Yoel 2

¹Siyon'da boru çalın, kutsal dağımda duyuruda bulunun; ülkenin tüm sakinleri dehşetle sarsılsın, çünkü RAB'bin günü gelmiştir, çünkü o yakındır.

²Karanlık ve kasvet günü, bulut ve pus günü. Dağların üzerine yayılan şafak vakti gibi, büyük ve güçlü bir halk yayılıyor; başlangıçtan beri böylesi hiç olmadı ve ondan sonra da nesiller boyu yıllarca bir daha asla eklenmeyecek.

³Önlerinde yiyip bitiren bir ateş, arkalarında ise alevlenen bir yangın var; önlerindeki topraklar bolluk ve ihtişam cenneti gibidir, arkalarındaysa mutlak bir yok oluş ovası kalır ve onlardan kurtulabilen hiçbir şey olmayacaktır.

⁴Görünüşleri atların görünüşü gibidir ve süvariler gibi kovalarlar.

⁵Dağların tepelerinde sıçrayan savaş arabalarının sesi gibi, samanı yiyip bitiren ateş alevinin gürültüsü gibi ve savaşa hazırlanmış büyük ve güçlü bir halk gibi gürleyerek sıçrarlar.

⁶Onların huzurunda halklar dehşetle ezilir, bütün yüzler çömlek isi gibi kararır.

⁷Yiğitler gibi koşarlar, savaşçılar gibi surlara tırmanırlar; her biri kendi yolunda ilerler ve patikalarından asla sapmazlar.

⁸Hiçbiri kardeşinden uzaklaşmaz, silahlarının ağırlığı altında hizayla ilerlerler; fırlatılan silahların üzerine düşseler de asla yok edilemezler.

⁹Kenti ele geçirirler, surların üzerinde koşarlar, evlere tırmanırlar ve pencerelerden hırsız gibi girerler.

¹⁰Önlerinde yeryüzü dehşete düşer, gökyüzü sarsılır; güneş ve ay kararır, yıldızlar parıltılarını gizler.

¹¹Ve RAB, ordusunun önünde sesini yükseltir; çünkü O'nun ordugahı son derece büyüktür, O'nun sözünün işleri çok güçlüdür. Çünkü RAB'bin günü büyüktür, tecelli edişi çok görkemlidir; ona kim dayanabilir?

¹²"Şimdi bile," diyor Tanrınız RAB, "oruçla, ağlayarak ve göğsünüzü döverek bütün yüreğinizle bana dönün."

¹³Giysilerinizi değil, yüreklerinizi yırtın ve Tanrınız RAB'be dönün; çünkü O merhametli ve şefkatlidir, sabırlıdır, sevgisi boldur ve felaketler vermekten vazgeçer.

¹⁴Kim bilir? Belki döner, vazgeçer ve ardında bir bereket, Tanrınız RAB'be sunulacak bir kurban ve dökme sunu bırakır.

¹⁵Siyon'da boru çalın, kutsal bir oruç ilan edin, şifa ve arınma ibadeti duyurun.

¹⁶Halkı toplayın, topluluğu kutsal kılın, yaşlıları seçin, memedeki bebekleri toplayın; güvey odasından, gelin de gelin çadırından çıksın.

¹⁷Sunağın kaidesi arasında, RAB'be hizmet eden kâhinler ağlasın ve şöyle desinler: "Esirge, ya RAB, halkını! Mirasını utanç konusu etme ki uluslar onlara hükmetmesin. Uluslar arasında, 'Onların Tanrısı nerede?' denmesin."

¹⁸O zaman RAB ülkesi için kıskançlık duydu ve halkını esirgedi.

¹⁹RAB yanıtlayıp halkına şöyle dedi: "İşte, size buğdayı, şarabı ve zeytinyağını gönderiyorum, bunlarla doyacaksınız; sizi uluslar arasında bir daha utanç konusu etmeyeceğim."

²⁰Kuzeyden geleni sizden uzaklaştıracağım ve onu kurak bir ülkeye süreceğim; onun ön tarafını ilk denize, arka tarafını ise son denize sürüp yok edeceğim. Onun çürüklüğü yükselecek ve pis kokusu yayılacak, çünkü o büyük işler yaptı.

²¹Korkma, ey toprak! Sevin ve coş! Çünkü RAB büyük işler yaptı.

²²Korkmayın, ey kır hayvanları! Çünkü çölün otlakları yeşerdi, ağaçlar meyvelerini verdi, incir ağacı ve asma güçlerini sundu.

