1 و َتَكَلَّمَ اللهُ لِيُوئِيلَ بِنِ فَثُوئِيلَ، فَقالَ:

This is the word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. The Land Is Destroyed

2 ا سْمَعُوا هَذا أيُّها الشُّيُوخُ، وَاسمَعُوا أيُّها السّاكِنُونَ فِي الأرْضِ: هَلْ حَدَثَ كَهَذا فِي أيّامِكُمْ، أوْ فِي أيّامِ آبائِكُمْ؟

Hear this, you old men. Listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this happened in your days or in your fathers’ days?

3 أ خبِرُوا أولادَكُمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الأُمُورِ، وَلِيُخْبِرْ أولادُكُمْ أولادَهُمْ، وَأولادُهُمُ الجِيلَ التّالِيَ لَهُمْ.

Tell your sons about it, and let your sons tell their sons, and their sons tell the next sons-to-come.

4 م ا تَرَكَهُ الجَرادُ القاطِعُ أكَلَتهُ أسرابُ الجَرادِ، وَما تَرَكَتْهُ أسْرابُ الجَرادِ، أكَلَتهُ الجَنادبُ، وَما تَرَكَتهُ الجَنادبُ أكَلَهُ الجَرادُ المُخَرِّبُ! غَزوُ الجَراد

What the chewing locust has left, the flying locust has eaten. What the flying locust has left, the jumping locust has eaten. And what the jumping locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

5 ا ستَيقِظُوا أيُّها السُّكارَى وَابكُوا. وَنُوحُوا يا شارِبِي الخَمرِ لأنَّ الخَمرَ أُخِذَت مِنْ أفواهِكُمْ.

Wake up and cry, you who drink too much. Cry in a loud voice, all you who drink wine, for the sweet wine has been taken from your lips.

6 ل أنَّ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً وَعَدَدُها لا يُحصَى قَدِ اجتاحَتِ أرْضِي. أسنانُها كَأسنانِ الأسَدِ، وَلَها أنيابٌ كَأنيابِ الأسَدِ.

A nation has come to fight against my land. Its army is powerful, with too many to number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion. It has the long, sharp teeth of a female lion.

7 ح َوَّلُوا كَرمَتِي إلَى خَرابٍ، وَتِينَتِي إلَى جِذعٍ أجرَدَ. قَشَّرُوا لِحاءَها بِالكامِلِ وَألْقَوْهُ بَعِيداً، وَجَعَلُوا أغصانَها بِيضاً. بُكاءُ الشَّعب

It has made my vine a waste, and has broken my fig tree to pieces. It has torn off their covering and thrown it away. Their branches have become white.

8 ن ُوحِي كَعَرُوسٍ فِي ثِيابِ الحُزنِ عَلَى مَوتِ عَرِيسِها الشّابِّ.

Cry in sorrow like a young, pure woman dressed in cloth made from hair because the man she was going to marry is dead.

9 ا نقَطَعَت تَقدِماتُ الطَّعامِ وَالشَّرابِ مِنَ بَيتِ اللهِ. الكَهَنَةُ، خُدّامُ اللهِ ، يَنُوحُونَ.

The grain gifts and drink gifts have been cut off from the house of the Lord. The religious leaders who served the Lord are full of sorrow.

10 ا لحُقُولُ تَلِفَتْ، وَالأرْضُ تَنُوحُ لأنَّ الحُبُوبَ تَلِفَتْ، وَالْنَّبِيذُ جَفَّ، وَالزَّيتُ الجَيِّدُ فَرَغَ.

The fields are laid waste and the land is full of sorrow. The grain is destroyed, the new wine dries up, and the oil wastes away.

11 ا ذبُلُوا أيُّها الفَلّاحُونَ، نُوحُوا أيُّها الكَرّامُونَ عَلَى القَمحِ وَالشَّعِيرِ، لأنَّهُ قَدْ تَلِفَ الحَصادُ فِي الحَقلِ.

