1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;2.1 trumpet: or, cornet 2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.2.2 of many…: Heb. of generation and generation 3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. 4The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. 5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. 6Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.2.6 blackness: Heb. pot 7They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: 8Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.2.8 sword: or, dart 9They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: 11And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
12¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
15¶ Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 17Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?2.17 rule over: or, use a byword against
18¶ Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: 20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.2.20 hath…: Heb. hath magnified to do
21¶ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.2.21 will…: Heb. hath magnified to do 22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. 23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.2.23 the former rain moderately: or, a teacher of righteousness2.23 moderately: Heb. according to righteousness 24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. 26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. 27And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
28¶ And it shall come to pass afterward, 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: 29And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Chilango cha Mulungu
1Lizani lipenga mu Ziyoni.
Chenjezani pa phiri langa loyera.
Onse okhala mʼdziko anjenjemere,
pakuti tsiku la Yehova likubwera,
layandikira;
2tsiku la mdima ndi chisoni,
tsiku la mitambo ndi la mdima wandiweyani.
Ngati mʼbandakucha umene wakuta mapiri,
gulu lalikulu ndi la ankhondo amphamvu likubwera,
gulu limene nʼkale lomwe silinaonekepo
ngakhale kutsogolo kuno silidzaonekanso.
3Patsogolo pawo moto ukupsereza,
kumbuyo kwawo malawi amoto akutentha zinthu.
Patsogolo pawo dziko lili ngati munda wa Edeni,
kumbuyo kwawo kuli ngati chipululu,
kulibe kanthu kotsalapo.
4Maonekedwe awo ali ngati akavalo;
akuthamanga ngati akavalo ankhondo.
5Akulumpha pamwamba pa mapiri
ndi phokoso ngati la magaleta,
ngati moto wothetheka wonyeketsa ziputu,
ngati gulu lalikulu la ankhondo lokonzekera nkhondo.
6Akangowaona, anthu a mitundu ina amazunzika mu mtima;
nkhope iliyonse imagwa.
7Amathamanga ngati ankhondo;
amakwera makoma ngati asilikali.
Onse amayenda pa mizere,
osaphonya njira yawo.
8Iwo sakankhanakankhana,
aliyense amayenda molunjika.
Amadutsa malo otchingidwa
popanda kumwazikana.
9Amakhamukira mu mzinda,
amathamanga mʼmbali mwa khoma.
Amakwera nyumba ndi kulowamo;
amalowera pa zenera ngati mbala.
10Patsogolo pawo dziko limagwedezeka,
thambo limanjenjemera,
dzuwa ndi mwezi zimachita mdima,
ndipo nyenyezi zimaleka kuwala.
11Yehova amabangula
patsogolo pawo,
gulu lake lankhondo ndi losawerengeka,
ndipo amphamvu ndi amene amamvera kulamula kwake.
Tsiku la Yehova ndi lalikulu;
ndi loopsa.
Ndani adzapirira pa tsikulo?
Ngʼambani Mtima Wanu
12“Ngakhale tsopano,
bwererani kwa Ine ndi mtima wanu wonse
posala zakudya ndi kukhetsa misozi,” akutero Yehova.
13Ngʼambani mtima wanu
osati zovala zanu.
Bwererani kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu,
pakuti Iye ndi wokoma mtima ndi wachifundo,
wosakwiya msanga ndi wachikondi chochuluka,
ndipo amaleka kubweretsa mavuto.
14Akudziwa ndani? Mwina adzasintha maganizo nʼkutimvera chisoni,
nʼkutisiyira madalitso,
a chopereka cha chakudya ndi cha chakumwa
kwa Yehova Mulungu wanu.
15Lizani lipenga mu Ziyoni,
lengezani tsiku losala zakudya,
itanitsani msonkhano wopatulika.
16Sonkhanitsani anthu pamodzi,
muwawuze kuti adziyeretse;
sonkhanitsani akuluakulu,
sonkhanitsani ana,
sonkhanitsani ndi oyamwa omwe.
Mkwati atuluke mʼchipinda chake,
mkwatibwi atuluke mokhala mwake.
