Joel 2

NOVA VULGATA	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Canite tuba in Sion, ululate in monte sancto meo; conturbentur omnes habitatores terrae, quia venit dies Domini, quia prope est.	1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near,
2 Dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nubis et turbinis; quasi aurora expansa super montes populus multus et fortis: similis ei non fuit a principio, et post eum non erit usque in annos generationis et generationis.	2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations.
3 Ante faciem eius ignis vorat, et post eum exurit flamma. Quasi hortus Eden terra coram eo, et post eum solitudo deserti; neque est quod effugiat eum.	3 Fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them, but after them a desolate wilderness, and nothing escapes them.
4 Quasi aspectus equorum aspectus eorum, et quasi equites sic current.	4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run.
5 Sicut sonitus quadrigarum super capita montium exsiliunt, sicut sonitus flammae ignis devorantis stipulam, velut populus fortis praeparatus ad proelium.	5 As with the rumbling of chariots, they leap on the tops of the mountains, like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a powerful army drawn up for battle.
6 A facie eius cruciabuntur populi, omnes vultus candentes.	6 Before them peoples are in anguish, all faces grow pale.
7 Sicut fortes currunt, quasi viri bellatores ascendunt murum; unusquisque in viis suis graditur, et non declinant a semitis suis.	7 Like warriors they charge, like soldiers they scale the wall. They march each on his way, they do not swerve from their paths.
8 Unusquisque fratrem suum non coarctat, singuli in calle suo ambulant, per media tela prorumpunt sine intermissione.	8 They do not jostle one another, each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
9 Urbem ingrediuntur, in murum discurrunt, domos conscendunt, per fenestras intrant quasi fur.	9 They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls; they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.
10 A facie eius contremuit terra, moti sunt caeli, sol et luna obtenebrati sunt, et stellae retraxerunt splendorem suum.	10 The earth quakes before them, the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 Et Dominus dedit vocem suam ante faciem exercitus sui, quia multa sunt nimis castra eius, quia fortia et facientia verbum eius; magnus enim dies Domini et terribilis valde, et quis sustinebit eum?	11 The LORD utters his voice before his army, for his host is exceedingly great; he that executes his word is powerful. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
12 “ Nunc ergo, dicit Dominus, convertimini ad me in toto corde vestro, in ieiunio et in fletu et in planctu;	12 "Yet even now," says the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
13 et scindite corda vestra et non vestimenta vestra, et convertimini ad Dominum Deum vestrum, quia benignus et misericors est, patiens et multae misericordiae et placabilis super malitia ”.	13 and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil.
14 Quis scit, si convertatur et ignoscat et relinquat post se benedictionem, oblationem et libationem Domino Deo vestro?	14 Who knows whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, a cereal offering and a drink offering for the LORD, your God?
15 Canite tuba in Sion, sanctificate ieiunium, vocate coetum; congregate populum, sanctificate conventum, coadunate senes,	15 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly;
16 congregate parvulos et sugentes ubera, egrediatur sponsus de cubili suo, et sponsa de thalamo suo.	16 gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
17 Inter vestibulum et altare plorent sacerdotes ministri Domini et dicant: “Parce, Domine, populo tuo et ne des hereditatem tuam in opprobrium, ut dominentur eis nationes ”. Quare dicent in populis: “ Ubi est Deus eorum ”?	17 Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep and say, "Spare thy people, O LORD, and make not thy heritage a reproach, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?"
18 Zelatus est Dominus terram suam et pepercit populo suo.	18 Then the LORD became jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
19 Et respondit Dominus et dixit populo suo: “ Ecce ego mittam vobis frumentum et vinum et oleum, et replebimini eis; et non dabo vos ultra opprobrium in gentibus.	19 The LORD answered and said to his people, "Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
20 Et eum, qui ab aquilone est, procul faciam a vobis et expellam eum in terram inviam et desertam: facies eius contra mare orientale, et extremum eius ad mare occidentale; et ascendet foetor eius, et ascendet putredo eius, quia magna operatus est.	20 "I will remove the northerner far from you, and drive him into a parched and desolate land, his front into the eastern sea, and his rear into the western sea; the stench and foul smell of him will rise, for he has done great things.
21 Noli timere, terra; exsulta et laetare, quoniam magna Dominus operatus est.	21 "Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things!
22 Nolite timere, animalia regionis, quia germinaverunt pascua deserti, quia lignum attulit fructum suum, ficus et vinea dederunt divitias suas.	22 Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
23 Et, filii Sion, exsultate et laetamini in Domino Deo vestro, quia dedit vobis pluviam iustitiae et descendere fecit ad vos imbrem matutinum et serotinum sicut prius.	23 "Be glad, O sons of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he has given the early rain for your vindication, he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
24 Et implebuntur areae frumento, et redundabunt torcularia vino et oleo;	24 "The threshing floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 et reddam vobis annos, quos comedit locusta, bruchus et gryllus et eruca, exercitus meus magnus, quem misi in vos.	25 I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
26 Et comedetis vescentes et saturabimini et laudabitis nomen Domini Dei vestri, qui mirabilia fecit vobiscum; et non confundetur populus meus in sempiternum.	26 "You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
27 Et scietis quia in medio Israel ego sum, et ego Dominus Deus vester, et non est amplius; et non confundetur populus meus in aeternum ”.	27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I, the LORD, am your God and there is none else. And my people shall never again be put to shame.
	28 "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
	29 Even upon the menservants and maidservants in those days, I will pour out my spirit.
	30 "And I will give portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
	31 The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
	32 And it shall come to pass that all who call upon the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the LORD has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the LORD calls.