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旧约 -- 约珥书(Joel) -- 第 1 章 ( 本篇共有 3 章 )  

1:1 耶和华的话临到毗土珥的儿子约珥。

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

1:2 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,曾有这样的事吗。

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

1:3 你们要将这事传与子,子传与孙,孙传与后代。

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

1:4 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。

That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

1:5 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。

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

1:6 有一队蝗虫(原文是民)又强盛又无数,侵犯我的地。它的牙齿如狮子的牙齿,大牙如母狮的大牙。

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

1:7 它毁坏我的葡萄树,剥了我无花果树的皮,剥尽而丢弃,使枝条露白。

He 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.

1:8 我的民哪,你当哀号,像处女腰束麻布,为幼年的丈夫哀号。

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

1:9 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 meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.

1:10 田荒凉,地悲哀,因为五谷毁坏,新酒乾竭,油也缺乏。

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

1:11 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 ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

1:12 葡萄树枯乾,无花果树衰残。石榴树,棕树,苹果树,连田野一切的树木,也都枯乾。众人的喜乐尽都消灭。

The vine is dried up, 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: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

1:13 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。

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

1:14 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 ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.

1:15 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 the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

1:16 粮食不是在我们眼前断绝了吗。欢喜快乐不是从我们神的殿中止息了吗。

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

1:17 谷种在土块下朽烂。仓也荒凉,廪也破坏。因为五谷枯乾了。

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

1:18 牲畜哀呜,牛群混乱,因为无草。羊群也受了困苦。

How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

1:19 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。

O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

1:20 田野的走兽向你发喘。因为溪水乾涸,火也烧灭旷野的草场。

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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生词表:
  • locust [´ləukəst] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.蝗虫 四级词汇
  • almighty [ɔ:l´maiti] 移动到这儿单词发声 a.万能的;全能的 四级词汇
  • gladness [´glædnis] 移动到这儿单词发声 n.愉快,高兴,喜悦 四级词汇