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约珥书 2
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约珥书 2
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
耶和华的日子快来
2 你们要在锡安吹号，
并在我的圣山发出警讯，
让国中所有的居民都战栗，
因为耶和华的日子快到，必然临近了。
2 那日是黑暗幽冥的日子，
是密云漆黑的日子。
有一队众多强盛的民来到，
好象晨光满布群山；
这样的事从前没有发生过，
以后直到万代，也不会发生。
3 在他们前面有吞灭的火，
在他们后面有燃烧的火焰；
他们未到以前，大地像伊甸园，
他们过去以后，大地成了荒凉的旷野，
没有一样能逃避他们的。
4 他们的形状像马的形状，
战马怎样奔跑，他们也怎样奔跑。
5 他们在群山顶上跳跃的声音，
如战车的响声，
又如火焰
吞灭碎秸的响声，
像强盛的民
摆阵预备作战。
6 在他们面前，万民苦恼，
人人脸红耳赤。
7 他们奔跑像勇士，
又像战士爬上城墙；
他们各按自己的路前行，
并不偏离路线。
8 他们彼此不拥挤，
各按自己的道前行；
甚至他们持着兵器跌倒，
也不会被剪除。
9 他们冲入城镇，
奔上城墙，
爬进房屋，
像盗贼一样从窗户爬进去。
10 在他们面前，大地震动，
诸天摇撼，
日月昏暗，
星星无光。
11 耶和华在他的军队前头
发出声音；
他的队伍极大，
成就他话语的，是强盛的人。
耶和华的日子伟大，
非常可畏，谁能忍受得住呢？
呼吁人民悔改归向 神
12 耶和华说：
“现在虽然如此，
你们仍要全心全意，
以禁食、哭泣、哀号，归向我。”
13 你们要撕裂你们的心肠，
不要撕裂你们的衣服。
并要归向耶和华你们的 神，
因为他有恩典有怜悯，
不轻易发怒，
并且有丰盛的慈爱，
随时转意不降灾祸。
14 有谁知道或许他会转意，并且施慈爱，
留下余福，
就是留下献给耶和华你们的 神的素祭和奠祭。
15 你们要在锡安吹号角，
把禁食的日子分别为圣，
召开严肃会。
16 你们要召集民众，
使会众分别为圣；
招聚老人，
聚集孩童，
和在怀中吃奶的婴孩；
让新郎从新房出来，
新妇从内室出来。
17 让事奉耶和华的祭司
在圣殿的廊子和祭坛之间哭泣，
让他们说：“耶和华啊！求你怜恤你的子民。
不要使你的产业受羞辱，
使他们在列国中成为笑谈。
为甚么容人在万民中讥笑说：
‘他们的 神在哪里呢？’”
再赐恩福
18 于是耶和华为了自己的地发热心，
怜恤他的子民。
19 耶和华应允他的子民，对他们说：
“看哪！我必赐给你们
五谷、新酒和新油，
你们必吃得饱足，
我必不再使你们
成为列国中的羞辱。
20 我要使北方来的军队
远离你们；
我要把他们驱逐
到干旱荒凉之地，
他们的前队赶入东海，
他们的后队赶入西海；
并且他们的臭气上升，
他们的腥味上腾，
因为耶和华行了大事。
21 地土啊！你不要惧怕；
你要欢喜快乐，
因为耶和华行了大事。
22 田野的走兽啊，你们不要惧怕，
因为旷野的草场又发青了，
树木又结果子了，
无花果树和葡萄树也都效力了。
23 锡安的人民哪！你们要欢喜，
要靠耶和华你们的 神快乐，
因为他赐给了你们合时的秋雨。
他给你们降下时雨，
就是秋雨春雨，像以前一样。
24 禾场上必满了五谷；
榨酒池与油醡必溢出新酒与新油。
25 我差遣到你们中间去的，
我的大军队，
就是蝗虫、蝻子、蚂蚱和剪虫，
在那些年间吃尽的，
我必补给你们。
26 你们必吃得丰富，
并且饱足，
你们就赞美耶和华你们的 神的名，
因为他为你们行了奇妙的事。
我的子民必永远不会羞愧。
27 这样，你们必知道我是在以色列中间，
又知道我是耶和华你们的 神，除了我再没有别的神。
我的子民必永远不会羞愧。
应许赐下圣灵
28 “以后，我要把我的灵
浇灌所有的人。
你们的儿女要说预言，
你们的老年人要作异梦，
你们的少年人要见异象。
29 在那些日子，我也要把我的灵浇灌仆人和婢女。
30 我要在天上地下显出神迹奇事，
有血、有火、有烟柱。
31 太阳将变为黑暗，
月亮将变为血红。
在耶和华伟大可畏的日子临到以前，
这一切都要发生。
32 那时，求告耶和华的名的，
都必得救；
因为正如耶和华所说的，
在锡安山和耶路撒冷必有得救的人，在劫后余生的人中，必有耶和华所呼召的。”（本章第28~32节在《马索拉文本》为3:1~5）
Joel 2
New International Version
Joel 2
New International Version
An Army of Locusts
Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord(D) is coming.
