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:

¹Trúbte na trúbu na Sione a kričte na vrchu mojej svätosti! Nech sa trasú všetci obyvatelia zeme! Lebo prichádza deň Hospodinov, lebo je blízko,

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.

²deň tmy a mrákavy, deň oblaku a hustého mraku; jako ranná zora, rozprestrená po vrchoch, tak mnohý ľud a mocný! Jemu podobného nebolo od veku ani po ňom viacej nebude až do rokov pokolenia a pokolenia.

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.

³Pred ním bude žrať oheň a za ním bude páliť plameň; pred ním zem ako zahrada Éden a za ním hrozná púšť, ale ani nebude toho, čo by mu utieklo.

⁴Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.

⁴Jeho vzhľad bude jako vzhľad koní, a jako jazdci, tak pobežia.

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.

⁵Jako hrmot vozov to bude, keď budú skákať po temenách vrchov, ako praskot plameňa ohňa, ktorý žerie strnisko, jako mocný ľud zriadený do boja.

⁶At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

⁶Pred jeho tvárou sa budú triasť národy; všetky tváre zmenia farbu.

⁷They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don’t swerve off course.

⁷Pobežia ako hrdinovia, ako bojovní mužovia vyjdú na múr, a každý pojde svojou cestou, ani si nepopletú svojich steziek.

⁸Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don’t break ranks.

⁸A nebude tlačiť druh druha; každý muž pojde svojou hradskou, a keby hneď napadli na zbraň, nezahnú.

⁹They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

⁹Behať budú po meste, pobežia po múre, vyjdú hore do domov, oknami vojdú jako zlodej.

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

¹⁰Pred jeho tvárou sa bude triasť zem, chvieť sa budú nebesia, slnce a mesiac sa zatmejú, a hviezdy spracú svoj lesk.

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?

¹¹A Hospodin vydá svoj hlas pred svojím vojskom, pretože jeho tábor bude veľmi veliký; lebo ten, ktorý bude vykonávať jeho slovo, bude mocný. Lebo deň Hospodinov bude veľký a strašný veľmi, a kto ho znesie?!

¹²“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

¹²Ale aj teraz ešte hovorí Hospodin: Obráťte sa ku mne celým svojím srdcom, a to v pôste, plači a v náreku.

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.

¹³A roztrhnite svoje srdce a nie svoje rúcha a navráťte sa k Hospodinovi, svojmu Bohu, lebo je milostivý a ľútostivý, zhovievajúci a veľký čo do milosti a ľutuje zlé.

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.

¹⁴Kto vie? Možno, že sa obráti a bude ľutovať a tak zanechá po sebe požehnanie, obilný dar obetný a liatu obeť Hospodinovi, vášmu Bohu.

¹⁵Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

¹⁵Trúbte na trúbu na Sione, zasväťte pôst, svolajte shromaždenie!

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.

¹⁶Shromaždite ľud, posväťte obec, svolajte starších, shromaždite deti i tých, ktorí požívajú prsia; nech vyjde ženích zo svojej izby a nevesta zo svojej komory!

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?’”

¹⁷Kňazi, svätoslužobníci Hospodinovi, nech plačú medzi sieňou a medzi oltárom a nech povedia: Zľutuj sa, Hospodine, nad svojím ľudom a nevydaj svojho dedičstva v potupu, aby nad nimi panovali pohania. Prečo majú povedať medzi národami: Kde je ich Bôh?

¹⁸Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.

¹⁸Vtedy zahorí Hospodin žiarlivosťou za svoju zem a zľutuje sa nad svojím ľudom.

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.

¹⁹A Hospodin odpovie a riekne svojmu ľudu: Hľa, pošlem vám obilie, vínnu šťavu aj olej, a nasýtite sa toho, ani vás nevydám viacej v potupu medzi pohanmi.

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.

²⁰Vzdialim od vás ta preč severného nepriateľa a zaženiem ho do vypráhlej zeme pustej, jeho predný voj k východnému moru a jeho zadný voj k západnému moru, a vystúpi jeho smrad a vystúpi jeho zápach, lebo vykonal veľkú vec.

²¹Land, don’t be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

²¹Neboj sa, zem, plesaj a raduj sa, lebo Hospodin učiní veľkú vec.

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.

²²Nebojte sa, zvieratá mojich polí. lebo sa budú zelenať pasienky pustiny, lebo strom bude donášať svoje ovocie, fík a vinič vydajú svoju silu.

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.

²³A vy, synovia Siona, plesajte a radujte sa v Hospodinovi, svojom Bohu, lebo vám dá učiteľa, ktorý povedie k spravedlivosti, a sošle vám hojný dážď, podzimný i jarný, najprv.

²⁴The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁴Humná sa naplnia obilím a preše budú oplývať vínnou šťavou a olejom.

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.

²⁵A nahradím vám roky, ktoré požrala kobylka, pažravá chrobač, chrúst a húsenica, moje veľké vojsko, ktoré som posielal na vás.

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.

²⁶A tak budete jesť a nasýtite sa a budete chváliť meno Hospodina, svojho Boha, ktorý učinil s vami predivné veci, a môj ľud sa nebude viacej hanbiť na veky.

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.

²⁷A poznáte, že ja som prostred Izraela a že ja Hospodin som váš Bôh, a že niet iného. A tak sa môj ľud nebude viacej hanbiť až na veky.

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.

²⁸A potom sa stane, že vylejem svojho Ducha na každé telo, a vaši synovia a vaše dcéry budú prorokovať, a vašim starcom sa budú snívať sny; vaši mládenci budú vídať videnia,

²⁹And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

²⁹ba ešte aj na služobníkov a na dievky vylejem svojho Ducha v tých dňoch.

³⁰I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

³⁰A dám vidieť zázraky na nebi a na zemi, krv a oheň a stĺpy dymu.

³¹The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

³¹Slnce sa obráti na tmu a mesiac na krv, prv ako prijde deň Hospodinov, veľký a strašný.

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.

³²A stane sa, že každý, kto bude vzývať meno Hospodinovo, unikne, lebo na vrchu Sione a v Jeruzaleme bude uniklé, tak ako povedal Hospodin, a medzi pozostalými, ktorých povolá Hospodin.