¹The Word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

¹Inilah pesan TUHAN kepada Yoel, anak Petuel.

²Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

²Dengarlah, hai para tua-tua; perhatikanlah, semua orang di Yehuda. Pernahkah hal begini terjadi di zamanmu, atau di zaman para nenek moyangmu?

³Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

³Ceritakanlah kejadian itu kepada anak-anakmu; agar mereka menyampaikan kepada anak-anak mereka cerita itu. Keturunan berikut harus mendengarnya pula, dan meneruskannya kepada keturunan selanjutnya.

⁴What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.

⁴Kawanan belalang yang tak terhitung jumlahnya, hinggap di ladang-ladang dan melahap hasilnya. Apa yang disisakan kawanan yang ini, dihabiskan oleh kawanan yang lain lagi.

⁵Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

⁵Hai para pemabuk, bangunlah! Hai para peminum, menangislah! Sebab anggur yang baru sudah dirampas dari mulutmu.

⁶For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

⁶Pasukan belalang menyerang negeri kita; mereka kuat dan tak terbilang banyaknya, giginya setajam taring singa betina.

⁷He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.

⁷Mereka musnahkan pohon anggur kita, dan pohon ara kita, hanya tinggal tunggulnya. Batang-batangnya mereka kuliti, hingga carang-carangnya menjadi putih.

⁸Menangislah, hai umat, seperti gadis yang duka yang menangisi kematian tunangannya tercinta.

⁹The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.

⁹Gandum dan anggur sudah hilang dari Rumah TUHAN. Maka berkabunglah para imam, yang setia melayani TUHAN.

¹⁰The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

¹⁰Ladang-ladang kini hancur. Tanah berkabung; sebab musnahlah segala gandum, keringlah buah anggur, dan habislah minyak zaitun.

¹¹Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.

¹¹Hai petani, merataplah! Hai tukang kebun anggur, menangislah! Sebab gandum, jelai dan seluruh panen musnah.

¹²The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.

¹²Pohon-pohon buah di padang menjadi kering semua: pohon anggur, apel, ara, kurma dan delima. Maka rakyat pun tak lagi gembira.

¹³Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

¹³Hai para imam yang melayani di mezbah, pakailah kain karung, dan menangislah. Masuklah ke Rumah TUHAN untuk meratap semalam suntuk, sebab tak ada kurban anggur dan gandum bagi Allahmu.

¹⁴Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

¹⁴Perintahkan umatmu untuk berpuasa, maklumkanlah pertemuan raya! Undanglah para pemimpin dan tua-tua serta seluruh penduduk Yehuda, supaya datang ke Rumah Allah, untuk berseru minta tolong kepada-Nya.

¹⁵Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

¹⁵Hari TUHAN sudah dekat, hari yang mengerikan; saat Yang Mahakuasa mendatangkan kehancuran.

¹⁶Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?

¹⁶Makanan habis binasa di hadapan mata kita di Rumah Allah kita tak ada lagi sorak gembira.

¹⁷The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

¹⁷Benih mati di tanah yang kersang. Tak ada gandum untuk disimpan, maka lumbung-lumbung kosong dan jadi reruntuhan.

¹⁸How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

¹⁸Ternak melenguh dan gelisah; tiada lagi padang rumput baginya. Kawanan domba pun merana.

¹⁹Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

¹⁹Aku minta tolong kepada-Mu, ya TUHAN sebab padang-padang rumput hangus kersang pohon-pohon pun kering dan mati seolah-olah dimakan api.

²⁰Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

²⁰Bahkan binatang-binatang liar di hutan berseru kepada-Mu minta bantuan. Mereka tak dapat memuaskan dahaga, sebab sungai-sungai kering semua.