| 1:1 |
Yahwehs word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. |
The word of YHWH that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. |
| 1:2 |
Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? |
Yall hear this, elders, and yall listen, all inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in yalls days, or in the days of yalls fathers? |
| 1:3 |
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation. |
Yall are to tell your* children about it, and have yalls children tell their children, and their children, the next generation. |
| 1:4 |
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten. |
What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten. What the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten. What the young locust has left, the other locust has eaten. |
| 1:5 |
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. |
Yall wake up, drunkards, and weep! Yall wail, all drinkers of wine, because the sweet wine is cut off from yalls mouth. |
| 1:6 |
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness. |
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness. |
| 1:7 |
He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white. |
It has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. It has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white. |
| 1:9 |
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahwehs house. The priests, Yahwehs ministers, mourn. |
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of YHWH. The priests, YHWHs ministers, mourn. |
| 1:10 |
The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes. |
The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed. The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes. |
| 1:13 |
Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your Gods house. |
Yall get dressed and mourn, priests! Yall wail, ministers of the altar. Yall come and lie all night in sackcloth, ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from yalls Gods house. |
| 1:14 |
Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh. |
Yall must sanctify a fast. Yall must call a solemn assembly. Yall gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of YHWH, your* God, and cry to YHWH. |
| 1:15 |
Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. |
Alas for the day! For the day of YHWH is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty. |
| 1:19 |
Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. |
YHWH, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. |
| 2:1 |
Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand: |
Yall blow the rams horn in Zion, and yall sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of YHWH comes, for it is close at hand: |
| 2:11 |
Yahweh thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it? |
YHWH thunders ʜɪꜱ voice before ʜɪꜱ army, for ʜɪꜱ forces are very great; for ʜᴇ is strong who obeys ʜɪꜱ command; for the day of YHWH is great and very awesome, and who can endure it? |
| 2:12 |
Yet even now, says Yahweh, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. |
Yet even now, says YHWH, yall must turn to me with yalls whole heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. |
| 2:13 |
Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity. |
Yall must tear your* heart and not your* garments. Yall must turn to YHWH, your* God; for ʜᴇ is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and relents from sending calamity. |
| 2:14 |
Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God. |
Who knows? Hᴇ may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to YHWH, yalls God. |
| 2:15 |
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. |
Yall blow the trumpet in Zion! Yall sanctify a fast. Yall call a solemn assembly. |
| 2:16 |
Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber. |
Yall gather the people. Yall sanctify the assembly. Yall assemble the elders. Yall gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber. |
| 2:17 |
Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, Yahweh, and dont give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God? |
Let the priests, the ministers of YHWH, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, YHWH, and dont give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God? |
| 2:18 |
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people. |
Then YHWH was jealous for ʜɪꜱ land, and had pity on ʜɪꜱ people. |
| 2:19 |
Yahweh answered his people, Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations. |
YHWH answered ʜɪꜱ people, Look, I will send yall grain, new wine, and oil, and yall will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make yall a reproach among the nations. |
| 2:20 |
But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise. Surely he has done great things. |
But I will remove the northern army far away from yall, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise. Surely ʜᴇ has done great things. |
| 2:21 |
Land, dont be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things. |
Land, dont be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for YHWH has done great things. |
| 2:22 |
Dont be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. |
Yall must not be afraid, animals of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. |
| 2:23 |
Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before. |
Yall be glad then, children of Zion, and yall rejoice in YHWH, your* God; for ʜᴇ gives you the early rain in just measure, and ʜᴇ causes the rain to come down for yall, the early rain and the latter rain, as before. |
| 2:25 |
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you. |
I will restore to yall the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust, my great army, which I sent among yall. |
| 2:26 |
You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed. |
Yall will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and yall will praise the name of YHWH, your* God, who has dealt wondrously with yall; and my people will never again be put to shame. |
| 2:27 |
You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed. |
Yall will know that I am among Israel, and that I am YHWH, yalls God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be put to shame. |
| 2:28 |
It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. |
It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and yalls sons and daughters will prophesy. Yalls old men will dream dreams. Yalls young men will see visions. |
| 2:31 |
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. |
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of YHWH comes. |
| 2:32 |
It will happen that whoever will call on Yahwehs name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls. |
Then everyone who calls on the name of YHWH will be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as YHWH has said, and among the remnant, those whom YHWH calls. |
| 3:1 |
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, |
For look! In those days, and in that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, |
| 3:4 |
Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head. |
Yes, and what are yall to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will yall repay me? And if yall repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on yalls own head. |
| 3:5 |
Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples, |
Because yall have taken my silver and my gold, and yall have carried my finest treasures into yalls temples, |
| 3:6 |
and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border. |
and yall have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, in order to remove them far from their border. |
| 3:7 |
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head; |
Look, I will stir them up out of the place where yall have sold them, and will return your* dealings on yalls own head; |
| 3:8 |
and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it. |
and I will sell yalls sons and daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for YHWH has spoken it. |
| 3:9 |
Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up. |
Yall proclaim this among the nations: Yall must prepare for war! Yall stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up. |
| 3:10 |
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong. |
Yall are to beat your* plowshares into swords, and yalls pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong. |
| 3:11 |
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together. Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh. |
Yall come quickly, all surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together. Bring down your mighty ones, YHWH. |
| 3:13 |
Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. |
Yall swing in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Yall come and tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. |
| 3:14 |
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision. |
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of YHWH is near in the valley of decision. |
| 3:16 |
Yahweh will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel. |
YHWH will roar from Zion, and thunder from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will shake; but YHWH will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel. |
| 3:17 |
So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more. |
So yall will know that I am YHWH, your* God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no strangers will pass through her any more. |
| 3:18 |
It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will flow out from Yahwehs house, and will water the valley of Shittim. |
It will happen in that day, that the mountains will drop down sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters; and a fountain will flow out from the house of YHWH, and will water the valley of Shittim. |
| 3:21 |
I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Yahweh dwells in Zion. |
I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for YHWH dwells in Zion. |