Be troubled, you farmers! Cry in a loud voice, you who take care of the vines! Cry for the wheat and the barley, because what was gathered from the field is destroyed.

12 ج َفَّتِ الكَرمَةُ، وَالَّتِينُ ذَبُلَ. يَبِسَ الرُّمّانُ، بَلْ وَحَتَّى النَّخِيلُ وَشَجَرُ التُّفّاحِ. كُلُّ أشجارِ الحَقلِ قَدْ جَفَّتْ. وَجَفَّتِ السَّعادَةُ فِي النّاسِ.

The vine dries up and the fig tree wastes away. The pomegranate, the palm, the apple tree, and all the trees of the field dry up. And the people’s joy dries up.

13 ا لبَسُوا الخَيشَ حُزْناً وَابكُوا أيُّها الكَهَنَةُ، وَنُوحُوا يا مَنْ تُجَهِّزُونَ الذَّبائِحَ. ادخُلُوا يا خُدّامَ إلَهِي وَاقضُوا اللَّيلَ بِثِيابِ الخَيشِ، لأنَّ تَقدِماتِ الطَّعامِ وَالشَّرابِ انقَطَعَتْ عَنْ هَيكَلِ إلَهِكُمْ. خَرابُ الجَراد

Dress in cloth made from hair, and cry in sorrow, you religious leaders! Cry in a loud voice, you who serve at the altar! Come, spend the night in cloth made from hair, you who serve my God. For the grain gifts and drink gifts are kept from the house of your God.

14 ع َيِّنُوا وَقتاً للصَّومِ. ادعُوا إلَى اجتِماعٍ. اجمَعُوا الشُّيُوخَ وكُلَّ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ إلَى هَيكَلِ إلَهِكُمْ ، وَاصرُخُوا إلَى اللهِ.

Set apart a time when no food will be eaten. Call together a holy meeting. Gather the leaders and all the people of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.

15 س َيَكُونُ يَوماً رَدِيئاً، لأنَّ يَومَ اللهِ قَرِيبٌ، وَسَيُؤتَى بِخَرابٍ عَظِيمٍ مِنَ القَدِيرِ.

What a bad day it will be! The day of the Lord is near, when the All-powerful God will come to destroy.

16 أ لَمْ يَنقَطِعْ طَعامُنا أمامَ أعْيُنِنا؟ وَزالَتِ الأفراحُ وَالبَهجَةُ مِنْ هَيكَلِ إلَهِنا.

Do you see how our food has been taken from us? Has not happiness and joy been cut off from the house of our God?

17 ج َفَّتِ البُذُورُ فِي التُّرابِ، خَرِبَتْ مَخازِنُ القَمحِ، انهَدَمَتِ المَخازِنُ لأنَّ القَمحَ قَدْ جَفَّ.

The seeds dry up under the ground. The store-houses are laid waste. The buildings where the grain was kept are torn down, for the grain is destroyed.

18 ي ا لأنينِ القُطعانِ! يا لِتَيَهانِ قُطعانِ الأبقارِ لأنَّ لَيسَ لَها مَرعَىً! وَحَتَّى قُطْعانُ الغَنَمِ هَلَكَتْ.

How the animals cry inside themselves! The cattle go from place to place because there is no food for them. Even the flocks of sheep suffer.

19 أ صرُخُ إلَيكَ يا اللهُ ، لأنَّ النّارَ التَهَمَتْ مَراعِي البَرِّيَّةِ، وَلَهِيباً أشعَلَ كُلَّ أشجارِ الحُقُولِ.

I cry to You, O Lord. For fire has destroyed the fields of the desert. All the trees of the field have burned up.

20 ح َتَّى حَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةِ تَصرُخُ إلَيكَ، لأنَّ الجَداوِلَ جَفَّتْ، وَالنّارُ التَهَمَتْ مَراعِي البَرِّيَّةِ.

Even the animals of the field cry to You. For the rivers are dried up, and fire has burned up the fields of the desert.