Joel 1

1 The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

老年人哪，當聽我的話； 國中的居民哪，都要側耳而聽。 在你們的日子， 或你們列祖的日子， 曾有這樣的事嗎？

3 Tell ye your sons of it, and let your sons tell their sons, and their sons another generation.

你們要將這事傳與子， 子傳與孫， 孫傳與後代。

4 That which the palmer-worm has left the locust has eaten, and that which the locust has left the canker-worm has eaten, and that which the canker-worm has left the caterpillar has eaten.

剪蟲剩下的，蝗蟲來吃； 蝗蟲剩下的，蝻子來吃； 蝻子剩下的，螞蚱來吃。

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

酒醉的人哪，要清醒哭泣； 好酒的人哪，都要為甜酒哀號， 因為從你們的口中斷絕了。

6 For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

有一隊蝗蟲又強盛又無數， 侵犯我的地； 牠的牙齒如獅子的牙齒， 大牙如母獅的大牙。

7 He has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree. He has made it clean bare, and cast it away. The branches of it are made white.

牠毀壞我的葡萄樹， 剝了我無花果樹的皮， 剝盡而丟棄，使枝條露白。

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

我的民哪，你當哀號，像處女腰束麻布， 為幼年的丈夫哀號。

9 The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah. The priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.

素祭和奠祭從耶和華的殿中斷絕； 事奉耶和華的祭司都悲哀。

10 The field is laid waste; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.

田荒涼，地悲哀； 因為五穀毀壞， 新酒乾竭，油也缺乏。

11 Be confounded, O ye husbandmen. Wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field is perished.

農夫啊，你們要慚愧； 修理葡萄園的啊，你們要哀號； 因為大麥小麥與田間的莊稼都滅絕了。

12 The vine is withered, and the fig tree languishes. The pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field are withered. For joy has withered away from the sons of men.

葡萄樹枯乾； 無花果樹衰殘。 石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹， 連田野一切的樹木也都枯乾； 眾人的喜樂盡都消滅。

13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests. Wail, ye ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God. For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

祭司啊，你們當腰束麻布痛哭； 伺候祭壇的啊，你們要哀號； 事奉我上帝的啊，你們要來披上麻布過夜， 因為素祭和奠祭從你們上帝的殿中斷絕了。

14 Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to Jehovah.

你們要分定禁食的日子， 宣告嚴肅會， 招聚長老和國中的一切居民 到耶和華－你們上帝的殿， 向耶和華哀求。

15 Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

哀哉！耶和華的日子臨近了。 這日來到，好像毀滅從全能者來到。

16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

糧食不是在我們眼前斷絕了嗎？ 歡喜快樂不是從我們上帝的殿中止息了嗎？

17 The seeds rot under their clods. The garners are laid desolate. The barns are broken down. For the grain is withered.

穀種在土塊下朽爛； 倉也荒涼，廩也破壞； 因為五穀枯乾了。

18 How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because they have no pasture, yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

牲畜哀鳴； 牛群混亂，因為無草； 羊群也受了困苦。

19 O Jehovah, to thee do I cry. For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

耶和華啊，我向你求告， 因為火燒滅曠野的草場； 火焰燒盡田野的樹木。

20 Yea, the beasts of the field pant to thee, for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

田野的走獸向你發喘； 因為溪水乾涸， 火也燒滅曠野的草場。