Joel (יואל) - Gioele 10

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 הֹוי הַחֹקְקִים חִקְקֵי־אָוֶן וּמְכַתְּבִים עָמָל כִּתֵּבוּ	1 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive decrees,
2 לְהַטֹּות מִדִּין דַּלִּים וְלִגְזֹל מִשְׁפַּט עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי לִהְיֹות אַלְמָנֹות שְׁלָלָם וְאֶת־יְתֹומִים יָבֹזּוּ	2 Depriving the needy of judgment and robbing my people's poor of their rights, Making widows their plunder, and orphans their prey!
3 וּמַה־תַּעֲשׂוּ לְיֹום פְּקֻדָּה וּלְשֹׁואָה מִמֶּרְחָק תָּבֹוא עַל־מִי תָּנוּסוּ לְעֶזְרָה וְאָנָה תַעַזְבוּ כְּבֹודְכֶם	3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when ruin comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth,
4 בִּלְתִּי כָרַע תַּחַת אַסִּיר וְתַחַת הֲרוּגִים יִפֹּלוּ בְּכָל־זֹאת לֹא־שָׁב אַפֹּו וְעֹוד יָדֹו נְטוּיָה׃ ס	4 Lest it sink beneath the captive or fall beneath the slain? For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched!
5 הֹוי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי וּמַטֶּה־הוּא בְיָדָם זַעְמִי	5 Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger, my staff in wrath.
6 בְּגֹוי חָנֵף אֲשַׁלְּחֶנּוּ וְעַל־עַם עֶבְרָתִי אֲצַוֶּנּוּ לִשְׁלֹל שָׁלָל וְלָבֹז בַּז [וּלְשִׂימֹו כ] (וּלְשׂוּמֹו ק) מִרְמָס כְּחֹמֶר חוּצֹות	6 Against an impious nation I send him, and against a people under my wrath I order him To seize plunder, carry off loot, and tread them down like the mud of the streets.
7 וְהוּא לֹא־כֵן יְדַמֶּה וּלְבָבֹו לֹא־כֵן יַחְשֹׁב כִּי לְהַשְׁמִיד בִּלְבָבֹו וּלְהַכְרִית גֹּויִם לֹא מְעָט	7 But this is not what he intends, nor does he have this in mind; Rather, it is in his heart to destroy, to make an end of nations not a few.
8 כִּי יֹאמַר הֲלֹא שָׂרַי יַחְדָּו מְלָכִים	8 "Are not my commanders all kings?" he says,
9 הֲלֹא כְּכַרְכְּמִישׁ כַּלְנֹו אִם־לֹא כְאַרְפַּד חֲמָת אִם־לֹא כְדַמֶּשֶׂק שֹׁמְרֹון	9 "Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, or Samaria like Damascus?
10 כַּאֲשֶׁר מָצְאָה יָדִי לְמַמְלְכֹת הָאֱלִיל וּפְסִילֵיהֶם מִירוּשָׁלִַם וּמִשֹּׁמְרֹון	10 Just as my hand reached out to idolatrous kingdoms that had more images than Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 הֲלֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְשֹׁמְרֹון וְלֶאֱלִילֶיהָ כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה לִירוּשָׁלִַם וְלַעֲצַבֶּיהָ׃ ס	11 Just as I treated Samaria and her idols, shall I not do to Jerusalem and her graven images?"
12 וְהָיָה כִּי־יְבַצַּע אֲדֹנָי אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂהוּ בְּהַר צִיֹּון וּבִירוּשָׁלִָם אֶפְקֹד עַל־פְּרִי־גֹדֶל לְבַב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וְעַל־תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם עֵינָיו	12 (But when the LORD has brought to an end all his work on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the utterance of the king of Assyria's proud heart,
13 כִּי אָמַר בְּכֹחַ יָדִי עָשִׂיתִי וּבְחָכְמָתִי כִּי נְבֻנֹותִי וְאָסִיר ׀ גְּבוּלֹת עַמִּים [וַעֲתִידֹתֵיהֶם כ] (וַעֲתוּדֹותֵיהֶם ק) שֹׁושֵׂתִי וְאֹורִיד כַּאבִּיר יֹושְׁבִים	13 and the boastfulness of his haughty eyes. For he says:) "By my own power I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd. I have moved the boundaries of peoples, their treasures I have pillaged, and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
14 וַתִּמְצָא כַקֵּן ׀ יָדִי לְחֵיל הָעַמִּים וְכֶאֱסֹף בֵּיצִים עֲזֻבֹות כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֲנִי אָסָפְתִּי וְלֹא הָיָה נֹדֵד כָּנָף וּפֹצֶה פֶה וּמְצַפְצֵף	14 My hand has seized like a nest the riches of nations; As one takes eggs left alone, so I took in all the earth; No one fluttered a wing, or opened a mouth, or chirped!"
15 הֲיִתְפָּאֵר הַגַּרְזֶן עַל הַחֹצֵב בֹּו אִם־יִתְגַּדֵּל הַמַּשֹּׂור עַל־מְנִיפֹו כְּהָנִיף שֵׁבֶט וְאֶת־מְרִימָיו כְּהָרִים מַטֶּה לֹא־עֵץ	15 Will the axe boast against him who hews with it? Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it? As if a rod could sway him who lifts it, or a staff him who is not wood!
