1:1 [hgb]  耶 和 华 的 话 临 到 毗 土 珥 的 儿 子 约 珥 。 
    [kjv]  The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
    [bbe]  The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
1:2 [hgb]  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 ？ 
    [kjv]  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?
    [bbe]  Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
1:3 [hgb]  你 们 要 将 这 事 传 与 子 ， 子 传 与 孙 ， 孙 传 与 后 代 。 
    [kjv]  Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
    [bbe]  Give the story of it to your children, and let them give it to their children, and their children to another generation.
1:4 [hgb]  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 。 
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take, has been food for the plant-worm; and what the plant-worm did not take, has been food for the field-fly.
1:5 [hgb]  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 。 
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
1:6 [hgb]  有 一 队 蝗 虫 （ 原 文 是 民 ） 又 强 盛 又 无 数 ， 侵 犯 我 的 地 。 它 的 牙 齿 如 狮 子 的 牙 齿 ， 大 牙 如 母 狮 的 大 牙 。 
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.
1:7 [hgb]  它 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 。 
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to the earth; its branches are made white.
1:8 [hgb]  我 的 民 哪 ， 你 当 哀 号 ， 像 处 女 腰 束 麻 布 ， 为 幼 年 的 丈 夫 哀 号 。 
    [kjv]  Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
    [bbe]  Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
1:9 [hgb]  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 。 
    [kjv]  The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
    [bbe]  The meal offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's servants, are sorrowing.
1:10 [hgb]  田 荒 凉 ， 地 悲 哀 ， 因 为 五 谷 毁 坏 ， 新 酒 干 竭 ， 油 也 缺 乏 。 
    [kjv]  The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
    [bbe]  The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.
1:11 [hgb]  农 夫 阿 ， 你 们 要 惭 愧 ， 修 理 葡 萄 园 的 阿 ， 你 们 要 哀 号 ， 因 为 大 麦 小 麦 ， 与 田 间 的 庄 稼 ， 都 灭 绝 了 。 
    [kjv]  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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