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 Jehovah cometh, for it is at hand;

¹[Filazana ny loza hanjo, sy fiantsoana ny olona hibebaka] Tsofy ao Ziona ny anjomara! Ary miantsoa mafy ao an-tendrombohitro masina! Aoka hangovitra ny mponina rehetra amin'ny tany; Fa avy ny andron'i Jehovah, eny, efa antomotra izany,

²a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; -- a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

²Dia andro maizina sy manjombona, andro mandrahona sy maizim-pito, toy ny fahazavan'ny maraina miely manerana ny tendrombohitra, dia firenena lehibe sy matanjaka, ka tsy nisy tahaka azy hatrizay hatrizay, sady tsy hisy tahaka azy intsony any aoriany hatramin'ny taonan'ny taranaka fara mandimby.

³A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.

³Eo alohany misy afo mandevona, ary any aoriany misy lelafo mandoro; Tahaka ny saha Edena ny tany eo alohany, fa ny any aoriany kosa dia tahaka ny efitra foana, eny, tsy misy tsy azony.

⁴The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.

⁴Mitarehin-tsoavaly ny tarehiny; Ary tahaka ny firiotry ny mpitaingin-tsoavaly ny firiotrany.

⁵Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains, they leap; like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

⁵Tahaka ny figorodon'ny kalesy any an-tampon'ny tendrombohitra no figorodon'ny fitsambikimbikiny, sy tahaka ny fipororotry ny lelafo eny amin'ny hain-tanety, ary tahaka ny firenena mahery voalamina hiady.

⁶Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.

⁶Eo anoloany dia raiki-tahotra indrindra ny firenena; Ny tarehy rehetra mivaloarika; [Na: tera-mena]

⁷They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks.

⁷Mitsarapaka tahaka ny lehilahy mahery izy ary mananika ny manda tahaka ny mpiady, samy mandroso amin'izay hitsiny ka tsy vaky laharana;

⁸Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.

⁸Tsy mifanosika izy, fa samy mandroso amin'izay hitsiny; Ary na dia miezaka mamaky ny sabatra aza izy, dia tsy voaratra. [Na: voasakana]

⁹They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

⁹Mifamoivoy eran'ny tanàna izy, mihazakazaka eny amin'ny manda izy, mananika ny trano izy, miditra ao am-baravarankely toy ny mpangalatra izy.

¹⁰The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

¹⁰Eo alohany dia mihorohoro ny tany, ary mihozongozona ny lanitra; Ny masoandro sy ny volana tonga maizina, ary ny kintana tsy mamirapiratra.

¹¹And Jehovah uttereth his voice before his army; for his camp is very great; for strong is he that executeth his word: for the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can bear it?

¹¹Ary Jehovah mahatonga kotroka eo alohan'ny miaramilany; Fa lehibe indrindra ny tobiny ary mahery izay manatanteraka ny teniny; Fa lehibe sy mahatahotra indrindra ny andron'i Jehovah, ka iza no mahatanty izany?

¹²Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;

¹²Koa na dia ankehitriny aza, hoy Jehovah, miverena amiko amin'ny fonareo rehetra ary amin'ny fifadian-kanina sy ny fitomaniana ary ny fitarainana.

¹³and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

¹³Ary ny fonareo no triatriaro, fa aza ny fitafianareo, ary miverena amin'i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo; Fa mamindra fo sy miantra Izy, mahari-po sady be famindram-po ary manenina ny amin'ny loza,

¹⁴Who knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God?

¹⁴Fandrao mba hanenina ihany Izy ka hamela fitahiana ao aoriany, dia fanatitra hohanina sy fanatitra aidina ho an'i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo. [Heb. Iza no mahalala na]

¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion, hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly;

¹⁵Tsofy ao Ziona ny anjomara, ka manamasina andro fifadian-kanina, miantsoa fivoriana masina.

¹⁶gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.

¹⁶Angony ny vahoaka, manamasina fiangonana, vorio ny loholona, angòny ny ankizy madinika mbamin'ny zaza minono; Aoka ny mpampakatra hiala ao an-efi-tranony, ary aoka ny ampakarina hiala ao an-trano fandriany.

