Joël Propheta 2
1 Canite tuba in Sion, ululate in monte sancto meo, conturbentur omnes habitatores terrae: Quia venit dies Domini, quia prope est
Blow a horn in Zion, And shout in My holy hill, All inhabitants of the earth tremble, For the Day of YHWH is coming, for [it is] near!
2 dies tenebrarum, et caliginis, dies nubis, et turbinis: quasi mane expansum super montes populus multus et fortis: similis ei non fuit a principio, et post eum non erit usque in annos generationis et generationis.
A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like there has not been from of old, And after it there is not again—Until the years of generation and generation.
3 Ante faciem eius ignis vorans, et post eum exurens flamma: quasi hortus voluptatis terra coram eo, et post eum solitudo deserti, neque est qui effugiat eum.
Before it fire has consumed, And after it a flame burns, As the Garden of Eden [is] the land before it, And after it a wilderness—a desolation! And also there has not been to it an escape,
4 Quasi aspectus equorum, aspectus eorum: et quasi equites sic current.
As the appearance of horses [is] its appearance, And as horsemen, so they run.
5 Sicut sonitus quadrigarum super capita montium exilient, sicut sonitus flammae ignis devorantis stipulam, velut populus fortis praeparatus ad praelium.
As the noise of chariots, they skip on the tops of the mountains, As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble, As a mighty people set in array for battle.
6 A facie eius cruciabuntur populi: omnes vultus redigentur in ollam.
Pained are peoples from its face, All faces have gathered paleness.
7 Sicut fortes current: quasi viri bellatores ascendent murum: viri in viis suis gradientur, et non declinabunt a semitis suis.
They run as mighty ones, As men of war they go up a wall, And they each go in his own ways, And they do not change their paths.
8 Unusquisque fratrem suum non coarctabit, singuli in calle suo ambulabunt: sed et per fenestras cadent, et non demolientur.
And each does not press his brother, They each go on in his way, If they fall by the missile, they are not cut off.
9 Urbem ingredientur, in muro current: domos conscendent, per fenestras intrabunt quasi fur.
In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.
10 A facie eius contremuit terra, moti sunt caeli: sol et luna obtenebrati sunt et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum.
At their face the earth has trembled, The heavens have shaken, Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
11 Et Dominus dedit vocem suam ante faciem exercitus sui: quia multa sunt nimis castra eius, quia fortia et facientia verbum eius: magnus enim dies Domini, et terribilis valde: et quis sustinebit eum?
And YHWH has given forth His voice before His force, For His camp [is] very great, For mighty [is] the doer of His word, For great [is] the Day of YHWH—very fearful, And who bears it?
12 Nunc ergo dicit Dominus: Convertimini ad me in toto corde vestro in ieiunio, et in fletu, et in planctu.
“And also now,” a declaration of YHWH, “Turn back to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.”
13 Et scindite corda vestra, et non vestimenta vestra, et convertimini ad Dominum Deum vestrum: quia benignus et misericors est, patiens et multae misericordiae, et praestabilis super malitia.
And tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn back to your God YHWH, For He [is] gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And relenting from evil.
14 Quis scit si convertatur, et ignoscat, et relinquat post se benedictionem, sacrificium, et libamen Domino Deo nostro?
Who knows—He turns back, Indeed—He has relented, And He has left behind Him a blessing, A present and drink-offering of your God YHWH?
15 Canite tuba in Sion, sanctificate ieiunium, vocate coetum.
Blow a horn in Zion, Sanctify a fast—proclaim a restraint.
16 congregate populum, sanctificate ecclesiam, coadunate senes, congregate parvulos, et sugentes ubera: egrediatur sponsus de cubili suo, et sponsa de thalamo suo.
Gather the people, sanctify an assembly, Assemble the aged, Gather infants and sucklings of the breasts, Let a bridegroom go out from his inner chamber, And a bride out of her closet.
17 Inter vestibulum et altare plorabunt sacerdotes ministri Domini: et dicent: Parce Domine, parce populo tuo: et ne des hereditatem tuam in opprobrium ut dominentur eis nationes. quare dicunt in populis: Ubi est Deus eorum?
