Joel 1
1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Palavra do SENHOR que veio a Joel, filho de Petuel.
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?
Ouvi isto, anciãos, e escutai, todos os moradores desta terra. Por acaso isto aconteceu em vossos dias, ou nos dias dos vossos pais?
3 Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, and their sons with another generation.
Contai disso aos vossos filhos, e vossos filhos aos seus filhos, e seus filhos à outra geração.
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.
O que restou do gafanhoto cortador o gafanhoto comedor comeu; e o que restou do gafanhoto comedor o gafanhoto devorador comeu, e o que restou do gafanhoto devorador o gafanhoto destruidor comeu.
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.
Despertai, vós bêbados, e chorai; gemei todos vós que bebeis vinho, por causa do suco de uva, porque foi tirado de vossa boca.
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.
Porque uma nação subiu sobre minha terra, poderosa e sem número; seus dentes são dentes de leão, e têm presas de leoa.
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.
Assolou minha videira, e devastou minha figueira; desnudou-a por completo e a derrubou; seus ramos ficaram brancos.
8 Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.
Chora tu como a virgem vestida de saco por causa do marido de sua juventude.
9 Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.
As ofertas de cereais e de bebidas se acabaram da casa do SENHOR; os sacerdotes, servos do SENHOR, estão de luto.
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.
O campo foi assolado, a terra está de luto; porque o trigo foi destruído, o suco de uva se secou, o azeite está em falta.
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.
Envergonhai-vos, trabalhadores; gemei, plantadores de vinhas, pelo trigo e pela a cevada; porque a colheita do campo pereceu.
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.
A vide se secou, a figueira definhou, assim como a romeira, a palmeira, e a macieira; todas as árvores do campo se secaram; por isso a alegria se secou entre os filhos dos homens.
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.
Cingi-vos e lamentai, sacerdotes; gemei, ministros do altar; vinde e deitai em sacos, trabalhadores de meu Deus; porque as ofertas de alimentos e de bebidas foram tiradas da casa de vosso Deus.
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:
Santificai um jejum; convocai uma reunião solene; congregai os anciãos e todos os moradores desta terra na casa do SENHOR vosso Deus, e clamai ao SENHOR.
15 “Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.
Ai daquele dia! Porque perto está o dia do SENHOR, e virá do Todo-Poderoso como destruição.
16 Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Por acaso não foi tirado o alimento de diante de nossos olhos, a alegria e o prazer da casa de nosso Deus?
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.
As sementes se apodreceram debaixo de seus torrões, os celeiros foram assolados, os depósitos foram derrubados; porque o trigo se secou.
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.
Como geme o gado! As manadas dos vacas estão confusas, porque não têm pasto! Os rebanhos das ovelhas estão desolados.
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.
A ti, ó SENHOR, eu clamo; porque o fogo consumiu os pastos do deserto, e chama incendiou todas as árvores do campo.
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.
Até os animais do campo clamam a ti, porque os rios de águas se secaram, e o fogo consumiu os pastos do deserto.
