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1 ΙΩΗΛJOEL - Brenton|RSVReference
1Λόγος κυρίου, ὃς ἐγενήθη πρὸς Ιωηλ τὸν τοῦ Βαθουηλ. The word of the Lord which came to Joel the son of Bathuel.JOEL. Jl.1.1
2Ἀκούσατε δὴ ταῦτα, οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε, πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν. εἰ γέγονεν τοιαῦτα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν; Hear these [words], ye elders, and hearken all ye that inhabit the land.
Have such things happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
The destruction of the Locusts. Jl.1.2-20
3ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν διηγήσασθε, καὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰν ἑτέραν. Tell your children concerning them,
and [let] your children [tell] their children,
and their children another generation.
 
4τὰ κατάλοιπα τῆς κάμπης κατέφαγεν ἡ ἀκρίς, καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα τῆς ἀκρίδος κατέφαγεν ὁ βροῦχος, καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα τοῦ βρούχου κατέφαγεν ἡ ἐρυσίβη. The leavings of the caterpillar has the locust eaten,
and the leavings of the locust has the palmerworm eaten,
and the leavings of the palmerworm has the cankerworm eaten.
 
5ἐκνήψατε, οἱ μεθύοντες, ἐξ οἴνου αὐτῶν καὶ κλαύσατε· θρηνήσατε, πάντες οἱ πίνοντες οἶνον, εἰς μέθην, ὅτι ἐξῆρται ἐκ στόματος ὑμῶν εὐφροσύνη καὶ χαρά. Awake, ye drunkards, from your wine, and weep:
mourn, all ye that drink wine to drunkenness:
for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth.
 
6ὅτι ἔθνος ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν μου ἰσχυρὸν καὶ ἀναρίθμητον, οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ὀδόντες λέοντος, καὶ αἱ μύλαι αὐτοῦ σκύμνου· For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land,
their teeth are lion's teeth,
and their back teeth those of a [lion's] whelp.
 
7ἔθετο τὴν ἄμπελόν μου εἰς ἀφανισμὸν καὶ τὰς συκᾶς μου εἰς συγκλασμόν· ἐρευνῶν ἐξηρεύνησεν αὐτὴν καὶ ἔρριψεν, ἐλεύκανεν κλήματα αὐτῆς. He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig-trees:
he has utterly searched [my vine], and cast it down;
he has peeled its branches.
 
8θρήνησον πρός με ὑπὲρ νύμφην περιεζωσμένην σάκκον ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς τὸν παρθενικόν. Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 
9ἐξῆρται θυσία καὶ σπονδὴ ἐξ οἴκου κυρίου. πενθεῖτε, οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ λειτουργοῦντες θυσιαστηρίῳ, The meat-offering and drink-offering are removed from the house of the Lord: mourn,
ye priests that serve at the altar of the Lord.
 
10ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκεν τὰ πεδία· πενθείτω ἡ γῆ, ὅτι τεταλαιπώρηκεν σῖτος, ἐξηράνθη οἶνος, ὠλιγώθη ἔλαιον. For the plains languish:
let the land mourn, for the corn languishes;
the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;
 
11ἐξηράνθησαν οἱ γεωργοί· θρηνεῖτε, κτήματα, ὑπὲρ πυροῦ καὶ κριθῆς, ὅτι ἀπόλωλεν τρυγητὸς ἐξ ἀγροῦ· the husbandmen are consumed:
mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley;
for the harvest has perished from off the field.
 
12ἡ ἄμπελος ἐξηράνθη, καὶ αἱ συκαῖ ὠλιγώθησαν· ῥόα καὶ φοῖνιξ καὶ μῆλον καὶ πάντα τὰ ξύλα τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐξηράνθησαν, ὅτι ᾔσχυναν χαρὰν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. The vine is dried up, and the fig-trees are become few;
the pomegranate, and palm-tree, and apple, and all trees of the field are dried up:
for the sons of men have abolished joy.
 
