1 Palavra do Senhor que foi dirigida a Joel, filho de Petuel. 2 Ouvi isto, vós, velhos, e escutai, todos os habitantes da terra: Aconteceu isto em vossos dias? Ou nos dias de vossos pais? 3 Narrai isto a vossos filhos, e vossos filhos o façam a seus filhos, e os filhos destes, à outra geração. 4 O que deixou o gafanhoto cortador, comeu-o o gafanhoto migrador; o que deixou o migrador, comeu-o o gafanhoto devorador; o que deixou o devorador, comeu-o o gafanhoto destruidor. 5 Ébrios, despertai-vos e chorai; uivai, todos os que bebeis vinho, por causa do mosto, porque está ele tirado da vossa boca. 6 Porque veio um povo contra a minha terra, poderoso e inumerável; os seus dentes são dentes de leão, e ele tem os queixais de uma leoa. 7 Fez de minha vide uma assolação, destroçou a minha figueira, tirou-lhe a casca, que lançou por terra; os seus sarmentos se fizeram brancos. 8 Lamenta com a virgem que, pelo marido da sua mocidade, está cingida de pano de saco. 9 Cortada está da Casa do Senhor a oferta de manjares e a libação; os sacerdotes, ministros do Senhor, estão enlutados. 10 O campo está assolado, e a terra, de luto, porque o cereal está destruído, a vide se secou, as olivas se murcharam. 11 Envergonhai-vos, lavradores, uivai, vinhateiros, sobre o trigo e sobre a cevada, porque pereceu a messe do campo. 12 A vide se secou, a figueira se murchou, a romeira também, e a palmeira e a macieira; todas as árvores do campo se secaram, e já não há alegria entre os filhos dos homens. 13 Cingi-vos de pano de saco e lamentai, sacerdotes; uivai, ministros do altar; vinde, ministros de meu Deus; passai a noite vestidos de panos de saco; porque da casa de vosso Deus foi cortada a oferta de manjares e a libação. 14 Promulgai um santo jejum, convocai uma assembleia solene, congregai os anciãos, todos os moradores desta terra, para a Casa do Senhor, vosso Deus, e clamai ao Senhor. 15 Ah! Que dia! Porque o Dia do Senhor está perto e vem como assolação do Todo-Poderoso. 16 Acaso, não está destruído o mantimento diante dos vossos olhos? E, da casa do nosso Deus, a alegria e o regozijo? 17 A semente mirrou debaixo dos seus torrões, os celeiros foram assolados, os armazéns, derribados, porque se perdeu o cereal. 18 Como geme o gado! As manadas de bois estão sobremodo inquietas, porque não têm pasto; também os rebanhos de ovelhas estão perecendo.

19 A ti, ó Senhor, clamo, porque o fogo consumiu os pastos do deserto, e a chama abrasou todas as árvores do campo. 20 Também todos os animais do campo bramam suspirantes por ti; porque os rios se secaram, e o fogo devorou os pastos do deserto.

1 The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4 That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness. 7 He 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.

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9 The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah’s ministers, mourn. 10 The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is withered, 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: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.

13 Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God. 14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. 20 Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel.

2 Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?

3 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

4 What the locust 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 other locusts "have eaten.

5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips.

6 A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.

7 It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white.

8 Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth.

9 Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

10 The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails.

11 Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

12 The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple "tree — all the trees of the field —are dried up. Surely the people's joy is withered away.

13 Put on sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

15 Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. [^3]

16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes — joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17 The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods. "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; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

19 To you, LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.

20 Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness.