoe eye woawo hã nagblɔe na wo viwo ne wòazu xotunya tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
upon her to/for son: child your to recount and son: child your to/for son: child their and son: child their to/for generation another
4 Nu siwo ʋetsuviwo ƒe ha gã agblẽ ɖi la, ʋetsuviwo aɖui, nu siwo ʋetsuviwo agblẽ ɖi la, ʋetrawo aɖui, eye nu siwo ʋetrawo agblẽ ɖi la, abɔwo aɖui.
remainder [the] locust to eat [the] locust and remainder [the] locust to eat [the] locust and remainder [the] locust to eat [the] locust
5 Minyɔ, mi ahanomunɔwo, ne miafa avi hehehe, mi waintsunolawo, mifa avi, elabena woɖe wain le miaƒe nu me, eye miagakpɔ wain yeye ano o!
to awake drunken and to weep and to wail all to drink wine upon sweet for to cut: eliminate from lip your
6 Dukɔ gã aɖe va xɔ anyigba la katã dzi. Ŋɔdzi le wo ŋu ŋutɔ eye ame aɖeke mate ŋu axlẽ wo o, evɔ woƒe aɖuwo hã le ɖaɖam abe dzatatsu ƒe aɖuwo kple dzatanɔ ƒe tsyowo ene!
for nation to ascend: rise upon land: country/planet my mighty and nothing number tooth his tooth lion and jaw lion to/for him
7 Wogblẽ nye waingble dome. Wogblẽ nye gbotiwo, wokuko tsro le atilɔwo ŋuti ƒiaƒiaƒia eye wofu ɣie.
to set: make vine my to/for horror: destroyed and fig my to/for splinter to strip to strip her and to throw to whiten tendril her
8 Mifa konyi abe ale si ɖetugbi si ƒe ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ ku la wɔnɛ ene.
to wail like/as virgin to gird sackcloth upon master: husband youth her
9 Nuɖuvɔsa kple nunovɔsa le Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ me nu tso; ale dɔwuame to na nunɔlaawo kple ame siwo subɔna le Yehowa ƒe aƒe me eye wole konyi fam.
to cut: eliminate offering and drink offering from house: temple LORD to mourn [the] priest to minister LORD
10 Agblewo ɖi gbɔlo, anyigba ƒu kplakplakpla, bliwo dome gblẽ, wain yeye megali o, eye ami hã nu tso.
to ruin land: country to mourn land: soil for to ruin grain to wither new wine to weaken oil
11 Azɔ mi agbledelawo, dzika netso mia ƒo, eye mialulũ, mi waingbledelawo, mifa avi sesĩe. Mifa avi ɖe lu kple ƒo hã ta elabena nuŋeŋe nu tso le agble me.
be ashamed farmer to wail to tend vineyards upon wheat and upon barley for to perish harvest land: country
12 Wainkawo ku, gboti yrɔ, yevuboɖatiwo ƒu, detiwo kple atɔtɔŋutiwo kple agblemetiwo katã kura hã ku. Amegbetɔ ƒe dzidzɔ ɖe sia ɖe nu tso.
[the] vine to wither and [the] fig to weaken pomegranate also palm and apple all tree [the] land: country to wither for be ashamed rejoicing from son: child man
13 O mi nunɔlawo, mita akpanya eye mixa nu. Mifa avi, mi ame siwo subɔna le vɔsamlekpui la ŋgɔ, mitsi ŋu dɔ miafa avi zã blibo la katã, mi ame siwo subɔna le nye Mawu ŋkume. Elabena womagatsɔ nuɖuvɔsa kple nunovɔsa va miaƒe Mawu la ƒe aƒe me o.
to gird and to mourn [the] priest to wail to minister altar to come (in): come to lodge in/on/with sackcloth to minister God my for to withhold from house: temple God your offering and drink offering
14 Miɖo nutsitsidɔ kɔkɔe eye miyɔ takpekpe tɔxɛ. Miyɔ ame tsitsiwo kple anyigbadzinɔlawo katã yi ɖe Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu la ƒe gbedoxɔ me eye miafa avi le afi ma na Yehowa.
to consecrate: consecate fast to call: call to assembly to gather old: elder all to dwell [the] land: country/planet house: temple LORD God your and to cry out to(wards) LORD
15 O ŋkeke ma! Elabena Yehowa ƒe ŋkeke la tu aƒe. Ava abe gbegblẽ ene tso Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la gbɔ.
alas! to/for day for near day LORD and like/as violence from Almighty to come (in): come
16 Ɖe nuɖuɖuwo mevɔ le mia ŋkume eye dzidzɔ kple aseyetsotso le miaƒe Mawu la ƒe gbedoxɔ me mawu enu oa?
not before eye our food to cut: eliminate from house: temple God our joy and rejoicing
17 Nukuwo ƒaƒã ɖe woƒe gowo me, blivawo kple texɔwo tsi ƒuƒlu eye bli matsimatsiwo ku, heƒu ɖe bo dzi.
to shrivel grain underneath: under clod their be desolate: destroyed treasure to overthrow granary for to wither grain
18 Nyiwo le ŋeŋem, nyihawo le nu kpɔm nublanuitɔe, elabena nuɖuɖu meli na wo o, eye alẽhawo le fu kpem.
what? to sigh animal to perplex flock cattle for nothing pasture to/for them also flock [the] flock be guilty
19 Yehowa, xɔ na mí! Elabena dzo bi gbe damawo, eye dzo ƒe aɖe fia atiwo katã le gbedzi.
to(wards) you LORD to call: call to for fire to eat habitation wilderness and flame to kindle all tree [the] land: country
20 Gbemelãwo gɔ̃ hã le ɣli dom be nàxɔ na yewo, elabena tsi mie le tɔʋuwo me, dzo bi gbe siwo le lãnyiƒewo keŋ.
also animal land: country to long for to(wards) you for to wither channel water and fire to eat habitation [the] wilderness