¹⁷Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare, O Jehovah, thy people, and give not thine inheritance to reproach, that they should be a byword of the nations. Wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

¹⁷Eo anelanelan'ny lavarangana fidirana sy ny alitara no aoka hitomanian'ny mpisorona, mpanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho an'i Jehovah, ka hanao hoe: Iantrao ny olonao, Jehovah, ary aza avela ho latsa ny lovanao, ka hotapahin'ny jentilisa; Fa nahoana no hataony any amin'ny firenena hoe: Aiza Izay Andriamaniny? [Na: Hanaovan'ny jentilisa azy ho ambentinteny]

¹⁸Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.

¹⁸[Ny hitsaharan'ny loza, sy ny hihavian'ny fitahiana] Ary Jehovah dia saro-piaro ny taniny sady niantra ny olony.

¹⁹And Jehovah will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I send you corn, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

¹⁹Eny, Jehovah namaly ka nanao amin'ny olony hoe: Indro, hanatitra ny divay sy ny ranom-boaloboka ary ny diloilo ho anareo Aho, ka ho vokin'izany ianareo; Ary tsy havelako ho latsa any amin'ny Jentilisa intsony ianareo.

²⁰And I will remove far off from you him [that cometh] from the north, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, his face toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the hinder sea; and his stench shall come up, and his ill odour shall come up, for he hath exalted himself to do great things.

²⁰Ary ilay avy any avaratra dia hampanalaviriko anareo ka horoahiko ho any amin'ny tany karankaina sy mariry; Ny loha-lalany ho any amin'ny ranomasina atsinanana, ary ny vodi-lalany ho any amin'ny ranomasina andrefana; Ary ny hamaimboany hiakatra, ary ny fofon-dratsiny hisondrotra; Fa efa nanao zava-dehibe izy.

²¹-- Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for Jehovah doeth great things.

²¹Aza matahotra, ry tany fambolena, miravoravoa sy mifalia; Fa manao zava-dehibe Jehovah.

²²Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring; for the tree beareth its fruit; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase.

²²Aza matahotra, ry biby any an-tsaha, fa mihamaitso ny kijana any an-efitra, mamoa ny hazo, ary vokatra ny aviavy sy ny voaloboka.

²³And ye, children of Zion, be glad and rejoice in Jehovah your God; for he giveth you the early rain in due measure, and he causeth to come down for you the rain, the early rain, and the latter rain at the beginning [of the season].

²³Ary ianareo, ry zanak'i Ziona, miravoravoa sy mifalia amin'i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo; Fa hanome anareo ny loha-orana onony Izy, dia handatsaka ranonorana mivatravatra ho anareo, eny, ny loha-orana sy ny fara-orana aloha. [Na: Homeny mpampianatra ny fahamarinana ianareo]

²⁴And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁴Dia ho feno vary ny famoloana, ary hihoatra ny vata fanantazana ny divay sy ny diloilo.

²⁵And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my great army which I sent among you.

²⁵Ary honerako ho anareo ilay taona nohanin'ny valala, dia ny koraika sy ny sompanga ary ny kijeja, izay miaramilako betsaka nalefako hamely anareo.

²⁶And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of Jehovah your God, who hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

²⁶Ary hihinana ianareo ka ho voky dia hidera ny anaran'i Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, fa mahagaga ny fitondrany anareo; Ary tsy ho menatra mandrakizay oloko.Dia ho fantatrareo fa ao afovoan'Isiraely Aho, ary Izaho no Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, fa tsy misy hafa; Ary tsy ho menatra mandrakizay ny oloko.

²⁷And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, Jehovah, [am] your God, and there is none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

²⁷Dia ho fantatrareo fa ao afovoan'Isiraely Aho, ary Izaho no Jehovah Andriamanitrareo, fa tsy misy hafa; Ary tsy ho menatra mandrakizay ny oloko.

²⁸And it shall come to pass afterwards [that] I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

²⁹Yea, even upon the bondmen and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

³⁰And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

³¹The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

³²And it shall be that whosoever shall call upon the name of Jehovah shall be saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as Jehovah hath said, and for the residue whom Jehovah shall call.