Joel 1

devar-Adonai asher hayah el-yo'el ben-petu'el

The word of GOD that came to Joel son of Pethuel.

shimu-zot hazzeqenim veha'azinu kol yosheve ha'arets hehayetah zot bimekhem ve'im bime avotekhem

Listen to this, O elders, Give ear, all inhabitants of the land. Has the like of this happened in your days Or in the days of your ancestors?

aleha livnekhem sapperu uvenekhem livnehem uvenehem ledor akher

Tell your children about it, And let your children tell theirs, And their children the next generation!

yeter haggazam akhal ha'arbeh veyeter ha'arbeh akhal hayyaleq veyeter hayyeleq akhal hekhasil

What the cutter has left, the locust has devoured; What the locust has left, the grub has devoured; And what the grub has left, the hopper has devoured.

haqitsu shikkorim uvekhu vehelilu kol-shote yayin al-asis ki nikhrat mippikhem

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep, Wail, all you swillers of wine— For the new wine that is denied you!

ki-goy alah al-artsi atsum ve'en mispar shinnayw shinne aryeh umetalle'ot lavi lo

For a nation has invaded my land, Vast beyond counting, With teeth like the teeth of a lion, With the fangs of a lion’s breed.

sam gafni leshammah ute'enati liqtsafah khasof khasafah vehishlikh hilbinu sarigeha

They have laid my vines waste And splintered my fig trees: They have stripped off their bark and thrown [it] away; Their runners have turned white.

eli kivtulah khagurat-saq al-ba'al ne'ureha

Lament—like a maiden girt with sackcloth For the husband of her youth!

hokhrat minkhah vanesekh mibbet Adonai avelu hakkohanim mesharete Adonai

Offering and libation have ceased From the House of GOD; The priests must mourn Who minister to GOD.

shuddad sadeh avelah adamah ki shuddad dagan hovish tirosh umlal yitshar

The country is ravaged, The ground must mourn; For the new grain is ravaged, The new wine is dried up, The new oil has failed.

hovishu ikkarim helilu koremim al-khittah ve'al-se'orah ki avad qetsir sadeh

Farmers are dismayed And vine dressers wail Over wheat and barley; For the crops of the field are lost.

haggefen hovishah vehatte'enah umlalah rimmon gam-tamar vetappuakh kol-atse hassadeh yaveshu ki-hovish sason min-bene adam

The vine has dried up, The fig tree withers, Pomegranate, palm, and apple— All the trees of the field are sear. And joy has dried up Among the people.

khigru vesifdu hakkohanim helilu mesharete mizbeakh bo'u linu vassaqqim mesharete elohay ki nimna mibbet elohekhem minkhah vanasekh

Gird yourselves and lament, O priests, Wail, O ministers of the altar; Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God. For offering and libation are withheld From the House of your God.

qaddeshu-tsom qiru atsarah isfu zeqenim kol yosheve ha'arets bet Adonai elohekhem veza'aqu el-Adonai

Solemnize a fast, Proclaim an assembly; Gather the elders—all the inhabitants of the land— In the House of the ETERNAL your God, And cry out to GOD.

ahah layyom ki qarov yom Adonai ukheshod mishadday yavo

Alas for the day! For the day of GOD is near; It shall come like havoc from Shaddai.

halo neged enenu okhel nikhrat mibbet elohenu simkhah vagil

For food is cut off Before our very eyes, And joy and gladness From the House of our God.

aveshu ferudot takhat megrefotehem nashammu otsarot nehersu mammegurot ki hovish dagan

The seeds have shriveled Under their clods. The granaries are desolate, Barns are in ruins, For the new grain has failed.

mah-nne'enkhah vehemah navokhu edre vaqar ki en mireh lahem gam-edre hatson neshamu

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered Because they have no pasture, And the flocks of sheep are dazed.

elekha Adonai eqra ki esh okhlah ne'ot midbar velehavah lihatah kol-atse hassadeh

To You, O ETERNAL One, I call. For fire has consumed The pastures in the wilderness, And flame has devoured All the trees of the countryside.

gam-bahamot sadeh ta'arog elekha ki yaveshu afiqe mayim ve'esh okhlah ne'ot hammidbar

The very beasts of the field Cry out to You; For the watercourses are dried up, And fire has consumed The pastures in the wilderness.