Joel (יואל) - Gioele 13

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 מַשָּׂא בָּבֶל אֲשֶׁר חָזָה יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶּן־אָמֹוץ	1 The burden of Babylon, which Isaias the son of Amos saw.
2 עַל הַר־נִשְׁפֶּה שְׂאוּ־נֵס הָרִימוּ קֹול לָהֶם הָנִיפוּ יָד וְיָבֹאוּ פִּתְחֵי נְדִיבִים	2 Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.
3 אֲנִי צִוֵּיתִי לִמְקֻדָּשָׁי גַּם קָרָאתִי גִבֹּורַי לְאַפִּי עַלִּיזֵי גַּאֲוָתִי	3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, and have called my strong ones in my wrath, them that rejoice in my glory.
4 קֹול הָמֹון בֶּהָרִים דְּמוּת עַם־רָב קֹול שְׁאֹון מַמְלְכֹות גֹּויִם נֶאֱסָפִים יְהוָה צְבָאֹות מְפַקֵּד צְבָא מִלְחָמָה	4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as it were of many people, the noise of the sound of kings, of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts hath given charge to the troops of war.
5 בָּאִים מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק מִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם יְהוָה וּכְלֵי זַעְמֹו לְחַבֵּל כָּל־הָאָרֶץ	5 To them that come from a country afar off, from the end of heaven: tile Lord and the instruments of his wrath, to destroy the whole land.
6 הֵילִילוּ כִּי קָרֹוב יֹום יְהוָה כְּשֹׁד מִשַּׁדַּי יָבֹוא	6 Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is near: it shall come as a destruction from the Lord.
7 עַל־כֵּן כָּל־יָדַיִם תִּרְפֶּינָה וְכָל־לְבַב אֱנֹושׁ יִמָּס	7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every heart of man shall melt,
8 וְנִבְהָלוּ ׀ צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יֹאחֵזוּן כַּיֹּולֵדָה יְחִילוּן אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ יִתְמָהוּ פְּנֵי לְהָבִים פְּנֵיהֶם	8 And shall be broken. Gripings and pains shall take hold of them, they shall be in pain as a woman in labour. Every one shall be amazed at his neighbour, their countenances shall be as faces burnt.
9 הִנֵּה יֹום־יְהוָה בָּא אַכְזָרִי וְעֶבְרָה וַחֲרֹון אָף לָשׂוּם הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁמָּה וְחַטָּאֶיהָ יַשְׁמִיד מִמֶּנָּה	9 Behold, the day of the Lord shall come, a cruel day, and full of indignation, and of wrath, and fury, to lay the land desolate, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 כִּי־כֹוכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וּכְסִילֵיהֶם לֹא יָהֵלּוּ אֹורָם חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּצֵאתֹו וְיָרֵחַ לֹא־יַגִּיהַ אֹורֹו	10 For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light.
11 וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל־תֵּבֵל רָעָה וְעַל־רְשָׁעִים עֲוֹנָם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי גְּאֹון זֵדִים וְגַאֲוַת עָרִיצִים אַשְׁפִּיל	11 And I will visit the evils of the world, and against the wicked for their iniquity: and I will make the pride of infidels to cease, and will bring down the arrogancy of the mighty.
12 אֹוקִיר אֱנֹושׁ מִפָּז וְאָדָם מִכֶּתֶם אֹופִיר	12 A man shall be more precious than gold, yea a man than the finest of gold.
13 עַל־כֵּן שָׁמַיִם אַרְגִּיז וְתִרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ בְּעֶבְרַת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וּבְיֹום חֲרֹון אַפֹּו	13 For this I will trouble the heaven: and the earth shall be moved out of her place, for the indignation of the Lord of hosts, and for the day of his tierce wrath.
14 וְהָיָה כִּצְבִי מֻדָּח וּכְצֹאן וְאֵין מְקַבֵּץ אִישׁ אֶל־עַמֹּו יִפְנוּ וְאִישׁ אֶל־אַרְצֹו יָנוּסוּ	14 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land.
15 כָּל־הַנִּמְצָא יִדָּקֵר וְכָל־הַנִּסְפֶּה יִפֹּול בֶּחָרֶב	15 Every one that shall be found, shall be slain: and every one that shall come to their aid, shall fall by the sword.
16 וְעֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטְּשׁוּ לְעֵינֵיהֶם יִשַּׁסּוּ בָּתֵּיהֶם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם [תִּשָּׁגַלְנָה כ] (תִּשָּׁכַבְנָה׃ ק)	16 Their infants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
17 הִנְנִי מֵעִיר עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־מָדָי אֲשֶׁר־כֶּסֶף לֹא יַחְשֹׁבוּ וְזָהָב לֹא יַחְפְּצוּ־בֹו	17 Behold I will stir up the Medes against them, who shall not seek silver, nor desire gold:
18 וּקְשָׁתֹות נְעָרִים תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה וּפְרִי־בֶטֶן לֹא יְרַחֵמוּ עַל־בָּנִים לֹא־תָחוּס עֵינָם	18 But with their arrows they shall kill the children, and shall have no pity upon the sucklings of the womb, and their eye shall not spare their sons.
19 וְהָיְתָה בָבֶל צְבִי מַמְלָכֹות תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּאֹון כַּשְׂדִּים כְּמַהְפֵּכַת אֱלֹהִים אֶת־סְדֹם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָה	19 And that Babylon, glorious among kingdoms, the famous pride of the Chaldeans, shall be even as the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha.
20 לֹא־תֵשֵׁב לָנֶצַח וְלֹא תִשְׁכֹּן עַד־דֹּור וָדֹור וְלֹא־יַהֵל שָׁם עֲרָבִי וְרֹעִים לֹא־יַרְבִּצוּ שָׁם	20 It shall no more be inhabited for ever, and it shall not be founded unto generation and generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch his tents there, nor shall shepherds rest there.
21 וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁם צִיִּים וּמָלְאוּ בָתֵּיהֶם אֹחִים וְשָׁכְנוּ שָׁם בְּנֹות יַעֲנָה וּשְׂעִירִים יְרַקְּדוּ־שָׁם	21 But wild beasts shall rest there, and their houses shall be filled with serpents, and ostriches shall dwell there, and the hairy ones shall dance there:
22 וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמנֹותָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג וְקָרֹוב לָבֹוא עִתָּהּ וְיָמֶיהָ לֹא יִמָּשֵׁכוּ	22 And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.