1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
1Beseda GOSPODOVA, ki je prišla Joelu, sinu Petuelovemu.
2Hear 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?
2Čujte to, starci, in nagnite ušesa, vsi prebivalci dežele! Se li je zgodilo kaj takega v dneh vaših ali v očetov vaših dnevih?
3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
3Pripovedujte o tem otrokom svojim in vaši otroci svojim otrokom in njih otroci prihodnjemu rodu:
4That 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.
4Kar je pustil žerec, je snedla kobilica; in kar je ostalo po kobilici, je snedel glodalec; kar pa je ostalo po glodalcu, je snedel pokončevalec [Imena četverim vrstam kobilic.].
5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
5Zdramite se, ki ste pijani, in jokajte! in tulite vsi, ki pijete vino, zavoljo novega vina, da je vzeto od vaših ust!
6For 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.
6Kajti narod je prišel gori v deželo mojo, mogočen in brezštevilen; njegovi zobje so levovi zobje in grizalo ima kakor levinja.
7He 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.
7V pustoto je naredil vinsko trto mojo in polomil smokev mojo; dočista jo je ogolil in na tla pometal; obeljene so veje njene.
8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
8Plakaj, dežela, kakor devica, ki je oblečena v raševnik zavoljo zaročenca mladosti svoje.
9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
9Jedilna in pitna daritev je odpravljena iz hiše GOSPODOVE; duhovniki, služabniki GOSPODOVI, žalujejo.
10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
10Opustošeno je polje, zemlja žaluje; ker žito je pošlo, novo vino se je posušilo, olje izginilo.
11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
11Sram vas bodi, kmetovalci, tulite, o vinogradniki, zaradi pšenice in zaradi ječmena; kajti pokončana je poljska žetev.
12The 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.
12Usahnila je vinska trta, opešala smokev; margarana, tudi palma in jablan in vse drevje na polju je suho, in minilo je veselje otroke človeške.
13Gird 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.
13Prepašite se z raševnikom in žalujte, duhovniki; tulíte, strežniki oltarja; pridite, prenočite v raševniku, služabniki mojega Boga! ker je hiši Boga vašega zadržana jedilna in pitna daritev.
14Sanctify 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,
14Posvetite post, razglasite praznično zborovanje, zberite starejšine, vse prebivalce dežele v hišo GOSPODA, Boga svojega, in vpijte h GOSPODU!
15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
15Gorje tega dneva! zakaj dan GOSPODOV je blizu in pride kakor razdejanje od Vsegamogočnega.
16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
16Ni li nam pred očmi odvzet živež, veselje in radovanje iz hiše našega Boga?
17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
17Zrnje je zgnilo pod svojimi grudami; založnice so opustošene, skednji razdrti, kajti žito se je posušilo.
18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
18Kako ječi živina! goveje črede tavajo klavrno, ker nimajo paše; tudi črede drobnice trpe pokoro.
19O 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.
19O GOSPOD, k tebi kličem; ker ogenj je požrl pašnike v puščavi in plamen je požgal vse drevje na polju.Pa tudi zveri na polju žejne vpijejo k tebi, ker so posehnili potoki in je ogenj požrl pašnike v puščavi.
20The 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.
20Pa tudi zveri na polju žejne vpijejo k tebi, ker so posehnili potoki in je ogenj požrl pašnike v puščavi.