1 Blow the trumpet in Zion,
and sound an alarm in my holy mountain!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble,
for the day of Yahweh comes,
for it is close at hand:
2 A day of darkness and gloominess,
a day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn spreading on the mountains,
a great and strong people;
there has never been the like,
neither will there be any more after them,
even to the years of many generations.
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.
4 Their appearance is as the appearance of horses,
and they run as horsemen.
5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap,
like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble,
like a strong people set in battle array.
6 At their presence the peoples are in anguish.
All faces have grown pale.
7 They run like mighty men.
They climb the wall like warriors.
They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
8 One doesn’t jostle another.
They each march in their own path.
They burst through the defenses
and don’t break ranks.
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.
10 The earth quakes before them.
The heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army,
for his forces are very great;
for he is strong who obeys his command;
for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome,
and who can endure it?
12 "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
13 Tear your heart and not your garments,
and turn to Yahweh, your God;
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness,
and relents from sending calamity.
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent,
and leave a blessing behind him,
even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
16 Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts.
Let the bridegroom go out of his room,
and the bride out of her chamber.
17 Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar,
and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh,
and don’t give your heritage to reproach,
that the nations should rule over them.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’"
18 Then Yahweh was jealous for his land,
And had pity on his people.
19 Yahweh answered his people,
"Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,
and you will be satisfied with them;
and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
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.
21 Land, don’t be afraid.
Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22 Don’t 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 "Be glad then, you children of Zion,
and rejoice in Yahweh, your God;
for he gives you the early rain in just measure,
and he causes the rain to come down for you,
the early rain and the latter rain, as before.
24 The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
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.
26 You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied,
and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God,
who has dealt wondrously with you;
and my people will never again be disappointed.
27 You will know that I am among Israel,
and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else;
and my people will never again be disappointed.
28 "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
Your old men will dream dreams.
Your young men will see visions.
29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days,
I will pour out my Spirit.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32 It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved;
for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape,
as Yahweh has said,
and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
1 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， 好像晨光满布群山； 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？
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。为什么容人在万民中讥笑说： ‘他们的 神在哪里呢？’"
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。
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我的仆人和婢女。
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《马索拉抄本》为3:1-5）