Joel 1

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

1 耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。

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

3 你們要將這事傳與子， 子傳與孫， 孫傳與後代。

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

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

10 田荒涼，地悲哀； 因為五穀毀壞， 新酒乾竭，油也缺乏。

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

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

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

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

17 穀種在土塊下朽爛； 倉也荒涼，廩也破壞； 因為五穀枯乾了。

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

18 牲畜哀鳴； 牛群混亂，因為無草； 羊群也受了困苦。

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 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 田野的走獸向你發喘； 因為溪水乾涸， 火也燒滅曠野的草場。