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Joel
A locust plague and the outpouring of the spirit
A short prophetic book responding to a devastating locust plague. The plague becomes the figure for a coming day of the Lord, and the book closes with an oracle of the spirit being poured out on all flesh — later cited at Pentecost in the book of Acts.
1
Слово Господне, которое было к Иоилю, сыну Вафуила.
Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
2
Слушайте это, старцы, и внимайте, все жители земли сей: бывало ли такое во дни ваши, или во дни отцов ваших?
Hear 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?
3
Передайте об этом детям вашим; а дети ваши пусть скажут своим детям, а их дети следующему роду:
Tell your children about it,
and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation.
4
оставшееся от гусеницы ела саранча, оставшееся от саранчи ели черви, а оставшееся от червей доели жуки.
What 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.
5
Пробудитесь, пьяницы, и плачьте и рыдайте, все пьющие вино, о виноградном соке, ибо он отнят от уст ваших!
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine;
for it is cut off from your mouth.
6
Ибо пришел на землю Мою народ сильный и бесчисленный; зубы у него – зубы львиные, и челюсти у него – как у львицы.
For 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.
7
Опустошил он виноградную лозу Мою, и смоковницу Мою обломал, ободрал ее догола, и бросил; сделались белыми ветви ее.
He has laid my vine waste,
and stripped my fig tree.
He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away.
Its branches are made white.
8
Рыдай, как молодая жена, препоясавшись [вретищем], о муже юности своей!
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
9
Прекратилось хлебное приношение и возлияние в доме Господнем; плачут священники, служители Господни.
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house.
The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
10
Опустошено поле, сетует земля; ибо истреблен хлеб, высох виноградный сок, завяла маслина.
The field is laid waste.
The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,
The new wine has dried up,
and the oil languishes.
11
Краснейте от стыда, земледельцы, рыдайте, виноградари, о пшенице и ячмене, потому что погибла жатва в поле,
Be confounded, you farmers!
Wail, you vineyard keepers;
for the wheat and for the barley;
for the harvest of the field has perished.
12
засохла виноградная лоза и смоковница завяла; гранатовое дерево, пальма и яблоня, все дерева в поле посохли; потому и веселье у сынов человеческих исчезло.
The 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.
13
Препояшьтесь [вретищем] и плачьте, священники! рыдайте, служители алтаря! войдите, ночуйте во вретищах, служители Бога моего! ибо не стало в доме Бога вашего хлебного приношения и возлияния.
Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests!
Wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God,
for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.
14
Назначьте пост, объявите торжественное собрание, созовите старцев и всех жителей страны сей в дом Господа Бога вашего, и взывайте к Господу.
Sanctify 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.
15
О, какой день! ибо день Господень близок; как опустошение от Всемогущего придет он.
Alas for the day!
For the day of Yahweh is at hand,
and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
16
Не пред нашими ли глазами отнимается пища, от дома Бога нашего – веселье и радость?
Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes;
joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17
Истлели зерна под глыбами своими, опустели житницы, разрушены кладовые, ибо не стало хлеба.
The seeds rot under their clods.
The granaries are laid desolate.
The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
18
Как стонет скот! уныло ходят стада волов, ибо нет для них пажити; томятся и стада овец.
How the animals groan!
The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.
Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19
К Тебе, Господи, взываю; ибо огонь пожрал злачные пастбища пустыни, и пламя попалило все дерева в поле.
Yahweh, 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.
20
Даже и животные на поле взывают к Тебе, потому что иссохли потоки вод, и огонь истребил пастбища пустыни.
Yes, 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.
1
Трубите трубою на Сионе и бейте тревогу на святой горе Моей; да трепещут все жители земли, ибо наступает день Господень, ибо он близок –
Blow the trumpet in Zion,
and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of Yahweh comes,
for it is close at hand:
2
день тьмы и мрака, день облачный и туманный: как утренняя заря распространяется по горам народ многочисленный и сильный, какого не бывало от века и после того не будет в роды родов.
A day of darkness and gloominess,
a day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn spreading on the mountains,
a great and strong people;
there has never been the like,
neither will there be any more after them,
even to the years of many generations.
3
Перед ним пожирает огонь, а за ним палит пламя; перед ним земля как сад Едемский, а позади него будет опустошенная степь, и никому не будет спасения от него.
A fire devours before them,
and behind them, a flame burns.
The land is as the garden of Eden before them,
and behind them, a desolate wilderness.
Yes, and no one has escaped them.
4
Вид его как вид коней, и скачут они как всадники;
Their appearance is as the appearance of horses,
and as horsemen, so do they run.
5
скачут по вершинам гор как бы со стуком колесниц, как бы с треском огненного пламени, пожирающего солому, как сильный народ, выстроенный к битве.
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble,
as a strong people set in battle array.
6
При виде его затрепещут народы, у всех лица побледнеют.
At their presence the peoples are in anguish.
All faces have grown pale.
7
Как борцы бегут они и как храбрые воины влезают на стену, и каждый идет своею дорогою, и не сбивается с путей своих.
They run like mighty men.
They climb the wall like warriors.
They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
8
Не давят друг друга, каждый идет своею стезею, и падают на копья, но остаются невредимы.
Neither does one jostle another;
they march everyone in his path,
and they burst through the defenses,
and don’t break ranks.
9
Бегают по городу, поднимаются на стены, влезают на дома, входят в окна, как вор.
They rush on the city.
They run on the wall.
They climb up into the houses.
They enter in at the windows like thieves.
10
Перед ними потрясется земля, поколеблется небо; солнце и луна помрачатся, и звезды потеряют свой свет.
The earth quakes before them.
The heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11
И Господь даст глас Свой пред воинством Своим, ибо весьма многочисленно полчище Его и могуществен исполнитель слова Его; ибо велик день Господень и весьма страшен, и кто выдержит его?
Yahweh thunders his voice before his army;
for his forces are very great;
for he is strong who obeys his command;
for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome,
and who can endure it?
12
Но и ныне еще говорит Господь: обратитесь ко Мне всем сердцем своим в посте, плаче и рыдании.
“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13
Раздирайте сердца ваши, а не одежды ваши, и обратитесь к Господу Богу вашему; ибо Он благ и милосерд, долготерпелив и многомилостив и сожалеет о бедствии.
Tear your heart, and not your garments,
and turn to Yahweh, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
14
Кто знает, не сжалится ли Он, и не оставит ли благословения, хлебного приношения и возлияния Господу Богу вашему?
Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
15
Вострубите трубою на Сионе, назначьте пост и объявите торжественное собрание.
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
16
Соберите народ, созовите собрание, пригласите старцев, соберите отроков и грудных младенцев; пусть выйдет жених из чертога своего и невеста из своей горницы.
Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her room.
17
Между притвором и жертвенником да плачут священники, служители Господни, и говорят: "пощади, Господи, народ Твой, не предай наследия Твоего на поругание, чтобы не издевались над ним народы; для чего будут говорить между народами: где Бог их?"
Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar,
and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh,
and don’t give your heritage to reproach,
that the nations should rule over them.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”
18
И тогда возревнует Господь о земле Своей, и пощадит народ Свой.
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land,
And had pity on his people.
19
И ответит Господь, и скажет народу Своему: вот, Я пошлю вам хлеб и вино и елей, и будете насыщаться ими, и более не отдам вас на поругание народам.
Yahweh answered his people,
“Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,
and you will be satisfied with them;
and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
20
И пришедшего от севера удалю от вас, и изгоню в землю безводную и пустую, переднее полчище его – в море восточное, а заднее – в море западное, и пойдет от него зловоние, и поднимется от него смрад, так как он много наделал [зла].
But I will remove the northern army far away from you,
and will drive it into a barren and desolate land,
its front into the eastern sea,
and its back into the western sea;
and its stench will come up,
and its bad smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things.
21
Не бойся, земля: радуйся и веселись, ибо Господь велик, чтобы совершить это.
Land, don’t be afraid.
Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22
Не бойтесь, животные, ибо пастбища пустыни произрастят траву, дерево принесет плод свой, смоковница и виноградная лоза окажут свою силу.
Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field;
for the pastures of the wilderness spring up,
for the tree bears its fruit.
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
23
И вы, чада Сиона, радуйтесь и веселитесь о Господе Боге вашем; ибо Он даст вам дождь в меру и будет ниспосылать вам дождь, дождь ранний и поздний, как прежде.
“Be glad then, you children of Zion,
and rejoice in Yahweh, your God;
for he gives you the former rain in just measure,
and he causes the rain to come down for you,
the former rain and the latter rain,
as before.
24
И наполнятся гумна хлебом, и переполнятся подточилия виноградным соком и елеем.
The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25
И воздам вам за те годы, которые пожирали саранча, черви, жуки и гусеница, великое войско Мое, которое послал Я на вас.
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,
the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar,
my great army, which I sent among you.
26
И до сытости будете есть и насыщаться и славить имя Господа Бога вашего, Который дивное соделал с вами, и не посрамится народ Мой во веки.
You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied,
and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you;
and my people will never again be disappointed.
27
И узнаете, что Я посреди Израиля, и Я – Господь Бог ваш, и нет другого, и Мой народ не посрамится вовеки.
You will know that I am among Israel,
and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else;
and my people will never again be disappointed.
28
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
Your old men will dream dreams.
Your young men will see visions.
29
And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days,
I will pour out my Spirit.
30
I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31
The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32
It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved;
for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape,
as Yahweh has said,
and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
1
И будет после того, излию от Духа Моего на всякую плоть, и будут пророчествовать сыны ваши и дочери ваши; старцам вашим будут сниться сны, и юноши ваши будут видеть видения.
“For, behold, in those days,
and in that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2
И также на рабов и на рабынь в те дни излию от Духа Моего.
I will gather all nations,
and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat;
and I will execute judgment on them there for my people,
and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations.
They have divided my land,
3
И покажу знамения на небе и на земле: кровь и огонь и столпы дыма.
and have cast lots for my people,
and have given a boy for a prostitute,
and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4
Солнце превратится во тьму и луна – в кровь, прежде нежели наступит день Господень, великий и страшный.
“Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon,
and all the regions of Philistia?
Will you repay me?
And if you repay me,
I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
5
И будет: всякий, кто призовет имя Господне, спасется; ибо на горе Сионе и в Иерусалиме будет спасение, как сказал Господь, и у остальных, которых призовет Господь.
Because you have taken my silver and my gold,
and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
6
and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks,
that you may remove them far from their border.
7
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them,
and will return your repayment on your own head;
8
and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah,
and they will sell them to the men of Sheba,
to a faraway nation,
for Yahweh has spoken it.”
9
Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let them come up.
10
Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
11
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves together.”
Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
12
“Let the nations arouse themselves,
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13
Put in the sickle;
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full,
the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
15
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
16
Yahweh will roar from Zion,
and thunder from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth will shake;
but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people,
and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
17
“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God,
dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and no strangers will pass through her any more.
18
It will happen in that day,
that the mountains will drop down sweet wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters,
and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house,
and will water the valley of Shittim.
19
Egypt will be a desolation,
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the children of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20
But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21
I will cleanse their blood,
that I have not cleansed:
for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”