Joel (יואל) - Gioele 14

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 כִּי יְרַחֵם יְהוָה אֶת־יַעֲקֹב וּבָחַר עֹוד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִנִּיחָם עַל־אַדְמָתָם וְנִלְוָה הַגֵּר עֲלֵיהֶם וְנִסְפְּחוּ עַל־בֵּית יַעֲקֹב	1 Yahweh wil have pity on Jacob, he wil choose Israel once more and resettle them on their native soil.Foreigners will join them, attaching themselves to the House of Jacob.
2 וּלְקָחוּם עַמִּים וֶהֱבִיאוּם אֶל־מְקֹומָם וְהִתְנַחֲלוּם בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל אַדְמַת יְהוָה לַעֲבָדִים וְלִשְׁפָחֹות וְהָיוּ שֹׁבִים לְשֹׁבֵיהֶם וְרָדוּ בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶם׃ ס	2 Peoples wil take them and escort them home, and the House of Israel wil take them as slaves, menand women on Yahweh's soil. They wil enslave those who enslaved them and wil master their oppressors.
3 וְהָיָה בְּיֹום הָנִיחַ יְהוָה לְךָ מֵעָצְבְּךָ וּמֵרָגְזֶךָ וּמִן־הָעֲבֹדָה הַקָּשָׁה אֲשֶׁר עֻבַּד־בָּךְ	3 When that day comes, and Yahweh gives you rest from your suffering and torment and the grimservitude to which you have been subjected,
4 וְנָשָׂאתָ הַמָּשָׁל הַזֶּה עַל־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְאָמָרְתָּ אֵיךְ שָׁבַת נֹגֵשׂ שָׁבְתָה מַדְהֵבָה	4 you wil recite this satire on the king of Babylon and say: 'How did the tyrant end? How did hisarrogance end?
5 שָׁבַר יְהוָה מַטֵּה רְשָׁעִים שֵׁבֶט מֹשְׁלִים	5 Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of rulers,
6 מַכֶּה עַמִּים בְּעֶבְרָה מַכַּת בִּלְתִּי סָרָה רֹדֶה בָאַף גֹּויִם מֻרְדָּף בְּלִי חָשָׂךְ	6 furiously lashing peoples with continual blows, angrily hammering nations, pursuing without respite.
7 נָחָה שָׁקְטָה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ פָּצְחוּ רִנָּה	7 The whole world is at rest and calm, shouts of joy resounding,
8 גַּם־בְּרֹושִׁים שָׂמְחוּ לְךָ אַרְזֵי לְבָנֹון מֵאָז שָׁכַבְתָּ לֹא־יַעֲלֶה הַכֹּרֵת עָלֵינוּ	8 the cypresses, the cedars of Lebanon, rejoice aloud at your fate, "Now that you have been laid low, noone comes up to fell us."
9 שְׁאֹול מִתַּחַת רָגְזָה לְךָ לִקְרַאת בֹּואֶךָ עֹורֵר לְךָ רְפָאִים כָּל־עַתּוּדֵי אָרֶץ הֵקִים מִכִּסְאֹותָם כֹּל מַלְכֵי גֹויִם	9 'On your account, Sheol below is astir to greet your arrival. He has roused the ghosts to greet you, althe rulers of the world. He has made al the kings of the nations get up from their thrones.
10 כֻּלָּם יַעֲנוּ וְיֹאמְרוּ אֵלֶיךָ גַּם־אַתָּה חֻלֵּיתָ כָמֹונוּ אֵלֵינוּ נִמְשָׁלְתָּ	10 They will all greet you with the words, "So, you too are now as weak as we are! You, too, havebecome like us.
11 הוּרַד שְׁאֹול גְאֹונֶךָ הֶמְיַת נְבָלֶיךָ תַּחְתֶּיךָ יֻצַּע רִמָּה וּמְכַסֶּיךָ תֹּולֵעָה	11 Your pride has been flung down to Sheol with the music of your lyres; under you a mattress ofmaggots, over you a blanket of worms.
12 אֵיךְ נָפַלְתָּ מִשָּׁמַיִם הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁחַר נִגְדַּעְתָּ לָאָרֶץ חֹולֵשׁ עַל־גֹּויִם	12 How did you come to fal from the heavens, Daystar, son of Dawn? How did you come to be thrown tothe ground, conqueror of nations?
13 וְאַתָּה אָמַרְתָּ בִלְבָבְךָ הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶעֱלֶה מִמַּעַל לְכֹוכְבֵי־אֵל אָרִים כִּסְאִי וְאֵשֵׁב בְּהַר־מֹועֵד בְּיַרְכְּתֵי צָפֹון	13 You who used to think to yourself: I shal scale the heavens; higher than the stars of God I shall setmy throne. I shal sit on the Mount of Assembly far away to the north.
14 אֶעֱלֶה עַל־בָּמֳתֵי עָב אֶדַּמֶּה לְעֶלְיֹון	14 I shal climb high above the clouds, I shal rival the Most High."
15 אַךְ אֶל־שְׁאֹול תּוּרָד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֹור	15 Now you have been flung down to Sheol, into the depths of the abyss!
16 רֹאֶיךָ אֵלֶיךָ יַשְׁגִּיחוּ אֵלֶיךָ יִתְבֹּונָנוּ הֲזֶה הָאִישׁ מַרְגִּיז הָאָרֶץ מַרְעִישׁ מַמְלָכֹות	16 'When they see you, they will scrutinise you and consider what you have become, "Is this the manwho made the world tremble, who overthrew kingdoms?