13περιζώσασθε καὶ κόπτεσθε, οἱ ἱερεῖς, θρηνεῖτε, οἱ λειτουργοῦντες θυσιαστηρίῳ· εἰσέλθατε ὑπνώσατε ἐν σάκκοις λειτουργοῦντες θεῷ, ὅτι ἀπέσχηκεν ἐξ οἴκου θεοῦ ὑμῶν θυσία καὶ σπονδή. Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests:
mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloths, ye that minister to God:
for the meat-offering and drink-offering are withheld from the house of your God.
 
14ἁγιάσατε νηστείαν, κηρύξατε θεραπείαν, συναγάγετε πρεσβυτέρους πάντας κατοικοῦντας γῆν εἰς οἶκον θεοῦ ὑμῶν καὶ κεκράξατε πρὸς κύριον ἐκτενῶς Sanctify a fast,
proclaim a [solemn] service,
gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God,
and cry earnestly to the Lord,
 
15Οἴμμοι οἴμμοι οἴμμοι εἰς ἡμέραν, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα κυρίου καὶ ὡς ταλαιπωρία ἐκ ταλαιπωρίας ἥξει. Alas, Alas, Alas for the day!
for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.
 
16κατέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὑμῶν βρώματα ἐξωλεθρεύθη, ἐξ οἴκου θεοῦ ὑμῶν εὐφροσύνη καὶ χαρά. [Your] meat has been destroyed before your eyes,
joy and gladness from out of the house of your God.
 
17ἐσκίρτησαν δαμάλεις ἐπὶ ταῖς φάτναις αὐτῶν, ἠφανίσθησαν θησαυροί, κατεσκάφησαν ληνοί, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη σῖτος. The heifers have started at their mangers,
the treasures are abolished,
the wine-presses are broken down;
for the corn is withered.
 
18τί ἀποθήσομεν ἑαυτοῖς; ἔκλαυσαν βουκόλια βοῶν, ὅτι οὐχ ὑπῆρχεν νομὴ αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια τῶν προβάτων ἠφανίσθησαν. What shall we store up for ourselves?
the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture;
and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.
 
19πρὸς σέ, κύριε, βοήσομαι, ὅτι πῦρ ἀνήλωσεν τὰ ὡραῖα τῆς ἐρήμου, καὶ φλὸξ ἀνῆψεν πάντα τὰ ξύλα τοῦ ἀγροῦ· To thee, O Lord, will I cry:
for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness,
and a flame has burnt up all the trees of the field.
 
20καὶ τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου ἀνέβλεψαν πρὸς σέ, ὅτι ἐξηράνθησαν ἀφέσεις ὑδάτων καὶ πῦρ κατέφαγεν τὰ ὡραῖα τῆς ἐρήμου. And the cattle of the field have looked up to thee:
for the fountains of waters have been dried up,
and fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness.
 
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Notes:

The Old Testament in Greek is Rahlf's LXX available in Word format at the Tyndale website, adapted to database format.
The alternative readings of the LXX - Judges (Alexandrinus), Daniel, Susanna & Bel (LXX received text), and Tobit (Sinaiticus [not printed in Swete]) as separate book references so that they can be viewed as an alternative text in parallel with the primary text.
(I have reversed the Swete presentation for Daniel, Susanna, Bel by listing in the later Theodotion LXX text as the main text. )
The LXX cross references to the Hebrew Bible have been extensively revised using those set out in Swete's 'Old Testament in Greek' publications between 1894 and 1909, amended in part to agree with verses as printed in the Biblia Hebraica (1937 publication).
Some verse cross references in Swete's had to be amended to agree with the BHS verse numbering, and there may well be some mismatches that I haven't yet picked up on. (If you find any errors please e-mail me.)
Hebrew Bible has been adapted from the BHS in Word format at Tyndale.
The Septuagint in English ( translated by Sir Lancelot CL Brenton) - is used here only for the books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Revised Standard Version: This generally follows the Hebrew Bible for the canonical OT so I have included the RSV Aprocrypha for the Greek books not covered by Brenton.
Ecclesiasticus - Sirach Chs.30-36: The text of these chapters from 30.24 to 36.16, is disordered.
I have followed Swete's verse numbering for the greek text.
Also, the RSV verse numbering differs from the NRSV.
The NRSV appears to have followed Swete's numbering here, so I have re-ordered the RSV to agree with both the NRSV & Swete for these chapters.
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