Joël Propheta 1
1 verbum Domini quod factum est ad Iohel filium Fatuhel
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 audite hoc senes et auribus percipite omnes habitatores terrae si factum est istud in diebus vestris aut in diebus patrum vestrorum
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 super hoc filiis vestris narrate et filii vestri filiis suis et filii eorum generationi alterae
Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
4 residuum erucae comedit lucusta et residuum lucustae comedit bruchus et residuum bruchi comedit rubigo
That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
5 expergescimini ebrii et flete et ululate omnes qui bibitis vinum in dulcedine quoniam periit ab ore vestro
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6 gens enim ascendit super terram meam fortis et innumerabilis dentes eius ut dentes leonis et molares eius ut catuli leonis
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
7 posuit vineam meam in desertum et ficum meam decorticavit nudans spoliavit eam et proiecit albi facti sunt rami eius
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast [it] away; its branches are made white.
8 plange quasi virgo accincta sacco super virum pubertatis suae
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
9 periit sacrificium et libatio de domo Domini luxerunt sacerdotes ministri Domini
The meat-offering and the drink-offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
10 depopulata est regio luxit humus quoniam devastatum est triticum confusum est vinum elanguit oleum
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted; the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
11 confusi sunt agricolae ululaverunt vinitores super frumento et hordeo quia periit messis agri
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field hath perished.
12 vinea confusa est et ficus elanguit malogranatum et palma et malum et omnia ligna agri aruerunt quia confusum est gaudium a filiis hominum
The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
13 accingite vos et plangite sacerdotes ululate ministri altaris ingredimini cubate in sacco ministri Dei mei quoniam interiit de domo Dei vestri sacrificium et libatio
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat-offering and the drink-offering is withheld from the house of your God.
14 sanctificate ieiunium vocate coetum congregate senes omnes habitatores terrae in domum Dei vestri et clamate ad Dominum
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD,
15 a a a diei quia prope est dies Domini et quasi vastitas a potente veniet
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16 numquid non coram oculis vestris alimenta perierunt de domo Dei nostri laetitia et exultatio
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [and] joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 conputruerunt iumenta in stercore suo demolita sunt horrea dissipatae sunt apothecae quoniam confusum est triticum
The seed hath perished under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18 quid ingemuit animal mugierunt greges armenti quia non est pascua eis sed et greges pecorum disperierunt
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 ad te Domine clamabo quia ignis comedit speciosa deserti et flamma succendit omnia ligna regionis
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20 sed et bestiae agri quasi area sitiens imbrem suspexerunt ad te quoniam exsiccati sunt fontes aquarum et ignis devoravit speciosa deserti
The beasts of the field cry also to thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
