Joel (יואל) - Gioele 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 הֹוי הַחֹקְקִים חִקְקֵי־אָוֶן וּמְכַתְּבִים עָמָל כִּתֵּבוּ	1 Woe to those who enact unjust decrees, who compose oppressive legislation
2 לְהַטֹּות מִדִּין דַּלִּים וְלִגְזֹל מִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי לִהְיֹות אַלְמָנֹות שְׁלָלָם וְאֶת־יְתֹומִים יָבֹזּוּ	2 to deny justice to the weak and to cheat the humblest of my people of fair judgement, to make widowstheir prey and to rob the orphan.
3 וּמַה־תַּעֲשׂוּ לְיֹום פְּקֻדָּה וּלְשֹׁואָה מִמֶּרְחָק תָּבֹוא עַל־מִי תָּנוּסוּ לְעֶזְרָה וְאָנָה תַעַזְבוּ כְּבֹודְכֶם	3 What wil you do on the day of punishment, when disaster comes from far away? To whom wil you runfor help and where wil you leave your riches,
4 בִּלְתִּי כָרַע תַּחַת אַסִּיר וְתַחַת הֲרוּגִים יִפֹּלוּ בְּכָל־זֹאת לֹא־שָׁב אַפֹּו וְעֹוד יָדֹו נְטוּיָה׃ ס	4 to avoid squatting among the captives or fal ing among the slain? After all this, his anger is not spent.No, his hand is still raised!
5 הֹוי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי וּמַטֶּה־הוּא בְיָדָם זַעְמִי	5 Woe to Assyria, rod of my anger, the club in their hands is my fury!
6 בְּגֹוי חָנֵף אֲשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ וְעַל־עַם עֶבְרָתִי אֲצַוֶּנּוּ לִשְׁלֹל שָׁלָל וְלָבֹז בַּז [וּלְשִׂימֹו כ] (וּלְשׂוּמֹו ק) מִרְמָס כְּחֹמֶר חוּצֹות	6 I was sending him against a godless nation, commissioning him against the people who enraged me, topil age and plunder at will and trample on them like the mud in the streets.
7 וְהוּא לֹא־כֵן יְדַמֶּה וּלְבָבֹו לֹא־כֵן יַחְשֹׁב כִּי לְהַשְׁמִיד בִּלְבָבֹו וּלְהַכְרִית גֹּויִם לֹא מְעָט	7 But this was not his intention nor did his heart plan it so, for he dreamed of putting an end to them, ofliquidating nations without number!
8 כִּי יֹאמַר הֲלֹא שָׂרַי יַחְדָּו מְלָכִים	8 For he thought, 'Are not my officers al kings?
9 הֲלֹא כְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ כַּלְנֹו אִם־לֹא כְאַרְפַּד חֲמָת אִם־לֹא כְדַמֶּשֶׂק שֹׁמְרֹון	9 Is not Calno like Carchemish, Hamath like Arpad, Samaria like Damascus?
10 כַּאֲשֶׁר מָצְאָה יָדִי לְמַמְלְכֹת הָאֱלִיל וּפְסִילֵיהֶם מִירוּשָׁלִַם וּמִשֹּׁמְרֹון	10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the false gods, where there were more images than inJerusalem and Samaria,
11 הֲלֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְשֹׁמְרֹון וְלֶאֱלִילֶיהָ כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה לִירוּשָׁלִַם וְלַעֲצַבֶּיהָ׃ ס	11 as I have treated Samaria and her false gods shal I not treat Jerusalem and her statues too?'
12 וְהָיָה כִּי־יְבַצַּע אֲדֹנָי אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂהוּ בְּהַר צִיֹּון וּבִירוּשָׁלִָם אֶפְקֹד עַל־פְּרִי־גֹדֶל לְבַב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וְעַל־תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם עֵינָיו	12 When the Lord has completed al his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, he wil punish the fruit ofthe king of Assyria's boastful heart and the insolence of his haughty looks.
13 כִּי אָמַר בְּכֹחַ יָדִי עָשִׂיתִי וּבְחָכְמָתִי כִּי נְבֻנֹותִי וְאָסִיר ׀ גְּבוּלֹת עַמִּים [וַעֲתִידֹתֵיהֶם כ] (וַעֲתוּדֹותֵיהֶם ק) שֹׁושֵׂתִי וְאֹורִיד כַּאבִּיר יֹושְׁבִים	13 For he thinks: 'By the strength of my own arm I have done this and by my own wisdom: how intel igentI have been! I have abolished the frontiers between peoples, I have plundered their treasures, like a hero, I havesubjugated their inhabitants.
14 וַתִּמְצָא כַקֵּן ׀ יָדִי לְחֵיל הָעַמִּים וְכֶאֱסֹף בֵּיצִים עֲזֻבֹות כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲנִי אָסָפְתִּי וְלֹא הָיָה נֹדֵד כָּנָף וּפֹצֶה פֶה וּמְצַפְצֵף	14 My hand has found, as though a bird's nest, the riches of the peoples. Like someone col ectingdeserted eggs, I have col ected the whole world while no one has fluttered a wing or opened a beak to squawk.'
15 הֲיִתְפָּאֵר הַגַּרְזֶן עַל הַחֹצֵב בֹּו אִם־יִתְגַּדֵּל הַמַּשֹּׂור עַל־מְנִיפֹו כְּהָנִיף שֵׁבֶט וְאֶת־מְרִימָיו כְּהָרִים מַטֶּה לֹא־עֵץ	15 Does the axe claim more credit than the man who wields it, or the saw more strength than the manwho handles it? As though a staff controlled those who raise it, or the club could raise what is not made of wood!
