1 The dabar (word / matter) of Yahawah () that came to Yawaal (Joel), the ban (son) of Pathawaal (Pethuel).
2 Shamai (hearken / hear) this, you zaqanayam (elders), And listen, all you yawashabay (inhabitants) of the aratz (Earth/land). Has this ever happened in your yamay (days), or in the yamay (days) of your ab (father)?
3 Sapar (book) your ban (son) about it, and have your ban (son) tell their ban (son), and their ban (son), achar (other) dawar (generation / age / period).
4 What the swarming locust has yathar (left), the great arabah (locust) has akal (eat). What the great arabah (locust) has yathar (left), the grasshopper has akal (eat). What the grasshopper has yathar (left), the chasayal (caterpillar) has akal (eat).
5 Qawatz (wake) up, you drunkards, and bakah (weep)! Wail, all you drinkers of yayan (wine), because of the sweet isayas (wine); for it is karath (cut) off from your pah (mouth).
6 For a gaway (heathen / nation) has ilah (go up / offer) up on my aratz (Earth/land), itzawam (strong), and without masapar (number). His shanay (second) are the shanay (second) of a aray (lion), and he has the fangs of a labayaa (lioness).
7 He has shawam (place / establish / appoint) my gapan (vine) shamah (waste), and stripped my thaan (fig) tree. He has stripped its bark, and shalak (thrown) it away. Its branches are laban (made) white.
8 Mourn like a bathawalah (virgin) dressed in sackcloth for the bail (husband) of her naiwar (youth)!
9 The meal manachah (offering) and the drink nasak (offering) are karath (cut) off from Yahawah () bayath (house). The kahanayam (priests), Yahawah () masharathay (ministers), abal (mourn).
10 The shadah (field) is laid shadad (waste). The adamah (land) abal (mourns), for the grain is shadad (destroyed), The new thayarawash (wine) has yabash (dry land) up, and the yatzahar (fresh oil) languishes.
11 Be bawash (confounded), you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the chatah (wheat) and for the shairah (barley); for the qatzayar (harvest) of the shadah (field) abad (destroy / perish) perished.
12 The gapan (vine) has yabash (dry land) up, and the thaan (fig) tree withered; the ramawan (pomegranate) tree, the palm tree also, and the thapawach (apple) tree, even all of the itzay (trees) of the shadah (field) are yabash (dry land); for shashawan (joy) has yabash (dry land) away from the banay (my son) of adam (men).
13 Chagar (put) on sackcloth and sapad (mourn), you kahanayam (priests)! Wail, you masharathay (ministers) of the mazabach (altar). Bawaa (come), lie all lawan (night) in sackcloth, you masharathay (ministers) of my Alahayam (), for the meal manachah (offering) and the drink nasak (offering) are withheld from your Alahayam () bayath (house).
14 Qadash (set apart / make holy) a tzawam (fast). Qaraa (called) a solemn itzarah (assembly). Asap (gather) the zaqanayam (elders), and all the yashabay (inhabitants) of the aratz (Earth/land), to the bayath (house) of Yahawah (), your Alahayam (), and zaiq (cry) to Yahawah ().
15 Ahah (alas) for the yawam (day)! For the yawam (day) of Yahawah () is at qarawab (hand), and it will bawaa (come) as shad (destruction) from the Shaday ().
16 Isn't the akal (food) karath (cut) off before our iyan (eye); shamachah (joy) and gayal (gladness) from the bayath (house) of our Alahayam ()?
17 The paradawath (seeds) rot under their magarapah (clods). The granaries are shamam (laid) desolate. The barns are haras (broken) down, for the grain has yabash (dry land).
18 How the animals anach (groan)! The idaray (herds) of livestock are perplexed, because they have no maraih (pasture). Yes, the idaray (flocks) of tzaan (sheep) are asham (made) desolate.
19 Yahawah (), I qaraa (called) to you, For the ash (fire) has akal (eat) the naawath (pastures) of the madabar (wilderness), and the lahabah (flame) has lahat (burned) all the itzay (trees) of the shadah (field).
20 Yes, the animals of the shadah (field) irag (pant) to you, for the mayam (Waters) apayaqay (brooks) have yabash (dry land) up, And the ash (fire) has akal (eat) the naawath (pastures) of the madabar (wilderness).