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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
耶和华的话临到毘土珥的儿子约珥。
Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
2
老年人哪、当听我的话．国中的居民哪、都要侧耳而听．在你们的日子、或你们列祖的日子、曾有这样的事么。
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
你们要将这事传与子、子传与孙、孙传与后代。
Tell your children about it,
and have your children tell their children,
and their children, another generation.
4
剪虫剩下的、蝗虫来吃．蝗虫剩下的、蝻子来吃．蝻子剩下的、蚂蚱来吃。
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
酒醉的人哪、要清醒哭泣．好酒的人哪、都要为甜酒哀号．因为从你们的口中断绝了。
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
有一队蝗虫〈原文作民〉又强盛、又无数、侵犯我的地．他的牙齿如狮子的牙齿、大牙如母狮的大牙。
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
他毁坏我的葡萄树、剥了我无花果树的皮、剥尽而丢弃、使枝条露白。
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
我的民哪、你当哀号、像处女腰束麻布、为幼年的丈夫哀号。
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
9
素祭和奠祭从耶和华的殿中断绝．事奉耶和华的祭司都悲哀。
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house.
The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
10
田荒凉、地悲哀．因为五谷毁坏、新酒干竭、油也缺乏。
The field is laid waste.
The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed,
The new wine has dried up,
and the oil languishes.
11
农夫阿、你们要惭愧、修理葡萄园的阿、你们要哀号、因为大麦小麦与田间的庄稼都灭绝了。
Be confounded, you farmers!
Wail, you vineyard keepers;
for the wheat and for the barley;
for the harvest of the field has perished.
12
葡萄树枯干、无花果树衰残。石榴树、棕树、㰋果树、连田野一切的树木也都枯干．众人的喜乐尽都消灭。
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
祭司阿、你们当腰束麻布痛哭．伺候祭坛的阿、你们要哀号．事奉我 神的阿、你们要来披上麻布过夜．因为素祭、和奠祭、从你们 神的殿中断绝了。
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
你们要分定禁食的日子、宣告严肃会、招聚长老、和国中的一切居民、到耶和华你们 神的殿、向耶和华哀求。
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
哀哉、耶和华的日子临近了．这日来到、好像毁灭从全能者来到。
Alas for the day!
For the day of Yahweh is at hand,
and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
16
粮食不是在我们眼前断绝了么．欢喜快乐不是从我们 神的殿中止息了么。
Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes;
joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17
谷种在土块下朽烂．仓也荒凉、廪也破坏．因为五谷枯干了。
The seeds rot under their clods.
The granaries are laid desolate.
The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
18
牲畜哀鸣、牛群混乱、因为无草．羊群也受了困苦。
How the animals groan!
The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture.
Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19
耶和华阿、我向你求告．因为火烧灭旷野的草场、火焰烧尽田野的树木．
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
田野的走兽向你发喘．因为溪水干涸、火也烧灭旷野的草场。
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
你们要在锡安吹角、在我圣山吹出大声．国中的居民、都要发颤．因为耶和华的日子将到、已经临近。
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
那日是黑暗、幽冥、密云、乌黑的日子、好像晨光铺满山岭．有一队蝗虫〈原文作民〉又大又强．从来没有这样的、以后直到万代也必没有。
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
他们前面如火烧灭、后面如火焰烧尽．未到以前、地如伊甸园．过去以后、成了荒凉的旷野．没有一样能躲避他们的。
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
他们的形状如马、奔跑如马兵。
Their appearance is as the appearance of horses,
and as horsemen, so do they run.
5
在山顶蹦跳的响声、如车辆的响声、又如火焰烧碎秸的响声、好像强盛的民摆阵豫备打仗。
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
他们一来、众民伤恸、脸都变色。
At their presence the peoples are in anguish.
All faces have grown pale.
7
他们如勇士奔跑、像战士爬城．各都步行、不乱队伍．
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
彼此并不拥挤、向前各行其路．直闯兵器、不偏左右。
Neither does one jostle another;
they march everyone in his path,
and they burst through the defenses,
and don’t break ranks.
9
他们蹦上城、蹿上墙、爬上房屋、进入窗户如同盗贼。
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
他们一来、地震天动、日月昏暗、星宿无光。
The earth quakes before them.
The heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11
耶和华在他军旅前发声．他的队伍甚大．成就他命的、是强盛者．因为耶和华的日子大而可畏．谁能当得起呢。
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
耶和华说、虽然如此、你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀、一心归向我。
“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13
你们要撕裂心肠、不撕裂衣服．归向耶和华你们的 神．因为他有恩典、有怜悯、不轻易发怒、有丰盛的慈爱、并且后悔不降所说的灾。
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
或者他转意后悔、留下馀福、就是留下献给耶和华你们 神的素祭、和奠祭、也未可知。
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
你们要在锡安吹角、分定禁食的日子、宣告严肃会．
Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
16
聚集众民、使会众自洁、招聚老者、聚集孩童、和吃奶的．使新郎出离洞房、新妇出离内室。
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
事奉耶和华的祭司、要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣、说、耶和华阿、求你顾惜你的百姓、不要使你的产业受羞辱、列邦管辖他们．为何容列国的人说、他们的 神在哪里呢。
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
耶和华就为自己的地发热心、怜恤他的百姓．
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land,
And had pity on his people.
