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 the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD comes, for it is close at hand:
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 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 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.
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 Quasi aspectus equorum, aspectus eorum: et quasi equites sic current.
Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.
5 Sicut sonitus quadrigarum super capita montium exilient, sicut sonitus flammae ignis devorantis stipulam, velut populus fortis praeparatus ad praelium.
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 A facie eius cruciabuntur populi: omnes vultus redigentur in ollam.
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
7 Sicut fortes current: quasi viri bellatores ascendent murum: viri in viis suis gradientur, et non declinabunt a semitis suis.
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 Unusquisque fratrem suum non coarctabit, singuli in calle suo ambulabunt: sed et per fenestras cadent, et non demolientur.
One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defences and don’t break ranks.
9 Urbem ingredientur, in muro current: domos conscendent, per fenestras intrabunt quasi fur.
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 A facie eius contremuit terra, moti sunt caeli: sol et luna obtenebrati sunt et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw 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?
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?
12 Nunc ergo dicit Dominus: Convertimini ad me in toto corde vestro in ieiunio, et in fletu, et in planctu.
“Yet even now,” says the LORD, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
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.
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.
14 Quis scit si convertatur, et ignoscat, et relinquat post se benedictionem, sacrificium, et libamen Domino Deo nostro?
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.
15 Canite tuba in Sion, sanctificate ieiunium, vocate coetum.
Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
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 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 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, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, LORD, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say amongst the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
18 Zelatus est Dominus terram suam, et pepercit populo suo:
Then the LORD was jealous for his land, and had 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.
The LORD 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 amongst the 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.
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 Noli timere terra, exulta et laetare: quoniam magnificavit Dominus ut faceret.
Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.
22 Nolite timere animalia regionis: quia germinaverunt speciosa deserti, quia lignum attulit fructum suum, ficus, et vinea dederunt virtutem suam.
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 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.
“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, 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 Et implebuntur areae frumento, et redundabunt torcularia vino, et oleo.
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow 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.
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 amongst you.
26 Et comedetis vescentes, et saturabimini: et laudabitis nomen Domini Dei vestri, qui fecit mirabilia vobiscum: et non confundetur populus meus in sempiternum.
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 again be disappointed.
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.
You will know that I am amongst Israel, and that I am the LORD, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
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.
“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 Sed et super servos meos, et ancillas in diebus illis effundam spiritum meum.
And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
30 Et dabo prodigia in caelo, et in terra, sanguinem, et ignem, et vaporem fumi.
I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 Sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem: antequam veniat dies Domini magnus, et horribilis.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
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.
It will happen that whoever will call on the LORD’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and amongst the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.
