Joel 2
1 Blowe the trumpet in Zion, and shoute in mine holy mountaine: let all the inhabitants of the lande tremble: for the day of the Lord is come: for it is at hand.
Kònen twonpèt sou mòn Siyon an! Bay siyal la sou mòn ki apa pou Bondye a! Se pou tout moun nan peyi Jida a tranble, paske jou Seyè a pa lwen rive. L'ap pwoche.
2 A day of darkenesse, and of blacknesse, a day of cloudes, and obscuritie, as the morning spred vpon the mountaines, so is there a great people, and a mighty: there was none like it from the beginning, neither shalbe any more after it, vnto the yeeres of many generations.
Se va yon jou ki pral fè nwa kou lank, ak syèl la plen nwaj nwa, yon jou kote nwaj nwa ak pousyè pral kouvri latè. Yon lame krikèt ap vanse. Yo gwonèg anpil! Tankou solèy la lè l'ap leve, y'ap kouvri mòn yo. Se bagay nou poko janm wè, bagay nou p'ap janm wè ankò, jouk sa kaba.
3 A fire deuoureth before him, and behinde him a flame burneth vp: the land is as the garden of Eden before him, and behinde him a desolate wildernesse, so that nothing shall escape him.
Tankou dife, yo devore tou sa ki devan yo. Yo pa kite anyen kote yo pase. Anvan yo te vini, peyi a te tankou yon ti paradi. Lè yo fin pase, li tounen yon dezè san anyen ladan l'. Anyen pa chape anba dan yo.
4 The beholding of him is like the sight of horses, and like the horsemen, so shall they runne.
Yo tankou chwal, yo kouri tankou chwal sèl.
5 Like the noyse of charrets in the toppes of the mountaines shall they leape, like the noyse of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, and as a mightie people prepared to the battel.
Lè y'ap soti sou tèt mòn yo, yo fè yon bri tankou cha lagè k'ap pase, tankou dife nan pay chèch. Yo mache an ran tankou yon gwo lame tou pare pou goumen.
6 Before his face shall the people tremble: all faces shall gather blackenesse.
Lè y'ap pwoche, tout moun pran tranble. Figi tout moun dekonpoze.
7 They shall runne like strong men, and goe vp to the wall like men of warre, and euery man shall goe forward in his wayes, and they shall not stay in their paths.
Yo atake tankou vanyan sòlda. Yo moute sou miray yo tankou sòlda k'ap fè lagè. Yo mache dwat devan yo, yo pa vire ni adwat ni agoch.
8 Neither shall one thrust another, but euery one shall walke in his path: and when they fall vpon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
Yonn pa antrave lòt nan mach yo. Yo chak ap swiv chemen pa yo. Yo janbe tou sa yo mete pou bare yo. Anyen pa rete yo.
9 They shall runne to and from in the citie: they shall runne vpon the wall: they shall clime vp vpon the houses, and enter in at ye windowes like ye thiefe.
Yo pran lavil la pou yo. Yo kouri moute sou miray yo. Yo moute anwo kay yo, yo pase antre nan fennèt yo tankou vòlò.
10 The earth shall tremble before him, ye heauens shall shake, the sunne and the moone shalbe darke, and the starres shall withdraw their shining,
Tè a souke lè y'ap mache vini. Syèl la tranble. Solèy la ak lalin lan vin tou nwa, zetwal yo pa klere nan syèl la ankò.
11 And the Lord shall vtter his voyce before his hoste: for his hoste is very great: for he is strog that doeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can abide it?
Seyè a ap mache alatèt lame li a: l'ap pase yo lòd. Lame a anpil. Yo gwonèg: Y'ap fè sa li ba yo lòd fè a. Ala yon gwo jou se jou Seyè a! Se yon jou pou moun pè tout bon vre. Ki moun ki va rete kanpe apre jou sa a?
12 Therefore also now the Lord sayth, Turne you vnto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning,
Seyè a pale, li di: -Menm koulye a, tounen vin jwenn mwen ak tout kè nou! Fè jèn, kriye kont kò nou, plenn sò nou!
13 And rent your heart, and not your clothes: and turne vnto the Lord your God, for he is gratious, and mercifull, slowe to anger, and of great kindnes, and repenteth him of the euill.
Se pa rad sou nou pou nou chire, se kè nou menm pou nou chire pou fè wè jan nou nan lapenn. Tounen vin jwenn Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Li gen bon kè anpil, li gen pitye pou moun. Li pa fache fasil, li p'ap janm sispann renmen nou. Li toujou pare pou padonnen nou.
14 Who knoweth, is he wil returne and repent and leaue a blessing behinde him, euen a meate offring, and a drinke offring vnto ye Lord your God?
Sa ki konnen? Li ka chanje lide, li ka padonnen nou. Li ka ban nou benediksyon. N'a gen grenn jaden ak diven ankò pou nou fè ofrann bay Seyè a, Bondye nou an!
15 Blowe the trumpet in Zion, sanctifie a fast, call a solemne assembly.
Kònen twonpèt sou mòn Siyon an! Bay lòd pou tout moun fè jèn! Mande pou tout moun reyini!
16 Gather the people: sanctifie the congregation, gather the elders: assemble the children, and those that sucke the breastes: let the bridegrome go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her bride chamber.
Sanble pèp la. Pare tout moun pou fè sèvis. Sanble vye granmoun yo! Reyini tout timoun yo, menm timoun ki nan tete. Ata moun ki fenk marye yo, se pou yo kite kay yo vini tou.
