Joel 1

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

耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。

2 Listen to this, elders, and pay close attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this ever happen 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 Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, and their sons with another generation.

你們要將這事傳與子， 子傳與孫， 孫傳與後代。

4 The locust has eaten what the caterpillar has left, and the beetle has eaten what the locust has left, and the mildew has eaten what the beetle has left.

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 Rouse yourselves, you drunkards, and weep and wail, all you who delight in drinking wine; for it has been 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 ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion’s young.

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 put my vineyard into desolation, and he has pulled off the bark of my fig tree. He has stripped it bare and cast it away; its branches have become 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 betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of 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 Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.

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 region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.

田荒涼，地悲哀； 因為五穀毀壞， 新酒乾竭，油也缺乏。

11 The farmers have been confounded, the vineyard workers have wailed over the crop and the barley, because the harvest of the field has 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 vineyard is in ruin, and the fig tree has languished. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fruit tree, and all the trees of the field have withered. For joy has been thrown into disorder before 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 Priests, gird yourselves and lament. Ministers of the altars, wail. Enter, ministers of my God, lie in sackcloth. For sacrifice and libation have passed away 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 an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord:

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 “Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.

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 Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, 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 mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined.

穀種在土塊下朽爛； 倉也荒涼，廩也破壞； 因為五穀枯乾了。

18 Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.

牲畜哀鳴； 牛群混亂，因為無草； 羊群也受了困苦。

19 To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.

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 Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty 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。