Иоиль 1
1 Слово Господне, которое было к Иоилю, сыну Вафуила.
[I am] Joel, the son of Pethuel. [This is] a message that Yahweh gave to me.
2 Слушайте это, старцы, и внимайте, все жители земли сей: бывало ли такое во дни ваши или во дни отцов ваших?
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 Передайте об этом детям вашим; а дети ваши пусть скажут своим детям, а их дети следующему роду:
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 оставшееся от гусеницы ела саранча, оставшееся от саранчи ели черви, а оставшееся от червей доели жуки.
[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 Пробудитесь, пьяницы, и плачьте и рыдайте, все пьющие вино, о виноградном соке, ибо он отнят от уст 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 Ибо пришел на землю Мою народ сильный и бесчисленный; зубы у него - зубы львиные, и челюсти у него - как у львицы.
[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 Опустошил он виноградную лозу Мою, и смоковницу Мою обломал, ободрал ее догола, и бросил; сделались белыми ветви ее.
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 Рыдай, как молодая жена, препоясавшись вретищем, о муже юности своей!
Cry like [SIM] a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was (engaged/promised to marry) has died.
9 Прекратилось хлебное приношение и возлияние в доме Господнем; плачут священники, служители Господни.
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 Опустошено поле, сетует земля; ибо истреблен хлеб, высох виноградный сок, завяла маслина.
[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 Краснейте от стыда, земледельцы, рыдайте, виноградари, о пшенице и ячмене, потому что погибла жатва в поле,
You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing.
12 засохла виноградная лоза и смоковница завяла; гранатовое дерево, пальма и яблоня, все дерева в поле посохли; потому и веселье у сынов человеческих исчезло.
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 Препояшьтесь вретищем и плачьте, священники! рыдайте, служители алтаря! войдите, ночуйте во вретищах, служители Бога моего! ибо не стало в доме Бога вашего хлебного приношения и возлияния.
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 Назначьте пост, объявите торжественное собрание, созовите старцев и всех жителей страны сей в дом Господа Бога вашего и взывайте к 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 О, какой день! ибо день Господень близок; как опустошение от Всемогущего придет он.
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 Не пред нашими ли глазами отнимается пища, от дома Бога нашего - веселье и радость?
Our crops are already gone, and no [one is] rejoicing at all [DOU] at the temple of our God.
17 Истлели зерна под глыбами своими, опустели житницы, разрушены кладовые, ибо не стало хлеба.
[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 Как стонет скот! уныло ходят стада волов, ибо нет для них пажити; томятся и стада овец.
Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering.
19 К Тебе, Господи, взываю; ибо огонь пожрал злачные пастбища пустыни, и пламя попалило все дерева в поле.
Yahweh, I cry [out] to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine [MET].
20 Даже и животные на поле взывают к Тебе, потому что иссохли потоки вод и огонь истребил пастбища пустыни.
[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.
