Joel 2

1 to blow trumpet in/on/with Zion and to shout in/on/with mountain: mount holiness my to tremble all to dwell [the] land: country/planet for to come (in): come day LORD for near

Blow a horn in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord comes, for near is

2 day darkness and darkness day cloud and cloud like/as dawn to spread upon [the] mountain: mount people many and mighty like him not to be from [the] forever: antiquity and after him not to add: again till year generation and generation

the day of darkness and gloom, the day of cloud and thick darkness! Like the light of dawn scattered over the mountains, a people great and powerful; its like has not been from of old, neither will be any more after it, even to the years of coming ages.

3 to/for face: before his to eat fire and after him to kindle flame like/as garden Eden [the] land: country/planet to/for face: before his and after him wilderness devastation and also survivor not to be to/for him

Before them the fire devours, and behind them a flame burns; like the garden of Eden is the land before them, and after them it is a desolate desert, nothing escapes them.

4 like/as appearance horse appearance his and like/as horse so to run: run [emph?]

Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and like horsemen they charge.

5 like/as voice: sound chariot upon head: top [the] mountain: mount to skip about [emph?] like/as voice: sound flame fire to eat stubble like/as people: soldiers mighty to arrange battle

Like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains they leap, like the crackle of flames devouring stubble, like a mighty people preparing for battle.

6 from face: before his to twist: writh in pain people all face to gather pale

Peoples are in anguish before them, all faces grow pale.

7 like/as mighty man to run: run [emph?] like/as human battle to ascend: rise wall and man: anyone in/on/with way: journey his to go: walk [emph?] and not to lend [emph?] way their

Like mighty men they run, like warriors they mount up a wall, they march each by himself, they break not their ranks,

8 and man: anyone brother: compatriot his not to crowd [emph?] great man in/on/with highway his to go: walk [emph?] and about/through/for [the] missile to fall: fall not to cut off: to end

none jostles the other. They march each in his path. They fall upon the weapons without breaking.

9 in/on/with city to rush in/on/with wall to run: run [emph?] in/on/with house: home to ascend: rise about/through/for [the] window to come (in): come like/as thief

They scour the city, they run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. Like a thief they enter the windows.

10 to/for face: before his to tremble land: country/planet to shake heaven sun and moon be dark and star to gather brightness their

Earth trembles before them, the sky quakes, the sun and moon become dark, and the stars withdraw their shining;

11 and LORD to give: cry out voice his to/for face: before strength: soldiers his for many much camp his for mighty to make: do word his for great: large day LORD and to fear: revere much and who? to sustain him

and the Lord utters his voice before his army, for his host is exceedingly great. Mighty is he who performs his word. For great is the day of the Lord, it is terrible, who can endure it?

12 and also now utterance LORD to return: return till me in/on/with all heart your and in/on/with fast and in/on/with weeping and in/on/with mourning

But now this is the message of the Lord: Turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting and weeping and mourning,

13 and to tear heart your and not garment your and to return: return to(wards) LORD God your for gracious and compassionate he/she/it slow face: anger and many kindness and to be sorry: relent upon [the] distress: harm

rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God; for he indeed is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and plenteous in love, and relents of the evil.

14 who? to know to return: repent and to be sorry: relent and to remain after him blessing offering and drink offering to/for LORD God your

Who knows but he will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a cereal and drink-offering for the Lord your God.

15 to blow trumpet in/on/with Zion to consecrate: consecate fast to call: call to assembly

Blow a horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, summon an assembly,

16 to gather people to consecrate: consecate assembly to gather old: elder to gather infant and to suckle breast to come out: come son-in-law from chamber his and daughter-in-law: bride from canopy her

gather the people, make holy the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and the infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom come forth from his chamber, and the bride from her bridal tent.

17 between [the] Portico and to/for altar to weep [the] priest to minister LORD and to say to pity [emph?] LORD upon people your and not to give: make inheritance your to/for reproach to/for to rule in/on/with them nation to/for what? to say in/on/with people where? God their

Between the porch and the altar, let the priests, the ministers of the Lord weep aloud, let them say: Spare, the Lord, your people. Make not your heritage an object of reproach, for the heathen to mock them. Why should it be said among the nations, “Where is their God?”

18 and be jealous LORD to/for land: country/planet his and to spare upon people his

Then the Lord became deeply concerned for his land, and took pity upon his people,

19 and to answer LORD and to say to/for people his look! I to send: depart to/for you [obj] [the] grain and [the] new wine and [the] oil and to satisfy with him and not to give: make [obj] you still reproach in/on/with nation

and the Lord answered and said to his people: I will send you corn, wine, and oil. You will be satisfied. I will not make you again an object of scorn among the nations,

20 and [obj] [the] northern to remove from upon you and to banish him to(wards) land: country/planet dryness and devastation [obj] face: before his to(wards) [the] sea [the] eastern and end his to(wards) [the] sea [the] last and to ascend: rise stench his and to ascend: rise stench his for to magnify to/for to make: do

I will remove far from you the northern foe, and I will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its front into the eastern sea, and its rear to the western sea. And from it a stench will arise. He has done great things!

21 not to fear land: soil to rejoice and to rejoice for to magnify LORD to/for to make: do

Fear not, land, exult. Rejoice for the Lord has done great things!

22 not to fear animal field for to sprout habitation wilderness for tree to lift: bear fruit his fig and vine to give: give strength: rich their

Fear not, animals of the field. For the pastures of the wilderness are putting forth new grass, for the trees bear their fruit, fig tree and vine yield full harvest.

23 and son: child Zion to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with LORD God your for to give: give to/for you [obj] [the] rain/teacher to/for righteousness and to go down to/for you rain rain/teacher and spring rain in/on/with first: previous

Be glad, then, children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the early rain in just measure, and poured down upon you the winter rain, and sent the latter rain as before.

24 and to fill [the] threshing floor grain and to overflow [the] wine new wine and oil

The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

25 and to complete to/for you [obj] [the] year which to eat [the] locust [the] locust and [the] locust and [the] locust strength: soldiers my [the] great: large which to send: depart in/on/with you

I will repay you for the years which the swarming locust has eaten. The hopping, the destroying, and the cutting locusts, my great army which I sent among you, and my people will never again be put to shame.

26 and to eat to eat and to satisfy and to boast: praise [obj] name LORD God your which to make: do with you to/for to wonder and not be ashamed people my to/for forever: any time

You will eat your food and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who has dealt so wonderfully by you,

27 and to know for in/on/with entrails: among Israel I and I LORD God your and nothing still and not be ashamed people my to/for forever: any time

and you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, that I am the Lord your God and none else, and my people will never again be put to shame.

28 and to be after so to pour: pour [obj] spirit my upon all flesh and to prophesy son: descendant/people your and daughter your old your dream to dream [emph?] youth your vision to see: see

Afterwards, I will pour out my spirit on everyone. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions,

29 and also upon [the] servant/slave and upon [the] maidservant in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to pour: pour [obj] spirit my

and even on your male and female slaves in those days, I will pour out my spirit.

30 and to give: make wonder in/on/with heaven and in/on/with land: country/planet blood and fire and column smoke

And I will show signs in the sky and on earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.

31 [the] sun to overturn to/for darkness and [the] moon to/for blood to/for face: before to come (in): come day LORD [the] great: large and [the] to fear

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

32 and to be all which to call: call to in/on/with name LORD to escape for in/on/with mountain: mount Zion and in/on/with Jerusalem to be survivor like/as as which to say LORD and in/on/with survivor which LORD to call: call to

But whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, even as the Lord has said, and among the fugitives those whom the Lord calls.