| 1 قَوْلُ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي صَارَ إِلَى يُوئِيلَ بْنِ فَثُوئِيلَ: | 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. |
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| 2 اِسْمَعُوا هذَا أَيُّهَا الشُّيُوخُ، وَأَصْغُوا يَا جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ! هَلْ حَدَثَ هذَا فِي أَيَّامِكُمْ، أَوْ فِي أَيَّامِ آبَائِكُمْ؟ | 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? |
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| 3 أَخْبِرُوا بَنِيكُمْ عَنْهُ، وَبَنُوكُمْ بَنِيهِمْ، وَبَنُوهُمْ دَوْرًا آخَرَ. | 3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. |
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4 فَضْلَةُ الْقَمَصِ أَكَلَهَا الزَّحَّافُ، وَفَضْلَةُ الزَّحَّافِ أَكَلَهَا الْغَوْغَاءُ، وَفَضْلَةُ الْغَوْغَاءِ أَكَلَهَا الطَّيَّارُ.  | 4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. |
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| 5 اِصْحُوا أَيُّهَا السَّكَارَى، وَابْكُوا وَوَلْوِلُوا يَا جَمِيعَ شَارِبِي الْخَمْرِ عَلَى الْعَصِيرِ لأَنَّهُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْ أَفْوَاهِكُمْ. | 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. |
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| 6 إِذْ قَدْ صَعِدَتْ عَلَى أَرْضِي أُمَّةٌ قَوِيَّةٌ بِلاَ عَدَدٍ، أَسْنَانُهَا أَسْنَانُ الأَسَدِ، وَلَهَا أَضْرَاسُ اللَّبْوَةِ. | 6 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. |
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| 7 جَعَلَتْ كَرْمَتِي خَرِبَةً وَتِينَتِي مُتَهَشَّمَةً. قَدْ قَشَرَتْهَا وَطَرَحَتْهَا فَابْيَضَّتْ قُضْبَانُهَا. | 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. |
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| 8 نُوحِي يَا أَرْضِي كَعَرُوسٍ مُؤْتَزِرَةٍ بِمَسْحٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ بَعْلِ صِبَاهَا. | 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. |
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| 9 انْقَطَعَتِ التَّقْدِمَةُ وَالسَّكِيبُ عَنْ بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ. نَاحَتِ الْكَهَنَةُ خُدَّامُ الرَّبِّ. | 9 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. |
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| 10 تَلِفَ الْحَقْلُ، نَاحَتِ الأَرْضُ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَلِفَ الْقَمْحُ، جَفَّ الْمِسْطَارُ، ذَبُلَ الزَّيْتُ. | 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. |
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| 11 خَجِلَ الْفَلاَّحُونَ، وَلْوَلَ الْكَرَّامُونَ عَلَى الْحِنْطَةِ وَعَلَى الشَّعِيرِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَلِفَ حَصِيدُ الْحَقْلِ. | 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. |
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| 12 اَلْجَفْنَةُ يَبِسَتْ، وَالتِّينَةُ ذَبُلَتْ. اَلرُّمَّانَةُ وَالنَّخْلَةُ وَالتُّفَّاحَةُ، كُلُّ أَشْجَارِ الْحَقْلِ يَبِسَتْ. إِنَّهُ قَدْ يَبِسَتِ الْبَهْجَةُ مِنْ بَنِي الْبَشَرِ. | 12 The vine is dried up, 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: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. |
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| 13 تَنَطَّقُوا وَنُوحُوا أَيُّهَا الْكَهَنَةُ. وَلْوِلُوا يَا خُدَّامَ الْمَذْبَحِ. ادْخُلُوا بِيتُوا بِالْمُسُوحِ يَا خُدَّامَ إِلهِي، لأَنَّهُ قَدِ امْتَنَعَ عَنْ بَيْتِ إِلهِكُمُ التَّقْدِمَةُ وَالسَّكِيبُ. | 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. |
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| 14 قَدِّسُوا صَوْمًا. نَادُوا بِاعْتِكَافٍ. اجْمَعُوا الشُّيُوخَ، جَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الأَرْضِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الرَّبِّ إِلَهِكُمْ وَاصْرُخُوا إِلَى الرَّبِّ. | 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, |
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| 15 آهِ عَلَى الْيَوْمِ! لأَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ قَرِيبٌ. يَأْتِي كَخَرَابٍ مِنَ الْقَادِرِ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. | 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. |
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| 16 أَمَا انْقَطَعَ الطَّعَامُ تُجَاهَ عُيُونِنَا؟ الْفَرَحُ وَالابْتِهَاجُ عَنْ بَيْتِ إِلهِنَا؟ | 16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? |
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| 17 عَفَّنَتِ الْحُبُوبُ تَحْتَ مَدَرِهَا. خَلَتِ الأَهْرَاءُ. انْهَدَمَتِ الْمَخَازِنُ لأَنَّهُ قَدْ يَبِسَ الْقَمْحُ. | 17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. |
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| 18 كَمْ تَئِنُّ الْبَهَائِمُ! هَامَتْ قُطْعَانُ الْبَقَرِ لأَنْ لَيْسَ لَهَا مَرْعًى. حَتَّى قُطْعَانُ الْغَنَمِ تَفْنَى. | 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. |
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| 19 إِلَيْكَ يَا رَبُّ أَصْرُخُ، لأَنَّ نَارًا قَدْ أَكَلَتْ مَرَاعِيَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ، وَلَهِيبًا أَحْرَقَ جَمِيعَ أَشْجَارِ الْحَقْلِ. | 19 O LORD, to thee will 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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| 20 حَتَّى بَهَائِمُ الصَّحْرَاءِ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ، لأَنَّ جَدَاوِلَ الْمِيَاهِ قَدْ جَفَّتْ، وَالنَّارَ أَكَلَتْ مَرَاعِيَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ. | 20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. |
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