約珥書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
1 以下是耶和華對毗土珥的兒子約珥所說的話。
嚴重的蝗災
2 長老們啊，請聽我說！
地上的所有居民啊，要留心聽！
在你們或你們祖先的時代可曾發生過這樣的事？
3 要把這事告訴你們的子子孫孫，
傳到世世代代！
4 蝗蟲吃剩的，蝻子來吃；
蝻子吃剩的，蚱蜢來吃；
蚱蜢吃剩的，螞蚱來吃[a]。
5 醉漢啊，醒過來哭泣吧！
貪杯的人啊，哀號吧！
你們再無美酒可飲了。
6 有一群兇猛的蝗蟲侵犯我的國土，
牠們不計其數，
有雄獅的獠牙和母獅的利齒。
7 牠們毀壞我的葡萄樹和無花果樹，
剝光樹皮，
只留下光禿的樹枝。
11 農夫啊，你們要憂傷！
照料葡萄園的人啊，
你們要哀號！
因為田間的大麥和小麥全毀了。
12 葡萄樹枯死，
無花果樹凋殘，
石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹等田野的一切樹木枯乾。
人間的歡樂消逝了。
13 祭司啊，穿著喪服痛哭吧；
在祭壇前事奉的人啊，要哀號；
我上帝的僕人啊，要披上麻衣過夜；
因為再無素祭和奠祭獻到你們上帝的殿中了。
14 你們要定一個禁食的日子，
舉行莊嚴的聚會，
召集全國的長老和人民，
到你們的上帝耶和華的殿中，
向耶和華呼求。
15 太可怕了！耶和華的日子近了，
那是全能者施行毀滅的日子。
16 我們的糧食斷絕了，
我們上帝殿中的歡樂消失了。
17 種子在土裡腐爛，
五穀乾死，倉庫荒廢，
穀倉被拆毀。
18 牲畜哀鳴，
牛群因找不到草場而四處亂竄，
羊群也受苦。
19 耶和華啊，我向你呼求，
因為火焰吞滅了曠野的草場，
烈火燒光了田野的樹木。
20 田野的走獸向你呼求，
因為溪水已經枯乾，
火也燒盡了曠野的草場。
Joel 1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
1 The word of the Lord that came(A) to Joel son of Pethuel:
A Plague of Locusts
2 Hear this,(B) you elders;
listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days(C)
or in the days of your ancestors?
3 Tell your children about it,(D)
and let your children tell their children,
and their children the next generation.
4 What the devouring locust(E) has left,
the swarming locust has eaten;
what the swarming locust has left,
the young locust(F) has eaten;
and what the young locust has left,
the destroying locust(G) has eaten.
5 Wake up, you drunkards,(H) and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.
6 For a nation has invaded my land,(I)
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.(J)
7 It has devastated my grapevine
and splintered my fig tree.
It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;
its branches have turned white.
8 Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,(K)
mourning for the husband of her youth.
9 Grain and drink offerings have been cut off(L)
from the house of the Lord;
the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.(M)
10 The fields are destroyed;(N)
the land grieves;
indeed, the grain is destroyed;
the new wine is dried up;(O)
and the fresh oil fails.(P)
11 Be ashamed, you farmers,(Q)
wail, you vinedressers,[a]
over the wheat and the barley,
because the harvest of the field has perished.(R)
12 The grapevine is dried up,(S)
and the fig tree is withered;
the pomegranate,(T) the date palm,(U) and the apple(V) –
all the trees of the orchard – have withered.
Indeed, human joy has dried up.(W)
13 Dress in sackcloth and lament,(X) you priests;(Y)
wail,(Z) you ministers of the altar.
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,(AA)
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Announce a sacred fast;(AB)
proclaim a solemn assembly!
Gather the elders(AC)
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,(AD)
and cry out to the Lord.(AE)
The Day of the Lord
15 Woe because of that day!(AF)
For the day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.(AG)
16 Hasn’t the food been cut off
before our eyes,(AH)
joy and gladness(AI)
from the house of our God?
17 The seeds lie shrivelled in their casings.[b](AJ)
The storehouses are in ruin,
and the granaries are broken down,
because the corn has withered away.
18 How the animals groan!(AK)
The herds of cattle wander in confusion
since they have no pasture.
Even the flocks of sheep and goats suffer punishment.
19 I call to you, Lord,(AL)
for fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness,(AM)
and flames have devoured
all the trees of the orchard.
20 Even the wild animals cry out to[c] you,(AN)
for the river beds are dried up,(AO)
and fire has consumed
the pastures of the wilderness.
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