Joel 2
1 ¡Toquen trompeta en Sion! ¡Suene alarma en mi Montaña Santa! ¡Tiemblen todos los habitantes de la tierra! Porque viene el día de Yavé. Ciertamente está cerca.
Blow trumpets on Zion [Hill], God’s sacred hill [in Jerusalem]! Tell the people of Judah that they should tremble, because it will soon be the time for Yahweh [to punish us further].
2 Día de oscuridad y de falta de luz, como negrura que se extiende sobre las montañas. Es un pueblo grande y poderoso. Nunca hubo algo igual, ni lo habrá en los años de muchas generaciones.
[That will be a very] dark and gloomy day; there will be [black] clouds and it will be very dark. A huge [swarm of locusts] has covered the mountains like [SIM] a black [cloud]. Nothing like this has ever happened before, and nothing like this will ever [happen] again.
3 Un fuego devora delante de él. Tras él quema la llama. Como un jardín de Edén era la tierra antes de ellos, pero será un desolado desierto después de ellos y nada en absoluto se les escapa.
[It is as though the locusts bring] flames of fire from which no one can escape. In front of them, the land was [beautiful] like [SIM] the garden of Eden, but behind them [the land is like] a desert and nothing survives.
4 Su apariencia tiene aspecto de corceles, de jinetes que galopan.
[The locusts] resemble horses, and they run like [SIM] war horses.
5 Con un estrépito de carruajes brincan en las cumbres de las montañas. Con el chasquido de llamas de fuego devoran la hojarasca, como pueblo poderoso dispuesto para la batalla.
Leaping over the mountaintops, they make a noise like rumbling chariots, like [SIM] a mighty army that is preparing for a battle, or like [SIM] the roar of a fire that burns up stubble [in a field].
6 Los pueblos tiemblan delante de él, palidecen todos los semblantes.
When people see them coming, they become very pale and frightened.
7 Corren cual valientes, escalan el muro como guerreros, cada cual marcha en su fila y no abandona su rumbo.
[The locusts] climb over walls like soldiers do; they march along in columns and never turn aside [from their columns].
8 No se estorban unos a otros, cada cual marcha por su camino. Cuando irrumpen a través de las defensas no rompen filas.
They rush straight ahead without pushing each other. [Even though people throw] spears and javelins at them, that will not cause them to stop.
9 Asaltan la ciudad, escalan el muro, suben a las casas, y como ladrones, penetran por las ventanas.
They swarm over the city walls and enter our houses; they enter through our windows like [SIM] thieves do.
10 Delante de ellos tiembla la tierra y se estremecen los cielos, el sol y la luna se oscurecen y las estrellas retiran su fulgor.
[It is as though] they cause the earth to shake and the sky to tremble. The sun and the moon become dark and the stars do not shine [because there are so many locusts in the sky].
11 Yavé da su voz ante su ejército. Su campamento es muy grande, poderoso el que ejecuta su Palabra. ¡Porque grande y terrible es el día de Yavé! ¿Quién lo podrá soportar?
Yahweh leads this army [of countless locusts], and they obey his commands. This time when he is judging and punishing us is very terrible, [with the result that it seems that] no one [RHQ] can survive it.
12 Pero aun ahora, Yavé dice: ¡Regresen a Mí de todo corazón, con ayuno, llanto y lamento!
But Yahweh says, “In spite of [these disasters that you have experienced], you can return to me with all your inner beings. Weep, and mourn, and (fast/abstain from eating food) [to show that you are sorry for having abandoned me].
13 Rasguen su corazón, y no sus ropas. Regresen a Yavé su ʼElohim, Quien es clemente y compasivo, lento para la ira y grande en misericordia, y se duele del castigo.
Do not tear your clothes [to show that you are sorry]; instead, show [MET] that you are sorry.” Yahweh is merciful and kind; he does not quickly become angry; he faithfully loves [people]. He does not quickly become angry; instead, he greatly and faithfully loves [you], and he does not like to punish you.
14 Quizás se vuelva, se conduela, y a su paso deje una bendición, [es decir], una ofrenda vegetal y una libación para Yavé, el ʼElohim de ustedes.
No one knows [RHQ] if he will change his mind [about punishing you] and if instead he will act mercifully [toward you]. If he does that, he will bless you [by giving you plenty of grain and wine] in order that you can offer [some of] those things as sacrifices to him.
15 ¡Toquen trompeta en Sion, proclamen ayuno! ¡Convoquen asamblea,
Blow the trumpets on Zion [Hill]! Gather the people together! Show by fasting that you are sorry [for the sins that you have committed].
16 congreguen al pueblo, santifiquen la asamblea, reúnan a los ancianos, reúnan a los niños y a los bebés! ¡Salga el novio de su habitación, y la novia de su tálamo!
Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh. Gather everyone together— the old people and the children, even the babies, and summon brides and bridegrooms from their rooms.
