1 B low a horn in Zion! Give the sound of danger on My holy mountain! Let all the people of the land shake in fear, for the day of the Lord is coming. The day is near.

انْفُخُوا بِالبُوقِ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، وَارْفَعُوا صَرخَةَ تَحْذِيِرٍ عَلَى جَبَلِيَ المُقَدَّسِ. لِيَرتَعِدْ كُلُّ سُكّانِ الأرْضِ، لأنَّ يَومَ اللهِ آتٍ، لأنَّ يَومَ اللهِ قَرِيبٌ.

2 I t will be a day of darkness, a day of clouds and much darkness. A large and powerful army will come like darkness spreading over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, and there will never be anything like it again for all time to come.

إنَّهُ يَومُ ظَلامٍ وَعِتمَةٍ شَدِّيدَةٍ، يَومُ غُيُومٍ سَوداءَ قاتِمَةٍ. مِثلُ الظُّلمَةِ المُنتَشِرَةِ عَلَى الجِبالِ، هَكَذا الشَّعبُ كَثِيرٌ وَقَوِيٌّ. لَمْ يَأتِ يَومٌ مِثلُهُ مِنْ قَبلُ، وَلَنْ يَأتِي يَومٌ مِثُلُهُ مِنْ بَعدُ.

3 F ire destroys in front of them and behind them. The land is like the garden of Eden in front of them, but a desert waste is left behind them. Nothing gets away from them.

أمامَ ذَلِكَ الشَّعبِ نارٌ تَلتَهِمُ، وَخَلفَهُ لُهُبٌ تَشْتَعِلُ. الأرْضُ أمامَهُ مِثلُ جَنَّةِ عَدَنٍ، وَوَراءَهُ بَرِّيَّةٌ خَرِبَةٌ، وَلَنْ يَنجُوَ أحَدٌ!

4 T hey look like horses. They run like war horses.

مَظهَرُهُمْ كَمَظهَرِ الخَيلِ وَالفُرسانِ هَكَذا يَركُضُونَ.

5 A s they jump on the tops of the mountains they sound like war-wagons. They sound like a fire burning up the dry grass, like a powerful army ready for battle.

يَقفِزُونَ فَيُحدِثُونَ ضَجَّةً كَضَجَّةِ المَركَباتِ عَلَى قِمَمِ الجِبالِ. صَوتُهُمْ كَصَوتِ النّارِ وَهِيَ تَلتَهِمُ القَشَّ، وَكَصَوتِ جَيشٍ عَظِيمٍ يَصطَفُّ للمَعْرَكَةِ.

6 N ations suffer in front of them. All faces turn white.

تَرْتَعِدُ الأُمَمُ أمامَهُمْ، وَكُلُّ الوُجُوهِ تَصفَرُّ مِنَ الرُّعبِ.

7 T hey run like strong men. They go over the wall like soldiers. They each walk straight on, and do not turn from their paths.

يَركُضُوُنَ كَأبطالٍ، وَيَتَسَلَّقُونَ الأسوارَ كَمُحارِبِينَ. كُلٌّ يَسِيرُ فِي مَسْرَبِهِ، وَلا يَنحَرِفُونَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمْ.

8 T hey do not push each other. Each one walks in his path. When they break through those who fight against them, their path is not changed.

لا يَتَزاحَمُونَ، بَلْ كُلُّ واحِدٍ يَمْشِي فِي طَرِيقِهِ. وَإنْ سَقَطَ بَعضُهُمْ بِسَبَبِ ضَربَةِ سَهْمٍ، فَإنَّ الآخَرِينَ لا يَنحَرِفُونَ عَنْ طُرُقِهِمْ.

9 T hey rush upon the city. They run on the wall. They go into the houses through the windows like a robber.

يَندَفِعُونَ إلَى المَدِينَةِ، وَيَتَراكَضُونَ إلَى السُّورِ. يَتَسَلَّقُونَ البُيُوتَ، وَيَدخُلُونَ عَبْرَ النَّوافِذَ كَاللُّصُوصِ.

10 T he earth shakes in front of them. The heavens shake. The sun and the moon become dark, and the stars stop shining.

تَهْتَزُّ الأرْضُ أمامَهُمْ، وَالسَّماءُ تَرتَعِشُ، وَالشَّمسُ وَالقَمَرُ يُظلِمانِ، وَالنُّجُومُ تَمنَعُ بَرِيقَها.

11 T he Lord thunders in front of His army. His army has too many to number. Those who obey His Word are powerful. The day of the Lord is very great and fills people with fear and wonder. Who can live through it? A Call to Turn from Sin

يَرفَعُ اللهُ صَوتَهُ فِي مُقَدِّمَةِ هَذا الجَيشِ الَّذِي أرسَلَهُ، لأنَّ مُعَسكَرَهُ كَبِيرٌ جِداً، وَلأنَّ أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يُنَفِّذُونَ أمْرَهُ أشِدّاءَ. حَقاً، إنَّ يَومَ اللهِ عَظِيمٌ وَرَهِيبٌ، وَمَن يَستَطِيعُ احتِمالَهُ؟ دَعوَةٌ إلَى التَّغيِّير

12 “ Yet even now,” says the Lord, “return to Me with all your heart, crying in sorrow and eating no food.

