Joel 2
1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—
你们要在锡安吹角， 在我圣山吹出大声。 国中的居民都要发颤； 因为耶和华的日子将到， 已经临近。
2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
那日是黑暗、幽冥、 密云、乌黑的日子， 好像晨光铺满山岭。 有一队蝗虫又大又强； 从来没有这样的， 以后直到万代也必没有。
3 Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.
它们前面如火烧灭， 后面如火焰烧尽。 未到以前，地如伊甸园； 过去以后，成了荒凉的旷野； 没有一样能躲避它们的。
4 Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
它们的形状如马， 奔跑如马兵。
5 With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
在山顶蹦跳的响声如车辆的响声， 又如火焰烧碎秸的响声， 好像强盛的民摆阵预备打仗。
6 Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.
它们一来，众民伤恸， 脸都变色。
7 They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
它们如勇士奔跑， 像战士爬城； 各都步行，不乱队伍。
8 They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
彼此并不拥挤，向前各行其路， 直闯兵器，不偏左右。
9 They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
它们蹦上城，蹿上墙， 爬上房屋， 进入窗户如同盗贼。
10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
它们一来， 地震天动， 日月昏暗， 星宿无光。
11 The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it?
耶和华在他军旅前发声， 他的队伍甚大； 成就他命的是强盛者。 因为耶和华的日子大而可畏， 谁能当得起呢？
12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
耶和华说：虽然如此， 你们应当禁食、哭泣、悲哀， 一心归向我。
13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
你们要撕裂心肠， 不撕裂衣服。 归向耶和华—你们的 神； 因为他有恩典，有怜悯， 不轻易发怒， 有丰盛的慈爱， 并且后悔不降所说的灾。
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
或者他转意后悔，留下余福， 就是留下献给耶和华—你们 神的素祭和奠祭， 也未可知。
15 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.
你们要在锡安吹角， 分定禁食的日子， 宣告严肃会。
16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
聚集众民，使会众自洁： 招聚老者， 聚集孩童和吃奶的； 使新郎出离洞房， 新妇出离内室。
17 Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
事奉耶和华的祭司 要在廊子和祭坛中间哭泣，说： 耶和华啊，求你顾惜你的百姓， 不要使你的产业受羞辱， 列邦管辖他们。 为何容列国的人说： “他们的 神在哪里”呢？
18 Then the LORD became jealous for His land, and He spared His people.
耶和华就为自己的地发热心， 怜恤他的百姓。
19 And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
耶和华应允他的百姓说： 我必赐给你们五谷、新酒，和油， 使你们饱足； 我也不再使你们受列国的羞辱；
20 The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.
却要使北方来的军队远离你们， 将他们赶到干旱荒废之地： 前队赶入东海， 后队赶入西海； 因为他们所行的大恶， 臭气上升，腥味腾空。
21 Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.
地土啊，不要惧怕； 要欢喜快乐， 因为耶和华行了大事。
22 Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
田野的走兽啊，不要惧怕； 因为，旷野的草发生， 树木结果， 无花果树、葡萄树也都效力。
23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
锡安的民哪，你们要快乐， 为耶和华—你们的 神欢喜； 因他赐给你们合宜的秋雨， 为你们降下甘霖， 就是秋雨、春雨，和先前一样。
24 The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
禾场必满了麦子； 酒榨与油榨必有新酒和油盈溢。
25 I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.
我打发到你们中间的大军队， 就是蝗虫、蝻子、蚂蚱、剪虫， 那些年所吃的，我要补还你们。
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.
你们必多吃而得饱足， 就赞美为你们行奇妙事之耶和华—你们 神的名。 我的百姓必永远不至羞愧。
27 Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
你们必知道我是在以色列中间， 又知道我是耶和华—你们的 神； 在我以外并无别神。 我的百姓必永远不致羞愧。
28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
以后，我要将我的灵浇灌凡有血气的。 你们的儿女要说预言； 你们的老年人要做异梦， 少年人要见异象。
29 Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
在那些日子， 我要将我的灵浇灌我的仆人和使女。
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
“在天上地下，我要显出奇事，有血，有火，有烟柱。
31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
日头要变为黑暗，月亮要变为血，这都在耶和华大而可畏的日子未到以前。
32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
到那时候，凡求告耶和华名的就必得救；因为照耶和华所说的，在锡安山，耶路撒冷必有逃脱的人，在剩下的人中必有耶和华所召的。”