17 ¡Lloren los sacerdotes entre la entrada y el altar! Y digan los ministros de Yavé: Oh Yavé, perdona a tu pueblo. No entregues tu heredad al oprobio, a la burla entre los gentiles. ¿Por qué se dirá entre los pueblos: Dónde está su ʼElohim?
Tell the priests who serve Yahweh to cry between the altar and the entrance to the temple and to pray [this]: “Yahweh, rescue/save [us] your people; do not allow people from other nations to despise us; do not allow them to ridicule us and say, ‘Why has [RHQ] their God [abandoned them]?’”
18 Entonces Yavé se llenará de celo por su tierra y de compasión por su pueblo.
But Yahweh [showed that he] was concerned about his people and that he would act mercifully toward them.
19 Yavé responderá y dirá a su pueblo: Miren, Yo les envío trigo, vino y aceite. Serán saciados con ellos. Y nunca más los pondré como oprobio de las naciones.
When the people prayed, Yahweh answered and said, “I will give you [plenty of] grain and wine and [olive] oil, and you will be satisfied. And I will no longer allow other nations to insult you.
20 Alejaré de ustedes al del norte, lo dispersaré por tierra seca y desolada. Su vanguardia estará hacia el mar oriental, y su retaguardia hacia el mar occidental. Se esparcirá su hediondez, y se extenderá su pestilencia, porque hizo grandes cosas.
Another army [of locusts will come] from the north [to attack you], but I will force them to continue [past Jerusalem] into the desert. Some will go into the Dead Sea in the east and some will go into the [Mediterranean] Sea in the west. [There] they will [all die, and their bodies] will stink.” Yahweh does great things!
21 ¡Regocíjate y alégrate, oh tierra, y no temas, porque Yavé hizo proezas!
He does wonderful things! So even the ground should rejoice!
22 No teman, animales del campo, porque los pastos del desierto germinarán, porque el árbol dará su fruto, y la vid y la higuera producirán abundante fruto.
And the wild animals should not be afraid, because the meadows will soon become green again; the fig trees and [other] trees will be full of fruit, and the grapevines will be covered with grapes.
23 ¡Alégrense, oh hijos de Sion y regocíjense en Yavé su ʼElohim! Porque en su justicia les da la lluvia, la temprana y la tardía como antes.
You people of Jerusalem, rejoice about what Yahweh, your God, [will be doing for you]. He will send abundant rain at the (right time/time when it is needed)— (in the spring/early in the year) and (in the autumn/late in the year) like he did previously.
24 Las eras se llenarán de trigo, los lagares rebosarán de vino nuevo y aceite.
The ground where you thresh the grain will be covered with grain, and your vats where you store grape juice and [olive] oil will be full.
25 Les restituiré los años que devoraron el saltón, el saltamontes, el cigarrón y la langosta, mi gran ejército que envié contra ustedes.
[Yahweh said, ] “I will repay you for everything that was destroyed by those great swarms of locusts that I sent to attack you.
26 Comerán en abundancia, se saciarán y alabarán el Nombre de Yavé su ʼElohim, porque hizo prodigios por ustedes. Nunca más mi pueblo será avergonzado.
You, my people, will eat until your stomachs are full. Then you will praise me [MTY], Yahweh, your God, for the wonderful things that I have done for you. And never again will you be disgraced.
27 Sabrán que Yo estoy en medio de Israel, que Yo soy Yavé su ʼElohim y que no hay algún otro. Mi pueblo nunca más será avergonzado.
When that happens, you will know that I am [always] among you, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and that there is no other [God]. Never again will you be disgraced.”
28 Después de esto derramaré mi Espíritu sobre todo ser humano. Sus hijos y sus hijas profetizarán, sus ancianos tendrán sueños y sus jóvenes tendrán visiones.
“Some time later, I will give my Spirit to many [HYP] people. Your sons and daughters will proclaim messages that come directly from me. Your old men will have dreams [that come from me], and your young men will have visions [that come from me].
29 También sobre los esclavos y las esclavas derramaré mi Espíritu en aquellos días.
At that time, I will give my Spirit even to servants, both men and women.
30 Haré prodigios en los cielos y en la tierra, sangre, fuego y columnas de humo.
I will do unusual/amazing things on the earth and in the sky. [On the earth] [CHI], there will be much blood [shed] and [there will be very large] fires and smoke that resembles huge clouds.
31 El sol se convertirá en tinieblas y la luna en sangre, antes que llegue el día grande y terrible de Yavé.
[In the sky, ] the sun will become dark and the moon will become [as red as] [MET] blood. [Those things will happen] before that great and terrible day when [I], Yahweh, appear.
32 Sucederá que todo el que invoque el nombre de Yavé será salvo, porque en la Montaña Sion y en Jerusalén quedará un remanente, según dijo Yavé. Y entre los supervivientes estarán los que Yavé llamó.
But at that time [I] will save everyone who worships me. I promise that some people in Jerusalem [DOU] will escape [those disasters]; those whom I have chosen will survive.”
