Joel 2
1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near.
Hyɛn torobɛnto no wɔ Sion; hyɛn abɛn no wɔ me bepɔw kronkron no so. Ma wɔn a wɔte asase no so nyinaa ho mpopo, efisɛ Awurade da no reba, na abɛn koraa.
2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As blackness spreading on the mountains a great and powerful people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even after the years of many generations.
Sum ne kusukuukuu da. Omununkum ne sum kabii da. Sɛnea adekyee hann trɛtrɛw wɔ mmepɔw so no, saa ara na asraafo a wɔdɔɔso na wɔyɛ den ba no te. Wonhuu wɔn sɛso bi da, na wɔrenhu ne sɛso nso da.
3 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.
Ogya rehyew wɔ wɔn anim, ogyatannaa dɛw wɔ wɔn akyi, asase a ɛda wɔn anim no te sɛ Eden turo, nea ɛda wɔn akyi no te sɛ nweatam, hwee nguan wɔn.
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
Wɔte sɛ apɔnkɔ. Wohuruhuruw te sɛ apɔnkɔsotefo asraafo.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a mighty people drawn up for battle.
Wɔyɛ gyegyeegye te sɛ nteaseɛnam na wotu fa mmepɔw atifi, wɔte sɛ ogyatannaa a ɛhyew nwuraguanee wɔte sɛ asraafo akantinka a wɔrekɔ ɔsa.
6 At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
Aman ani bɔ wɔn so a, ehu bɔ wɔn; na wɔn anim hoa.
7 They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they do not swerve off course.
Wɔko kɔ wɔn anim te sɛ akofo; wɔforo afasu te sɛ asraafo na wɔn nyinaa kɔ wɔn anim tee, na wɔmman benkum anaa nifa.
8 Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and do not break ranks.
Wontwintwan wɔn ho wɔn ho anan mu; obiara nantew kɔ nʼanim tee. Wobu fa abandennen so, na wɔpem kɔ wɔn anim ara.
9 They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
Wɔtow hyɛ kuropɔn no so wotu mmirika fa afasu no so wɔforo kɔ afi mu, wɔfa mfɛnsere mu te sɛ akorɔmfo.
10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Asase wosow wɔ wɔn anim, na ɔsoro hinhim. Owia ne ɔsram duru sum, na nsoromma nhyerɛn bio.
11 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?
Awurade bobɔ mu de di nʼasraafo no anim. Nʼakofo no dɔɔso bebree, ahoɔdenfo ne wɔn a wodi nʼahyɛde so. Awurade da no yɛ kɛse na ɛyɛ hu; hena na obetumi agyina ano?
12 "Yet even now," says the LORD, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
“Na afei,” sɛnea Awurade se ni, “San fa wo koma nyinaa bra me nkyɛn, wɔ akɔnkyen, osu ne awerɛhow mu.”
13 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.
Sunsuan wo koma na ɛnyɛ wo ntade mu. San bra Awurade wo Nyankopɔn nkyɛn, efisɛ, ɔyɛ ɔdomfo, ne yam ye. Ne bo kyɛ fuw na ne dɔ boro so, na ɛnyɛ no anigye sɛ ɔtwe yɛn aso.
14 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.
Hena na onim? Ebia ɔbɛsesa nʼadwene na wahu mmɔbɔ na wagyaw nhyira, a ɛyɛ aduan ne ahwiesa afɔrebɔde a mode ma Awurade mo Nyankopɔn no.
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
Hyɛn torobɛnto wɔ Sion! Mommɔ akɔnkyen kronkron ho dawuru, momfrɛ nhyiamu kronkron.