16 לָכֵן יְשַׁלַּח הָאָדֹון יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בְּמִשְׁמַנָּיו רָזֹון וְתַחַת כְּבֹדֹו יֵקַד יְקֹד כִּיקֹוד אֵשׁ	16 That is why Yahweh Sabaoth is going to inflict leanness on his stout men, and beneath his glorykindle a fever burning like a fire.
17 וְהָיָה אֹור־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֵשׁ וּקְדֹושֹׁו לְלֶהָבָה וּבָעֲרָה וְאָכְלָה שִׁיתֹו וּשְׁמִירֹו בְּיֹום אֶחָד	17 The light of Israel wil become a fire and its Holy One a flame burning and devouring his thorn-bushesand brambles in a day.
18 וּכְבֹוד יַעְרֹו וְכַרְמִלֹּו מִנֶּפֶשׁ וְעַד־בָּשָׂר יְכַלֶּה וְהָיָה כִּמְסֹס נֹסֵס	18 He wil consume his luxuriant forest and productive ground, he will ravage body and soul: it wil be likea consumptive wasting away;
19 וּשְׁאָר עֵץ יַעְרֹו מִסְפָּר יִהְיוּ וְנַעַר יִכְתְּבֵם׃ פ	19 and what remain of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child could write their number.
20 וְהָיָה ׀ בַּיֹּום הַהוּא לֹא־יֹוסִיף עֹוד שְׁאָר יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפְלֵיטַת בֵּית־יַעֲקֹב לְהִשָּׁעֵן עַל־מַכֵּהוּ וְנִשְׁעַן עַל־יְהוָה קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּאֱמֶת	20 When that day comes, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the House of Jacob will stop relyingon the man who strikes them and wil truly rely on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
21 שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב שְׁאָר יַעֲקֹב אֶל־אֵל גִּבֹּור	21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 כִּי אִם־יִהְיֶה עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּחֹול הַיָּם שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב בֹּו כִּלָּיֹון חָרוּץ שֹׁוטֵף צְדָקָה	22 Israel, though your people are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them wil return: adestruction has been decreed which wil make justice overflow,
23 כִּי כָלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאֹות עֹשֶׂה בְּקֶרֶב כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃ ס	23 for, throughout the country, the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth wil enforce the destruction now decreed.
24 לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאֹות אַל־תִּירָא עַמִּי יֹשֵׁב צִיֹּון מֵאַשּׁוּר בַּשֵּׁבֶט יַכֶּכָּה וּמַטֵּהוּ יִשָּׂא־עָלֶיךָ בְּדֶרֶךְ מִצְרָיִם	24 That is why the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth says this: My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid ofAssyria! He may strike you with the rod, he may raise the club against you (on the way from Egypt),
25 כִּי־עֹוד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְכָלָה זַעַם וְאַפִּי עַל־תַּבְלִיתָם	25 but in a very short time the retribution will come to an end, and my anger wil destroy them.
26 וְעֹורֵר עָלָיו יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שֹׁוט כְּמַכַּת מִדְיָן בְּצוּר עֹורֵב וּמַטֵּהוּ עַל־הַיָּם וּנְשָׂאֹו בְּדֶרֶךְ מִצְרָיִם	26 Yahweh Sabaoth wil brandish a whip at him as he struck Midian at Oreb's Rock, wil brandish his rodat the Sea as he raised it on the way from Egypt.
27 וְהָיָה ׀ בַּיֹּום הַהוּא יָסוּר סֻבֳּלֹו מֵעַל שִׁכְמֶךָ וְעֻלֹּו מֵעַל צַוָּארֶךָ וְחֻבַּל עֹל מִפְּנֵי־שָׁמֶן	27 When that day comes, his burden will fal from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and theyoke wil be destroyed . . .
28 בָּא עַל־עַיַּת עָבַר בְּמִגְרֹון לְמִכְמָשׂ יַפְקִיד כֵּלָיו	28 He has reached Aiath, he has moved on to Migron, he has left his baggage train at Michmash.
29 עָבְרוּ מַעְבָּרָה גֶּבַע מָלֹון לָנוּ חָרְדָה הָרָמָה גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל נָסָה	29 They have passed through the defile, they have bivouacked at Geba. Ramah quaked, Gibeah of Saulhas fled.
30 צַהֲלִי קֹולֵךְ בַּת־גַּלִּים הַקְשִׁיבִי לַיְשָׁה עֲנִיָּה עֲנָתֹות	30 Cry your loudest, Bath-Gal im! Pay attention, Laish! Answer her, Anathoth!
31 נָדְדָה מַדְמֵנָה יֹשְׁבֵי הַגֵּבִים הֵעִיזוּ	31 Madmenah has run away, the inhabitants of Gebim have taken cover.
32 עֹוד הַיֹּום בְּנֹב לַעֲמֹד יְנֹפֵף יָדֹו הַר [בֵּית־ כ] (בַּת־צִיֹּון ק) גִּבְעַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ ס	32 This very day, as he halts at Nob, he wil shake his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hilof Jerusalem.
33 הִנֵּה הָאָדֹון יְהוָה צְבָאֹות מְסָעֵף פֻּארָה בְּמַעֲרָצָה וְרָמֵי הַקֹּומָה גְּדוּעִים וְהַגְּבֹהִים יִשְׁפָּלוּ	33 See how the Lord Yahweh Sabaoth violently lops off the foliage! The ones standing highest are cutdown, the proudest are laid low!
34 וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּעַר בַּבַּרְזֶל וְהַלְּבָנֹון בְּאַדִּיר יִפֹּול׃ ס	34 The forest thickets fal beneath the axe, and the Lebanon fal s to the blows of a Mighty One.