²³Ey Siyon çocukları, sevinin ve Tanrınız RAB'de coşun! Çünkü O size doğruluk uyarınca yiyecek verdi; üzerinize eskisi gibi ilkbahar ve sonbahar yağmurlarını yağdıracak.

²⁴Harman yerleri buğdayla dolacak, teknelerden şarap ve zeytinyağı taşacak.

²⁵"Üzerinize gönderdiğim o büyük ordumun; çekirgenin, tırtılın, pas hastalığının ve tırtıl kurdunun yiyip bitirdiği yılların karşılığını size geri ödeyeceğim."

²⁶Bol bol yiyip doyacaksınız ve sizinle harikalar yaratan Tanrınız RAB'bin adını öveceksiniz; halkım sonsuza dek asla utandırılmayacaktır.

²⁷Ve bileceksiniz ki, ben İsrail'in ortasındayım; Tanrınız RAB benim ve benden başkası yoktur. Halkım bir daha asla utandırılmayacaktır.

¹ΣΑΛΠΙΣΑΤΕ σάλπιγγι ἐν Σιών, κηρύξατε ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ μου, καὶ συγχυθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν, διότι πάρεστιν ἡμέρα Κυρίου, ὅτι ἐγγύς,

²ἡμέρα σκότους καὶ γνόφου, ἡμέρα νεφέλης καὶ ὁμίχλης. ὡς ὄρθρος χυθήσεται ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη λαὸς πολὺς καὶ ἰσχυρός· ὅμοιος αὐτῷ οὐ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτὸν οὐ προστεθήσεται ἕως ἐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν.

³τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πῦρ ἀναλίσκον, καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀναπτομένη φλόξ· ὡς παράδεισος τρυφῆς ἡ γῆ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ, καὶ ἀνασῳζόμενος οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῷ.

⁴ὡς ὅρασις ἵππων ἡ ὄψις αὐτῶν, καὶ ὡς ἱππεῖς οὕτως καταδιώξονται·

⁵ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἐπὶ τὰς κορυφὰς τῶν ὀρέων ἐξαλοῦνται καὶ ὡς φωνὴ φλογὸς πυρὸς κατεσθιούσης καλάμην καὶ ὡς λαὸς πολὺς καὶ ἰσχυρὸς παρατασσόμενος εἰς πόλεμον.

⁶ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ συντριβήσονται λαοί, πᾶν πρόσωπον ὡς πρόσκαυμα χύτρας.

⁷ὡς μαχηταὶ δραμοῦνται καὶ ὡς ἄνδρες πολεμισταί ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη, καὶ ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνουσι τὰς τρίβους αὐτῶν,

⁸καὶ ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀφέξεται, καταβαρυνόμενοι ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις αὐτῶν πορεύσονται καὶ ἐν τοῖς βέλεσιν αὐτῶν πεσοῦνται καὶ οὐ μὴ συντελεσθῶσι.

⁹τῆς πόλεως ἐπιλήψονται καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχέων δραμοῦνται καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς οἰκίας ἀναβήσονται καὶ διὰ θυρίδων εἰσελεύσονται ὡς κλέπται.

¹⁰πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν συγχυθήσεται ἡ γῆ καὶ σεισθήσεται ὁ οὐρανός, ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη συσκοτάσουσι, καὶ τὰ ἄστρα δύσουσι τὸ φέγγος αὐτῶν.

¹¹καὶ Κύριος δώσει φωνὴν αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, ὅτι πολλή ἐστι σφόδρα ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἰσχυρὰ ἔργα λόγων αὐτοῦ· διότι μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου, ἐπιφανὴς σφόδρα, καὶ τίς ἔσται ἱκανὸς αὐτῇ;

¹²καὶ νῦν λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν· ἐπιστράφητε πρός με ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν νηστείᾳ καὶ ἐν κλαυθμῷ καὶ ἐν κοπετῷ·

¹³καὶ διαρρήξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ μὴ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπιστράφητε πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ οἰκτίρμων ἐστί, μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος καὶ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις.

¹⁴τίς οἶδεν εἰ ἐπιστρέψει καὶ μετανοήσει καὶ ὑπολείψεται ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εὐλογίαν καὶ θυσίαν καὶ σπονδὴν Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν;

¹⁵σαλπίσατε σάλπιγγι ἐν Σιών, ἁγιάσατε νηστείαν, κηρύξατε θεραπείαν,

¹⁶συναγάγετε λαόν, ἁγιάσατε ἐκκλησίαν, ἐκλέξασθε πρεσβυτέρους, συναγάγετε νήπια θηλάζοντα μαστούς, ἐξελθέτω νυμφίος ἐκ τοῦ κοιτῶνος αὐτοῦ καὶ νύμφη ἐκ τοῦ παστοῦ αὐτῆς.

