約珥書 1	Joel 1
約珥書 1:1 ^ 耶和華的話臨到毘土珥的兒子約珥。	Joel 1:1 ^ The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
約珥書 1:2 ^ 老年人哪、當聽我的話．國中的居民哪、都要側耳而聽．在你們的日子、或你們列祖的日子、曾有這樣的事麼。	Joel 1:2 ^ Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
約珥書 1:3 ^ 你們要將這事傳與子、子傳與孫、孫傳與後代。	Joel 1:3 ^ Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
約珥書 1:4 ^ 剪蟲剩下的、蝗蟲來喫．蝗蟲剩下的、蝻子來喫．蝻子剩下的、螞蚱來喫。	Joel 1:4 ^ That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
約珥書 1:5 ^ 酒醉的人哪、要清醒哭泣．好酒的人哪、都要為甜酒哀號．因為從你們的口中斷絕了。	Joel 1:5 ^ Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
約珥書 1:6 ^ 有一隊蝗蟲〔原文是民〕又強盛、又無數、侵犯我的地．牠的牙齒如獅子的牙齒、大牙如母獅的大牙。	Joel 1:6 ^ For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
約珥書 1:7 ^ 牠毀壞我的葡萄樹、剝了我無花果樹的皮、剝盡而丟棄、使枝條露白。	Joel 1:7 ^ He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
約珥書 1:8 ^ 我的民哪、你當哀號、像處女腰束麻布、為幼年的丈夫哀號。	Joel 1:8 ^ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
約珥書 1:9 ^ 素祭和奠祭從耶和華的殿中斷絕．事奉耶和華的祭司都悲哀。	Joel 1:9 ^ The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.
約珥書 1:10 ^ 田荒涼、地悲哀．因為五穀毀壞、新酒乾竭、油也缺乏。	Joel 1:10 ^ The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
約珥書 1:11 ^ 農夫阿、你們要慚愧、修理葡萄園的阿、你們要哀號、因為大麥小麥與田間的莊稼都滅絕了。	Joel 1:11 ^ Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
約珥書 1:12 ^ 葡萄樹枯乾、無花果樹衰殘。石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹、連田野一切的樹木也都枯乾．眾人的喜樂盡都消滅。	Joel 1:12 ^ The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
約珥書 1:13 ^ 祭司阿、你們當腰束麻布痛哭．伺候祭壇的阿、你們要哀號．事奉我　神的阿、你們要來披上麻布過夜．因為素祭、和奠祭、從你們　神的殿中斷絕了。	Joel 1:13 ^ Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.
約珥書 1:14 ^ 你們要分定禁食的日子、宣告嚴肅會、招聚長老、和國中的一切居民、到耶和華你們　神的殿、向耶和華哀求。	Joel 1:14 ^ Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men [and] all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
約珥書 1:15 ^ 哀哉、耶和華的日子臨近了．這日來到、好像毀滅從全能者來到。	Joel 1:15 ^ Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
約珥書 1:16 ^ 糧食不是在我們眼前斷絕了麼．歡喜快樂不是從我們　神的殿中止息了麼。	Joel 1:16 ^ Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?
約珥書 1:17 ^ 穀種在土塊下朽爛．倉也荒涼、廩也破壞．因為五穀枯乾了。	Joel 1:17 ^ The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
約珥書 1:18 ^ 牲畜哀鳴、牛群混亂、因為無草．羊群也受了困苦。	Joel 1:18 ^ How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
約珥書 1:19 ^ 耶和華阿、我向你求告．因為火燒滅曠野的草場、火焰燒盡田野的樹木．	Joel 1:19 ^ O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
約珥書 1:20 ^ 田野的走獸向你發喘．因為溪水乾涸、火也燒滅曠野的草場。	Joel 1:20 ^ Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.