¹严重的蝗灾

¹A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel:

²老年人哪！你们要听这话。这地所有的居民啊！你们要留心听。在你们的日子，或在你们祖先的日子，曾有这样的事吗？

²Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?

³你们要把这事传与子，子传与孙，孙传与后代。

³Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation.

⁴剪虫剩下的，蝗虫吃了；蝗虫剩下的，蝻子吃了；蝻子剩下的，蚂蚱吃了。

⁴What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left of the locust, Eaten hath the cankerworm, And what is left of the cankerworm, Eaten hath the caterpillar.

⁵酒醉的人哪！你们要醒过来；要哀哭！所有嗜酒的人哪！你们都要为甜酒哀号，因为甜酒从你们的口里断绝了。

⁵Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

⁶因为有一民族上来侵犯我的国土，他们强大又无数；他们的牙齿像狮子的牙齿，他们有母狮的大牙。

⁶For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

⁷他们使我的葡萄树荒凉，折断了我的无花果树，把树皮剥尽，丢在一旁，使枝条露白。

⁷It hath made my vine become a desolation, And my fig-tree become a chip, It hath made it thoroughly bare, and hath cast down, Made white have been its branches.

⁸劝人民哀哭你们要哀号，像少女腰束麻布，为她幼年时许配的丈夫哀号一样。

⁸Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

⁹素祭和奠祭都从耶和华的殿里断绝了，事奉耶和华的祭司也都悲哀。

⁹Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministrants of Jehovah.

¹⁰田野荒废，土地凄凉，因为五谷毁坏，新酒干竭，油也缺乏。

¹⁰Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.

¹¹农夫啊！你们要为大麦和小麦羞愧。修理葡萄园的啊！你们要哀号，因为田间的庄稼都破坏了。

¹¹Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.

¹²葡萄树枯干，无花果树衰残；石榴树、棕树、苹果树，田野所有的树木都枯干，因此欢乐从人间消失了。

¹²The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.

¹³呼吁人民禁食祷告祭司啊！你们要腰束麻布，并且痛哭。在祭坛侍候的啊！你们要哀号。事奉我的　神的啊！你们披上麻布进去过夜吧，因为素祭和奠祭，都从你们的　神的殿中止息了。

¹³Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.

¹⁴你们要把禁食的日子分别为圣，召开严肃会，聚集众长老和国中所有的居民，到你们的　神耶和华的殿里，向耶和华呼求。

¹⁴Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders — all the inhabitants of the land, [Into] the house of Jehovah your God,

¹⁵哀哉那日！因为耶和华的日子临近了；那日来到，好像毁灭从全能者临到一样。

¹⁵And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near [is] a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

¹⁶粮食不是在我们的眼前断绝了吗？欢喜与快乐不是从我们的　神的殿中止息了吗？

¹⁶Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?

¹⁷谷种在土块底下朽烂，仓库荒凉，谷仓破烂被拆毁，因为五谷都枯干了。

¹⁷Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

¹⁸牲畜发出哀鸣，牛群到处流荡，因为没有草场给它们，羊群也同样受苦。

¹⁸How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.

¹⁹耶和华啊！我向你呼求，因为火吞灭了旷野的草场，火焰烧尽了田间所有的树木。

¹⁹Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame hath set on fire all trees of the field.

²⁰田野的走兽也向你发喘，因为溪水都干涸了，火吞灭了旷野的草场。

²⁰Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!`