19
耶和华应允他的百姓、说、我必赐给你们五谷、新酒、和油、使你们饱足．我也不再使你们受列国的羞辱．
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
却要使北方来的军队远离你们、将他们赶到干旱荒废之地、前队赶入东海、后队赶入西海．因为他们所行的大恶、〈原文作事〉臭气上升、腥味腾空。
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
地土阿、不要惧怕、要欢喜快乐．因为耶和华行了大事。
Land, don’t be afraid.
Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22
田野的走兽阿、不要惧怕．因为旷野的草发生、树木结果、无花果树、葡萄树也都效力。
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
锡安的民哪、你们要快乐、为耶和华你们的 神欢喜．因他赐给你们合宜的秋雨、为你们降下甘霖、就是秋雨、春雨、和先前一样。
“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
禾场必满了麦子．酒醡与油醡必有新酒和油盈溢。
The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25
我打发到你们中间的大军队、就是蝗虫、蝻子、蚂蚱、剪虫、那些年所吃的、我要补还你们。
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
你们必多吃而得饱足、就赞美为你们行奇妙事之耶和华你们 神的名．我的百姓、必永远不至羞愧。
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
你们必知道我是在以色列中间、又知道我是耶和华你们的 神、在我以外并无别神、我的百姓必永远不至羞愧。
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
以后、我要将我的灵浇灌凡有血气的．你们的儿女要说豫言．你们的老年人要作异梦．少年人要见异象．
“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
在那些日子、我要将我的灵浇灌我的仆人和使女。
And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days,
I will pour out my Spirit.
30
在天上地下、我要显出奇事、有血、有火、有烟柱。
I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31
日头要变为黑暗、月亮要变为血、这都在耶和华大而可畏的日子未到以前。
The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32
到那时候、凡求告耶和华名的就必得救．因为照耶和华所说的、在锡安山耶路撒冷必有逃脱的人、在剩下的人中必有耶和华所召的。
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
到那日、我使犹大和耶路撒冷被掳之人归回的时候、
“For, behold, in those days,
and in that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2
我要聚集万民、带他们下到约沙法谷．在那里施行审判、因为他们将我的百姓、就是我的产业以色列、分散在列国中．又分取我的地土．
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
且为我的百姓拈阄、将童子换妓女、卖童女买酒喝。
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
推罗西顿、和非利士四境的人哪、你们与我何干．你们要报复我么．若报复我、我必使报应速速归到你们的头上。
“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
你们既然夺取我的金银、又将我可爱的宝物带入你们宫殿、〈或作庙中〉
Because you have taken my silver and my gold,
and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
6
并将犹大人、和耶路撒冷人、卖给希腊人〈原文作雅完人〉使他们远离自己的境界．
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
我必激动他们离开你们所卖到之地、又必使报应归到你们的头上．
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
我必将你们的儿女卖在犹大人的手中、他们必卖给远方示巴国的人．这是耶和华说的。
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
当在万民中宣告说、要豫备打仗．激动勇士．使一切战士上前来。
Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let them come up.
10
要将犂头打成刀剑、将镰刀打成戈矛．软弱的要说、我有勇力。
Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
11
四围的列国阿、你们要速速的来、一同聚集．耶和华阿、求你使你的大能者降临。
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves together.”
Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
12
万民都当兴起、上到约沙法谷．因为我必坐在那里、审判四围的列国。
“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
开镰罢．因为庄稼熟了．践踏罢。因为酒醡满了、酒池盈溢．他们的罪恶甚大。
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
许多许多的人在断定谷．因为耶和华的日子临近断定谷。
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision.
15
日月昏暗、星宿无光。
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
16
耶和华必从锡安吼叫、从耶路撒冷发声．天地就震动．耶和华却要作他百姓的避难所、作以色列人的保障。
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
你们就知道我是耶和华你们的 神、且又住在锡安我的圣山．那时、耶路撒冷必成为圣、外邦人不再从其中经过。
“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
到那日、大山要滴甜酒、小山要流奶子、犹大溪河、都有水流．必有泉源从耶和华的殿中流出来、滋润什亭谷。
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
埃及必然荒凉、以东变为凄凉的旷野、都因向犹大人所行的强暴、又因在本地流无辜人的血。
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
但犹大必存到永远．耶路撒冷必存到万代。
But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21
我未曾报复〈或作洗除下同〉流血的罪、现在我要报复、因为耶和华住在锡安。
I will cleanse their blood,
that I have not cleansed:
for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”