Let the priests weep between the porch and the altar, servants of YHWH, And let them say: “Have pity, O YHWH, on Your people, And do not give Your inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where [is] their God?”
18 Zelatus est Dominus terram suam, et pepercit populo suo:
And let YHWH be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.
19 Et respondit Dominus, et dixit populo suo: Ecce ego mittam vobis frumentum, et vinum, et oleum, et replebimini eis: et non dabo vos ultra opprobrium in Gentibus.
Let YHWH answer and say to His people, “Behold, I am sending to you the grain, And the new wine, and the oil, And you have been satisfied with it, And I make you no longer a reproach among nations,
20 Et eum, qui ab Aquilone est, procul faciam a vobis: et expellam eum in terram inviam, et desertam: faciem eius contra mare Orientale, et extremum eius ad mare novissimum: et ascendet foetor eius, et ascendet putredo eius, quia superbe egit.
And the northern I put far off from you, And have driven him to a land dry and desolate, With his face toward the Eastern Sea, And his rear to the Western Sea, And his stink has come up, And his stench comes up, For he has exerted himself to work.”
21 Noli timere terra, exulta et laetare: quoniam magnificavit Dominus ut faceret.
Do not fear, O land! Be glad and rejoice, For YHWH has exerted Himself to work.
22 Nolite timere animalia regionis: quia germinaverunt speciosa deserti, quia lignum attulit fructum suum, ficus, et vinea dederunt virtutem suam.
Do not fear, O livestock of the field! For pastures of a wilderness have sprung up, For the tree has borne its fruit, Fig tree and vine have given their strength!
23 Et filii Sion exultate, et laetamini in Domino Deo vestro: quia dedit vobis doctorem iustitiae, et descendere faciet ad vos imbrem matutinum et serotinum sicut in principio.
And you sons of Zion, Be glad and rejoice in your God YHWH, For He has given to you the Teacher for righteousness, And causes a shower to come down to you, Early rain and spring rain [as] in the beginning.
24 Et implebuntur areae frumento, et redundabunt torcularia vino, et oleo.
And the floors have been full [with] pure grain, And the presses have overflown [with] new wine and oil.
25 Et reddam vobis annos, quos comedit locusta, bruchus, et rubigo, et eruca: fortitudo mea magna, quam misi in vos.
“And I have repaid to you the years that the locust consumed, The cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, My great force that I sent against you.
26 Et comedetis vescentes, et saturabimini: et laudabitis nomen Domini Dei vestri, qui fecit mirabilia vobiscum: et non confundetur populus meus in sempiternum.
And you have eaten, eating and being satisfied, And have praised the Name of your God YHWH, Who has dealt with you wonderfully, And My people are not ashamed for all time.
27 Et scietis quia in medio Israel ego sum: et ego Dominus Deus vester, et non est amplius: et non confundetur populus meus in aeternum.
And you have known that I [am] in the midst of Israel, And I [am] your God YHWH, and there is none else, And My people are not ashamed for all time.
28 Et erit post haec: effundam spiritum meum super omnem carnem: et prophetabunt filii vestri, et filiae vestrae: senes vestri somnia somniabunt, et iuvenes vestri visiones videbunt.
And it has come to pass afterward, I pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And your sons and your daughters have prophesied, Your old men dream dreams, Your young men see visions.
29 Sed et super servos meos, et ancillas in diebus illis effundam spiritum meum.
And also on the menservants and on the maidservants, In those days I pour out My Spirit.
30 Et dabo prodigia in caelo, et in terra, sanguinem, et ignem, et vaporem fumi.
And I have given wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood, and fire, and columns of smoke.
31 Sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem: antequam veniat dies Domini magnus, et horribilis.
The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the Day of YHWH, The great and the fearful.
32 Et erit: omnis qui invocaverit nomen Domini, salvus erit: quia in monte Sion, et in Ierusalem erit salvatio, sicut dixit Dominus, et in residuis, quos Dominus vocaverit.
And it has come to pass, Everyone who calls on the Name of YHWH is delivered, For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there is an escape, As YHWH has said, And among the remnants whom YHWH is calling!”
