Joel 1

1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

1 以下是耶和华对毗土珥的儿子约珥所说的话。

2 Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

2 长老们啊，要听此言！ 此地所有的居民啊，要留心听！ 在你们或你们祖先的时代可曾发生过这样的事？

3 Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

3 要把这事告诉你们的子子孙孙， 传到世世代代！

4 What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

4 蝗虫吃剩的，蝻子来吃； 蝻子吃剩的，蚱蜢来吃； 蚱蜢吃剩的，蚂蚱来吃 。

5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

5 醉酒之徒啊，醒过来哭泣吧！ 贪杯的人啊，哀号吧！ 你们再无美酒可饮了。

6 For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

6 有一群强大的队伍侵犯我的国土， 它们不计其数， 有雄狮的獠牙和母狮的利齿。

7 It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.

7 它们毁坏我的葡萄树和无花果树， 剥光树皮，然后丢弃， 只留下光秃的树枝。

8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

8 我的子民啊，你们要哀哭， 像身披麻衣的少女哭她的未婚夫。

9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

9 耶和华殿中的素祭和奠祭都停止了， 事奉耶和华的祭司都哀伤。

10 The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

10 田园荒废，遍地凄凉， 五谷尽毁， 再也没有新酒和油了。

11 Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

11 农夫啊，你们要忧伤！ 照料葡萄园的人啊， 你们要哀号！ 因为田间的大麦和小麦全毁了。

12 The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

12 葡萄树枯死， 无花果树凋残， 石榴树、棕树、苹果树等田野的一切树木枯干。 人间的欢乐消逝了。

13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

13 祭司啊，披上麻衣痛哭吧； 在祭坛前事奉的人啊，要哀号； 我上帝的仆人啊，要披上麻衣过夜； 因为再无素祭和奠祭献到你们上帝的殿中了。

14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

14 你们要宣布禁食的圣日， 举行庄严的聚会， 召集长老和当地所有居民， 到你们的上帝耶和华的殿中， 向耶和华呼求。

15 Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

15 那日可怕呀！耶和华的日子近了， 那是全能者施行毁灭的日子。

16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?

16 我们亲眼看着粮食断绝， 我们上帝殿中的欢乐消失。

17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.

17 种子在土里腐烂， 五谷枯死，仓库荒废， 谷仓被拆毁。

18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

18 牲畜哀鸣， 牛群因无草场而彷徨， 羊群也受苦。

19 To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

19 耶和华啊，我向你呼求， 因为火焰吞灭了旷野的草场， 烈火烧光了田野的树木。

20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

20 田野的走兽向你呼求， 因为溪水已经枯干， 火也烧尽了旷野的草场。