約珥書

第1章

1 耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。

2 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 你們要將這事傳與子,子傳與孫,孫傳與後代。

4 蛾蟲[palmerworm]剩下的,蝗蟲來吃;蝗蟲剩下的,尺蠖[cankerworm]來吃;尺蠖[cankerworm]剩下的,毛蟲[caterpiller]來吃。

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

6 有一[nation]又強盛又無數,侵犯我的地;牠的牙齒如獅子的牙齒,大牙如巨獅[great lion]的大牙。

7 牠毀壞我的葡萄樹,剝了我無花果樹的皮,剝盡而丟棄,使枝子[branches]露白。

8 我的民哪,你當哀號,像處女腰束麻布,為幼年的丈夫哀號。

9 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 田荒涼,地悲哀;因為五穀毀壞,新酒乾竭,油也缺乏。

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

14 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─你們神的殿,向耶和華哀求。

15 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 糧食不是在我們眼前斷絕了嗎?歡喜快樂不是從我們神的殿中止息了嗎?

17 穀種在土塊下朽爛,穀倉[garners]也荒涼,倉房[barns]也破壞;因為五穀枯乾了。

18 牲畜何竟[How do]哀鳴。牛群混亂,因為無草;羊群也受了困苦。

19 耶和華啊,我向你呼求[cry],因為火吞滅[devoured]曠野的草場;火燄燒盡田野的樹木。

20 田野的走獸向你哀鳴[cry];因為溪水乾涸,火也吞滅[devoured]曠野的草場。

Joel

Chapter 1

1 THE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Bethuel:

2 Hear this, O you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! Has such a calamity ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

4 What the palmerworm has left, the locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust has left, the crawling locust has eaten; and what the crawling locust has left, the cankerworm has eaten.

5 Awake, O you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

6 A nation has come up against my land, strong, and without number; whose teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his fangs as the fangs of a lion's whelp.

7 He has laid my vine waste, and has cut off my fig tree and thrown it away; the branches thereof are made white.

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

9 The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD; the kings mourn, and the priests who minister to the LORD mourn.

10 The field is plundered, the land mourns; for the wheat is plundered, the new wine is dried up, the olive orchards are destroyed.

11 Be ashamed, O you husbandmen; howl, O you vinedressers, howl for the wheat and for the barley because the harvest of the fields is perished.

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, and the apple tree, all the trees of the field are withered; joy is fled from the sons of men.

13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, O you priests; howl, O you ministers of the altar; go in, spend the night in sackcloth, O you ministers of my God, because the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD your God, and say,

15 Alas, alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as plunder from God shall it come.

16 And, behold, before our eyes the food is cut off from the house of our God, and gladness and joy have ceased.

17 The cows languish at their mangers, the granaries are laid waste, the winepresses are thrown down, and the grain is dried up.

18 How the beasts groan! the herds of cattle cry because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep also are perished.

19 O LORD, to thee will I cry; for the fire has devoured the camps of shepherds in the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

20 Also the beasts of the field cry out to thee because the ponds of water are dried up, and the fire has devoured the camps of shepherds in the wilderness.

約珥書

第1章

Joel

Chapter 1

1 耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。

1 THE word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Bethuel:

2 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?

2 Hear this, O you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! Has such a calamity ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

3 你們要將這事傳與子,子傳與孫,孫傳與後代。

3 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

4 蛾蟲[palmerworm]剩下的,蝗蟲來吃;蝗蟲剩下的,尺蠖[cankerworm]來吃;尺蠖[cankerworm]剩下的,毛蟲[caterpiller]來吃。

4 What the palmerworm has left, the locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust has left, the crawling locust has eaten; and what the crawling locust has left, the cankerworm has eaten.

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

5 Awake, O you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

6 有一[nation]又強盛又無數,侵犯我的地;牠的牙齒如獅子的牙齒,大牙如巨獅[great lion]的大牙。

6 A nation has come up against my land, strong, and without number; whose teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his fangs as the fangs of a lion's whelp.

7 牠毀壞我的葡萄樹,剝了我無花果樹的皮,剝盡而丟棄,使枝子[branches]露白。

7 He has laid my vine waste, and has cut off my fig tree and thrown it away; the branches thereof are made white.

8 我的民哪,你當哀號,像處女腰束麻布,為幼年的丈夫哀號。

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

9 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。

9 The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD; the kings mourn, and the priests who minister to the LORD mourn.

10 田荒涼,地悲哀;因為五穀毀壞,新酒乾竭,油也缺乏。

10 The field is plundered, the land mourns; for the wheat is plundered, the new wine is dried up, the olive orchards are destroyed.

11 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。

11 Be ashamed, O you husbandmen; howl, O you vinedressers, howl for the wheat and for the barley because the harvest of the fields is perished.

12 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。

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, and the apple tree, all the trees of the field are withered; joy is fled from the sons of men.

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

13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, O you priests; howl, O you ministers of the altar; go in, spend the night in sackcloth, O you ministers of my God, because the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

14 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─你們神的殿,向耶和華哀求。

14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD your God, and say,

15 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。

15 Alas, alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as plunder from God shall it come.

16 糧食不是在我們眼前斷絕了嗎?歡喜快樂不是從我們神的殿中止息了嗎?

16 And, behold, before our eyes the food is cut off from the house of our God, and gladness and joy have ceased.

17 穀種在土塊下朽爛,穀倉[garners]也荒涼,倉房[barns]也破壞;因為五穀枯乾了。

17 The cows languish at their mangers, the granaries are laid waste, the winepresses are thrown down, and the grain is dried up.

18 牲畜何竟[How do]哀鳴。牛群混亂,因為無草;羊群也受了困苦。

18 How the beasts groan! the herds of cattle cry because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep also are perished.

19 耶和華啊,我向你呼求[cry],因為火吞滅[devoured]曠野的草場;火燄燒盡田野的樹木。

19 O LORD, to thee will I cry; for the fire has devoured the camps of shepherds in the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

20 田野的走獸向你哀鳴[cry];因為溪水乾涸,火也吞滅[devoured]曠野的草場。

20 Also the beasts of the field cry out to thee because the ponds of water are dried up, and the fire has devoured the camps of shepherds in the wilderness.