Joela 2
1 Tsofy ao Ziona ny anjomara! Ary miantsoa mafy ao an-tendrombohitro masìna! Aoka hangovitra ny mponina rehetra amin’ ny tany; Fa avy ny andron’ i Jehovah, eny, efa antomotra izany,
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.
2 Dia andro maizina sy manjombona, andro mandrahona sy maizim-pito, toy ny fahazavan’ ny maraina miely manerana ny tendrombohitra, dia firenena lehibe sy matanjaka, ka tsy nisy tahaka azy hatrizay hatrizay, sady tsy hisy tahaka azy intsony any aoriany hatramin’ ny taonan’ ny taranaka fara mandimby.
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.
3 Eo alohany misy afo mandevona, ary any aoriany misy lelafo mandoro; Tahaka ny saha Edena ny tany eo alohany, fa ny any aoriany kosa dia tahaka ny efitra foana, eny, tsy misy tsy azony.
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 Mitarehin-tsoavaly ny tarehiny; Ary tahaka ny firiotry ny mpitaingin-tsoavaly ny firiotrany.
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
5 Tahaka ny figorodon’ ny kalesy any an-tampon’ ny tendrombohitra no figorodon’ ny fitsambikimbikiny, sy tahaka ny fipororotry ny lelafo eny amin’ ny hain-tanety, ary tahaka ny firenena mahery voalamina hiady.
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.
6 Eo anoloany dia raiki-tahotra indrindra ny firenena; Ny tarehy rehetra mivaloarika;
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
7 Mitsarapaka tahaka ny lehilahy mahery izy ary mananika ny manda tahaka ny mpiady, samy mandroso amin’ izay hitsiny ka tsy vaky laharana;
They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they do not swerve off course.
8 Tsy mifanosika izy, fa samy mandroso amin’ izay hitsiny; Ary na dia miezaka mamaky ny sabatra aza izy, dia tsy voaratra.
Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and do not break ranks.
9 Mifamoivoy eran’ ny tanàna izy, mihazakazaka eny amin’ ny manda izy, mananika ny trano izy, miditra ao am-baravarankely toy ny mpangalatra izy.
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 Eo alohany dia mihorohoro ny tany, ary mihozongozona ny lanitra; Ny masoandro sy ny volana tonga maizina, ary ny kintana tsy mamirapiratra.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 Ary Jehovah mahatonga kotroka eo alohan’ ny miaramilany; Fa lehibe indrindra ny tobiny ary mahery izay manatanteraka ny teniny; Fa lehibe sy mahatahotra indrindra ny andron’ i Jehovah, ka iza no mahatanty izany?
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 Koa na dia ankehitriny aza, hoy Jehovah, miverena amiko amin’ ny fonareo rehetra ary amin’ ny fifadian-kanina sy ny fitomaniana ary ny fitarainana.
"Yet even now," says the LORD, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
13 Ary ny fonareo no triatriaro, fa aza ny fitafianareo, ary miverena amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo; Fa mamindra fo sy miantra Izy, mahari-po sady be famindram-po ary manenina ny amin’ ny loza,
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 Fandrao mba hanenina ihany Izy ka hamela fitahiana ao aoriany, dia fanatitra hohanina sy fanatitra aidina ho an’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo.
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 Tsofy ao Ziona ny anjomara, ka manamasìna andro fifadian-kanina, miantsoa fivoriana masìna.
Blow the trumpet in Zion. Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
16 Angony ny vahoaka, manamasìna fiangonana, vorio ny loholona, angòny ny ankizy madinika mbamin’ ny zaza minono; Aoka ny mpampakatra hiala ao an-efi-tranony, ary aoka ny ampakarina hiala ao an-trano fandriany.
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.
17 Eo anelanelan’ ny lavarangana fidirana sy ny alitara no aoka hitomanian’ ny mpisorona, mpanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho an’ i Jehovah, ka hanao hoe: Iantrao ny olonao, Jehovah, ary aza avela ho latsa ny lovanao, ka hotapahin’ ny jentilisa; Fa nahoana no hataony any amin’ ny firenena hoe: Aiza Izay Andriamaniny?
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?'"
18 Ary Jehovah dia saro-piaro ny taniny sady niantra ny olony.
Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
19 Eny, Jehovah namaly ka nanao amin’ ny olony hoe: Indro, hanatitra ny divay sy ny ranom-boaloboka ary ny diloilo ho anareo Aho, ka ho vokin’ izany ianareo; Ary tsy havelako ho latsa any amin’ ny Jentilisa intsony ianareo.
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.
20 Ary ilay avy any avaratra dia hampanalaviriko anareo ka horoahiko ho any amin’ ny tany karankaina sy mariry; Ny loha-lalany ho any amin’ ny ranomasina atsinanana, ary ny vodi-lalany ho any amin’ ny ranomasina andrefana; Ary ny hamaimboany hiakatra, ary ny fofon-dratsiny hisondrotra; Fa efa nanao zava-dehibe izy.
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 Aza matahotra, ry tany fambolena, miravoravoa sy mifalia; Fa manao zava-dehibe Jehovah.
Land, do not be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.
22 Aza matahotra, ry biby any an-tsaha, fa mihamaitso ny kijana any an-efitra, mamoa ny hazo, ary vokatra ny aviavy sy ny voaloboka.
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.
23 Ary ianareo, ry zanak’ i Ziona, miravoravoa sy mifalia amin’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo; Fa hanome anareo ny loha-orana onony Izy, dia handatsaka ranonorana mivatravatra ho anareo, eny, ny loha-orana sy ny fara-orana aloha.
"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.
24 Dia ho feno vary ny famoloana, ary hihoatra ny vata fanantazana ny divay sy ny diloilo.
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25 Ary honerako ho anareo ilay taona nohanin’ ny valala, dia ny koraika sy ny sompanga ary ny kijeja, izay miaramilako betsaka nalefako hamely anareo.
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.
26 Ary hihinana ianareo ka ho voky dia hidera ny anaran’ i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, fa mahagaga ny fitondrany anareo; Ary tsy ho menatra mandrakizay oloko.
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.
27 Dia ho fantatrareo fa ao afovoan’ Isiraely Aho, ary Izaho no Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, fa tsy misy hafa; Ary tsy ho menatra mandrakizay ny oloko.
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.
28 Ary rehefa afaka izany, dia handatsaka ny Fanahiko amin’ ny nofo rehetra Aho; Dia haminany ny zanakalahinareo sy ny zanakavavinareo, ny lahiantitrareo hanonofy, ary ny zatovonareo hahita fahitana;
"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.
29 Ary na dia ny mpanompolahy sy ny mpanompovavy aza dia handatsahako ny Fanahiko amin’ izany andro izany.
And also on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30 Ary hanisy fahagagana eny amin’ ny lanitra sy etỳ amin’ ny tany Aho, dia rà sy afo ary setroka mitankosina.
And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 Ny masoandro hampodina ho aizina, ary ny volana ho rà, alohan’ ny hahatongavan’ ny andron’ i Jehovah, izay sady lehibe no mahatsiravina.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.
32 Ary na zovy na zovy no hiantso ny anaran’ i Jehovah dia ho afa-mandositra; Fa ao an-tendrombohitra Ziona sy any Jerosalema dia hisy sisa afaka, araka izay efa voalazan’ i Jehovah, ary izay antsoin’ i Jehovah dia ho isan’ izay afa-mandositra.
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.
