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Neno la Bwana lililomjia Yoeli, mwana wa Pethueli.
This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
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Sikieni haya, enyi wazee; Sikilizeni, enyi wenyeji wote wa nchi. Je! Mambo haya yamekuwako katika siku zenu, Au katika siku za baba zenu?
Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
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Waarifuni watoto wenu habari yake, Watoto wenu wakawaambie watoto wao, Na watoto wao wakakiambie kizazi kingine.
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
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Yaliyosazwa na tunutu yameliwa na nzige; na yaliyosazwa na nzige yameliwa na parare; na yaliyosazwa na parare yameliwa na madumadu.
What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
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Levukeni, enyi walevi, mkalie; Pigeni yowe, ninyi nyote mnywao divai; Kwa sababu ya divai mpya; Maana umekatiliwa mbali na vinywa vyenu.
Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
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Maana taifa limepanda juu ya nchi yangu, Lenye nguvu, tena halina hesabu; Meno yake ni kama meno ya simba, Naye ana magego ya simba mkubwa.
For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.
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Ameuharibu mzabibu wangu; ameuvunja mtini wangu; ameyaambua magamba yake kabisa; ameuangusha chini; matawi yake yamefanywa kuwa meupe.
It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
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Ombolea kama mwanamwali avaaye magunia Kwa ajili ya mume wa ujana wake.
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
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Sadaka ya unga na sadaka ya kinywaji Zimekatiliwa mbali na nyumba ya Bwana; Hao makuhani, wahudumu wa Bwana, wanaomboleza.
Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
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Shamba limeharibika, nchi inaomboleza; maana nafaka imeharibika, divai mpya imekauka, mafuta yamepunguka.
The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
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Tahayarini, enyi wakulima; Pigeni yowe, enyi watunzaji wa mizabibu; Kwa ajili ya ngano na shayiri, Maana mavuno ya mashamba yamepotea.
Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
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Mzabibu umesinyaa, mtini nao umevia; Nao mkomamanga na mtende na mtofaa; Naam, miti yote ya mashamba imekauka; Maana furaha imekauka katika wanadamu.
The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.
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Jikazeni mkaomboleze, enyi makuhani; Pigeni yowe, enyi wahudumu wa madhabahu; Njoni mlale usiku kucha katika magunia, Enyi wahudumu wa Mungu wangu; Kwa kuwa sadaka ya unga na sadaka ya kinywaji Zimezuiwa katika nyumba ya Mungu wenu.
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
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Takaseni saumu, iteni kusanyiko la dini, Wazee na wakusanye wenyeji wote wa nchi; Waende nyumbani kwa Bwana, Mungu wenu, Na kumlilia Bwana,
Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
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Ole wake siku hii! Kwa maana siku ya Bwana inakaribia, nayo itakuja kama uangamivu utokao kwake aliye Mwenyezi.
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
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Je! Chakula hakikukatiliwa mbali mbele ya macho yetu? Naam, furaha na kicheko mbali na nyumba ya Mungu wetu?
Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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Mbegu zinaoza chini ya udongo wake; ghala zimeachwa ukiwa; mabanda yamevunjika; kwa maana nafaka imekauka.
The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
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Jinsi wanyama wanavyougua! Makundi ya ng'ombe yamefadhaika, kwa sababu hawana malisho; naam, makundi ya kondoo yamepata mateso.
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
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Ee Bwana, nakulilia wewe; Kwa maana moto umeyala malisho ya nyikani, Na miali ya moto imeteketeza miti yote ya mashamba.
To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
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Naam, wanyama wa mashamba wanakutwetea wewe; Kwa maana vijito vya maji vimekauka, Na moto umeyateketeza malisho ya nyikani.
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.