Joel 2

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1 ¡Tocad el cuerno en Sión, clamad en mi monte santo! ¡Tiemblen todos los habitantes del país, porque llega el Día de Yahveh, porque está cerca!	1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, wail on my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land be stirred up. For the day of the Lord is on its way; for it is near:
2 ¡Día de tinieblas y de oscuridad, día de nublado y densa niebla! Como la aurora sobre los montes se despliega un pueblo numeroso y fuerte, como jamás hubo otro, ni lo habrá después de él en años de generación en generación.	2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and whirlwinds. Like the morning reaching over the mountains, they are a numerous and strong people. Nothing like them has existed since the beginning, nor will exist after them, even in the years of generation upon generation.
3 Delante de él devora el fuego, detrás de él la llama abrasa. Como un jardín de Edén era delante de él la tierra, detrás de él, un desierto desolado. ¡No hay escape ante él!	3 Before their face is a devouring fire, and behind them is a burning flame. The land before them is like a lush garden, and behind them is a desolate desert, and there is no one who can escape them.
4 Aspecto de corceles es su aspecto, como jinetes, así corren.	4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and they will rush forward like horsemen.
5 Como estrépito de carros, por las cimas de los montes saltan, como el crepitar de la llama de fuego que devora hojarasca; ¡como un pueblo poderoso en orden de batalla!	5 Like the sound of a four-horse chariot, they will leap over the tops of the mountains. Like the sound of a burning flame devouring stubble, they are as a strong people prepared for battle.
6 Ante él se estremecen los pueblos, todos los rostros mudan de color.	6 Before their face, the people will be tortured; each one’s appearance will retreat, as if into a jar.
7 Corren como bravos, como guerreros escalan las murallas; cada uno va por su camino, y no intercambian su ruta.	7 They will rush forward, as if they were strong. Like valiant warriors, they will ascend the wall. The men will advance, each one on his own way, and they will not turn aside from their path.
8 Nadie tropieza con su vecino, van cada cual por su calzada; a través de los dardos arremeten sin romper la formación.	8 And each one will not hem in his brother; every one will walk in his own rough path. Moreover, they will drop through the breach and not be harmed.
9 Sobre la ciudad se precipitan, corren por la muralla, hasta las casas suben, a través de las ventanas entran como ladrones.	9 They will advance into the city; they will rush through the wall. They will scale the houses; they will go in through the windows, like a thief.
10 ¡Ante él tiembla la tierra, se estremecen los cielos, el sol y la luna se oscurecen, y las estrellas retraen su fulgor!	10 Before their face, the earth has trembled, the heavens have been moved. The sun and moon have been obscured, and the stars have retracted their splendor.
11 Ya da Yahveh la voz delante de su ejército, porque sus batallones son inmensos, porque es fuerte el ejecutor de su palabra, porque es grande el Día de Yahveh, y muy terrible: ¿quién lo soportará?	11 And the Lord has bestowed his voice before the face of his army. For its military camps are very numerous; for they are strong and they carry out his word. For the day of the Lord is great and so very terrible, and who can withstand it?
12 «Mas ahora todavía - oráculo de Yahveh - volved a mí de todo corazón, con ayuno, con llantos, con lamentos».	12 Now, therefore, the Lord says: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning.”
13 Desgarrad vuestro corazón y no vuestros vestidos, volved a Yahveh vuestro Dios, porque él es clemente y compasivo, tardo a la cólera, rico en amor, y se ablanda ante la desgracia.	13 And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and convert to the Lord your God. For he is gracious and merciful, patient and full of compassion, and steadfast despite ill will.
14 ¡Quién sabe si volverá y se ablandará, y dejará tras sí una bendición, oblación y libación a Yahveh vuestro Dios!	14 Who knows if he might convert and forgive, and bequeath a blessing after him, a sacrifice and a libation to the Lord your God?
15 ¡Tocad el cuerno en Sión, promulgad un ayuno, llamad a concejo,	15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly.
