योएल 2
1 सियोनमा तुरही फुक, मेरो पवित्र पर्वतमा चेतावनीतको ध्वनि बजाऊ। ती सबै मानिसहरुलाई जो यो देशमा बस्छन् डरले थरथर कामुन्? परमप्रभुको विषेश दिन आउँदैछ। परमप्रभुको विशेष दिन नजिकै छ।
2 त्यो दिन अन्धकार उदासी दिन हुनेछ। त्योदिन धेरै अँध्यारो र बादलले ढाकेको हुनेछ। तिमीहरु विशाल र शक्तिशाली मानिसहरु पर्वतमा अन्धकार झैं फैलिंदै गरेको देख्ने छौ। तिनीहरु जस्ता धेरै संख्यामा मानिसहरु पहिले त्यहाँ कहिल्यै पनि आएका थिएनन् अनि न त भबिष्यमा यस्तो हुनेछ।
3 तिनीहरुकोअघाडी आगोले भष्म पार्छ। तिनीहरुको पछाडी आगोको ज्वाला दन्कन्छ। भूमी मानिसको सामुने अदनको बगैंचा झैं हुनेछ अनि मनिसको पछि उजाड मरुभूमि जस्तै हुनेछ। त्यहाँ केही पनि रहने छैन।
4 सलहहरु घोडा जस्तै देखिन्छन् अनि तिनीहरु युद्धको घोडा जस्तै दौडन्छन्।
5 तिनीहरुलाई सुन! तिनीहरुको ध्वनि युद्घको समयमा रथ पहाडमा चढ्दा भएको खैला-बैला जस्तै हुन्छ। त्यो आवज भुस जलेर निस्केको आगोको ज्वाला जस्तै छ। एक हुल शक्तिशाली मानिसहरु युद्घका निम्ति तत्पर हुँदाको जस्तै हुनेछ।
6 मानिसहरु तिनीहरुको अघि डरले थर-थर काम्छन्। तिनीहरु को अनुहार डरले पहेंलो हुन्छ।
7 तिनीहरु योद्धाहरु झैं दगुर्छन्। तिनीहरु युद्धका मानिसहरु झैं पर्खालमाथि चढ्छन। प्रत्येक मानिस सोझो अघाडी बढछन्। तिनीहरु पंक्ति नबिगारी हिंडछन्।
8 उनीहरु एक अर्कामाथि ठेलाठेल गर्दैनन्। प्रत्येक सेना आफ्नो बाटोमा हिंड्छन्। यदि कुनै सेनालाई चोट लागेर लडे पनि अरु सेनाहरु अघि बढि रहन्छन्।
9 तिनीहरु कुदेर शहरमा पस्नेछन् अनी चाँडै पर्खाल माथि कुद्नेछन्। तिनीहरु घरमाथि चढछन् अनि झ्यालबाट चोरहरु जस्तै भित्र पस्छन्।
10 तिनीहरुको अगाडी पृथ्वी हल्लिन्छ,आकाश काम्छ। सूर्य र चन्द्रमा पनि अँध्यारो हुन्छ। अनि तारा चम्कन छोड्छ।
11 परमप्रभुले आफ्नो सेनाहरुलाई ठुलो स्वरले बोलाउनु हुन्छ। उहाँको छाउनी अत्यन्त विशाल छ। ती जसले परमप्रभुको आज्ञा पालन गर्छन् तिनीहरु धेरैल संख्यामा छन्। परमप्रभुको विशेष दिन महान् अनि डर लाग्दो हुनेछ। यो कसले सहन सक्छ र?
12 परमप्रभु भन्नु हुन्छ, “अहिले पनि तिमीहरु सम्पूर्ण हृदयले उपवास बसेर रूँदै र शोक गर्दै म तिर फर्क ।
13 लुगा होइन, तिमीहरु को हृदय फटएर”परमप्रभु तिमीहरुका परमेश्वरकहाँ फर्केर आऊ। उहाँ दयालु अनि करूणामय हुनुहुन्छ। उहाँ चाँडै रिसाउनु हुन्न। उहाँ को प्रेम महान छ, दण्ड दिने बिषयमा उहाँले जो निर्णय लिनु भएको छ त्यो उहाँले परिवर्तन गर्न सकनु हुछ।
14 ‘कसले जान्दछ’ हुनसक्छ परमप्रभुले आफ्नो मन बद्लीन सक्नु हुन्छ। यो पनि हुनसक्छ उहाँले तिमीहरुलाई आशिष दिनुहुन्छ। अनि फेरि तिमीहरुले परमप्रभु तिमीहरुका परमेशवरलाई अन्नबलि र अर्घबलि चढाउन योग्यका हुने छौ।
15 सियोनमा तुरहि फुक, महा-पबित्र सभा बोलाऊ। उपवासको विशेष समयलाई बोलाऊ।
16 मानिसलाई भेला गर। त्यो विशेष सभाकोलागि उनीहरुलाई बोलाऊ। तिमीले बूढा-प्रधानहरु अनि नानीहरुलाई भेला गर। त्यो दुधे-बालकलाई पनि लिएर आऊ, नयाँ दुलहा-दुलहीलाई सिधै तिनीहरुको कोठाबाट बोलाऊ।
17 पूजाहारीहरु, परमप्रभुका सेवकहरु मन्दिरको दलान वेदीको बिचमा रहुन्। तिनीहरुले भनुन्, “हे परमप्रभु तपाईका मानिहरुलाई दया देखाउनुहोस्। तुपाईंका मानिसलाई लज्जित हुन नदिनु होस्। तिनीहरुलाई राष्ट्रहरुको बिचमा हाँसोको पात्र नबनाउनु होस्। तपाँईंले अन्य देशहरुलाई हाँस्दै भन्ने अवसर नदिनुहोस्, तिनीहरुका परमेश्वर कहाँ हुनुहुन्छ?”
