Yooʼeel 1
1 Dubbii Waaqayyoo kan gara Yooʼeel ilma Phetuuʼeel dhufe.
The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
2 Yaa maanguddoota, waan kana dhagaʼaa; warri biyyattii keessa jiraattan hundinuu dhaggeeffadhaa. Wanni akkanaa takkumaa bara keessan keessa yookaan bara abbootii keessanii keessa taʼee beekaa?
Listen to this, elders, and pay close attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this ever happen in your days or in the days of your fathers?
3 Isin waan kana ijoollee keessanitti himaa; ijoolleen keessanis ijoollee ofii isaaniitti haa himan; ijoolleen isaanii immoo dhaloota itti aanutti haa dabarsan.
Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, and their sons with another generation.
4 Waan tuunni hawwaannisaa dhiise, hawwaannisni guddaan fixe; waan hawwaannisni guddaan dhiise, hawwaannisni xixinnaan nyaatee fixe; waan hawwaannisni xixinnaan dhiise immoo hawwaannisni biraa dhufee nyaate.
The locust has eaten what the caterpillar has left, and the beetle has eaten what the locust has left, and the mildew has eaten what the beetle has left.
5 Yaa machooftota, kaʼaatii booʼaa! Isin warri daadhii wayinii dhugdan hundinuu wawwaadhaa; sababii daadhii wayinii haaraatiif wawwaadhaa; inni afaan keessan irraa butameeraatii.
Rouse yourselves, you drunkards, and weep and wail, all you who delight in drinking wine; for it has been cut off from your mouth.
6 Sabni jabaan akka malee baayʼeen tokko biyya koo weerareera; inni ilkaan leencaa, qarriffaa leenca dhalaa qaba.
For a nation has ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion’s young.
7 Inni muka wayinii koo onsee harbuu koos barbadeesseera. Inni qola isaanii irraa quncisee lafatti gatee dameelee isaanii duwwaa hambise.
He has put my vineyard into desolation, and he has pulled off the bark of my fig tree. He has stripped it bare and cast it away; its branches have become white.
8 Isin akkuma durba wayyaa gaddaa uffattee dhirsa ijoollummaa isheetiif gaddituutti booʼaa.
Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.
9 Kennaan midhaaniitii fi dhibaayyuun mana Waaqayyoo irraa citaniiru. Luboonni fuula Waaqayyoo dura tajaajilan booʼaa jiru.
Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.
10 Lafti qotiisaa oneera; laftis gogeera; midhaan barbadaaʼeera; daadhiin wayinii haaraan dhumeera; zayitiinis dhabameera.
The region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.
11 Yaa qonnaan bultoota, isin raafamaa; warri wayinii dhaabbattan booʼaa; sababii midhaan lafa qotiisaa keessanii barbadaaʼeef qamadii fi garbuudhaaf booʼaa.
The farmers have been confounded, the vineyard workers have wailed over the crop and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 Wayiniin gogeera; harbuunis coollageera; roomaaniin, meexxii fi hudhaan, mukkeen lafa qotiisaa hundinuu goganiiru. Dhugumaan gammachuun ilmaan namaa irraa badeera.
The vineyard is in ruin, and the fig tree has languished. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fruit tree, and all the trees of the field have withered. For joy has been thrown into disorder before the sons of men.
13 Yaa luboota, wayyaa gaddaa uffadhaatii booʼaa; isin warri iddoo aarsaa dura tajaajiltan wawwaadhaa. Isin warri fuula Waaqa koo dura tajaajiltan kottaatii wayyaa gaddaa uffadhaa bulaa; kennaan midhaaniitii fi dhibaayyuun mana Waaqaa irraa hambifamaniiruutii.
Priests, gird yourselves and lament. Ministers of the altars, wail. Enter, ministers of my God, lie in sackcloth. For sacrifice and libation have passed away from the house of your God.
14 Sooma qulqulluu labsaa; waldaa qulqulluu waamaa. Maanguddootaa fi warra biyyattii keessa jiraatan hunda gara mana Waaqayyoo Waaqa keessaniitti waamaatii Waaqayyootti booʼaa.
Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord:
15 Badne kaa! Guyyaan sun dhiʼaateera. Guyyaan Waaqayyoo gaʼeeraatii; inni akkuma badiisaatti Waaqa Waan Hunda Dandaʼu biraa dhufa.
“Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.
16 Ijuma keenya duratti nyaanni cite; ilillee fi gammachuunis mana Waaqa keenyaa irraa hin cinnee?
Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 Sanyiin lafa keessatti tortoree hafe. Mankuusni diigameera; gombisaan caccabeera; midhaan gogee hafeeraatii.
The mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined.
18 Loon akkam marʼatu! Karri loonii sababii waan dheedu dhabeef asii fi achi joora; bushaayeenis dhiphataniiru.
Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.
19 Yaa Waaqayyo ani sin waammadha; ibiddi lafa dheedaa barbadeessee arrabni ibiddaa immoo mukkeen diidaa hunda gubee fixeeraatii.
To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.
20 Bineensonni bosonaa sitti gaggabu; lagni bishaanii gogeera; ibiddis dirree dheedaa gubee balleesseera.
Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness.