16 congregad al pueblo, convocad la asamblea, reunid a los ancianos, congregad a los pequeños y a los niños de pecho! Deje el recién casado su alcoba y la recién casada su tálamo.	16 Gather the people, sanctify the church, unite the elders, gather together the little ones and infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom depart from his bed, and the bride from her bridal chamber.
17 Entre el vestíbulo y el altar lloren los sacerdotes, ministros de Yahveh, y digan: «¡Perdona, Yahveh, a tu pueblo, y no entregues tu heredad al oprobio a la irrisión de las naciones! ¿Por qué se ha de decir entre los pueblos: ¿Dónde está su Dios?»	17 Between the vestibule and the altar, the priests, the ministers of the Lord, will weep, and they will say: “Spare, O Lord, spare your people. And do not bequeath your inheritance into disgrace, so that the nations would rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
18 Y Yahveh se llenó de celo por su tierra, y tuvo piedad de su pueblo.	18 The Lord has been zealous for his land, and he has spared his people.
19 Respondió Yahveh y dijo a su pueblo: «He aquí que yo os envío grano, mosto y aceite virgen: os hartaréis de ello, y no os entregaré más al oprobio de las naciones.	19 And the Lord responded, and he said to his people: “Behold, I will send you grain and wine and oil, and you will again be filled with them. And I will no longer give you disgrace among the Gentiles.
20 Al que viene del Norte le alejaré de vosotros, y le echaré hacia una tierra de aridez y desolación: su vanguardia hacia el mar oriental, hacia el mar occidental su retaguardia. Y subirá su hedor, y subirá su fetidez». (¡Porque él hace grandezas!)	20 And he who is from the North, I will drive far from you. And I will expel him into an impassable land, and into the desert, with his face opposite the Eastern sea, and his furthest part towards the furthest sea. And his stench will ascend, and his rottenness will ascend, because he has acted arrogantly.
21 No temas, suelo, jubila y regocíjate, porque Yahveh hace grandezas.	21 Earth, do not be afraid. Exult and rejoice. For the Lord has great esteem for what he has done.
22 No temáis, bestias del campo, porque ya reverdecen los pastizales del desierto, los árboles producen su fruto, la higuera y la vid dan su riqueza.	22 Animals of the countryside, do not be afraid. For the beauty of the wilderness has sprung forth. For the tree has borne its fruit. The fig tree and the vine have bestowed their virtue.
23 ¡Hijos de Sión, jubilad, alegraos en Yahveh vuestro Dios! Porque él os da la lluvia de otoño, con justa medida, y hace caer para vosotros aguacero de otoño y primavera como antaño.	23 And you, sons of Zion, exult and rejoice in the Lord your God. For he has given you a teacher of justice, and he will make the early and the late rains descend to you, just as it was in the beginning.
24 Las eras se llenarán de trigo puro, de mosto y aceite virgen los lagares rebosarán.	24 And the threshing floors will be filled with grain, and the presses will overflow with wine and oil.
25 «Yo os compensaré de los años en que os devoraron la langosta y el pulgón, el saltón y la oruga, mi gran ejército, que contra vosotros envié».	25 And I will repay you for the years which the locust, and the beetle, and the mildew, and the caterpillar consumed: my great strength which I sent upon you.
26 Comeréis en abundancia hasta hartaros, y alabaréis el nombre de Yahveh vuestro Dios, que hizo con vosotros maravillas. (¡Mi pueblo no será confundido jamás!)	26 And you will eat with enjoyment, and you will be satisfied, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked miracles with you, and my people will not be confounded forever.
27 «Y sabréis que en medio de Israel estoy yo, ¡yo, Yahveh, vuestro Dios, y no hay otro! ¡Y mi pueblo no será confundido jamás!»	27 And you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and I am the Lord your God, and there is no other, and my people will not be confounded forever.
	28 And after this, it will happen that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy; your elders will dream dreams, and your youths will see visions.
	29 Moreover, in those days I will pour out my spirit upon my servants and handmaids.
	30 And I will grant wonders in the sky and on earth: blood and fire and the vapor of smoke.
	31 The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord shall arrive.
	32 And it will happen that everyone who will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. For on Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and in the remnant whom the Lord will call, there will be salvation, just as the Lord has said.