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1:1
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耶和华的话临到毗土珥的儿子约珥。
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The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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1:2
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老年人哪，当听我的话；国中的居民哪，都要侧耳而听。在你们的日子，或你们列祖的日子，曾有这样的事吗？
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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?
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1:3
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你们要将这事传与子，子传与孙，孙传与后代。
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Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
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1:4
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剪虫剩下的，蝗虫来吃；蝗虫剩下的，蝻子来吃；蝻子剩下的，蚂蚱来吃。
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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.
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1:5
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酒醉的人哪，要清醒哭泣；好酒的人哪，都要为甜酒哀号，因为从你们的口中断绝了。
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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.
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1:6
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有一队蝗虫（原文作民）又强盛又无数，侵犯我的地；他的牙齿如狮子的牙齿，大牙如母狮的大牙。
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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.
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1:7
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他毁坏我的葡萄树，剥了我无花果树的皮，剥尽而丢弃，使枝条露白。
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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.
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1:8
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我的民哪，你当哀号，像处女腰束麻布，为幼年的丈夫哀号。
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Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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1:9
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素祭和奠祭从耶和华的殿中断绝；事奉耶和华的祭司都悲哀。
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The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah`s ministers, mourn.
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1:10
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田荒凉，地悲哀；因为五谷毁坏，新酒干竭，油也缺乏。
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The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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1:11
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农夫啊，你们要惭愧；修理葡萄园的啊，你们要哀号；因为大麦小麦与田间的庄稼都灭绝了。
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Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
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1:12
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葡萄树枯干；无花果树衰残。石榴树、棕树、苹果树，连田野一切的树木也都枯干；众人的喜乐尽都消灭。
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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.
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1:13
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祭司啊，你们当腰束麻布痛哭；伺候祭坛的啊，你们要哀号；事奉我神的啊，你们要来披上麻布过夜，因为素祭和奠祭从你们神的殿中断绝了。
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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.
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1:14
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你们要分定禁食的日子，宣告严肃会，招聚长老和国中的一切居民到耶和华你们神的殿，向耶和华哀求。
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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.
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1:15
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哀哉！耶和华的日子临近了。这日来到，好像毁灭从全能者来到。
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Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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1:16
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粮食不是在我们眼前断绝了吗？欢喜快乐不是从我们神的殿中止息了吗？
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Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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1:17
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谷种在土块下朽烂；仓也荒凉，廪也破坏；因为五谷枯干了。
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The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
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1:18
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牲畜哀鸣；牛群混乱，因为无草；羊群也受了困苦。
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How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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1:19
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耶和华啊，我向你求告，因为火烧灭旷野的草场；火焰烧尽田野的树木。
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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.
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1:20
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田野的走兽向你发喘；因为溪水干涸，火也烧灭旷野的草场。
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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.
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