Jowèl 2
1 Soufle twonpèt la nan Sion, e sone alam nan sou mòn sen Mwen an! Kite tout moun k ap viv nan peyi a tranble, paske jou SENYÈ a ap vini. Anverite, li vin pwòch.
Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:
2 Yon jou fènwa ak pèdi espwa, yon jou nwaj yo ak tenèb byen pwès. Tankou solèy k ap leve sou mòn yo; konsa gen yon gwo pèp pwisan. Pa t janm gen yon bagay konsa, ni p ap janm gen anyen ankò, jis rive nan ane anpil jenerasyon yo.
A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
3 Devan yo, se dife k ap devore, e dèyè yo, se yon flanm k ap brile. Peyi a vin tankou jaden Eden devan yo, men yon savann dezole dèyè yo, e nanpwen anyen ki chape.
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.
4 Aparans yo se tankou aparans cheval la; epi kon yon kavalye kouri cheval li, se konsa yo kouri.
Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.
5 Tankou bri cha a k ap vòltije sou tèt mòn yo, se konsa yo sote; tankou bri a yon flanm dife k ap devore pay, se konsa yon gwo pèp ranje li pou batay.
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people set in battle array.
6 Devan yo, pèp yo vin nan gwo soufrans. Tout figi yo vin pal.
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
7 Yo kouri tankou mesye pwisan yo. Yo monte mi tankou sòlda. Konsa, yo mache byen ranje, ni yo pa kite pa yo.
They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
8 Youn pa jennen lòt. Yo chak mache nan pa yo. Lè y ap eklate travèse defans yo, yo pa kase ran ranje an.
One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.
9 Yo kouri sou vil la. Yo kouri sou miray la. Yo antre nan kay yo; nan fenèt yo antre kon vòlè.
They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
10 Devan yo, tè a souke. Syèl yo tranble. Solèy la ak lalin nan vin tou nwa, e zetwal yo vin pèdi briyans yo.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 Vwa SENYÈ a pale devan lame Li a. Anverite, kan Li vin byen gran, paske byen fò se sila ki akonpli pawòl Li a. Anverite, jou SENYÈ a gran. Li tèrib anpil! Se kilès ki ka sipòte li?
Yahweh thunders his voice before his army, for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?
12 “Koulye a menm”, deklare SENYÈ a, “retounen kote Mwen ak tout kè nou; avèk jèn, avèk gwo kri, e avèk gwo lamantasyon.”
“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 Konsa, rann kè nou, olye vètman nou.” Retounen kote SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, paske Li plen gras ak mizerikòd, lan nan kòlè, plen ak lanmou dous, e konn ralanti nan fè malè.
Tear your heart and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
14 Kilès ki ka konnen si Li p ap repanti kite sa a, pou L kite dèyè Li yon benediksyon, menm yon ofrann sereyal ak yon ofrann bwason pou SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an.
Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
15 Soufle yon twonpèt nan Sion! Konsakre yon jèn. Pwoklame yon asanble solanèl.
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
16 Rasanble moun yo. Fè yon asanble ki sen. Reyini ansyen yo. Rasanble timoun ak sila pran tete yo. Kite mesye marye a sòti nan chanm li, e lamarye a sòti nan chanm maryaj la.
Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
17 Kite prèt yo, sèvitè SENYÈ yo, kriye antre galri a ak lotèl la, kite yo di: “Epagne pèp Ou a, O SENYÈ! Pa fè eritaj Ou a vin yon repwòch, yon vye mò pami nasyon yo. Poukisa nasyon yo ta dwe di: “Kote Bondye Yo a ye?”
Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
18 Konsa, SENYÈ a te vin jalou pou peyi Li a, e Li te fè mizerikòd a pèp Li a.
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
19 SENYÈ a te reponn pou di a pèp Li a: “Gade byen, Mwen va voye bannou sereyal, diven nèf ak lwil. Nou va vin satisfè nèt ak yo. Mwen p ap fè nou ankò vin yon repwòch pami nasyon yo.
Yahweh answered his people, “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
20 Men Lame nò a, Mwen va retire li ale lwen nou, Mwen va pouse li ale nan yon peyi sèk e dezole. Tèt devan lame a, Mwen va lage nan lanmè lès la; pwent dèyè a, nan lanmè lwès la. Konsa, sant pouriti li a va vin leve. Movèz odè li va vin monte, paske se gwo bagay li te konn fè.”
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.
21 Pinga nou pè, O peyi a! Rejwi e fè kè nou kontan, paske SENYÈ a te fè gwo bagay.
Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22 Pa pè, nou menm bèt chan yo; paske patiraj yo nan dezè a deja vin vèt, paske pyebwa a vin bay fwi li. Pye fig la ak pye rezen an bay tout fòs yo.
Don’t 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.
23 Konsa, se pou nou fè kè kontan, O fis a Sion yo! Rejwi nou nan SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an; paske Li te bay nou lapli bonè nan kantite ki jis, li te fè vide sou nou lapli, premyè ak denyè lapli lan tankou avan an.
“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
24 Glasi vannen yo va plen ak sereyal, e chodyè yo va debòde ak diven nèf ak lwil.
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 Konsa, Mwen va restore bannou pou ane ke gwo krikèt te manje yo, ak ti krikèt la ki kouri a tè a, ak ti cheni ak gwo cheni ke M voye pami nou, gwo lame ke Mwen menm te voye pami nou.
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.
26 Nou va genyen anpil manje, nou va vin satisfè, e nou va fè lwanj non SENYÈ a, Bondye nou a, ki te aji ak mèvèy avèk nou. Konsa, pèp Mwen an p ap janm vin desi ankò.
You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.
27 Konsa, nou va konnen ke Mwen nan mitan Israël, ke Mwen se SENYÈ a, Bondye nou an, e ke pa gen okenn lòt; epi pèp Mwen an p ap janm vin desi.
You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
28 Li va vin rive apre sa, ke Mwen va vide Lespri M sou tout chè. Fis nou yo ak fi nou yo va pwofetize, e granmoun nou yo va fè vizyon yo.
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
29 Menm sou sèvitè ak sèvan yo, mwen va vide Lespri Mwen nan jou sa yo.
And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
30 Mwen va montre mèvèy yo nan syèl la ak sou tè a: san, dife, ak gwo kolòn lafimen.
I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 Solèy la va vin tou nwa, e lalin nan tankou san devan gwo jou tèrib SENYÈ a.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32 Epi li va vin rive ke nenpòt moun ki rele non SENYÈ a, li va delivre; paske nan Mòn Sion ak Jérusalem, va gen sila ki chape yo, jan SENYÈ a te di a, menm pami retay la, sa yo SENYÈ a rele.
It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
