¹ Ο λογος του Κυριου ο γενομενος προς Ιωηλ τον υιον του Φαθουηλ.

² Ακουσατε τουτο, οι πρεσβυτεροι, και δοτε ακροασιν, παντες οι κατοικουντες την γην· εγεινε τουτο εν ταις ημεραις υμων η εν ταις ημεραις των πατερων υμων;

³ Διηγηθητε προς τα τεκνα σας περι τουτου και τα τεκνα σας προς τα τεκνα αυτων και τα τεκνα αυτων προς αλλην γενεαν.

⁴ Ο, τι αφηκεν η καμπη, κατεφαγεν η ακρις· και ο, τι αφηκεν η ακρις, κατεφαγεν ο βρουχος· και ο, τι αφηκεν ο βρουχος, κατεφαγεν η ερυσιβη.

⁵ Ανανηψατε, μεθυσοι, και κλαυσατε, και ολολυξατε, παντες οι οινοποται, δια τον νεον οινον· διοτι αφηρεθη απο του στοματος σας.

⁶ Επειδη εθνος ανεβη επι την γην μου, ισχυρον και αναριθμητον, του οποιου οι οδοντες ειναι οδοντες λεοντος, και εχει μυλοδοντας σκυμνου.

⁷ Εθεσε την αμπελον μου εις αφανισμον και τας συκας μου εις θραυσιν· ολως εξελεπισεν αυτην και απερριψε· τα κληματα αυτης εμειναν λευκα.

⁸ Θρηνησον ως νυμφη περιεζωσμενη σακκον δια τον ανδρα της νεοτητος αυτης.

⁹ Η προσφορα και η σπονδη αφηρεθη απο του οικου του Κυριου· πενθουσιν οι ιερεις, οι λειτουργοι του Κυριου.

¹⁰ Ηρημωθη η πεδιας, πενθει η γη· διοτι ηφανισθη ο σιτος, εξηρανθη ο νεος οινος, εξελιπε το ελαιον.

¹¹ Αισχυνθητε, γεωργοι· ολολυξατε, αμπελουργοι, δια τον σιτον και δια την κριθην· διοτι ο θερισμος του αγρου απωλεσθη.

¹² Η αμπελος εξηρανθη και η συκη εξελιπεν· η ροιδια και ο φοινιξ και η μηλεα, παντα τα δενδρα του αγρου εξηρανθησαν, ωστε εξελιπεν η χαρα απο των υιων των ανθρωπων.

¹³ Περιζωσθητε και θρηνειτε, ιερεις· ολολυζετε, λειτουργοι του θυσιαστηριου· ελθετε, διανυκτερευσατε εν σακκω, λειτουργοι του Θεου μου· διοτι η προσφορα και η σπονδη επαυθη απο του οικου του Θεου σας.

¹⁴ Αγιασατε νηστειαν, κηρυξατε συναξιν επισημον, συναξατε τους πρεσβυτερους, παντας τους κατοικους του τοπου, εις τον οικον Κυριου του Θεου σας· και βοησατε προς τον Κυριον,

¹⁵ Οιμοι δια την ημεραν εκεινην· διοτι η ημερα του Κυριου επλησιασε και θελει ελθει ως ολεθρος απο του Παντοδυναμου.

¹⁶ Δεν αφηρεθησαν αι τροφαι απ' εμπροσθεν των οφθαλμων ημων, η ευφροσυνη και η χαρα απο του οικου του Θεου ημων;

¹⁷ Οι σποροι φθειρονται υπο τους βωλους αυτων, αι σιτοθηκαι ηρημωθησαν, αι αποθηκαι εχαλασθησαν· διοτι ο σιτος εξηρανθη.

¹⁸ Πως στεναζουσι τα κτηνη· αδημονουσιν αι αγελαι των βοων, διοτι δεν εχουσι βοσκην· ναι, τα ποιμνια των προβατων ηφανισθησαν.

¹⁹ Κυριε, προς σε θελω βοησει· διοτι το πυρ κατηναλωσε τας βοσκας της ερημου και η φλοξ κατεκαυσε παντα τα δενδρα του αγρου.

²⁰ Τα κτηνη ετι της πεδιαδος χασκουσι προς σε· διοτι εξηρανθησαν οι ρυακες των υδατων και πυρ κατεφαγε τας βοσκας της ερημου.

¹ "Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.

² Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.

³ For Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

⁴ "Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

⁵ My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the peoples; the islands shall wait for me, and on my arm shall they trust.

⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in the same way: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

⁷ "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.

⁸ For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations."

⁹ Awake, Awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

¹⁰ Isn't it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?

¹¹ The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; [and] sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

¹² "I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;

¹³ and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

¹⁴ The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

¹⁵ For I am Yahweh your God, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar: Yahweh of Armies is his name.

¹⁶ I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, 'You are my people.'"

¹⁷ Awake, Awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

¹⁸ There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand among all the sons who she has brought up.

¹⁹ These two things have happened to you. Who will bemoan you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine and the sword; how shall I comfort you?

²⁰ Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.

²¹ Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

²² Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, "Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:

²³ and I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you, who have said to your soul, 'Bow down, that we may walk over you;' and you have laid your back as the ground, and as the street, to those who walk over."