16 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
Mommoaboa nnipa no ano montew nhyiamu no ho na ɛnyɛ kronkron; mommoaboa mpanyimfo, mmofra ne mmea a wɔrema nufu ano. Ma ayeforo ne ayeforokunu mfi wɔn pia mu mmra.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, LORD, and do not give your heritage to mockery, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"
Asɔfo a wɔsom wɔ Awurade anim no, nsu wɔ afɔremuka no ne abrannaa no ntam; na wɔnka se, “Awurade fa wo nkurɔfo ho kyɛ wɔn. Mma wʼagyapade nyɛ ahohorade anaa fɛwdi wɔ aman no mu. Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ wubisa wɔ nnipa no mu se, ‘Wɔn Nyame no wɔ he?’”
18 Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
Na Awurade bɛtwe ninkunu wɔ nʼasase ho na ne nkurɔfo ayɛ no mmɔbɔ.
19 The LORD answered his people, "Look, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will eat and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
Awurade bebua se, “Merebrɛ mo aduan, nsa foforo ne ngo, a ɛbɛso mo ama moamee pintinn. Merenyɛ mo ahohorade mma aman no bio.
20 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.
“Mɛpam atifi fam asraafo no afi wo nkyɛn akɔ akyirikyiri, mepia wɔn akɔ asase a awo na ɛyɛ kesee so. Nifa dɔm no bɛmem wɔ Nkyene Po no mu, na kyidɔm no bɛmem wɔ Ntam Po no mu. Na afunu no bɛbɔn na ne nka betu.” Nokware wayɛ nneɛma akɛse!
21 Land, do not be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.
Munnsuro, me nkurɔfo! Momma mo ani nnye, na monsɛpɛw mo ho. Nokware Awurade ayɛ nneɛma akɛse.
22 Do not 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.
Munnsuro, mo wuram mmoa! Efisɛ sare so adidibea reyɛ frɔmfrɔm. Nnua no resow wɔn aba; borɔdɔma ne bobe nso resow wɔn aba.
23 "Be glad then, you people of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
Momma mo ani nnye, mo Sion mma, Munni ahurusi wɔ Awurade mo Nyankopɔn mu, efisɛ watɔ asusowsu ama mo, ne nokwaredi nti. Watɔ osu bebree ama mo wɔ ne bere mu te sɛ kan no.
24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
Aduan bɛyɛ awiporowbea hɔ ma, nsa foforo ne ngo bebu so wɔ kyi amoa mu.
25 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 among you.
“Mɛhyɛ mo anan mu, nea mohweree mfe dodow a mmoadabi bɛsɛee mo nneɛma, mmoadabi akɛse ne nkumaa, ne wɔn a aka no nyinaa, me dɔm a mesomaa wɔn baa mo so no.
26 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 be put to shame.
Mubedidi amee, na mubeyi Awurade mo Nyankopɔn din ayɛ. Ɔno na wayɛ anwonwade ama mo; me nkurɔfo ani renwu bio.
27 You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never be put to shame.
Afei, mubehu sɛ, mewɔ Israel, mubehu sɛ mene Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, na obiara nni hɔ sɛ me; Me nkurɔfo ani renwu bio da.”
28 "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
“Na akyiri no, mehwie me honhom agu nnipa nyinaa so, mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea bɛhyɛ nkɔm, mo nkwakoraa bɛsoso adae, mo mmerante benya anisoadehu.
29 And also on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
Saa mmere no mu no, mehwie me Honhom agu mʼasomfo so, mmarima ne mmea.
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
Mɛyɛ anwonwade wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so, mede mogya, ogya ne wusiw kumɔnn.
31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
Ansa na Awurade da kɛse no bɛba no, owia beduru sum na ɔsram nso ayɛ sɛ mogya.
32 And it will happen that whoever will call on the name of the LORD shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant, those whom the LORD calls.
Na obiara a ɔbɔ Awurade din no, wobegye no nkwa. Efisɛ nkwagye bɛba ama wɔn a wɔanya wɔn ti adidi mu a Awurade afrɛ wɔn wɔ Sion bepɔw so ne Yerusalem nyinaa,” sɛnea Awurade aka no.
