Joel (יואל) - Gioele 24

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 הִנֵּה יְהוָה בֹּוקֵק הָאָרֶץ וּבֹולְקָהּ וְעִוָּה פָנֶיהָ וְהֵפִיץ יֹשְׁבֶיהָ	1 See how Yahweh lays the earth waste, makes it a desert, buckles its surface, scatters its inhabitants,
2 וְהָיָה כָעָם כַּכֹּהֵן כַּעֶבֶד כַּאדֹנָיו כַּשִּׁפְחָה כַּגְּבִרְתָּהּ כַּקֹּונֶה כַּמֹּוכֵר כַּמַּלְוֶה כַּלֹּוֶה כַּנֹּשֶׁה כַּאֲשֶׁר נֹשֶׁא בֹו	2 priest and people alike, master and slave, mistress and maid, seller and buyer, lender and borrower,creditor and debtor.
3 הִבֹּוק ׀ תִּבֹּוק הָאָרֶץ וְהִבֹּוז ׀ תִּבֹּוז כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֶּר אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה	3 Ravaged, ravaged the earth wil be, despoiled, despoiled, for Yahweh has uttered this word.
4 אָבְלָה נָבְלָה הָאָרֶץ אֻמְלְלָה נָבְלָה תֵּבֵל אֻמְלָלוּ מְרֹום עַם־הָאָרֶץ	4 The earth is mourning, pining away, the pick of earth's people are withering away.
5 וְהָאָרֶץ חָנְפָה תַּחַת יֹשְׁבֶיהָ כִּי־עָבְרוּ תֹורֹת חָלְפוּ חֹק הֵפֵרוּ בְּרִית עֹולָם	5 The earth is defiled by the feet of its inhabitants, for they have transgressed the laws, violated thedecree, broken the everlasting covenant.
6 עַל־כֵּן אָלָה אָכְלָה אֶרֶץ וַיֶּאְשְׁמוּ יֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ עַל־כֵּן חָרוּ יֹשְׁבֵי אֶרֶץ וְנִשְׁאַר אֱנֹושׁ מִזְעָר	6 That is why the curse has consumed the earth and its inhabitants pay the penalty, that is why theinhabitants of the earth have been burnt up and few people are left.
7 אָבַל תִּירֹושׁ אֻמְלְלָה־גָפֶן נֶאֶנְחוּ כָּל־שִׂמְחֵי־לֵב	7 The new wine is mourning, the vine is withering away, the once merry-hearted are sighing.
8 שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ תֻּפִּים חָדַל שְׁאֹון עַלִּיזִים שָׁבַת מְשֹׂושׂ כִּנֹּור	8 The cheerful sound of tambourines is silent, the sound of revel ing is over, the cheerful sound of theharp is silent.
9 בַּשִּׁיר לֹא יִשְׁתּוּ־יָיִן יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָיו	9 No more wil they sing over their wine, liquor wil taste bitter to the drinker.
10 נִשְׁבְּרָה קִרְיַת־תֹּהוּ סֻגַּר כָּל־בַּיִת מִבֹּוא	10 The city of nothingness is in ruins, every house is shut, no one can enter.
11 צְוָחָה עַל־הַיַּיִן בַּחוּצֹות עָרְבָה כָּל־שִׂמְחָה גָּלָה מְשֹׂושׂ הָאָרֶץ	11 People shout in the streets to try to get wine; al joy has vanished, happiness has been banished fromthe country.
12 נִשְׁאַר בָּעִיר שַׁמָּה וּשְׁאִיָּה יֻכַּת־שָׁעַר	12 Nothing but rubble in the city, the gate has col apsed in ruins.
13 כִּי כֹה יִהְיֶה בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ בְּתֹוךְ הָעַמִּים כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת כְּעֹולֵלֹת אִם־כָּלָה בָצִיר	13 For at the heart of earth's life, among the peoples, it is as at the beating of the olive trees, as at thegleaning of the grapes when the grape harvest is over.
14 הֵמָּה יִשְׂאוּ קֹולָם יָרֹנּוּ בִּגְאֹון יְהוָה צָהֲלוּ מִיָּם	14 They raise their voices, shouting for joy, in Yahweh's honour they shout from the west.
15 עַל־כֵּן בָּאֻרִים כַּבְּדוּ יְהוָה בְּאִיֵּי הַיָּם שֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ ס	15 'Yes, in the east, give glory to Yahweh, in the islands of the sea, to the name of Yahweh, God ofIsrael!'
16 מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ זְמִרֹת שָׁמַעְנוּ צְבִי לַצַּדִּיק וָאֹמַר רָזִי־לִי רָזִי־לִי אֹוי לִי בֹּגְדִים בָּגָדוּ וּבֶגֶד בֹּוגְדִים בָּגָדוּ	16 We have heard psalms from the remotest parts of earth, 'Glory to the Upright One!' But I thought,'What an ordeal, what an ordeal! What misery for me!' The traitors have betrayed, the traitors have acted mosttreacherously.
17 פַּחַד וָפַחַת וָפָח עָלֶיךָ יֹושֵׁב הָאָרֶץ	17 Fear, the pit and the snare for you, inhabitants of the city!
18 וְהָיָה הַנָּס מִקֹּול הַפַּחַד יִפֹּל אֶל־הַפַּחַת וְהָעֹולֶה מִתֹּוךְ הַפַּחַת יִלָּכֵד בַּפָּח כִּי־אֲרֻבֹּות מִמָּרֹום נִפְתָּחוּ וַיִּרְעֲשׁוּ מֹוסְדֵי אָרֶץ	18 And whoever flees from the cry of fear wil fal into the pit, and whoever climbs out of the pit will becaught in the snare. Yes, the sluice-gates above are open, the foundations of the earth are quaking.
19 רֹעָה הִתְרֹעֲעָה הָאָרֶץ פֹּור הִתְפֹּורְרָה אֶרֶץ מֹוט הִתְמֹוטְטָה אָרֶץ	19 A cracking, the earth cracks open, a jolting, the earth gives a jolt, a lurching, the earth lurchesbackwards and forwards.
20 נֹועַ תָּנוּעַ אֶרֶץ כַּשִּׁכֹּור וְהִתְנֹודְדָה כַּמְּלוּנָה וְכָבַד עָלֶיהָ פִּשְׁעָהּ וְנָפְלָה וְלֹא־תֹסִיף קוּם׃ ס	20 The earth wil reel to and fro like a drunkard, it will be shaken like a shanty; so heavy wil be its sin onit, it wil fal , never to rise again.
21 וְהָיָה בַּיֹּום הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה עַל־צְבָא הַמָּרֹום בַּמָּרֹום וְעַל־מַלְכֵי הָאֲדָמָה עַל־הָאֲדָמָה	21 When that day comes, Yahweh wil punish the armies of the sky above and on earth the kings of theearth;
22 וְאֻסְּפוּ אֲסֵפָה אַסִּיר עַל־בֹּור וְסֻגְּרוּ עַל־מַסְגֵּר וּמֵרֹב יָמִים יִפָּקֵדוּ	22 they wil be herded together, herded together like prisoners in a dungeon and shut up in gaol, and,after long years, punished.
23 וְחָפְרָה הַלְּבָנָה וּבֹושָׁה הַחַמָּה כִּי־מָלַךְ יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בְּהַר צִיֹּון וּבִירוּשָׁלִַם וְנֶגֶד זְקֵנָיו כָּבֹוד׃ פ	23 The moon will be confused and the sun ashamed, for Yahweh Sabaoth is king on Mount Zion and inJerusalem, and the Glory will radiate on their elders.