16 לָכֵן יְשַׁלַּח הָאָדֹון יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בְּמִשְׁמַנָּיו רָזֹון וְתַחַת כְּבֹדֹו יֵקַד יְקֹד כִּיקֹוד אֵשׁ	16 Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts, will send among his fat ones leanness, And instead of his glory there will be kindling like the kindling of fire.
17 וְהָיָה אֹור־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְאֵשׁ וּקְדֹושֹׁו לְלֶהָבָה וּבָעֲרָה וְאָכְלָה שִׁיתֹו וּשְׁמִירֹו בְּיֹום אֶחָד	17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, Israel's Holy One a flame, That burns and consumes his briers and his thorns in a single day.
18 וּכְבֹוד יַעְרֹו וְכַרְמִלֹּו מִנֶּפֶשׁ וְעַד־בָּשָׂר יְכַלֶּה וְהָיָה כִּמְסֹס נֹסֵס	18 His splendid forests and orchards will be consumed, soul and body;
19 וּשְׁאָר עֵץ יַעְרֹו מִסְפָּר יִהְיוּ וְנַעַר יִכְתְּבֵם׃ פ	19 And the remnant of the trees in his forest will be so few, Like poles set up for signals, that any boy can record them.
20 וְהָיָה ׀ בַּיֹּום הַהוּא לֹא־יֹוסִיף עֹוד שְׁאָר יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפְלֵיטַת בֵּית־יַעֲקֹב לְהִשָּׁעֵן עַל־מַכֵּהוּ וְנִשְׁעַן עַל־יְהוָה קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּאֱמֶת	20 On that day The remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no more lean upon him who struck them; But they lean upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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 For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant of them will return; their destruction is decreed as overwhelming justice demands.
23 כִּי כָלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאֹות עֹשֶׂה בְּקֶרֶב כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃ ס	23 Yes, the destruction he has decreed, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will carry out within the whole land.
24 לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה צְבָאֹות אַל־תִּירָא עַמִּי יֹשֵׁב צִיֹּון מֵאַשּׁוּר בַּשֵּׁבֶט יַכֶּכָּה וּמַטֵּהוּ יִשָּׂא־עָלֶיךָ בְּדֶרֶךְ מִצְרָיִם	24 Therefore thus says the Lord, the GOD of hosts: O my people, who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian, though he strikes you with a rod, and raises his staff against you.
25 כִּי־עֹוד מְעַט מִזְעָר וְכָלָה זַעַם וְאַפִּי עַל־תַּבְלִיתָם	25 For only a brief moment more, and my anger shall be over; but them I will destroy in wrath.
26 וְעֹורֵר עָלָיו יְהוָה צְבָאֹות שֹׁוט כְּמַכַּת מִדְיָן בְּצוּר עֹורֵב וּמַטֵּהוּ עַל־הַיָּם וּנְשָׂאֹו בְּדֶרֶךְ מִצְרָיִם	26 Then the LORD of hosts will raise against them a scourge such as struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the sea as he did against Egypt.
27 וְהָיָה ׀ בַּיֹּום הַהוּא יָסוּר סֻבֳּלֹו מֵעַל שִׁכְמֶךָ וְעֻלֹּו מֵעַל צַוָּארֶךָ וְחֻבַּל עֹל מִפְּנֵי־שָׁמֶן	27 On that day, His burden shall be taken from your shoulder, and his yoke shattered from your neck. He has come up from the direction of Rimmon,
28 בָּא עַל־עַיַּת עָבַר בְּמִגְרֹון לְמִכְמָשׂ יַפְקִיד כֵּלָיו	28 he has reached Aiath, passed through Migron, at Michmash his supplies are stored.
29 עָבְרוּ מַעְבָּרָה גֶּבַע מָלֹון לָנוּ חָרְדָה הָרָמָה גִּבְעַת שָׁאוּל נָסָה	29 They cross the ravine: "We will spend the night at Geba." Ramah is in terror, Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 צַהֲלִי קֹולֵךְ בַּת־גַּלִּים הַקְשִׁיבִי לַיְשָׁה עֲנִיָּה עֲנָתֹות	30 Cry and shriek, O daughter of Gallim! Hearken, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth!
31 נָדְדָה מַדְמֵנָה יֹשְׁבֵי הַגֵּבִים הֵעִיזוּ	31 Madmenah is in flight, the inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
32 עֹוד הַיֹּום בְּנֹב לַעֲמֹד יְנֹפֵף יָדֹו הַר [בֵּית־ כ] (בַּת־צִיֹּון ק) גִּבְעַת יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ ס	32 Even today he will halt at Nob, he will shake his fist at the mount of daughter Zion, the hill of Jerusalem!
33 הִנֵּה הָאָדֹון יְהוָה צְבָאֹות מְסָעֵף פֻּארָה בְּמַעֲרָצָה וְרָמֵי הַקֹּומָה גְּדוּעִים וְהַגְּבֹהִים יִשְׁפָּלוּ	33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, lops off the boughs with terrible violence; The tall of stature are felled, and the lofty ones brought low;
34 וְנִקַּף סִבְכֵי הַיַּעַר בַּבַּרְזֶל וְהַלְּבָנֹון בְּאַדִּיר יִפֹּול׃ ס	34 The forest thickets are felled with the axe, and Lebanon in its splendor falls.