Књига пророка Јоила 1
1 Реч Господња која дође Јоилу сину Фатуиловом.
[I am] Joel, the son of Pethuel. [This is] a message that Yahweh gave to me.
2 Чујте, старци; слушајте, сви становници земаљски; је ли овако шта било за вашег времена или за времена ваших отаца?
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 Приповедајте то синовима својим, и синови ваши својим синовима, и њихови синови потоњем колену.
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 Шта оста иза гусенице изједе скакавац, и шта оста иза скакавца изједе хрушт, и шта оста иза хрушта изједе црв.
[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 Отрезните се, пијанице, и плачите; и ридајте сви који пијете вино, за новим вином, јер се оте из уста ваших.
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 Јер дође на земљу моју силан народ и небројен; зуби су му као у лава и кутњаци као у лавице.
[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 Потре винову лозу моју, и смокве моје покида, сасвим их огули и побаца, те им се гране беле.
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 Ридај као младица опасана кострећу за мужем младости своје.
Cry like [SIM] a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was (engaged/promised to marry) has died.
9 Неста дара и налива из дома Господњег; туже свештеници, слуге Господње.
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 Опусте поље, тужи земља; јер је потрвено жито, усахло вино, нестало уља.
[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 Стидите се ратари, ридајте виноградари, пшенице ради и јечма ради, јер пропаде жетва на њиви;
You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing.
12 Лоза посахну и смоква увену; шипак и палма и јабука и сва дрвета пољска посахнуше, јер неста радости између синова људских.
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 Опашите се и плачите свештеници; ридајте који служите олтару, дођите, ноћујте у кострети, слуге Бога мог; јер се уноси у дом Бога вашег дар и налив.
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 Наредите пост, огласите празник, скупите старешине, све становнике земаљске, у дом Господа Бога свог, и вапите ка Господу:
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 Јаох дана! Јер је близу дан Господњи, и доћи ће као погибао од Свемогућег.
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 Није ли нестало хране испред очију наших, радости и весеља из дома Бога нашег?
Our crops are already gone, and no [one is] rejoicing at all [DOU] at the temple of our God.
17 Семе иструхну под грудама својим, пусте су житнице, разваљене спреме, јер посахну жито.
[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 Како уздише стока! Како су се смела говеда! Јер немају паше; и овце гину.
Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering.
19 К Теби, Господе, вичем, јер огањ сажеже паше у пустињи, и пламен попали сва дрвета у пољу.
Yahweh, I cry [out] to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine [MET].
20 И зверје пољско погледа за тобом, јер усахнуше потоци водени и огањ сажеже паше у пустињи.
[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.
