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The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Invasion d'insectes et sécheresse
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Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
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Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
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What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
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Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
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For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
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He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.
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Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
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The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
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The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
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Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
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The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Appel à jeûner et à supplier le Seigneur
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Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God , for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.
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Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
Le jour du Seigneur
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Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
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How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Prière du prophète
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Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
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Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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La parole de l'Éternel qui fut adressée à Joël, fils de Péthuël.
Invasion d'insectes et sécheresse
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Écoutez ceci, vieillards ! Et prêtez l'oreille, vous tous les habitants du pays ! Est-il rien arrivé de pareil de votre temps, ou du temps de vos pères ?
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Faites-en le récit à vos enfants, et vos enfants à leurs enfants, et leurs enfants à la génération suivante.
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La sauterelle a dévoré les restes du gazam, le jélek a dévoré les restes de la sauterelle, et le hasil a dévoré les restes du jélek.
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Réveillez-vous, ivrognes, et pleurez ! Et vous tous, buveurs de vin, lamentez-vous au sujet du jus de la vigne, car il est retranché de votre bouche !
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Car une nation puissante et innombrable est montée contre mon pays ; ses dents sont des dents de lion, elle a les mâchoires d'un vieux lion.
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Elle a mis ma vigne en désolation, et mes figuiers en pièces. Elle les a entièrement dépouillés, abattus ; les sarments sont devenus tout blancs.
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Lamente-toi comme une vierge qui serait ceinte d'un sac, à cause de l'époux de sa jeunesse !
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L'offrande et la libation sont retranchées de la maison de l'Éternel ; les sacrificateurs qui font le service de l'Éternel sont dans le deuil.
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Les champs sont ravagés, la terre est dans le deuil ; car le froment est détruit, le moût est tari, et l'huile est desséchée.
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Laboureurs, soyez confus ; vignerons, gémissez, à cause du froment et de l'orge, car la moisson des champs est perdue.
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La vigne est desséchée, le figuier est languissant ; le grenadier, même le palmier et le pommier, tous les arbres des champs ont séché, et la joie a cessé parmi les fils des hommes !
Appel à jeûner et à supplier le Seigneur
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Sacrificateurs, ceignez-vous, et menez deuil ; vous qui faites le service de l'autel, lamentez-vous ; vous qui faites le service de mon Dieu, entrez, passez la nuit revêtus de sacs. Car l'offrande et la libation sont supprimées de la maison de votre Dieu.
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Sanctifiez un jeûne, convoquez une assemblée solennelle, réunissez les anciens et tous les habitants du pays dans la maison de l'Éternel, votre Dieu, et criez à l'Éternel !
Le jour du Seigneur
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Ah ! quel jour ! Car le jour de l'Éternel est proche ; il vient comme un ravage du Tout-Puissant.
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La nourriture n'est-elle pas enlevée sous nos yeux ; et de la maison de notre Dieu, la joie et l'allégresse ?
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Les semences ont pourri sous leurs mottes ; les greniers sont désolés, les granges sont en ruine, car le blé a péri.
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Comme le bétail gémit ! Les troupeaux de boeufs sont consternés, parce qu'ils n'ont point de pâture ; même les troupeaux de brebis en souffrent.
Prière du prophète
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Éternel, je crie à toi ! Car le feu a dévoré les pâturages du désert, et la flamme a consumé tous les arbres des champs.
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Même les bêtes sauvages soupirent après toi, car les courants d'eaux sont desséchés, et le feu dévore les pâturages du désert.
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1
The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
Invasion d'insectes et sécheresse
2
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
3
Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
4
What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
5
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
6
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
7
He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.
8
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
9
The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn.
10
The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
11
Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
12
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Appel à jeûner et à supplier le Seigneur
13
Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God , for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.
14
Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
Le jour du Seigneur
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Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
18
How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Prière du prophète
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Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
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Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Le grenadier est un fort buisson épineux, il en existe plusieurs variétés en Palestine. La grenade atteint la grosseur d'une orange et même d'un œuf d'autruche. Ce fruit est très apprécié dans les pays chauds à cause de ses propriétés rafraîchissantes.
Ce tableau de la désolation du pays se termine par une personnification poétique de la joie qui se retire confuse devant le deuil universel.