約珥書 2
1 你們要在錫安吹角， 在我聖山吹出大聲。 國中的居民都要發顫； 因為耶和華的日子將到， 已經臨近。
Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble in fear, for the day of Yahweh is coming; indeed, it is near.
2 那日是黑暗、幽冥、 密雲、烏黑的日子， 好像晨光鋪滿山嶺。 有一隊蝗蟲又大又強； 從來沒有這樣的， 以後直到萬代也必沒有。
It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. Like the dawn that spreads on the mountains, a large and mighty army is approaching. There has never been an army like it, and there never will be again, even after many generations.
3 牠們前面如火燒滅， 後面如火焰燒盡。 未到以前，地如伊甸園； 過去以後，成了荒涼的曠野； 沒有一樣能躲避牠們的。
A fire is consuming everything in front of it, and behind it a flame is burning. The land is like the garden of Eden in front of it, but behind it there is a ruined wilderness. Indeed, nothing will escape from it.
4 牠們的形狀如馬， 奔跑如馬兵。
The army's appearance is like horses, and they run like horsemen.
5 在山頂蹦跳的響聲如車輛的響聲， 又如火焰燒碎詡的響聲， 好像強盛的民擺陣預備打仗。
They jump with a noise like that of chariots on the tops of the mountains, like the noise of fiery flames that devour the stubble, like a mighty army ready for battle.
6 牠們一來，眾民傷慟， 臉都變色。
At their presence people are in anguish and all their faces become pale.
7 牠們如勇士奔跑， 像戰士爬城； 各都步行，不亂隊伍。
They run like mighty warriors; they climb the walls like soldiers; they march, every one in step, and do not break their ranks.
8 彼此並不擁擠，向前各行其路， 直闖兵器，不偏左右。
Neither does one thrust another aside; they march, each in his path; they break through the defenses and do not fall out of line.
9 牠們蹦上城，躥上牆， 爬上房屋， 進入窗戶如同盜賊。
They rush on the city, they run on the wall, they climb in the houses, and they go through the windows like thieves.
10 牠們一來， 地震天動， 日月昏暗， 星宿無光。
The earth shakes in front of them, the heavens tremble, the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars stop shining.
11 耶和華在他軍旅前發聲， 他的隊伍甚大； 成就他命的是強盛者。 因為耶和華的日子大而可畏， 誰能當得起呢？
Yahweh raises his voice in front of his army, for his warriors are very numerous; for they are strong, those who carry out his commands. For the day of Yahweh is great and very terrible. Who can survive it?
12 耶和華說：雖然如此， 你們應當禁食、哭泣、悲哀， 一心歸向我。
“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “Return to me with all your heart. Fast, weep, and mourn.”
13 你們要撕裂心腸， 不撕裂衣服。 歸向耶和華－你們的上帝； 因為他有恩典，有憐憫， 不輕易發怒， 有豐盛的慈愛， 並且後悔不降所說的災。
Tear your heart and not only your garments, and return to Yahweh your God. For he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in covenant faithfulness, and he would like to turn from inflicting punishment.
14 或者他轉意後悔，留下餘福， 就是留下獻給耶和華－你們上帝的素祭和奠祭， 也未可知。
Who knows? Will he perhaps turn and have compassion, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for Yahweh your God?
15 你們要在錫安吹角， 分定禁食的日子， 宣告嚴肅會。
Blow the trumpet in Zion, call for a holy fast, and call a holy assembly.
16 聚集眾民，使會眾自潔： 招聚老者， 聚集孩童和吃奶的； 使新郎出離洞房， 新婦出離內室。
Gather the people, call for the holy assembly. Assemble the elders, gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegrooms come out of their rooms, and the brides out of their bridal chambers.
17 事奉耶和華的祭司 要在廊子和祭壇中間哭泣，說： 耶和華啊，求你顧惜你的百姓， 不要使你的產業受羞辱， 列邦管轄他們。 為何容列國的人說： 「他們的上帝在哪裏」呢？
Let the priests, the servants of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and do not make your inheritance into an object of scorn, that the nations mock them. Why should they say among the nations, 'Where is their God?'”
18 耶和華就為自己的地發熱心， 憐恤他的百姓。
Then Yahweh was zealous for his land and had pity on his people.
19 耶和華應允他的百姓說： 我必賜給你們五穀、新酒，和油， 使你們飽足； 我也不再使你們受列國的羞辱；
Yahweh answered his people, “Look, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil. You will be satisfied with them, and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations.
20 卻要使北方來的軍隊遠離你們， 將他們趕到乾旱荒廢之地： 前隊趕入東海， 後隊趕入西海； 因為他們所行的大惡， 臭氣上升，腥味騰空。
I will remove the northern attackers far from you, and will drive them into a dry and abandoned land. The front of their army will go into the eastern sea, and the rear into the western sea. Its stench will rise, and its bad smell will rise.” Indeed, he has done great things.
21 地土啊，不要懼怕； 要歡喜快樂， 因為耶和華行了大事。
Do not fear, land, be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh will do great things.
22 田野的走獸啊，不要懼怕； 因為，曠野的草發生， 樹木結果， 無花果樹、葡萄樹也都效力。
Do not fear, beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness will sprout, the trees will bear their fruit, and the fig trees and the vines will yield their full harvest.
23 錫安的民哪，你們要快樂， 為耶和華－你們的上帝歡喜； 因他賜給你們合宜的秋雨， 為你們降下甘霖， 就是秋雨、春雨，和先前一樣。
Be glad, people of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh your God. For he will give you the autumn rain in due course and bring down showers for you, the autumn rain and the spring rain as before.
24 禾場必滿了麥子； 酒醡與油醡必有新酒和油盈溢。
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 我打發到你們中間的大軍隊， 就是蝗蟲、蝻子、螞蚱、剪蟲， 那些年所吃的，我要補還你們。
“I will restore to you the years of crops that the swarming locust has eaten —the great locust, the devouring locust, and the destroying locust— my mighty army that I sent among you.
26 你們必多吃而得飽足， 就讚美為你們行奇妙事之耶和華－你們上帝的名。 我的百姓必永遠不致羞愧。
You will eat plentifully and be full, and praise the name of Yahweh your God, who has done wonders among you, and I will never again bring shame on my people.
27 你們必知道我是在以色列中間， 又知道我是耶和華－你們的上帝； 在我以外並無別神。 我的百姓必永遠不致羞愧。
You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh your God, and there is none else, and I will never bring shame on my people.
28 以後，我要將我的靈澆灌凡有血氣的。 你們的兒女要說預言； 你們的老年人要做異夢， 少年人要見異象。
It will come about 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 在那些日子， 我要將我的靈澆灌我的僕人和使女。
Also on servants and female servants, in those days I will pour out my Spirit.
30 「在天上地下，我要顯出奇事，有血，有火，有煙柱。
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 日頭要變為黑暗，月亮要變為血，這都在耶和華大而可畏的日子未到以前。
The sun will turn into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32 到那時候，凡求告耶和華名的就必得救；因為照耶和華所說的，在錫安山，耶路撒冷必有逃脫的人，在剩下的人中必有耶和華所召的。」
It will be that everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the survivors, those whom Yahweh calls.