¹⁷ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς κρηπῖδος τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κλαύσονται οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ λειτουργοῦντες τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐροῦσι· φεῖσαι, Κύριε, τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ μὴ δῷς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου εἰς ὄνειδος τοῦ κατάρξαι αὐτῶν ἔθνη, ὅπως μὴ εἴπωσιν ἐν τοῖ ἔθνεσι· ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς αὐτῶν; -

¹⁸Καὶ ἐζήλωσε Κύριος τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐφείσατο τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.

¹⁹καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Κύριος καὶ εἶπε τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξαποστέλλω ὑμῖν τὸν σῖτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεσθε αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ δώσω ὑμᾶς οὐκέτι εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι·

²⁰καὶ τὸν ἀπὸ Βορρᾶ ἐκδιώξω ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐξώσω αὐτὸν εἰς γῆν ἄνυδρον καὶ ἀφανιῶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν πρώτην καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν τὴν ἐσχάτην, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ἡ σαπρία αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναβήσεται ὁ βρόμος αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνε τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.

²¹θάρσει, γῆ, χαῖρε καὶ εὐφραίνου, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνε Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι.

²²θαρσεῖτε, κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου, ὅτι βεβλάστηκε τὰ πεδία τῆς ἐρήμου, ὅτι ξύλον ἤνεγκε τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ, συκῆ καὶ ἄμπελος ἔδωκαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν.

²³καὶ τὰ τέκνα Σιών, χαίρετε καὶ εὐφραίνεσθε ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ὑμῶν, διότι ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν τὰ βρώματα εἰς δικαιοσύνην καὶ βρέξει ὑμῖν ὑετὸν πρώϊμον καὶ ὄψιμον καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν.

²⁴καὶ πλησθήσονται αἱ ἅλωνες σίτου, καὶ ὑπερεκχυθήσονται αἱ ληνοὶ οἴνου καὶ ἐλαίου.

²⁵καὶ ἀνταποδώσω ὑμῖν ἀντὶ τῶν ἐτῶν ὧν κατέφαγεν ἡ ἀκρὶς καὶ ὁ βροῦχος καὶ ἡ ἐρυσίβη καὶ ἡ κάμπη, ἡ δύναμίς μου ἡ μεγάλη, ἣν ἐξαπέστειλα εἰς ὑμᾶς.

²⁶καὶ φάγεσθε ἐσθίοντες καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεσθε καὶ αἰνέσετε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν, ἃ ἐποίησε μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰς θαυμάσια, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ ὁ λαός μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·

²⁷καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι πλὴν ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῶσιν ἔτι ὁ λαός μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

¹Sound the trumpet in Sion, make a proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded: for the day of the Lord is near;

²for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.

³Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.

⁴Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they pursue.

⁵As the sound of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, and as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as a numerous and strong people setting themselves in array for battle.

⁶Before them shall the people be crushed: every face [shall be] as the blackness of a caldron.

⁷As warriors shall they run, and as men of war shall they mount on the walls; and each shall move in his [right] path, and they shall not turn aside from their tracks:

⁸and not one shall stand aloof from his brother: they shall go on weighed down with their arms, and they fall upon their weapons, yet shall they in no wise be destroyed.

⁹They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves.

¹⁰Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

¹¹And the Lord shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to [resist] it?

¹²Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:

¹³and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils.

¹⁴Who knows if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord your God?

¹⁵Sound the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn] service:

¹⁶gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

¹⁷Between the porch and the altar let the priests that minister to the Lord weep, and say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among the heathen, Where is their God?

¹⁸But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.

¹⁹And the Lord answered and said to his people, Behold, I [will] send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied with them: and I will no longer make you a reproach among the Gentiles.

²⁰And I will chase away from you the northern [adversary], and will drive him away into a dry land, and I will sink his face in the former sea, and his back parts in the latter sea, and his ill savour shall come up, and his stink come up, because he has wrought great things.

²¹Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things.

²²Be of good courage, ye beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength.

²³Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Sion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.

²⁴And the floors shall be filled with corn, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil.

²⁵And I will recompense you for the years which the locust, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, and the cankerworm have eaten, [even] my great army, which I sent against you.

²⁶And ye shall eat abundantly, and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the Lord your God [for the things] which he has wrought wonderfully with you: and my people shall not be ashamed for ever.

²⁷And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and [that] I am the Lord your God, and [that] there is none else beside me; and my people shall no more be ashamed for ever.