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Este es el mensaje que el Señor le dio a Joel, hijo de Petuel.

La invasión de langostas

¡Escuchen, sabios consejeros de Israel! ¡Escuchen, todos sus habitantes! En toda su vida, sí, en toda su historia, ¿ha sucedido algo semejante a lo que les voy a contar? Esto que va a suceder ustedes se lo contarán a sus hijos y ellos, a su vez, se lo contarán a sus propios hijos, de modo que la historia se irá contando de una generación a otra.

¡Todos los cultivos fueron devorados por las plagas! Primero vinieron las orugas y se comieron una parte. Luego vinieron las langostas y acabaron con otra parte. Después de estas vinieron sucesivamente pulgones y saltamontes y se comieron lo poco que quedaba.

¡Despierten y lloren ustedes, borrachos, pues no hay uvas para preparar el vino! ¡Les quitarán hasta el mosto que tengan en la boca! ¡Un inmenso ejército los invade! Es un ejército terrible, demasiado numeroso como para poder ser contado, ¡es tan terrible y destructor que parece tener dientes y garras como los de los leones! Han arruinado mis viñedos y desgajado las higueras. ¡Las han derribado y pelado por completo! Llora, como llora desconsolada una joven novia porque han matado a su prometido.

Ya no hay cereales ni vino para llevar como ofrenda al templo del Señor. Por eso están de luto los sacerdotes que sirven al Señor, quienes ministran en su templo. 10 Los campos están secos, la tierra está vacía. Se perdió la cosecha del trigo, ya no hay vino y se acabó el aceite.

11 ¡Lloren, labradores! ¡Sollocen, viñadores! ¡Pues se perdieron las cosechas del trigo y la cebada! 12 Las vides están muertas; las higueras se están muriendo; los granados están secos, lo mismo que las palmeras y los manzanos. ¡Todos los árboles del campo se murieron! Por eso la alegría se ha ido de la gente.

Llamado al arrepentimiento

13 ¡Sacerdotes, vístanse de luto, lloren ustedes que ministran en el altar! Vengan, ministros de Dios, y pasen la noche sobre ceniza y con ropas ásperas en señal de profunda tristeza, porque en el templo de su Dios no hay ofrendas de cereales ni de vino. 14 Anuncien un ayuno general; llamen a todo el pueblo a una reunión. Reúnan a los jefes y a todo el pueblo dentro del templo del Señor su Dios, para que le pidan ayuda al Señor.

15 ¡Ay, que ya viene el terrible día del Señor! ¡La anunciada destrucción de parte del Todopoderoso ya se aproxima! 16 Nuestro sustento desaparecerá delante de nuestros ojos; todo gozo y alegría habrá terminado en el templo de nuestro Dios.

17 La semilla se pudre en el suelo; los pajares y graneros están vacíos porque la cosecha se perdió. 18 ¡El ganado muge por el hambre! ¡Los bueyes corren como locos, porque no tienen pasto! ¡También las ovejas están sufriendo!

19 ¡Señor, ayúdanos, pues el fuego ha devorado los pastos, las llamas han quemado todos los árboles! 20 Aun los animales salvajes claman a ti por ayuda, porque se secaron los riachuelos y los pastizales se marchitaron.

The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

An Invasion of Locusts

(A)Hear this, (B)you elders;
    give ear, (C)all inhabitants of the land!
(D)Has such a thing happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
(E)Tell your children of it,
    and let your children tell their children,
    and their children to another generation.

What (F)the cutting locust left,
    (G)the swarming locust has eaten.
What the swarming locust left,
    (H)the hopping locust has eaten,
and what the hopping locust left,
    (I)the destroying locust has eaten.

Awake, you drunkards, and weep,
    and (J)wail, all you drinkers of wine,
because of (K)the sweet wine,
    for it is cut off from your mouth.
For (L)a nation has come up against my land,
    (M)powerful and beyond number;
(N)its teeth are lions' teeth,
    and it has the fangs of a lioness.
It has laid waste my vine
    and splintered my (O)fig tree;
it has stripped off their bark and thrown it down;
    their branches are made white.

Lament like a virgin[a] (P)wearing sackcloth
    for the bridegroom of her youth.
(Q)The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
    from the house of the Lord.
(R)The priests mourn,
    (S)the ministers of the Lord.
10 The fields are destroyed,
    (T)the ground mourns,
because (U)the grain is destroyed,
    (V)the wine dries up,
    the oil languishes.

