Kniha proroka Joela

1 (CPDV) The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
1 (KAT) Slovo Pánovo, ktoré prehovoril k Joelovi, synovi Fatuela.

2 (CPDV) Listen to this, elders, and pay close attention, all inhabitants of the land. Did this ever happen in your days or in the days of your fathers?
2 (KAT) Čujte toto, starci, nakloňte si ucho, všetci obyvatelia zeme! Či sa stalo takéto za vašich dní alebo za dní vašich otcov?

3 (CPDV) Talk this over with your sons, and your sons with their sons, and their sons with another generation.
3 (KAT) Rozprávajte o tom svojim deťom a vaše deti svojim deťom a ich deti ďalším pokoleniam!

4 (CPDV) The locust has eaten what the caterpillar has left, and the beetle has eaten what the locust has left, and the mildew has eaten what the beetle has left.
4 (KAT) Zvyšok po rezáčovi zožrala kobylka, zvyšok po kobylke zožral skokan, zvyšok po skokanovi zožral ničiteľ.

5 (CPDV) Rouse yourselves, you drunkards, and weep and wail, all you who delight in drinking wine; for it has been cut off from your mouth.
5 (KAT) Vzbuďte sa, opilci, plačte a kvíľte, všetci pijani vína, pre mušt, lebo vám ho spred úst zničili.

6 (CPDV) For a nation has ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion’s young.
6 (KAT) Lebo do mojej krajiny vystúpil mocný a nespočetný národ; jeho zuby sú zuby leva, hryzáky má ako levica.

7 (CPDV) He has put my vineyard into desolation, and he has pulled off the bark of my fig tree. He has stripped it bare and cast it away; its branches have become white.
7 (KAT) Moju vinicu obrátil na púšť a moje figovníky obhrýzol, úplne ich olúpal a zahodil, obeleli ich konáre.

8 (CPDV) Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.
8 (KAT) Kvíľ ako panna odiata vrecovinou pre muža svojej mladosti!

9 (CPDV) Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.
9 (KAT) Pokrmové a nápojové obety zmizli z domu Pánovho, smútia kňazi, služobníci Pánovi.

10 (CPDV) The region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.
10 (KAT) Spustošené je pole, smúti roľa, veď je znivočené obilie, vyschol mušt, olej uvädol.

11 (CPDV) The farmers have been confounded, the vineyard workers have wailed over the crop and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
11 (KAT) Roľníci sa hanbia, jajkajú vinári pre pšenicu a jačmeň, lebo žatva je preč z poľa.

12 (CPDV) The vineyard is in ruin, and the fig tree has languished. The pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the fruit tree, and all the trees of the field have withered. For joy has been thrown into disorder before the sons of men.
12 (KAT) Vinič vyschol, figovníky uvädli, granátniky i palmy a jablone, všetky stromy poľa vyschli, áno, zmizla radosť u ľudí.

13 (CPDV) Priests, gird yourselves and lament. Ministers of the altars, wail. Enter, ministers of my God, lie in sackcloth. For sacrifice and libation have passed away from the house of your God.
13 (KAT) Opášte sa a nariekajte, kňazi, kvíľte, služobníci oltára, poďte, bedlite vo vrecovinách, sluhovia môjho Boha, lebo domu Pánovmu sú upreté obety pokrmu a nápoja.

14 (CPDV) Sanctify a fast, call an assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God. And cry out to the Lord:
14 (KAT) Zasväťte pôst, zvolajte zbor, zhromaždite starcov, všetkých občanov krajiny do domu Pána, svojho Boha, a volajte k Pánovi:

15 (CPDV) “Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.
15 (KAT) „Beda tomuto dňu, veď blízo je Pánov deň, príde ako pohroma od Hromovládcu!

16 (CPDV) Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
16 (KAT) Či nie pred naším zrakom hynie pokrm, z domu nášho Boha radosť a plesanie?“

17 (CPDV) The mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined.
17 (KAT) Hnijú semená pod svojimi hrudami, pusté sú sýpky, rúcajú sa sklady, lebo obilie vyšlo na hanbu.

18 (CPDV) Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.
18 (KAT) Ako bučí dobytok! Blúdia čriedy statku, lebo nemajú pastvy; aj stáda oviec hynú.

19 (CPDV) To you, O Lord, I will cry out, because fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the countryside.
19 (KAT) K tebe, Pane, volám, lebo oheň strávil stepné lúky a plameň spálil všetky stromy poľa.

20 (CPDV) Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness.
20 (KAT) I zverina poľa túži po tebe, lebo vyschli vodné toky a oheň strávil stepné lúky.