17 Let the Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Nan lakou ki separe gwo pòtay tanp lan ak lotèl la, se pou prèt yo, sèvitè Seyè a, pran kriye. Se pou yo di: Pitye, Seyè, pitye pou pèp ou a. Pa kite moun lòt nasyon yo pase moun pa ou yo nan betiz pou fè yo wont, pou yo ta di: Kote Bondye yo a?
18 Then will the Lord be ielous ouer his land, and spare his people.
Lè sa a, Seyè a fè wè jan li renmen peyi li a. Li fè pèp li a gras.
19 Yea, the Lord wil answere and say vnto his people, Beholde, I will send you corne, and wine, and oyle, and you shalbe satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproche among the heathen,
Li reponn, li di pèp la konsa: -Bon! Mwen pral ban nou ble, diven ak lwil fre. N'ap gen tou sa n'a bezwen. Mwen p'ap janm kite moun lòt nasyon yo pase nou nan betiz ankò.
20 But I will remooue farre off from you the Northren armie, and I will driue him into a land, barren and desolate with his face toward the East sea, and his end to the vtmost sea, and his stinke shall come vp, and his corruption shall ascend, because he hath exalted himselfe to do this.
Mwen pral chase lame krikèt la byen lwen nou. Wi, lame krikèt ki te soti nan nò a. M'ap voye yo ale nan dezè a, kote ki pa gen dlo, kote ki pa gen pyebwa. Tèt lame krikèt yo va pran direksyon lanmè ki sou bò solèy leve a, lanmè Mouri a. Ke lame krikèt yo va pran direksyon lanmè ki sou bò solèy kouche a, lanmè Mediterane a. Kadav yo pral pouri, y'ap bay move sant. Seyè a fè anpil bagay pou nou.
21 Feare not, O land, but be glad, and reioyce: for the Lord wil do great things.
Nou menm jaden yo, nou pa bezwen pè ankò. Fè fèt, fè kè nou kontan, paske Seyè a fè anpil pou nou!
22 Be not afrayde, ye beastes of the fielde: for the pastures of the wildernesse are greene: for the tree beareth her fruite: the figge tree and the vine do giue their force.
Nou menm zannimo nan savann yo, nou pa bezwen pè ankò: jaden zèb yo pral pouse byen bèl, pyebwa yo pral donnen, pye fig frans yo ak pye rezen yo pral bay bèl rekòt.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and reioyce in the Lord your God: for he hath giuen you the rayne of righteousnes, he wil cause to come downe for you the rayne, euen the first raine, and the latter raine in the first moneth.
Nou menm, moun Siyon yo, fè fèt! Fè kè nou kontan poutèt sa Seyè a, Bondye nou an, fè pou nou. Li ban nou kantite lapli nou te bezwen nan sezon lotòn. Li ban nou gwo lapli loraj ak lapli nan sezon prentan, jan l' te konn fè l' anvan an.
24 And the barnes shalbe full of wheate, and the presses shall abound with wine and oyle.
Glasi yo pral plen grenn. Barik yo pral plen diven ak lwil fre.
25 And I will render you the yeeres that the grashopper hath eaten, the canker worme and the caterpiller and the palmer worme, my great hoste which I sent among you.
M'a ban nou ankò tou sa nou te pèdi pandan tout tan bann gwo krikèt yo, ti krikèt yo, ti chini yo ak gwo chini yo te devore rekòt nou yo. Se mwen menm ki te voye lame sa a sou nou.
26 So you shall eate and be satisfied and praise the Name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt marueilously with you: and my people shall neuer be ashamed.
Nou pral manje plen vant nou. N'a fè lwanj Seyè a, Bondye nou an, ki te fè tout bèl bagay sa yo pou nou. Yo p'ap janm pase pèp mwen an nan betiz ankò.
27 Ye shall also know, that I am in the middes of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God and none other, and my people shall neuer be ashamed.
Lè sa a, n'a konnen mwen kanpe la nan mitan pèp Izrayèl la. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki Bondye nou. Pa gen tankou m'. Yo p'ap janm pase pèp mwen an nan betiz ankò.
28 And afterward will I powre out my Spirit vpon all flesh: and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie: your olde men shall dreame dreames, and your yong men shall see visions,
Apre sa, m'a vide lespri mwen sou tout moun. Pitit gason ak pitit fi nou yo va bay mesaj m'a ba yo. Granmoun nou yo va fè rèv. Jennmoun nou yo va gen vizyon.
29 And also vpon the seruants, and vpon the maydes in those dayes wil I powre my Spirit.
Wi, lè sa a, m'a vide lespri m' sou tout moun, ata sou moun k'ap travay lakay nou, fi kou gason.
30 And I will shewe wonders in the heauens and in the earth: blood and fire, and pillars of smoke.
M'apral fè mèvèy parèt nan syèl la ak sou latè a. Va gen san, dife ak gwo nwaj lafimen.
31 The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
Solèy la pral vin tou nwa, lalin lan pral vin wouj kou san anvan jou Seyè a va rive. Aa! Se va yon gwo jou, yon jou k'ap fè moun tranble.
32 But whosoeuer shall call on the Name of the Lord, shalbe saued: for in mount Zion, and in Ierusale shalbe deliuerance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant, whom the Lord shall call.
Lè sa a, tout moun ki va rele nan pye Seyè a va sove. Paske sou mòn Siyon ak nan lavil Jerizalèm va gen moun ki va chape, jan Seyè a te di l' la. Wi, tout moun Seyè a va chwazi, se yo ki va chape.