17Ansembe amene amatumikira pamaso pa Yehova,
alire pakati pa guwa lansembe ndi khonde la Nyumba ya Yehova.
Azinena kuti, “Inu Yehova, achitireni chifundo anthu anu.
Musalole kuti cholowa chanu chikhale chinthu chonyozeka,
kuti anthu a mitundu ina awalamulire.
Kodi nʼchifukwa chiyani anthu a mitundu ina amanena kuti,
‘Ali kuti Mulungu wawo?’ ”
Yankho la Yehova
18Pamenepo Yehova adzachitira nsanje dziko lake
ndi kuchitira chisoni anthu ake.
19Yehova adzawayankha kuti,
“Ine ndikukutumizirani tirigu, vinyo watsopano ndi mafuta
ndipo mudzakhuta ndithu;
sindidzakuperekaninso kuti mukhale chitonzo
kwa anthu a mitundu ina.
20“Ine ndidzachotsa ankhondo akumpoto kuti apite kutali ndi inu,
kuwapirikitsira ku dziko lowuma ndi lachipululu,
gulu lawo lakutsogolo ndidzalipirikitsira ku nyanja ya kummawa
ndi gulu lawo lakumbuyo, ku nyanja ya kumadzulo.
Ndipo mitembo yawo idzawola,
fungo lake lidzamveka.”
Zoonadi Yehova wachita zinthu zazikulu.
21Iwe dziko usachite mantha;
sangalala ndipo kondwera.
Zoonadi Yehova wachita zinthu zazikulu.
22Inu nyama zakuthengo, musachite mantha,
pakuti msipu wa ku chipululu ukuphukira.
Mitengo ikubala zipatso zake;
mitengo ya mkuyu ndi mpesa ikubereka kwambiri.
23Inu anthu a ku Ziyoni sangalalani,
kondwerani mwa Yehova Mulungu wanu,
pakuti wakupatsani
mvula yoyambirira mwachilungamo chake.
Iye wakutumizirani mivumbi yochuluka,
mvula yoyambirira ndi mvula ya nthawi ya mphukira, monga poyamba paja.
24Pa malo opunthira padzaza tirigu;
mʼmitsuko mudzasefukira vinyo watsopano ndi mafuta.
25“Ine ndidzakubwezerani zonse zimene zinawonongedwa ndi dzombe,
dzombe lalikulu ndi dzombe lalingʼono,
dzombe lopanda mapiko ndi dzombe lowuluka;
gulu langa lalikulu la nkhondo limene ndinalitumiza pakati panu.
26Mudzakhala ndi chakudya chambiri, mpaka mudzakhuta,
ndipo mudzatamanda dzina la Yehova Mulungu wanu,
amene wakuchitirani zodabwitsa;
ndipo anthu anga sadzachitanso manyazi.
27Pamenepo inu mudzadziwa kuti Ine ndili mu Israeli,
kuti Ine ndine Yehova Mulungu wanu,
ndi kuti palibenso wina;
ndipo anthu anga sadzachitanso manyazi.
Tsiku la Yehova
28“Ndipo patapita nthawi,
ndidzakhuthulira Mzimu wanga pa anthu onse.
Ana anu aamuna ndi ana anu aakazi adzanenera,
nkhalamba zanu zidzalota maloto,
anyamata anu adzaona masomphenya.
29Ngakhalenso pa antchito anga aamuna ndi aakazi
ndidzakhuthulira Mzimu wanga masiku amenewo.
30Ndidzaonetsa zodabwitsa mlengalenga
ndi pa dziko lapansi,
ndizo magazi, moto ndi utsi watolotolo.
31Dzuwa lidzadetsedwa
ndipo mwezi udzaoneka ngati magazi
lisanafike tsiku lalikulu ndi loopsa la Ambuye.
32Ndipo aliyense amene adzayitana
pa dzina la Ambuye adzapulumuka;
pakuti chipulumutso chidzakhala pa Phiri la Ziyoni
ndi mu Yerusalemu,
monga Yehova wanenera,
pakati pa otsala
amene Yehova wawayitana.
