Joel (יואל) - Gioele 13

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 מַשָּׂא בָּבֶל אֲשֶׁר חָזָה יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶּן־אָמֹוץ	1 Proclamation about Babylon, seen by Isaiah son of Amoz.
2 עַל הַר־נִשְׁפֶּה שְׂאוּ־נֵס הָרִימוּ קֹול לָהֶם הָנִיפוּ יָד וְיָבֹאוּ פִּתְחֵי נְדִיבִים	2 On a bare hill hoist a signal, shout for them, beckon them to come to the Nobles' Gate.
3 אֲנִי צִוֵּיתִי לִמְקֻדָּשָׁי גַּם קָרָאתִי גִבֹּורַי לְאַפִּי עַלִּיזֵי גַּאֲוָתִי	3 I have issued orders to my sacred warriors, I have summoned my heroes to serve my anger, my proudchampions.
4 קֹול הָמֹון בֶּהָרִים דְּמוּת עַם־רָב קֹול שְׁאֹון מַמְלְכֹות גֹּויִם נֶאֱסָפִים יְהוָה צְבָאֹות מְפַקֵּד צְבָא מִלְחָמָה	4 The noise of a great crowd in the mountains, like an immense people, the tumultuous sound ofkingdoms, of nations mustering: it is Yahweh Sabaoth marshal ing the troops for battle.
5 בָּאִים מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק מִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמָיִם יְהוָה וּכְלֵי זַעְמֹו לְחַבֵּל כָּל־הָאָרֶץ	5 They come from a distant country, from the far horizons, Yahweh and the instruments of his fury to laythe whole country waste.
6 הֵילִילוּ כִּי קָרֹוב יֹום יְהוָה כְּשֹׁד מִשַּׁדַּי יָבֹוא	6 Howl! For the Day of Yahweh is near, coming like devastation from Shaddai.
7 עַל־כֵּן כָּל־יָדַיִם תִּרְפֶּינָה וְכָל־לְבַב אֱנֹושׁ יִמָּס	7 This is why al hands fal limp, why al the men are losing heart;
8 וְנִבְהָלוּ ׀ צִירִים וַחֲבָלִים יֹאחֵזוּן כַּיֹּולֵדָה יְחִילוּן אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ יִתְמָהוּ פְּנֵי לְהָבִים פְּנֵיהֶם	8 they are panic-stricken, seized with pains and convulsions; they writhe like a woman in labour, theylook at one another appal ed, with feverish faces.
9 הִנֵּה יֹום־יְהוָה בָּא אַכְזָרִי וְעֶבְרָה וַחֲרֹון אָף לָשׂוּם הָאָרֶץ לְשַׁמָּה וְחַטָּאֶיהָ יַשְׁמִיד מִמֶּנָּה	9 Look, the Day of Yahweh is coming, merciless, with wrath and burning anger, to reduce the country toa desert and root out the sinners from it.
10 כִּי־כֹוכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וּכְסִילֵיהֶם לֹא יָהֵלּוּ אֹורָם חָשַׁךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּצֵאתֹו וְיָרֵחַ לֹא־יַגִּיהַ אֹורֹו	10 For in the sky the stars and Orion wil shed their light no longer, the sun wil be dark when it rises, andthe moon will no longer give its light.
11 וּפָקַדְתִּי עַל־תֵּבֵל רָעָה וְעַל־רְשָׁעִים עֲוֹנָם וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי גְּאֹון זֵדִים וְגַאֲוַת עָרִיצִים אַשְׁפִּיל	11 I am going to punish the world for its wickedness and the wicked for their guilt, and put an end to thepride of the arrogant and humble the haughtiness of despots.
12 אֹוקִיר אֱנֹושׁ מִפָּז וְאָדָם מִכֶּתֶם אֹופִיר	12 I shal make people scarcer than pure gold, human life scarcer than the gold of Ophir.
13 עַל־כֵּן שָׁמַיִם אַרְגִּיז וְתִרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ מִמְּקֹומָהּ בְּעֶבְרַת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וּבְיֹום חֲרֹון אַפֹּו	13 This is why I am going to shake the heavens, why the earth wil reel on its foundations, under thewrath of Yahweh Sabaoth, the day when his anger ignites.
14 וְהָיָה כִּצְבִי מֻדָּח וּכְצֹאן וְאֵין מְקַבֵּץ אִישׁ אֶל־עַמֹּו יִפְנוּ וְאִישׁ אֶל־אַרְצֹו יָנוּסוּ	14 Then like a hunted gazel e, like sheep that nobody gathers in, everyone will head back to his people,everyone wil flee to his native land.
15 כָּל־הַנִּמְצָא יִדָּקֵר וְכָל־הַנִּסְפֶּה יִפֹּול בֶּחָרֶב	15 Al those who are found wil be stabbed, al those captured wil fal by the sword,
16 וְעֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטְּשׁוּ לְעֵינֵיהֶם יִשַּׁסּוּ בָּתֵּיהֶם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם [תִּשָּׁגַלְנָה כ] (תִּשָּׁכַבְנָה׃ ק)	16 their babies dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses plundered, their wives raped.
17 הִנְנִי מֵעִיר עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת־מָדָי אֲשֶׁר־כֶּסֶף לֹא יַחְשֹׁבוּ וְזָהָב לֹא יַחְפְּצוּ־בֹו	17 Look, against them I am stirring up the Medes who care nothing for silver, who set no value by gold.
18 וּקְשָׁתֹות נְעָרִים תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה וּפְרִי־בֶטֶן לֹא יְרַחֵמוּ עַל־בָּנִים לֹא־תָחוּס עֵינָם	18 Bows wil annihilate the young men, they wil have no pity for the fruit of the womb, or mercy in theireyes for children.
19 וְהָיְתָה בָבֶל צְבִי מַמְלָכֹות תִּפְאֶרֶת גְּאֹון כַּשְׂדִּים כְּמַהְפֵּכַת אֱלֹהִים אֶת־סְדֹם וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָה	19 And Babylon, that pearl of kingdoms, that splendid jewel of the Chaldaeans, wil , like Sodom andGomorrah, be overthrown by God.
20 לֹא־תֵשֵׁב לָנֶצַח וְלֹא תִשְׁכֹּן עַד־דֹּור וָדֹור וְלֹא־יַהֵל שָׁם עֲרָבִי וְרֹעִים לֹא־יַרְבִּצוּ שָׁם	20 Never again will anyone live there or reside there for al generations to come. Never again wil theArab pitch his tent there, or the shepherds bring their flocks to rest.
21 וְרָבְצוּ־שָׁם צִיִּים וּמָלְאוּ בָתֵּיהֶם אֹחִים וְשָׁכְנוּ שָׁם בְּנֹות יַעֲנָה וּשְׂעִירִים יְרַקְּדוּ־שָׁם	21 But beasts of the desert wil make their haunt there and owls fill their houses, there ostriches wil settletheir home, there goats will dance.
22 וְעָנָה אִיִּים בְּאַלְמנֹותָיו וְתַנִּים בְּהֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג וְקָרֹוב לָבֹוא עִתָּהּ וְיָמֶיהָ לֹא יִמָּשֵׁכוּ	22 Hyenas wil howl in its towers, jackals in its delightful palaces, for its doom is about to come and itsdays wil not last long.