1耶和華的日子快來你們要在錫安吹號，並在我的聖山發出警訊，讓國中所有的居民都戰慄，因為耶和華的日子快到，必然臨近了。
1Blow 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那日是黑暗幽冥的日子，是密雲漆黑的日子。有一隊眾多強盛的民來到，好像晨光滿布群山；這樣的事從前沒有發生過，以後直到萬代，也不會發生。
2A 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在他們前面有吞滅的火，在他們後面有燃燒的火燄；他們未到以前，大地像伊甸園，他們過去以後，大地成了荒涼的曠野，沒有一樣能逃避他們的。
3A 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他們的形狀像馬的形狀，戰馬怎樣奔跑，他們也怎樣奔跑。
4Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.
5他們在群山頂上跳躍的聲音，如戰車的響聲，又如火燄吞滅碎秸的響聲，像強盛的民擺陣預備作戰。
5Like 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 strong people set in battle array.
6在他們面前，萬民苦惱，人人臉紅耳赤。
6At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
7他們奔跑像勇士，又像戰士爬上城牆；他們各按自己的路前行，並不偏離路線。
7They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.
8他們彼此不擁擠，各按自己的道前行；甚至他們持著兵器跌倒，也不會被剪除。
8Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don’t break ranks.
9他們衝入城鎮，奔上城牆，爬進房屋，像盜賊一樣從窗戶爬進去。
9They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.
10在他們面前，大地震動，諸天搖撼，日月昏暗，星星無光。
10The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
11耶和華在他的軍隊前頭發出聲音；他的隊伍極大，成就他話語的，是強盛的人。耶和華的日子偉大，非常可畏，誰能忍受得住呢？
11Yahweh 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呼籲人民悔改歸向 神耶和華說：“現在雖然如此，你們仍要全心全意，以禁食、哭泣、哀號，歸向我。”
12“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13你們要撕裂你們的心腸，不要撕裂你們的衣服。並要歸向耶和華你們的 神，因為他有恩典有憐憫，不輕易發怒，並且有豐盛的慈愛，隨時轉意不降災禍。
13Tear 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有誰知道或許他會轉意，並且施慈愛，留下餘福，就是留下獻給耶和華你們的 神的素祭和奠祭。
14Who 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你們要在錫安吹號角，把禁食的日子分別為聖，召開嚴肅會。
15Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.
16你們要召集民眾，使會眾分別為聖；招聚老人，聚集孩童，和在懷中吃奶的嬰孩；讓新郎從新房出來，新婦從內室出來。
16Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.
17讓事奉耶和華的祭司在聖殿的廊子和祭壇之間哭泣，讓他們說：“耶和華啊！求你憐恤你的子民。不要使你的產業受羞辱，使他們在列國中成為笑談。為甚麼容人在萬民中譏笑說：‘他們的 神在哪裡呢？’”
17Let 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再賜恩福於是耶和華為了自己的地發熱心，憐恤他的子民。
18Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
19耶和華應允他的子民，對他們說：“看哪！我必賜給你們五穀、新酒和新油，你們必吃得飽足，我必不再使你們成為列國中的羞辱。
19Yahweh 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我要使北方來的軍隊遠離你們；我要把他們驅逐到乾旱荒涼之地，他們的前隊趕入東海，他們的後隊趕入西海；並且他們的臭氣上升，他們的腥味上騰，因為耶和華行了大事。
20But 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地土啊！你不要懼怕；你要歡喜快樂，因為耶和華行了大事。
21Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.
22田野的走獸啊，你們不要懼怕，因為曠野的草場又發青了，樹木又結果子了，無花果樹和葡萄樹也都效力了。
22Don’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錫安的人民哪！你們要歡喜，要靠耶和華你們的 神快樂，因為他賜給了你們合時的秋雨。他給你們降下時雨，就是秋雨春雨，像以前一樣。
23“Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, 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禾場上必滿了五穀；榨酒池與油醡必溢出新酒與新油。
24The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25我差遣到你們中間去的，我的大軍隊，就是蝗蟲、蝻子、螞蚱和剪蟲，在那些年間吃盡的，我必補給你們。
25I 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你們必吃得豐富，並且飽足，你們就讚美耶和華你們的 神的名，因為他為你們行了奇妙的事。我的子民必永遠不會羞愧。
26You 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這樣，你們必知道我是在以色列中間，又知道我是耶和華你們的 神，除了我再沒有別的神。我的子民必永遠不會羞愧。
27You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
28應許賜下聖靈“以後，我要把我的靈澆灌所有的人。你們的兒女要說預言，你們的老年人要作異夢，你們的少年人要見異象。
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在那些日子，我也要把我的靈澆灌我的僕人和婢女。
29And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
30我要在天上地下顯出神蹟奇事，有血、有火、有煙柱。
30I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
31太陽將變為黑暗，月亮將變為血紅。在耶和華偉大可畏的日子臨到以前，這一切都要發生。
31The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
32那時，求告耶和華的名的，都必得救；因為正如耶和華所說的，在錫安山和耶路撒冷必有得救的人，在劫後餘生的人中，必有耶和華所呼召的。”（本章第28~32節在《馬索拉抄本》為3:1~5）
32It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh 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.