Livre de Joël 2

JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Sonnez du cor à Sion, donnez l'alarme sur ma montagne sainte! Que tous les habitants du paystremblent, car il vient, le jour de Yahvé, car il est proche!	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 Jour d'obscurité et de sombres nuages, jour de nuées et de ténèbres! Comme l'aurore, se déploie surles montagnes un peuple nombreux et fort, tel que jamais il n'y en eut, tel qu'il n'en sera plus après lui, degénération en génération.	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 Devant lui, le feu dévore, derrière lui, la flamme consume. Le pays est comme un jardin d'Edendevant lui, derrière lui, c'est une lande désolée! Aussi rien ne lui échappe.	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 Son aspect est celui des chevaux; comme des coursiers, tels ils s'élancent.	4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and they will rush forward like horsemen.
5 On dirait un fracas de chars bondissant sur les sommets des monts, le crépitement de la flammeardente qui dévore le chaume, un peuple fort rangé en bataille.	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 A sa vue, les peuples sont dans les transes, tous les visages perdent leur couleur.	6 Before their face, the people will be tortured; each one’s appearance will retreat, as if into a jar.
7 Ils s'élancent comme des braves, tels des guerriers, ils escaladent les murailles. Chacun va droit saroute, sans s'écarter de sa voie.	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 Nul ne bouscule son voisin, chacun va son chemin; à travers les traits ils foncent sans rompre leursrangs.	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 Ils se ruent sur la ville, s'élancent sur les murailles, escaladent les maisons, pénètrent par les fenêtrescomme des voleurs.	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 Devant lui la terre frémit, les cieux tremblent! Le soleil et la lune s'assombrissent, les étoiles perdentleur éclat!	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 Yahvé fait entendre sa voix à la tête de ses troupes! Car ses bataillons sont sans nombre, car il estpuissant, l'exécuteur de ses ordres, car il est grand, le jour de Yahvé, très redoutable - et qui peut l'affronter?	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 "Mais encore à présent - oracle de Yahvé - revenez à moi de tout votre coeur, dans le jeûne, lespleurs et les cris de deuil."	12 Now, therefore, the Lord says: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning.”
13 Déchirez votre coeur, et non vos vêtements, revenez à Yahvé, votre Dieu, car il est tendresse et pitié,lent à la colère, riche en grâce, et il a regret du mal.	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 Qui sait? S'il revenait? S'il regrettait? S'il laissait après lui une bénédiction, oblation et libation pourYahvé, votre Dieu?	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 Sonnez du cor à Sion! Prescrivez un jeûne, publiez une solennité,	15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call an assembly.
16 réunissez le peuple, convoquez la communauté, rassemblez les vieillards, réunissez les petitsenfants, ceux qu'on allaite au sein! Que le jeune époux quitte sa chambre et l'épousée son alcôve!	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 Qu'entre l'autel et le portique pleurent les prêtres, serviteurs de Yahvé! Qu'ils disent: "Pitié, Yahvé,pour ton peuple! Ne livre pas ton héritage à l'opprobre, au persiflage des nations! Pourquoi dirait-on parmi lespeuples: Où est leur Dieu?"	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 Or Yahvé s'émut de jalousie pour son pays, il épargna son peuple.	18 The Lord has been zealous for his land, and he has spared his people.
19 Yahvé répondit et dit à son peuple: "Voici que je vous envoie le blé, le vin, l'huile fraîche. Vous enaurez à satiété. Et jamais plus je ne ferai de vous l'opprobre des nations.	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 Celui qui vient du Nord, je l'éloignerai de chez vous, je le repousserai vers une terre aride et désolée,son avant-garde vers la mer orientale, son arrière-garde vers la mer occidentale. Il en montera une puanteur, il enmontera une infection!" (Car il a fait grand!)	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 Terre, ne crains plus, jubile et sois dans l'allégresse, car Yahvé a fait grand!	21 Earth, do not be afraid. Exult and rejoice. For the Lord has great esteem for what he has done.
22 Ne craignez plus, bêtes des champs! les pacages des landes ont reverdi, les arbres portent leursfruits, la vigne et le figuier donnent leurs richesses.	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 Fils de Sion, jubilez, réjouissez-vous en Yahvé votre Dieu! Car il vous a donné la pluie d'automneselon la justice, il a fait tomber pour vous l'ondée, celle d'automne et celle de printemps, comme jadis.	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 Les aires se rempliront de froment, les cuves regorgeront de vin et d'huile fraîche.	24 And the threshing floors will be filled with grain, and the presses will overflow with wine and oil.
25 "Je vous revaudrai les années qu'ont dévorées la sauterelle et le yèlèq, le hasil et le gazam, magrande armée que j'avais envoyée contre vous."	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 Vous mangerez tout votre soûl, à satiété, et vous louerez le nom de Yahvé votre Dieu, qui auraaccompli pour vous des merveilles. (Mon peuple ne connaîtra plus la honte, jamais!)	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 "Et vous saurez que je suis au milieu d'Israël, moi, que je suis Yahvé, votre Dieu, et sans égal! Monpeuple ne connaîtra plus la honte, jamais!"	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.