It is close at hand(E)—
2 a day of darkness(F) and gloom,(G)
a day of clouds(H) and blackness.(I)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
a large and mighty army(J) comes,
such as never was in ancient times(K)
nor ever will be in ages to come.
3 Before them fire(L) devours,
behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,(M)
behind them, a desert waste(N)—
nothing escapes them.
4 They have the appearance of horses;(O)
they gallop along like cavalry.
5 With a noise like that of chariots(P)
they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire(Q) consuming stubble,
like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
6 At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;(R)
every face turns pale.(S)
7 They charge like warriors;(T)
they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,(U)
not swerving(V) from their course.
8 They do not jostle each other;
each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
without breaking ranks.
9 They rush upon the city;
they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;(W)
like thieves they enter through the windows.(X)
10 Before them the earth shakes,(Y)
the heavens tremble,(Z)
the sun and moon are darkened,(AA)
and the stars no longer shine.(AB)
11 The Lord(AC) thunders(AD)
at the head of his army;(AE)
his forces are beyond number,
and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;(AF)
it is dreadful.
Who can endure it?(AG)
Rend Your Heart
12 “Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return(AH) to me with all your heart,(AI)
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
13 Rend your heart(AJ)
and not your garments.(AK)
Return(AL) to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,(AM)
slow to anger and abounding in love,(AN)
and he relents from sending calamity.(AO)
14 Who knows? He may turn(AP) and relent(AQ)
and leave behind a blessing(AR)—
grain offerings and drink offerings(AS)
for the Lord your God.
15 Blow the trumpet(AT) in Zion,(AU)
declare a holy fast,(AV)
call a sacred assembly.(AW)
16 Gather the people,
consecrate(AX) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(AY)
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(AZ) leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who minister(BA) before the Lord,
weep(BB) between the portico and the altar.(BC)
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,(BD)
a byword(BE) among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?(BF)’”
The Lord’s Answer
19 The Lord replied[a] to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wine(BI) and olive oil,(BJ)
enough to satisfy you fully;(BK)
never again will I make you
an object of scorn(BL) to the nations.
20 “I will drive the northern horde(BM) far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench(BN) will go up;
its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
21 Do not be afraid,(BO) land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.(BP)
Surely the Lord has done great things!(BQ)
22 Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(BR)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig tree(BS) and the vine(BT) yield their riches.(BU)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice(BV) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.(BW)
He sends you abundant showers,(BX)
both autumn(BY) and spring rains,(BZ) as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow(CA) with new wine(CB) and oil.
25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts(CC) have eaten(CD)—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm[b]—
my great army(CE) that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,(CF)
and you will praise(CG) the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders(CH) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.(CI)
27 Then you will know(CJ) that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord(CK) your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.(CL)
The Day of the Lord
28 “And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit(CM) on all people.(CN)
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,(CO)
your old men will dream dreams,(CP)
your young men will see visions.
29 Even on my servants,(CQ) both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.(CR)
30 I will show wonders in the heavens(CS)
and on the earth,(CT)
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness(CU)
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(CV)
32 And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord(CW) will be saved;(CX)
for on Mount Zion(CY) and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,(CZ)
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors(DA)
whom the Lord calls.[c](DB)
Joel 2
EasyEnglish Bible
Joel 2
EasyEnglish Bible
The army of locusts
2 Blow the trumpet in Zion.
Tell the people on the Lord's hill that they must watch for trouble.
All the people who live in this country will be afraid.
They will be afraid because the day of the Lord is coming.
It is very near.
2 That day will be sad and dark.
There will be dark clouds.
A great big army is coming.
It comes across the sky like light in the morning.
A great army like this has never come before.
And it will never come again in future years.
3 Fire goes in front of the army.[a]
It burns everything behind them.
The land in front of them is like the Garden of Eden.[b]
Behind them it is like a desert.
They leave nothing behind them.
4 They look like horses.
And they run fast to the war.