17 שָׂם תֵּבֵל כַּמִּדְבָּר וְעָרָיו הָרָס אֲסִירָיו לֹא־פָתַח בָּיְתָה	17 He made the world a desert, he level ed cities and never freed his prisoners to go home."
18 כָּל־מַלְכֵי גֹויִם כֻּלָּם שָׁכְבוּ בְכָבֹוד אִישׁ בְּבֵיתֹו	18 Al other kings of nations, al of them, lie honourably, each in his own tomb;
19 וְאַתָּה הָשְׁלַכְתָּ מִקִּבְרְךָ כְּנֵצֶר נִתְעָב לְבוּשׁ הֲרֻגִים מְטֹעֲנֵי חָרֶב יֹורְדֵי אֶל־אַבְנֵי־בֹור כְּפֶגֶר מוּבָס	19 but you have been thrown away, unburied, like a loathsome branch, covered with heaps of the slainpierced by the sword who fal on the rocks of the abyss like trampled carrion.
20 לֹא־תֵחַד אִתָּם בִּקְבוּרָה כִּי־אַרְצְךָ שִׁחַתָּ עַמְּךָ הָרָגְתָּ לֹא־יִקָּרֵא לְעֹולָם זֶרַע מְרֵעִים	20 'You wil not rejoin them in the grave, for you have brought your country to ruin and destroyed yourpeople. The offspring of the wicked leave no name behind them.
21 הָכִינוּ לְבָנָיו מַטְבֵּחַ בַּעֲוֹן אֲבֹותָם בַּל־יָקֻמוּ וְיָרְשׁוּ אָרֶץ וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי־תֵבֵל עָרִים	21 Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their father! Never again must they rise to conquer theworld and cover the face of the earth with their cities.
22 וְקַמְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְהִכְרַתִּי לְבָבֶל שֵׁם וּשְׁאָר וְנִין וָנֶכֶד נְאֻם־יְהוָה	22 'I wil rise against them, declares Yahweh Sabaoth, and deprive Babylon of name, remnant, offspringand posterity, declares Yahweh.
23 וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ לְמֹורַשׁ קִפֹּד וְאַגְמֵי־מָיִם וְטֵאטֵאתִיהָ בְּמַטְאֲטֵא הַשְׁמֵד נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות׃ פ	23 I shal turn it into the haunt of hedgehogs, a swamp. I shal sweep it with the broom of destruction,declares Yahweh Sabaoth.'
24 נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה צְבָאֹות לֵאמֹר אִם־לֹא כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּמִּיתִי כֵּן הָיָתָה וְכַאֲשֶׁר יָעַצְתִּי הִיא תָקוּם	24 Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn it, 'Yes, what I have planned wil take place, what I have decided will beso:
25 לִשְׁבֹּר אַשּׁוּר בְּאַרְצִי וְעַל־הָרַי אֲבוּסֶנּוּ וְסָר מֵעֲלֵיהֶם עֻלֹּו וְסֻבֳּלֹו מֵעַל שִׁכְמֹו יָסוּר	25 'I shal break Assyria in my country, I shal trample on him on my mountains. Then his yoke wil slip offthem, his burden wil slip from their shoulders.'
26 זֹאת הָעֵצָה הַיְּעוּצָה עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ וְזֹאת הַיָּד הַנְּטוּיָה עַל־כָּל־הַגֹּויִם	26 This is the decision taken in defiance of the whole world; this, the hand outstretched in defiance of alnations.
27 כִּי־יְהוָה צְבָאֹות יָעָץ וּמִי יָפֵר וְיָדֹו הַנְּטוּיָה וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנָּה׃ פ	27 Once Yahweh Sabaoth has decided, who wil stop him? Once he stretches out his hand, who canwithdraw it?
28 בִּשְׁנַת־מֹות הַמֶּלֶךְ אָחָז הָיָה הַמַּשָּׂא הַזֶּה	28 In the year Ahaz died came this proclamation:
29 אַל־תִּשְׂמְחִי פְלֶשֶׁת כֻּלֵּךְ כִּי נִשְׁבַּר שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ כִּי־מִשֹּׁרֶשׁ נָחָשׁ יֵצֵא צֶפַע וּפִרְיֹו שָׂרָף מְעֹופֵף	29 Al Philistia, do not rejoice because the rod which used to beat you is now broken, for the serpentstock wil produce a viper, its offspring wil be a flying dragon.
30 וְרָעוּ בְּכֹורֵי דַלִּים וְאֶבְיֹונִים לָבֶטַח יִרְבָּצוּ וְהֵמַתִּי בָרָעָב שָׁרְשֵׁךְ וּשְׁאֵרִיתֵךְ יַהֲרֹג	30 While the first-born of the poor are grazing and the destitute are resting in safety, I shall make yourstock die of hunger and then slaughter what remains of you.
31 הֵילִילִי שַׁעַר זַעֲקִי־עִיר נָמֹוג פְּלֶשֶׁת כֻּלֵּךְ כִּי מִצָּפֹון עָשָׁן בָּא וְאֵין בֹּודֵד בְּמֹועָדָיו	31 Howl, gate! Shriek, city! Totter, all Philistia! For a smoke is coming from the north, and there are nodeserters in those battalions.
32 וּמַה־יַּעֲנֶה מַלְאֲכֵי־גֹוי כִּי יְהוָה יִסַּד צִיֹּון וּבָהּ יֶחֱסוּ עֲנִיֵּי עַמֹּו׃ ס	32 What reply wil be given then to the messengers of that nation? - That Yahweh founded Zion andthere the poor of his people will find refuge.