وَيَقُولُ اللهُ: «ارْجِعُوا إلَيَّ الآنَ بِكُلِّ قُلُوبِكُمْ. تَعالَوا بِالصَّومِ وَالبُكاءِ وَالنَّوحِ.»

13 T ear your heart and not your clothes.” Return to the Lord your God, for He is full of loving-kindness and loving-pity. He is slow to anger, full of love, and ready to keep His punishment from you.

مَزِّقُوا قُلُوبَكُمْ إذاً لا ثِيابَكُمْ، وَارجِعُوا إلَى إلَهِكُمْ ، لأنَّهُ رَحِيمٌ وَرَؤوفٌ، هُوَ صَبُورٌ وَأمِينٌ جِدّاً، وَيَتَراجَعُ عَنْ إيقاعِ العِقابِ الَّذِي نَوَى إيقاعَهُ،

14 I t may be that He will turn and have pity, and leave good behind for you. He may leave you a grain gift and a drink gift for the Lord your God.

فَمَنْ يَعلَمُ؟ فَلَعَلَّهُ يَرجِعُ عَنْ عِقابِكُمْ، وَيَترُكُ لَكُمْ بَعضَ الخَيرِ، فَتُقَدِّمُوا مِنهُ تَقدِماتِ الحُبُوبِ وَالسَّكِيبِ لإلَهِكُمْ. دَعوَةٌ إلَى الصَلاة

15 B low a horn in Zion. Set apart a time when no food will be eaten. Call together a holy meeting.

انفُخُوا بِالبُوقِ فِي صِهْيَوْنَ، عَيِّنُوا وَقتاً للصَّومِ، ادعُوا إلَى اجتِماعٍ،

16 G ather the people and make them holy. Gather together the leaders, the children, and the nursing babies. Let the man to be married come out of his room, and the bride come out of her room.

اجْمَعُوا الشَّعبَ، حَدِّدُوا وَقتاً لِلاجْتِماعِ. اجمَعُوا الشُيُوخَ وَالأطفالَ وَالرُّضَّعَ. لِيَخرُجِ العَرِيسُ مِنْ بَيتِهِ، وَالعَرُوسُ مِنْ حُجرَتِها الخاصَّةِ.

17 L et the religious leaders who serve the Lord cry between the porch and the altar. Let them say, “Have pity on Your people, O Lord. Do not put your people to shame. And do not make the nations speak against them. Why should the people of the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’” The Lord Gives Food Again

لِيَبكِ الكَهَنَةُ، خُدّامُ اللهِ ، بَينَ الدِّهلِيزِ وَالمَذبَحِ. وَلِيَصرُخُوا: «أشفِقْ عَلَى شَعبِكَ يا اللهُ ، لاتَسمَحْ بِأنْ يُخزَى الَّذِينَ لَكَ، عِندَما تَحكُمُهُمْ أُمَمٌ أُخْرَى. لِماذا تَسمَحُ بِأن يُقالَ بَينَ تِلكَ الأُمَمِ: ‹أينَ إلَهُهُمْ؟›» استِجابَةُ الصَّلاة

18 T hen the Lord will be jealous for His land and have pity on His people.

حِينَئِذٍ، سَيَغارُ اللهُ عَلَى أرْضِهِ، وَيَرحَمُ شَعبَهُ.

19 T he Lord will say to His people, “I am going to send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be filled with them. I will never again put you to shame among the nations.

حِينَئِذٍ، يُجِيبُ اللهُ وَيَقُولُ لِشَعبِهِ: «سَأُرسِلُ لَكُمِ القَمحَ وَالنَّبِيذَ وَالزَّيتَ، وَسَتَشبَعُونَ، وَلَنْ أسمَحَ بِأنْ تَتَعَرَّضُوا للعارِ بَينَ الأُمَمِ مَرَّةً ثانِيَةً.

20 I will take the army from the north far from you, and will drive it into a hot and dry land. The ones in front will be driven into the sea in the east. The ones in the back will be driven into the sea in the west. And a bad smell will rise up from their dead bodies. For He has done great things.”

سأُبعِدُ عَنكُمِ القادِمِينَ مِنَ الشَّمالِ. سأطرُدُهُمْ إلَى أرْضٍ جافَّةٍ وَخَرِبَةٍ. سأدفَعُ مُقَدِّمَةَ جَيشِهِمْ إلَى البَحرِ الشَّرْقِيِّ، وَمؤَخِرَتَهُ إلَى البَحرِ الغَرْبِيِّ. وَسَتَصعَدُ رائِحَتُهُ الكَرِيهَةُ، لأنَّهُمْ سَبَّبُوا أذىً كَثِيراً.» تَجديدُ الأرْض

21 D o not be afraid, O land. Have joy and be glad, for the Lord has done great things.

لا تَخافِي أيَّتُها الأرْضُ، افرَحِي وَابْتَهِجِي، لأنَّ اللهَ عَمِلَ أُمُوراً عَظِيمَةً.

