Gioele 1

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad loel filium Phatuel.	1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
2 Audite hoc, senes, et auribus percipite, omnes habitatores terrae, si factum est istud in diebus vestris aut in diebus patrum vestrorum.	2 Listen to this, elders, and pay close attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this ever happen in your days or in the days of your fathers?
3 Super hoc filiis vestris narrate, et filii vestri filiis suis, et filii eorum generationi alterae.	3 Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, and their sons with another generation.
4 Residuum erucae comedit locusta, et residuum locustae comedit bruchus, et residuum bruchi comedit gryllus.	4 The locust has eaten what the caterpillar has left, and the beetle has eaten what the locust has left, and the mildew has eaten what the beetle has left.
5 Expergiscimini, ebrii, et flete, et ululate, omnes, qui bibitis vinum, propter mustum, quoniam periit ab ore vestro.	5 Rouse yourselves, you drunkards, and weep and wail, all you who delight in drinking wine; for it has been cut off from your mouth.
6 Gens enim ascendit super terram meam fortis et innumerabilis; dentes eius ut dentes leonis, et molares leaenae sunt ei.	6 For a nation has ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion’s young.
7 Posuit vineam meam in desertum et ficum meam in lignum confractum; nudans spoliavit eam et proiecit, albi facti sunt rami eius.	7 He has put my vineyard into desolation, and he has pulled off the bark of my fig tree. He has stripped it bare and cast it away; its branches have become white.
8 Plange, quasi virgo accincta sacco super virum pubertatis suae.	8 Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.
9 Periit oblatio et libatio de domo Domini; luxerunt sacerdotes ministri Domini.	9 Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.
10 Depopulata est regio; luxit humus, quoniam devastatum est triticum, defecit mustum, elanguit oleum.	10 The region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.
11 Confundemini, agricolae, ululate, vinitores, super frumento et hordeo, quia periit messis agri.	11 The farmers have been confounded, the vineyard workers have wailed over the crop and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 Vinea exaruit, et ficus elanguit, malogranatum et palma et malum et omnia ligna agri aruerunt, quia evanuit gaudium a filiis hominum.	12 The vineyard is in ruin, and the fig tree has languished. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fruit tree, and all the trees of the field have withered. For joy has been thrown into disorder before the sons of men.
13 Accingite vos et plangite, sacerdotes; ululate, ministri altaris. Ingredimini, cubate in sacco, ministri Dei mei, quoniam interiit de domo Dei vestri oblatio et libatio.	13 Priests, gird yourselves and lament. Ministers of the altars, wail. Enter, ministers of my God, lie in sackcloth. For sacrifice and libation have passed away from the house of your God.
14 Sanctificate ieiunium, vocate coetum, congregate senes, omnes habitatores terrae in domum Dei vestri, et clamate ad Dominum:	14 Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord:
15 “ Heu diei! Quia prope est dies Domini, et quasi vastitas a potente veniet.	15 “Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.
16 Numquid non coram oculis vestris alimenta perierunt, de domo Dei nostri laetitia et exsultatio?”.	16 Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 Computruerunt semina subtus glebas suas, demolita sunt horrea, dissipatae sunt apothecae, eo quod exaruit triticum.	17 The mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined.
18 Quid ingemuit animal, perterrita sunt armenta boum, quia non est pascua eis? Sed et greges pecorum disperierunt.	18 Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.
19 Ad te, Domine, clamo, quia ignis comedit pascua deserti, et flamma succendit omnia ligna agri.	19 To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.
20 Sed et bestiae agri suspirant ad te, quoniam exsiccati sunt fontes aquarum, et ignis devoravit pascua deserti.	20 Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness.