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
Easy-to-Read Version
The Coming Day of the Lord
2 Blow the trumpet on Zion.
Shout a warning on my holy mountain.
Let all the people who live in the land shake with fear.
The Lord’s special day is coming;
it is near.
2 It will be a dark, gloomy day.
It will be a dark and cloudy day.
At sunrise you will see the army spread over the mountains.
It will be a great and powerful army.
There has never been anything like it before,
and there will never be anything like it again.
3 The army will destroy the land like a burning fire.
In front of them the land will be like the Garden of Eden.
Behind them the land will be like an empty desert.
Nothing will escape them.
4 They look like horses.
They run like war horses.
5 Listen to them.
It is like the noise of chariots
riding over the mountains.
It is like the noise of flames
burning the chaff.
They are a powerful people,
who are ready for war.
6 Before this army, people shake with fear.
Their faces become pale from fear.
7 The soldiers run fast.
They climb over the walls.
Each soldier marches straight ahead.
They don’t move from their path.
8 They don’t trip each other.
Each soldier walks in his own path.
If one of the soldiers is hit and falls down,
the others keep right on marching.
9 They run to the city.
They quickly climb over the wall.
They climb into the houses.
They climb through the windows like thieves.
10 Before them, earth and sky shake.
The sun and the moon become dark, and the stars stop shining.
11 The Lord calls loudly to his army.
His camp is very large.
The army obeys his commands.
His army is very powerful.
The Lord’s special day is a great and terrible day.
No one can stop it.
The Lord Tells the People to Change
12 This is the Lord’s message:
“Now come back to me with all your heart.
Cry and mourn, and don’t eat anything!
Show that you are sad for doing wrong.
13 Tear your hearts,
not your clothes.[a]”
Come back to the Lord your God.
He is kind and merciful.
He does not become angry quickly.
He has great love.
Maybe he will change his mind
about the bad punishment he planned.
14 Who knows, maybe he will change his mind
and leave behind a blessing for you.
Then you can give grain and drink offerings
to the Lord your God.
Pray to the Lord
15 Blow the trumpet at Zion.
Call for a special meeting.
Call for a special time of fasting.
16 Bring the people together.
Call for a special meeting.
Bring together the old men,
the children, and the small babies still at their mothers’ breasts.
Let the bride and her new husband
come from their bedroom.
17 Let the priests, the Lord’s servants,
cry between the porch[b] and the altar.
All of them should say this: “Lord, have mercy on your people.
Don’t let your people be put to shame.
Don’t let other people tell jokes about your people.
Don’t let the other nations laugh at us and say,
‘Where is their God?’”
The Lord Will Restore the Land
18 Then the Lord cared very much about his land.
He felt sorry for his people.
19 The Lord spoke to his people.
He said, “I will send you grain, wine, and oil.
You will have plenty.
I will not shame you among the nations anymore.
20 No, I will force the people from the north[c] to leave your land
and make them go into a dry, empty land.
Some of them will go to the eastern sea
and some to the western sea.
They did such terrible things,
but they will be like a dead and rotting body.
There will be such a terrible smell!”
The Land Will Be Made New Again
21 Land, don’t be afraid.
Be happy and full of joy.
The Lord will do great things.
22 Animals of the field, don’t be afraid.
The desert pastures will grow grass.
The trees will grow fruit.
The fig trees and the vines will grow plenty of fruit.
23 So be happy, people of Zion.
Be joyful in the Lord your God.
He is good and will give you rain.
He will send the early rains and the late rains as before.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with wheat,
and the barrels will overflow with wine and olive oil.
25 “I, the Lord, sent my army against you.
The swarming locusts and the hopping locusts
and the destroying locusts and the cutting locusts[d] ate everything you had.
But I will pay you back
for those years of trouble.
26 Then you will have plenty to eat.
You will be full.
You will praise the name of the Lord your God.
He has done wonderful things for you.
My people will never again be ashamed.
27 You will know that I am with Israel.
You will know that I am the Lord your God.
There is no other God.
My people will never be ashamed again.”
God Will Give His Spirit to All People
28 “After this,
I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will have dreams,
and your young men will see visions.
29 In those days I will pour out my Spirit
even on servants, both men and women.
30 I will work wonders in the sky and on the earth.
There will be blood, fire, and thick smoke.
31 The sun will be changed into darkness,
and the moon will be as red as blood.
Then the great and fearful day of the Lord will come!
32 And everyone who trusts in the Lord[e] will be saved.
There will be survivors on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
just as the Lord said.
Yes, those left alive will be the ones
the Lord has called.
Footnotes
- Joel 2:13 Tear your hearts, not your clothes People tore their clothes to show sadness. Here, God wants the people to feel sad for the bad things they had done.
- Joel 2:17 porch An open area in front of the Temple.
- Joel 2:20 north The Babylonian army came from this direction to attack Judah. Armies from countries north and east of Israel often came this way to attack Judah and Israel.
- Joel 2:25 swarming locusts … cutting locusts See Joel 1:4.
- Joel 2:32 who trusts in the Lord Literally, “who calls on the name of the Lord,” meaning to show faith in him by worshiping him or praying to him for help.
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