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:

¹Zatrobite na trobento na Sionu in zaženite hrup na gori svetosti moje! Naj trepečejo vsi prebivalci dežele! ker prihaja dan GOSPODOV, ker se bliža:

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.

²dan temote in mraka, dan oblakov in noči oblačne. Kakor se zarja razliva po gorah, tako pride ljudstvo mnogoštevilno in mogočno, kakršnega nikdar ni bilo in nikdar več ne bode do let mnogih rodov.

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 njim požira ogenj, za njim pa šviga plamen; kakor vrt edenski je dežela pred njim, za njim pa prazna puščava, in nikomur ni mogoče ubežati pred njim.

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

⁴Njih podoba je kakor podoba konj, in kakor konjiki, tako dirjajo.

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.

⁵Kakor ropotajoči vozovi skačejo po vrhovih gorá, kakor prasketajoč goreč plamen, ki požira strnišče, kakor mogočno ljudstvo, pripravljeno za boj.

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

⁶Spričo njih trepečejo ljudstva, vsi obrazi so bledi.

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

⁷Tekajo kakor junaki, kakor vojščaki plezajo na zid; in gredo vsak po svoji poti in ne menjavajo svojih stezá;

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

⁸drug ne tišči drugega, vsak poedinec gre po svojem tiru, in drevé čez orožje in ne pretrgajo svojega vlaka.

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

⁹Po mestu tekajo semintja; priplezajo na zid, stopajo v hiše, skozi okna lezejo kakor tat.

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

¹⁰Pred njimi se trese zemlja, nebo se giblje; solnce in mesec otemnevata in zvezde bledé.

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?

¹¹In GOSPOD grmi z glasom svojim pred vojsko svojo, ker jako veliko je njegovo šatorišče, ker močan je tisti, ki izvršuje besedo njegovo; kajti dan GOSPODOV je velik in silno strašen: kdo ga more pretrpeti?

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

¹²Ali tudi še sedaj, govori GOSPOD, se izpreobrnite k meni z vsem srcem svojim, s postom in z jokom in žalovanjem!

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.

¹³Raztrgajte si srca, ne pa oblačil, in izpreobrnite se h GOSPODU, svojemu Bogu; kajti on je milostiv in poln usmiljenja, počasen za jezo in bogat v milosti in žal mu je hudega.

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.

¹⁴Kdo ve, če se ne obrne in mu bode žal in pusti za seboj blagoslov: jedilno in pitno daritev GOSPODU, vašemu Bogu.

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

¹⁵Zatrobite v trobento na Sionu, posvetite post, razglasite praznično zborovanje!

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.

¹⁶Zberite ljudstvo, posvetite zbor, skličite starejšine, zberite otroke in dojenčke pri prsih; ženin naj pride iz svojega hrama in nevesta iz svoje spalnice!

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?’”

¹⁷Duhovniki, služabniki GOSPODOVI, naj plakajo med vežo in oltarjem in govore: Zanesi, GOSPOD, svojemu ljudstvu in ne dajaj svoje dediščine v zasramovanje, da bo v zabavljico poganskim narodom! Zakaj bi naj rekali med ljudstvi: Kje je njih Bog?

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

¹⁸Tedaj se je vnel GOSPOD za deželo svojo in se je usmilil svojega ljudstva.

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.

¹⁹In GOSPOD je odgovoril in rekel ljudstvu svojemu: Glej, pošljem vam žita in vina in olja, da se nasitite, in ne dam vas več v zasmeh med narodi.

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.

²⁰In njega, ki pride od severa, odvrnem od vas ter ga zapodim v suho in pusto deželo, njegov prvi voj v vzhodno morje in njegov zadnji voj v zahodno morje, in smrad njegov bo puhtel in duh gnilobe njegove se bo vzdigal, ker je toliko prevzetoval.

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

²¹Ne boj se, zemlja, raduj in veséli se! kajti GOSPOD dela velike reči.

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.

²²Ne bojte se, živali na polju! kajti zelené pašniki v puščavi, kajti drevje rodi svoj sad, smokev in trta kažeta svojo moč.

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.

²³In vi, sinovi sionski, radujte in veselite se v GOSPODU, svojem Bogu! kajti daje vam zgodnjega dežja pravo mero in pošilja vam naliv zgodnjega in poznega dežja kakor poprej.

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

²⁴In gumna bodo polna žita in v kadeh bo preobilo vina in olja.

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.

²⁵In povrnem vam leta, ki so vam v njih vse požrle kobilice, glodalec, pokončevalec in žerec, vojska moja velika, ki sem jo poslal nad vas.

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.

²⁶In imeli boste obilo jedi in se boste nasitili ter hvalili ime GOSPODA, Boga svojega, ki je čudovito ravnal z vami. In ne bo osramočeno ljudstvo moje vekomaj.

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.

²⁷In spoznate, da sem jaz sredi Izraela ter da sem jaz, Jehova, Bog vaš in nihče drugi. In ne bo osramočeno ljudstvo moje vekomaj.

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.

²⁸In zgodi se potem, da izlijem Duha svojega na vse meso; in sinovi vaši in hčere vaše bodo prorokovali, starci vaši bodo imeli sanje, mladeniči vaši bodo videli prikazni.

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

²⁹In celo na hlapce in na dekle izlijem Duha svojega v tistih dneh.

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

³⁰In pokažem čudeže na nebu in na zemlji: kri in ogenj in dimaste stebre;

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

³¹solnce se izpremeni v temo in mesec v kri, preden pride dan GOSPODOV, veliki in prestrašni.Zgodi se pa, da vsak, kdor bo klical ime GOSPODOVO, bo rešen; kajti na gori Sionu in v Jeruzalemu bode rešitev, kakor je govoril GOSPOD, in med preostalimi, ki jih pokliče GOSPOD.

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.

³²Zgodi se pa, da vsak, kdor bo klical ime GOSPODOVO, bo rešen; kajti na gori Sionu in v Jeruzalemu bode rešitev, kakor je govoril GOSPOD, in med preostalimi, ki jih pokliče GOSPOD.