22 D o not be afraid, you animals of the field. For the fields of the desert have turned green and there is fruit on the trees. The fig trees and vines are full of fruit.

لا تَخافِي أيَّتُها الحَيواناتُ البَرِّيَّةُ، لأنَّ مَراعِيَ البَرِّيَّةِ سَتُصبِحُ خَضراءَ، وَلأنَّ الشَّجَرَ سَيَحمِلُ ثَمَراً، وَلأنَّ شَجَرَةَ الَّتِينِ وَالكَرمَةَ سَتُعطِيانِ ثَمَراً كَثِيراً.

23 B e glad, O sons of Zion. Be happy in the Lord your God. For He has given the early rain to help you. He has poured down much rain for you, both fall and spring rains, as before.

افرَحُوا وَابتَهِجُوا يا أبناءَ صِهْيَوْنَ بِإلَهِكُمْ ، لأنَّهُ سَيُعطِيَكُمْ مَطَرَ الخَرِيفِ بِحَسَبِ صَلاحِهِ. وَسَيُنزِلُ عَلَيكُمِ المَطَرَ، المَطَرَ المُبَكِّرَ وَالمَطَرَ المُتَأخِّرَ، كَما فِي السّابِقِ.

24 T he grain-floors will be full of grain, and the crushing-places will flow over with new wine and oil.

سَتَمتَلِئُ البَيادِرُ بِالقَمحِ، وَسَتَفِيضُ المَعاصِرُ بِالنَّبيذِ الجَّدِيدِ وَزَيتِ الزَّيتُونِ.

25 “ I will pay you back for the years that your food was eaten by the flying locust, the jumping locust, the destroying locust, and the chewing locust, My large army which I sent among you.

«سَأُعَوِّضُكُمْ عَنِ سِنِي الحَصادِ الَّتِي التَهَمَها الجَرادُ القاطِعُ وَأسرابُ الجَرادِ وَالجَنادِب وَالجَرادُ المُخَرِّبُ، الَّتِي هِيَ جَيشِيَ العَظِيمُ الَّذِي أرْسَلتُهُ عَلَيكُمْ.

26 Y ou will have much to eat and be filled. And you will praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has done wonderful things for you. Then My people will never be put to shame.

سَتَأكُلُونَ وَتَشْبَعُونَ، وَسَتُسَبِّحُونَ اسْمَ إلَهِكُمْ الَّذِي صَنَعَ أُمُوراً عَظِيمَةً لَكُمْ،» يَقُولُ اللهُ: «وَلَنْ يَخزَى شَعبِي ثانِيَةً.

27 Y ou will know that I am in Israel. You will know that I am the Lord your God, and that there is no other. And My people will never be put to shame. God Sends His Spirit

وَسَتَعْرِفُونَ أنِّي أسْكُنُ فِي وَسَطِ شَعبِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ. وَأنِّي أنا إلَهُكُمْ ، وَلا يُوجَدُ إلَهٌ غَيرِي. وَلَنْ يَتَعَرَّضَ شَعبِيَ للعارِ ثانِيَةً.» الوَعدُ بانسِكابِ الرُّوح

28 “ In the last days I will send My Spirit on all men. Then your sons and daughters will speak God’s Word. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see special dreams.

«بَعدَ هَذا، سَأسكُبُ رُوحِي عَلَى كُلِّ النّاسِ. وَسَيَتَنَبَّأُ أولادُكُمْ وَبَناتُكُمْ، وَسَيحلُمُ شُيُوخُكُمْ أحلاماً وَسَيَرَى شُبّانُكُمْ رُؤَىً.

29 Y es, on My servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

فِي تِلكَ الأيّامِ، سَأسكُبُ رُوحِي عَلَى عَبِيدِي، رِجالاً وَنِساءً.

30 I will show powerful works in the heavens and on the earth, like blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

وَسَأُظهِرُ عَجائِبَ فِي السَّماواتِ وَعَلَى الأرْضِ. دَماً وَناراً وَأعمِدَةَ دُخانٍ.

31 T he sun will turn dark and the moon will turn to blood before the day of the Lord. His coming will be a great and troubled day.

الشَّمسُ سَتَتَحَوَّلُ إلَى ظُلمَةٍ، وَالقَمَرُ إلَى دَمٍ، قَبلَ أنْ يَأتِيَ يَومُ اللهِ العَظِيمُ الرَّهِيبُ

32 I t will be that whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved from the punishment of sin. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be taken out of trouble, as the Lord has said. Those whom the Lord calls will be kept alive.

حينَ يَخلُصُ كُلُّ مَنْ يَدعُو بِاسْمِ اللهِ ، لأنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ هُناكَ ناجُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَفِي القُدْسِ، هُمْ مَنْ يَدْعُوهُمْ اللهُ ، كَما قالَ اللهُ.