Yoel 1
1 Inilah pesan TUHAN kepada Yoel, anak Petuel.
[I am] Joel, the son of Pethuel. [This is] a message that Yahweh gave to me.
2 Dengarlah, hai para tua-tua; perhatikanlah, semua orang di Yehuda. Pernahkah hal begini terjadi di zamanmu, atau di zaman para nenek moyangmu?
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.
3 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.
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.
4 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.
[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].
5 Hai para pemabuk, bangunlah! Hai para peminum, menangislah! Sebab anggur yang baru sudah dirampas dari mulutmu.
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]!
6 Pasukan belalang menyerang negeri kita; mereka kuat dan tak terbilang banyaknya, giginya setajam taring singa betina.
[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]!
7 Mereka musnahkan pohon anggur kita, dan pohon ara kita, hanya tinggal tunggulnya. Batang-batangnya mereka kuliti, hingga carang-carangnya menjadi putih.
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)].
8 Menangislah, hai umat, seperti gadis yang duka yang menangisi kematian tunangannya tercinta.
Cry like [SIM] a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was (engaged/promised to marry) has died.
9 Gandum dan anggur sudah hilang dari Rumah TUHAN. Maka berkabunglah para imam, yang setia melayani TUHAN.
There is no grain or wine for us to offer [as sacrifices] at the temple, [so] the priests who serve Yahweh are mourning/weeping.
10 Ladang-ladang kini hancur. Tanah berkabung; sebab musnahlah segala gandum, keringlah buah anggur, dan habislah minyak zaitun.
[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.
11 Hai petani, merataplah! Hai tukang kebun anggur, menangislah! Sebab gandum, jelai dan seluruh panen musnah.
You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing.
12 Pohon-pohon buah di padang menjadi kering semua: pohon anggur, apel, ara, kurma dan delima. Maka rakyat pun tak lagi gembira.
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.
13 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.
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.
14 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.
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].
15 Hari TUHAN sudah dekat, hari yang mengerikan; saat Yang Mahakuasa mendatangkan kehancuran.
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.
16 Makanan habis binasa di hadapan mata kita di Rumah Allah kita tak ada lagi sorak gembira.
Our crops are already gone, and no [one is] rejoicing at all [DOU] at the temple of our God.
17 Benih mati di tanah yang kersang. Tak ada gandum untuk disimpan, maka lumbung-lumbung kosong dan jadi reruntuhan.
[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].
18 Ternak melenguh dan gelisah; tiada lagi padang rumput baginya. Kawanan domba pun merana.
Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering.
19 Aku minta tolong kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN sebab padang-padang rumput hangus kersang pohon-pohon pun kering dan mati seolah-olah dimakan api.
Yahweh, I cry [out] to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine [MET].
20 Bahkan binatang-binatang liar di hutan berseru kepada-Mu minta bantuan. Mereka tak dapat memuaskan dahaga, sebab sungai-sungai kering semua.
[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.
