Joel 1

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

verbum Domini quod factum est ad Iohel filium Fatuhel

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?

audite hoc senes et auribus percipite omnes habitatores terrae si factum est istud in diebus vestris aut in diebus patrum vestrorum

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

super hoc filiis vestris narrate et filii vestri filiis suis et filii eorum generationi alterae

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.

residuum erucae comedit lucusta et residuum lucustae comedit bruchus et residuum bruchi comedit rubigo

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.

expergescimini ebrii et flete et ululate omnes qui bibitis vinum in dulcedine quoniam periit ab ore vestro

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.

gens enim ascendit super terram meam fortis et innumerabilis dentes eius ut dentes leonis et molares eius ut catuli leonis

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.

posuit vineam meam in desertum et ficum meam decorticavit nudans spoliavit eam et proiecit albi facti sunt rami eius

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

plange quasi virgo accincta sacco super virum pubertatis suae

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

periit sacrificium et libatio de domo Domini luxerunt sacerdotes ministri Domini

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

depopulata est regio luxit humus quoniam devastatum est triticum confusum est vinum elanguit oleum

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.

confusi sunt agricolae ululaverunt vinitores super frumento et hordeo quia periit messis agri

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.

vinea confusa est et ficus elanguit malogranatum et palma et malum et omnia ligna agri aruerunt quia confusum est gaudium a filiis hominum

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.

accingite vos et plangite sacerdotes ululate ministri altaris ingredimini cubate in sacco ministri Dei mei quoniam interiit de domo Dei vestri sacrificium et libatio

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,

sanctificate ieiunium vocate coetum congregate senes omnes habitatores terrae in domum Dei vestri et clamate ad Dominum

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

a a a diei quia prope est dies Domini et quasi vastitas a potente veniet

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

numquid non coram oculis vestris alimenta perierunt de domo Dei nostri laetitia et exultatio

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

conputruerunt iumenta in stercore suo demolita sunt horrea dissipatae sunt apothecae quoniam confusum est triticum

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

quid ingemuit animal mugierunt greges armenti quia non est pascua eis sed et greges pecorum disperierunt

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.

ad te Domine clamabo quia ignis comedit speciosa deserti et flamma succendit omnia ligna regionis

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.

sed et bestiae agri quasi area sitiens imbrem suspexerunt ad te quoniam exsiccati sunt fontes aquarum et ignis devoravit speciosa deserti