約珥書 1 – CCBT & KJV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)

約珥書 1:1-20

1以下是耶和華對毗土珥的兒子約珥所說的話。

嚴重的蝗災

2長老們啊,請聽我說!

地上的所有居民啊,要留心聽!

在你們或你們祖先的時代可曾發生過這樣的事?

3要把這事告訴你們的子子孫孫,

傳到世世代代!

4蝗蟲吃剩的,蝻子來吃;

蝻子吃剩的,蚱蜢來吃;

蚱蜢吃剩的,螞蚱來吃1·4 蝗蟲蝻子蚱蜢螞蚱」四個詞希伯來語的確切意思很難考證。

5醉漢啊,醒過來哭泣吧!

貪杯的人啊,哀號吧!

你們再無美酒可飲了。

6有一群兇猛的蝗蟲侵犯我的國土,

牠們不計其數,

有雄獅的獠牙和母獅的利齒。

7牠們毀壞我的葡萄樹和無花果樹,

剝光樹皮,

只留下光禿的樹枝。

8我的子民啊,你們要像死了未婚夫的少女,

穿上喪服痛哭哀號。

9耶和華殿中的素祭1·9 素祭就是獻上五穀、麵粉之類的供物,參見利未記2章。和奠祭1·9 奠祭就是獻上新釀的酒。都停止了,

事奉耶和華的祭司都哀傷。

10田園荒廢,遍地淒涼,

五穀盡毀,

再也沒有新酒和油了。

11農夫啊,你們要憂傷!

照料葡萄園的人啊,

你們要哀號!

因為田間的大麥和小麥全毀了。

12葡萄樹枯死,

無花果樹凋殘,

石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹等田野的一切樹木枯乾。

人間的歡樂消逝了。

13祭司啊,穿著喪服痛哭吧;

在祭壇前事奉的人啊,要哀號;

我上帝的僕人啊,要披上麻衣過夜;

因為再無素祭和奠祭獻到你們上帝的殿中了。

14你們要定一個禁食的日子,

舉行莊嚴的聚會,

召集全國的長老和人民,

到你們的上帝耶和華的殿中,

向耶和華呼求。

15太可怕了!耶和華的日子近了,

那是全能者施行毀滅的日子。

16我們的糧食斷絕了,

我們上帝殿中的歡樂消失了。

17種子在土裡腐爛,

五穀乾死,倉庫荒廢,

穀倉被拆毀。

18牲畜哀鳴,

牛群因找不到草場而四處亂竄,

羊群也受苦。

19耶和華啊,我向你呼求,

因為火焰吞滅了曠野的草場,

烈火燒光了田野的樹木。

20田野的走獸向你呼求,

因為溪水已經枯乾,

火也燒盡了曠野的草場。

King James Version

Joel 1:1-20

1The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. 2Hear 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? 3Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. 4That 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.1.4 That which the palmerworm…: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm 5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 6For 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. 7He 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.1.7 barked…: Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking

8¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn. 10The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12The 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. 13Gird 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.

14¶ 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,1.14 solemn…: or, day of restraint 15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.1.17 seed: Heb. grains 18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19O 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.1.19 pastures: or, habitations 20The 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.