Joel 1

قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى يُوئِيلَ بْنِ فَثُوئِيلَ:

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

اِسْمَعُوا هذَا أَيُّهَا الشُّيُوخُ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ! هَلْ حَدَثَ هذَا فِي أَيَّامِكُمْ، أَوْ فِي أَيَّامِ آبَائِكُمْ؟

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

أَخْبِرُوا بَنِيكُمْ عَنْهُ، وَبَنُوكُمْ بَنِيهِمْ، وَبَنُوهُمْ دَوْرًا آخَرَ.

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

فَضْلَةُ الْقَمَصِ أَكَلَهَا الزَّحَّافُ، وَفَضْلَةُ الزَّحَّافِ أَكَلَهَا الْغَوْغَاءُ، وَفَضْلَةُ الْغَوْغَاءِ أَكَلَهَا الطَّيَّارُ.

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

اِصْحُوا أَيُّهَا السَّكَارَى، وَابْكُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا يَا جَمِيعَ شَارِبِي الْخَمْرِ عَلَى الْعَصِيرِ لأَنَّهُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ.

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

إِذْ قَدْ صَعِدَتْ عَلَى أَرْضِي أُمَّةٌ قَوِيَّةٌ بِلاَ عَدَدٍ، أَسْنَانُهَا أَسْنَانُ الأَسَدِ، وَلَهَا أَضْرَاسُ اللَّبْوَةِ.

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

جَعَلَتْ كَرْمَتِي خَرِبَةً وَتِينَتِي مُتَهَشَّمَةً. قَدْ قَشَرَتْهَا وَطَرَحَتْهَا فَابْيَضَّتْ قُضْبَانُهَا.

He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

نُوحِي يَا أَرْضِي كَعَرُوسٍ مُؤْتَزِرَةٍ بِمَسْحٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ بَعْلِ صِبَاهَا.

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

انْقَطَعَتِ التَّقْدِمَةُ وَالسَّكِيبُ عَنْ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ. نَاحَتِ الْكَهَنَةُ خُدَّامُ الرَّبِّ.

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.

تَلِفَ الْحَقْلُ، نَاحَتِ الأَرْضُ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَلِفَ الْقَمْحُ، جَفَّ الْمِسْطَارُ، ذَبُلَ الزَّيْتُ.

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

خَجِلَ الْفَلاَّحُونَ، وَلْوَلَ الْكَرَّامُونَ عَلَى الْحِنْطَةِ وَعَلَى الشَّعِيرِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَلِفَ حَصِيدُ الْحَقْلِ.

Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

اَلْجَفْنَةُ يَبِسَتْ، وَالتِّينَةُ ذَبُلَتْ. اَلرُّمَّانَةُ وَالنَّخْلَةُ وَالتُّفَّاحَةُ، كُلُّ أَشْجَارِ الْحَقْلِ يَبِسَتْ. إِنَّهُ قَدْ يَبِسَتِ الْبَهْجَةُ مِنْ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ.

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

تَنَطَّقُوا وَنُوحُوا أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ. وَلْوِلُوا يَا خُدَّامَ الْمَذْبَحِ. ادْخُلُوا بِيتُوا بِالْمُسُوحِ يَا خُدَّامَ إِلهِي، لأَنَّهُ قَدِ امْتَنَعَ عَنْ بَيْتِ إِلهِكُمُ التَّقْدِمَةُ وَالسَّكِيبُ.

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

قَدِّسُوا صَوْمًا. نَادُوا بِاعْتِكَافٍ. اجْمَعُوا الشُّيُوخَ، جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَاصْرُخُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ.

Sanctify ye 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 unto the LORD,

آهِ عَلَى الْيَوْمِ! لأَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ قَرِيبٌ. يَأْتِي كَخَرَابٍ مِنَ الْقَادِرِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ.

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

أَمَا انْقَطَعَ الطَّعَامُ تُجَاهَ عُيُونِنَا؟ الْفَرَحُ وَالابْتِهَاجُ عَنْ بَيْتِ إِلهِنَا؟

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

عَفَّنَتِ الْحُبُوبُ تَحْتَ مَدَرِهَا. خَلَتِ الأَهْرَاءُ. انْهَدَمَتِ الْمَخَازِنُ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ يَبِسَ الْقَمْحُ.

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

كَمْ تَئِنُّ الْبَهَائِمُ! هَامَتْ قُطْعَانُ الْبَقَرِ لأَنْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مَرْعًى. حَتَّى قُطْعَانُ الْغَنَمِ تَفْنَى.

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

إِلَيْكَ يَا رَبُّ أَصْرُخُ، لأَنَّ نَارًا قَدْ أَكَلَتْ مَرَاعِيَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَلَهِيبًا أَحْرَقَ جَمِيعَ أَشْجَارِ الْحَقْلِ.

O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

حَتَّى بَهَائِمُ الصَّحْرَاءِ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ جَدَاوِلَ الْمِيَاهِ قَدْ جَفَّتْ، وَالنَّارَ أَكَلَتْ مَرَاعِيَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ.

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.