5 Their noise is like the noise of many feet.
They jump over the mountains
as fast as fire burns dry grass.
They are like a great army ready for a fight.
6 Nations that see them are very afraid.
Every face changes colour.
7 They run together like an army into a fight.
They climb walls like soldiers.
They march on in a straight line.
They do not turn away.
8 They do not push each other away.
Each one of them goes straight on.
You can put weapons in their path
but they go straight on.
9 They run towards the city.
They run along the wall.
They climb into houses.
They go through the windows like robbers.
10 The earth in front of them moves.
The sky itself moves.
The sun and moon are dark
and the stars do not give any light.
11 The Lord shouts aloud
as he leads his army.
We cannot count his soldiers.
Those who obey him are very strong.
The day of the Lord is powerful.
It makes us afraid.
Not many of us will be alive after it has gone.[c]
Show the Lord that you are sorry
12 ‘Even now,’ the Lord says,
‘return to me and put me first.
Eat no food. Cry and be very sad.
13 Stop pulling your clothes to pieces. That does not help.
Show me instead that you are really sorry.’
Return to the Lord, your God.
He is kind and full of grace.
He does not quickly become angry, and he is full of love.
He is sad that he had to cause troubles for you.
14 Perhaps he will change his mind and he will be sorry.
He may send you blessings of food and drink.
Then you can offer gifts to the Lord your God.
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion.
Tell the people that they must not eat any food.
Tell the people that they must all come to worship him.
16 Tell the people that they must all come.
Make them all ready to serve the Lord.
Bring the old people together.
Bring the children – even the smallest ones.
Every new husband must leave his room.
Every wife must leave her secret room.
17 There are priests who go in front of the Lord.
They must cry as they go from the temple door to the altar.
They must say to the Lord, ‘Do not hurt your people.
Do not let the people in other countries laugh at your own people.
They will point at them. And they will say that they have no value.
They will say that we have no God.’
The Lord's answer
18 Then the Lord will be careful for his land.
He will be kind to his people.
19 He will answer them and he will say,
‘I am giving you new wine and food and oil.
You will have enough to fill you up.
I will never again let people in other countries laugh about you.
20 I will send the army from the north far from you.
I will push it into empty land where nothing grows.
I will make the front of it go into the sea on the east.
And I will make the back of it go into the sea on the west.
I will make its smell rise up high
because it has done great things.’
21 Do not be afraid, my own land!
Be very happy.
Be sure that the Lord has done great things.
22 Do not be afraid, wild animals.
The fields in the wilderness are becoming green.
Fruit is growing on the trees.
The fig tree and the vine are giving much fruit.
23 Shout with joy, people in Zion!
Be very happy because of the things that the Lord your God has done.
He has given you just enough autumn rain.
He has given you the winter rain,
and the summer rain, as before.
24 He will fill your stores with seeds to make bread.
And he will fill your jars with new wine and oil.
25 ‘I will give you back the years that the locusts have eaten.
I will give you all that the great locust and the young locust,
and other locusts and their groups have eaten.
All that my great army has eaten I will give you.[d]
26 You will have plenty to eat. You will be full.
You will praise the name of the Lord your God.
He has done great things for you.
My people will never again be ashamed.
27 Then you will know that I am in Israel.
You will know that I am the Lord your God.
And you will know that there is no other God.
My people will never again be ashamed.’
The day of the Lord
28 After that, I will pour out my Holy Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will be prophets.
Your old men will dream and
your young men will see pictures in their minds. (The Lord will send these to them.)
29 I will pour out my Spirit on all my servants,
on men and on women in those days.[e]
30 I will do strange things in the sky and on the earth.
I will send blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
31 The sun will become dark and the moon will become red.
Then the great and frightening day of the Lord will come.
32 Everyone who asks the Lord for help will be safe.
They will be safe if they believe in his name.
The Lord will save the people on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem.[f]
He has promised this to those people whom he has asked to come to him.
Footnotes
- 2:3 This army is an army of locusts.
- 2:3 See Genesis 2:8 for the Garden of Eden.
- 2:11 Joel is telling Israel that the Lord will send a great number of locusts. The locusts will eat the food that is growing in their fields. The insects will march together like an army.
- 2:25 The Lord will give back to his people as much food as the locusts had eaten.
- 2:29 God gives the Spirit of the Lord to his servants. He can make us more like him.
- 2:32 Zion was the place where the Israelites built the temple of the Lord. Sometimes the people who lived in Jerusalem called themselves ‘Zion’.
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