11 (W)Be ashamed,[b] O tillers of the soil;
    wail, O vinedressers,
for the wheat and the barley,
    (X)because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 The vine dries up;
    (Y)the fig tree languishes.
Pomegranate, palm, and apple,
    all the trees of the field are dried up,
and (Z)gladness dries up
    from the children of man.

A Call to Repentance

13 (AA)Put on sackcloth and lament, (AB)O priests;
    (AC)wail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, (AD)pass the night in sackcloth,
    (AE)O ministers of my God!
(AF)Because grain offering and drink offering
    are withheld from the house of your God.

14 (AG)Consecrate a fast;
    (AH)call a solemn assembly.
Gather (AI)the elders
    and (AJ)all the inhabitants of the land
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out to the Lord.

15 Alas for the day!
(AK)For the day of the Lord is near,
    and as destruction from the Almighty[c] it comes.
16 Is not the food cut off
    before our eyes,
(AL)joy and gladness
    from the house of our God?

17 (AM)The seed shrivels under the clods;[d]
    the storehouses are desolate;
the granaries are torn down
    because (AN)the grain has dried up.
18 How (AO)the beasts groan!
    The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
    even the flocks of sheep suffer.[e]

19 To you, (AP)O Lord, I call.
(AQ)For fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness,
(AR)and flame has burned
    all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field (AS)pant for you
    because the water brooks are dried up,
(AT)and fire has devoured
    the pastures of the wilderness.

Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:8 Or young woman
  2. Joel 1:11 The Hebrew words for dry up and be ashamed in verses 10–12, 17 sound alike
  3. Joel 1:15 Destruction sounds like the Hebrew for Almighty
  4. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew line is uncertain
  5. Joel 1:18 Or are made desolate

The word of the Lord that came(A) to Joel(B) son of Pethuel.

An Invasion of Locusts

Hear this,(C) you elders;(D)
    listen, all who live in the land.(E)
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
    or in the days of your ancestors?(F)
Tell it to your children,(G)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(H)
What the locust(I) swarm has left
    the great locusts have eaten;
what the great locusts have left
    the young locusts have eaten;
what the young locusts have left(J)
    other locusts[a] have eaten.(K)

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, all you drinkers of wine;(L)
wail because of the new wine,
    for it has been snatched(M) from your lips.
A nation has invaded my land,
    a mighty army without number;(N)
it has the teeth(O) of a lion,
    the fangs of a lioness.
It has laid waste(P) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.(Q)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth(R)
    grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
Grain offerings and drink offerings(S)
    are cut off from the house of the Lord.
The priests are in mourning,(T)
    those who minister before the Lord.
10 The fields are ruined,
    the ground is dried up;(U)
the grain is destroyed,
    the new wine(V) is dried up,
    the olive oil fails.(W)

11 Despair, you farmers,(X)
    wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,(Y)
    because the harvest of the field is destroyed.(Z)
12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(AA)
the pomegranate,(AB) the palm and the apple[b] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(AC)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

A Call to Lamentation

13 Put on sackcloth,(AD) you priests, and mourn;
    wail, you who minister(AE) before the altar.
Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God;
for the grain offerings and drink offerings(AF)
    are withheld from the house of your God.
14 Declare a holy fast;(AG)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land(AH)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out(AI) to the Lord.(AJ)

15 Alas for that(AK) day!
    For the day of the Lord(AL) is near;
    it will come like destruction from the Almighty.[c](AM)

16 Has not the food been cut off(AN)
    before our very eyes—
joy and gladness(AO)
    from the house of our God?(AP)
17 The seeds are shriveled
    beneath the clods.[d](AQ)
The storehouses are in ruins,
    the granaries have been broken down,
    for the grain has dried up.
18 How the cattle moan!
    The herds mill about
because they have no pasture;(AR)
    even the flocks of sheep are suffering.(AS)

19 To you, Lord, I call,(AT)
    for fire(AU) has devoured the pastures(AV) in the wilderness
    and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
20 Even the wild animals pant for you;(AW)
    the streams of water have dried up(AX)
    and fire has devoured the pastures(AY) in the wilderness.

Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:4 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.
  2. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot
  3. Joel 1:15 Hebrew Shaddai
  4. Joel 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.