Joel 1
1 Palabra de Yahvé que llegó a Joel, hijo de Fatuel:
[I am] Joel, the son of Pethuel. [This is] a message that Yahweh gave to me.
2 Oídlo, oh ancianos, y prestad oídos, habitantes todos del país. ¿Ha sucedido cosa semejante en vuestros días, o en los días de vuestros padres?
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 Contádselo a vuestros hijos, y vuestros hijos a los hijos suyos, y los hijos de estos a la otra generación.
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 Lo que dejó la (langosta) gazam, lo devoró la arbeh, y lo que dejó la arbeh, lo devoró la yélek, y lo que dejó la yélek, lo devoró la chasil.
[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 Despertad, oh ebrios, y llorad; y aullad, todos los bebedores de vino, porque se ha quitado de vuestra boca el mosto.
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 Pues ha subido contra mi tierra un pueblo fuerte e innumerable; sus dientes son dientes de león, y sus mandíbulas, mandíbulas de leona.
[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 Ha convertido mi viña en un desierto, y destrozado mis higueras; las descortezó completamente, y las dejó derribadas; sus ramas se han vuelto blancas.
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 ¡Laméntate, cual joven esposa, que se ciñe de saco por el esposo de su juventud!
Cry like [SIM] a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was (engaged/promised to marry) has died.
9 Falta la ofrenda y la libación en la Casa de Yahvé; los sacerdotes, ministros de Yahvé, están de duelo.
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 El campo asolado, la tierra en luto, porque devastados están los trigales, se secó el vino, falta el aceite.
[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 Confundíos, labradores; ululad, viñadores, por el trigo y la cebada, porque la cosecha del campo ha sido destruida.
You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing.
12 Las viñas agostadas, la higuera marchita; el granado, la palmera y el manzano, todos los árboles del campo se han secado; no hay más alegría entre los hijos de los hombres.
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 Ceñíos, sacerdotes, y plañid; lanzad gritos, ministros del altar; venid, pasad la noche en sacos, oh ministros de mi Dios, pues ha desaparecido de la Casa de vuestro Dios la ofrenda y la libación.
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 Promulgad un ayuno, convocad una solemne asamblea; congregad a los ancianos y a todos los habitantes del país en la Casa de Yahvé, vuestro Dios; y clamad a Yahvé:
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 “¡Ay del día!”, pues cercano está el día de Yahvé, como ruina vendrá de parte del Todopoderoso.
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 ¿Acaso no ha desaparecido ante nuestros ojos el alimento, lo mismo que el gozo y la alegría de la Casa de nuestro Dios?
Our crops are already gone, and no [one is] rejoicing at all [DOU] at the temple of our God.
17 Se pudrieron los granos debajo de sus terrones; los graneros se hallan exhaustos, vacías las trojes, por haberse secado el trigo.
[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 ¡Cómo gimen las bestias! Andan errando los hatos de ganado porque no tienen pasto, y también los rebaños de ovejas están pereciendo.
Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering.
19 A Ti, oh Yahvé, levanto mi clamor, porque el fuego ha consumido las dehesas del desierto, y la llama ha abrasado todos los árboles del campo.
Yahweh, I cry [out] to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine [MET].
20 Hasta los animales del campo braman hacia Ti, porque están secas las corrientes de agua y el fuego ha devorado los pastizales del desierto.
[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.
