Joel 2
1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near.
你們要在熙雍吹起號角，在我的的聖山下吹起號筒! 叫大地所有的居民戰慄害怕，因為上主的日子來了，且已來近了。
2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As blackness spreading on the mountains a great and powerful people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even after the years of many generations.
那是一個陰霾昏暗的日子，是一個濃雲漆黑的日子! 一個龐大結盛的民族猶如曙光一樣，散布在各山下；像這樣的民族，是亙古以來從未有過，此後歷盡萬世萬代，也不會再有。
3 A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
在這的前面，有吞滅的烈火，後面，有燃燒的火燄；這民族未來以前，大地有如伊甸樂園，既來以後，卻成了荒涼的；什麼也沒有留下。
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
你們的形狀有如馬的形狀，牠們奔馳有如戰爭馬．
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a mighty people drawn up for battle.
牠們跳躍，發出有如戰車越過山巔的轔轔聲，發出有如烈火焚燒稻草的爆裂聲，活像一支嚴陣以待的強大軍旅。
6 At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
萬民一見，為之惶恐，人人臉面為之失色。
7 They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they do not swerve off course.
們們疾進有如勇士，攀登城牆有如戰士，各走自己的路線，從不混亂自己的行列。
8 Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and do not break ranks.
牠們各不相擠，各循自己的路線進行；既使衝鋒陷陣，仍不散亂。
9 They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
牠們進攻城邑，奔上城牆壁，攀登屋頂，闖進窗戶，一個盜賊一樣。
10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
在牠們面前，大地為之震蕩，諸天為之搖動，星辰為之失光。
11 The LORD thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of the LORD is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?
上主在自己的軍旅散發出了自己的聲音，衪的隊伍極其龐大，執行衪命令的，又是強而有力的；上主的一個子實在偉大，極甚可怕：有誰能抵得住﹖
12 "Yet even now," says the LORD, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
至少現在，──上主的斷語──你們應全心歸向我，禁食，哭泣，悲哀!
13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
應撕裂的，是你們的心，而不是你們的衣服；你們應歸向上主你們的天主．因為衪寬仁慈悲，遲於發怒，富於慈愛，常懊悔降災。
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God.
有誰知道，也許衪會轉意後悔，在這場災禍後，給你們留下祝福，好使你們能給上主你們的天主獻上素祭和奠祭。
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
你們要在熙雍吹起號角，制定一個齋期，召開一個盛會。
16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
要召集民眾，制定一個集會。召集老人，集合幼童，既使吃奶的嬰兒；新郎應走出他的洞房，新郎應離開她的閨房。
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, LORD, and do not give your heritage to mockery, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
上主的僕人──司祭，應在殿廊與祭壇之間痛哭，說：「上主，求你憐恤你的百姓，不要讓你的基業遭受侮辱，使異民取笑他們! 為什麼讓人在異民中說：他們的的天主在哪裏﹖」
18 Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
上主對自己的地域又重加妒愛，憐憫了自己的百姓。
19 The LORD answered his people, "Look, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will eat and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
上主答覆衪的百姓說：我必再賜給你們五榖、酒、油，使你們得享飽飫；不再使你們在異民中遭受恥辱。
20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise." Surely he has done great things.
我要使從北方來的大軍，遠離你們；要驅逐他們到荒涼不毛地，使他們的先鋒面向東海，使他們的殿軍面向西海；他們的臭氣要上升，他們的腥臭要上騰。「因為他們行了大惡。」
21 Land, do not be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.
田地，你不要害怕，反要歡愉喜樂，因為上主行了大事。
22 Do not be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
田間的野獸，你們不要害怕，因為原野的牧場又已發青，樹木已再結果，無花果樹和葡萄樹必再供給出產。
23 "Be glad then, you people of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
熙雍的子女! 你們應歡樂，應喜樂於上主你們的天主，因為衪按公義，像昔日一樣，賜給了且給你們時雨，且給你們降下甘霖：秋雨和春雨。
24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
禾埸必充滿莊稼，榨池必湧出美酒和新酒。
25 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
我必要補償你們，我對你們派來的大軍：飛蝗、冬斯、蚱蜢和蝻子，連年所吃掉的收成。
26 You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of the LORD, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never be put to shame.
你們必得飽食，必要頌揚上主你們的天主的名，因為衪為你們行了奇妙的事。 [我的百姓永不再蒙受羞辱。]
27 You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never be put to shame.
你們將會知道：我是在以色列中間，我是上主你們的天主，此外再沒有別的神；而我的百姓永不再蒙受羞辱。
28 "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
此後──上主的斷語──我要將我的神傾注在一切有血肉的人身上：你們的兒子們和你們的女兒們要說預言，你們的老人要人要看夢境，你們的青年要見神視；
29 And also on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
在那些日裏，既使在奴僕和婢女身上，我也要傾注我的神。
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
我要在上天下地顯示奇異的徵兆：血、火和煙柱。
31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
在上主偉大可畏的日子來臨以前，太陽要變為昏暗，月亮要變成血紅。
32 And it will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.
將來，凡呼號上主名號的人，必然獲救，因為如上主所說，在熙雍山，在耶路撒冷必有救援，必有上主召選的劫後餘生。
