Joel 1
1 [I am] Joel, the son of Pethuel. [This is] a message that Yahweh gave to me.
耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。
2 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.
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 your children about it, and tell your children to tell it to their children, and tell your grandchildren to tell it to their children.
你們要將這事傳與子， 子傳與孫， 孫傳與後代。
4 [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].
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 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]!
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 [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]!
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 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)].
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 Cry like [SIM] a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was (engaged/promised to marry) has died.
我的民哪，你當哀號，像處女腰束麻布， 為幼年的丈夫哀號。
9 There is no grain or wine for us to offer [as sacrifices] at the temple, [so] the priests who serve Yahweh are mourning/weeping.
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 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.
田荒涼，地悲哀； 因為五穀毀壞， 新酒乾竭，油也缺乏。
11 You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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].
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 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.
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 Our crops are already gone, and no [one is] rejoicing at all [DOU] at the temple 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 [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].
穀種在土塊下朽爛； 倉也荒涼，廩也破壞； 因為五穀枯乾了。
18 Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering.
牲畜哀鳴； 牛群混亂，因為無草； 羊群也受了困苦。
19 Yahweh, I cry [out] to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine [MET].
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 [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.
田野的走獸向你發喘； 因為溪水乾涸， 火也燒滅曠野的草場。