18 तब परमप्रभु आफ्नो भूमिको निम्ति अत्यन्तै जोशिलो हुनुभयो। उहाँ आफ्ना मानिसहरुमाथि करुणामय हुनुभयो।
19 परमप्रभुले आफ्ना मानिसहरुलाई उत्तर दिनु भयो। उहाँले भन्नुभयो, “म तिनीहरुका निम्ति अन्नहरु, नयाँ दाखरस र तेल पठाउनेछु। तिमिहरुका निन्ति प्रशस्त हुनेछ। म तिमीहरुलाई अन्य जातिहरुको बिचमा हाँसोको पात्र बनिन दिने छैन।
20 त्यहाँ आएका उत्तरवासीहरुलाईतिमीहरुको देशबाट हटाइदिनेछु। उनिहरुलाई बाँझो र उजाड देशमा पठाइदिनेछु, त्यसमध्ये आधिलाई पूर्वको समुद्रपट्टि पठाई दिनेछु, अनि फेरि आधिलाई पश्चिमको समुद्रतर्फ पठाईदिनेछु। उनीहरुले यस्तो घृणित कर्म गरेका छन्, उनीहरुसडेको दुर्गन्धमाथि उठ्नेछन्। तिनीहरुको नराम्रो गन्ध उँभो जानेछ। तिनीहरुले धेरै घिनलाग्दा कामहरु गरेका छन्।
21 हे देश नडरा! तँ खुशि भएर रमाइलो गर, किनकि परमप्रभुले ठूला-ठूला काम गर्नु हुनेछ।
22 हे जङ्गलका पशुहरु! नडराऊ, बनको उजाड खर्कमा हरियाली आउँनेछ। रूखहरुले फलदिन थाल्नेछन्। नेभाराको बोटहरु र दाखको बोटहरुले प्रशस्त फल दिनेछ।
23 हे सियोनका मानिसहरु! खुशीहोऊ। परमप्रभु,तिमीहरुका परमेश्वरसँग रमाऊ। किनभने उहाँले तिमीहरुलाई राम्रो गर्नुहुनेछ। उहाँले तिमीहरुलाई अघिल्लो र पछिल्लो दुबै झरी पहिला झैं पठाई दिनुहुन्छ।
24 अब खलाहरु गहुँले भरिपूर्ण हुनेछन्। अनि दाख-कुण्डहरु नयाँ दाखरस र तेलले भरिनेछन्।
25 “म परमप्रभुले मेरो शक्तिशाली सेना तिमीहरुको बिरुद्धमा पठाएको थिएँ। ती काट्ने सलहहरु, ती बगाले सलहहरु अनि उफ्रने सलहहरुले तिम्रा सबै अन्नहरु खाईदिए। तर म परमप्रभु ती सबै नोक्सान भएको फेरि भरपूर गरिदिनेछु। तिमीहरु फेरि भरिभराऊ हुनेछौ।
26 फेरि तिमीहरुसँग प्रशस्त खानेकुरा हुनेछ। तिमीहरु सन्तुष्ट हुनेछौ र तिमीहरुले परमप्रभु तिमीहरुका परमेश्वरको प्रशंसाको गीत गाउनेछौ। उहाँले तिम्रा निम्ति आश्चर्यचकित काम गर्नु भएकोछ। अब मेरो मानिसहरु कहिल्यै लज्जित हुनेछैनन्।
27 अनि तिमीले थाहापाउनेछौ म इस्राएलको बीचमा छु। अनि फेरि तिमीले जन्नेछौ म परमप्रभु तिमीहरुको परमेश्वर हुँ र म वाहेक अर्को कुनै परमेश्वर छैन। मेरा प्रजाहरु फेरि कहिल्यै लज्जित हुनेछैनन्।”
28 “त्यसपछि म तिमीहरु सबै माथि मेरो आत्मा खन्याउँनेछु। तिमीहरुका छोरा-छोरीहरुले अगमवाणी गर्नेछन्। तिमीहरुका बूढा मानिसहरु स्वप्न-दर्शी हुनेछन्। तिनीहरुका जवानले दर्शन देख्नेछन्।
29 त्यस समय म आफ्ना आत्मा मेरा दास र दासीहरुमाथि खन्याउनेछु।
30 पृथ्वी अनि आकाशमा म अद्भूत चिन्ह देखाउनेछु। त्यहाँ रगत, आगो र धुवाँको खम्बाहरु हुनेछन्।
31 सूर्य अँध्यारोमा बद्लनेछ। चन्द्रमाको रंग रगतमा बद्लनेछ। अनि परमप्रभुको महान् र डरलाग्दो दिन आउनेछ।
32 अनि हरेक मानिस जसले परमप्रभुको नाउँ पुकर्छ उसलाई बचाइनेछ। किनकि परमप्रभुले भन्नु भए अनुसार त्यहाँ बाँचेकाहरु सियोन डाँडा र यरूशलेममा हुनेछन्। यो ठिक परमप्रभुले भन्नु भए जस्तै हुनेछ। बाँचेहरुको बिचमा तिनीहरु हुनेछन् जसलाई परमेश्वरले बोलाउनु हुनेछ।
1 Blow 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 A 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.
3 A 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.
4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
5 Like 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.
6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
7 They 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:
8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
9 They 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.
10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
11 And 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:
13 And 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.
14 Who 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:
16 Gather 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.
17 Let 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?
18 Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
19 Yea, 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:
20 But 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.
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.
22 Be 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.
23 Be 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.
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And 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.
26 And 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.
27 And 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:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
32 And 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.
1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of him?
8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?
17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him.
22 And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.
24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;
27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.