Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Chapter 2
The Terrible Visitation
| 1 Σαλπίσατε σάλπιγγι ἐν Σιών, κηρύξατε ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ μου, καὶ συγχυθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν, διότι πάρεστιν ἡμέρα κυρίου, ὅτι ἐγγύς, 2 ἡμέρα 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. 3 τὰ 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. | 1 Sound the trumpet in Zion, herald it on My holy mountain; and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded, for the Day of the Lord is present, for it is near— 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of cloud and mist. Like the dawn, a numerous and strong people shall be poured out upon the mountains; the like of it has not happened from of old, and after it there shall not be added [the like] even for years unto generations of generations. 3 Before it a consuming fire, and behind it a kindling flame; the land before its face is like a paradise of luxury, but behind it a plain of vanishing, and there shall be no one saved from it. |
| 4 ὡς ὅρασις ἵππων ἡ ὄψις αὐτῶν, καὶ ὡς ἱππεῖς οὕτως καταδιώξονται· 5 ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἐπὶ τὰς κορυφὰς τῶν ὀρέων ἐξαλοῦνται καὶ ὡς φωνὴ φλογὸς πυρὸς κατεσθιούσης καλάμην καὶ ὡς λαὸς πολὺς καὶ ἰσχυρὸς παρατασσόμενος εἰς πόλεμον. 6 ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ συντριβήσονται λαοί, πᾶν πρόσωπον ὡς πρόσκαυμα χύτρας. 7 ὡς μαχηταὶ δραμοῦνται καὶ ὡς ἄνδρες πολεμισταὶ ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη, καὶ ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ πορεύσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνωσιν τὰς τρίβους αὐτῶν, 8 καὶ ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀφέξεται· καταβαρυνόμενοι ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις αὐτῶν πορεύσονται καὶ ἐν τοῖς βέλεσιν αὐτῶν πεσοῦνται καὶ οὐ μὴ συντελεσθῶσιν. 9 τῆς πόλεως ἐπιλήμψονται καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχέων δραμοῦνται καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς οἰκίας ἀναβήσονται καὶ διὰ θυρίδων εἰσελεύσονται ὡς κλέπται. 10 πρὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν συγχυθήσεται ἡ γῆ καὶ σεισθήσεται ὁ οὐρανός, ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη συσκοτάσουσιν, καὶ τὰ ἄστρα δύσουσιν τὸ φέγγος αὐτῶν. 11 καὶ κύριος δώσει φωνὴν αὐτοῦ πρὸ προσώπου δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, ὅτι πολλή ἐστιν σφόδρα ἡ παρεμβολὴ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἰσχυρὰ ἔργα λόγων αὐτοῦ· διότι μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου, μεγάλη καὶ ἐπιφανὴς σφόδρα, καὶ τίς ἔσται ἱκανὸς αὐτῇ; | 4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so they shall pursue. 5 Like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains they shall leap, and like the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and like a numerous and strong people drawn up for battle. 6 From its face peoples shall be crushed; every face shall be like the scorched blackness of a pot. 7 Like warriors they shall run, and like men of war they shall climb upon the walls; and each shall march in his own way, and they shall not turn aside from their paths. 8 And not one shall keep away from his brother; being weighed down in their armor they shall march, and they shall fall upon their missiles and not be finished [destroyed]. 9 They shall seize the city and run upon the walls; they shall climb into the houses and enter through the windows like thieves. 10 Before their face the earth shall be confounded and the heaven shall be shaken; the sun and the moon shall grow dark, and the stars shall withdraw their brightness. 11 And the Lord will give His voice before His power, for His camp is very great, for the works of His words are strong; for the Day of the Lord is great, great and very manifest, and who shall be sufficient for it? |
| 12 καὶ νῦν λέγει κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν Ἐπιστράφητε πρός με ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν νηστείᾳ καὶ ἐν κλαυθμῷ καὶ ἐν κοπετῷ· 13 καὶ διαρρήξατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν καὶ μὴ τὰ ἱμάτια ὑμῶν καὶ ἐπιστράφητε πρὸς κύριον τὸν θεὸν ὑμῶν, ὅτι ἐλεήμων καὶ οἰκτίρμων ἐστίν, μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος καὶ μετανοῶν ἐπὶ ταῖς κακίαις. 14 τίς οἶδεν εἰ ἐπιστρέψει καὶ μετανοήσει καὶ ὑπολείψεται ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ εὐλογίαν, θυσίαν καὶ σπονδὴν κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν; | 12 "And even now," says the Lord your God, "return to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning." 13 And rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the Lord your God, for He is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering and of great mercy, and relenting over evils. 14 Who knows if He will return and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him—a sacrifice and a drink offering to the Lord our God? |
| 15 σαλπίσατε σάλπιγγι ἐν Σιών, ἁγιάσατε νηστείαν, κηρύξατε θεραπείαν, 16 συναγάγετε λαόν, ἁγιάσατε ἐκκλησίαν, ἐκλέξασθε πρεσβυτέρους, συναγάγετε νήπια θηλάζοντα μαστούς, ἐξελθάτω νυμφίος ἐκ τοῦ κοιτῶνος αὐτοῦ καὶ νύμφη ἐκ τοῦ παστοῦ αὐτῆς. 17 ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς κρηπῖδος τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου κλαύσονται οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ λειτουργοῦντες κυρίῳ καὶ ἐροῦσιν Φεῖσαι, κύριε, τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ μὴ δῷς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου εἰς ὄνειδος τοῦ κατάρξαι αὐτῶν ἔθνη, ὅπως μὴ εἴπωσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν Ποῦ ἐστιν ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶν; | 15 Sound the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a service, 16 gather the people, sanctify the assembly, choose the elders, gather the infants nursing at the breasts; let the bridegroom go out from his chamber and the bride from her bridal-canopy. 17 Between the steps [foundation] of the altar the priests who minister to the Lord shall weep and say, "Spare, O Lord, Your people, and do not give Your inheritance to reproach, for the nations to rule over them, so that they should not say among the nations, 'Where is their God?'" |
Deliverance Promised
| 18 Καὶ ἐζήλωσεν κύριος τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐφείσατο τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ. 19 καὶ ἀπεκρίθη κύριος καὶ εἶπεν 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· 20 καὶ 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 ἐμεγάλυνεν τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. | 18 And the Lord was jealous for His land and spared His people. 19 And the Lord answered and said to His people, "Behold, I am sending you grain and wine and oil, and you shall be satisfied with them; and I will no longer give you over to reproach among the nations. 20 And I will drive the one from the north away from you, and I will thrust him into a waterless land; and I will vanish his face into the first sea [Eastern] and his rear into the last sea [Western]; and his foulness shall rise up, and his stench shall rise up, because he has magnified his works." |
| 21 θάρσει, γῆ, χαῖρε καὶ εὐφραίνου, ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνεν κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι. 22 θαρσεῖτε, κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου, ὅτι βεβλάστηκεν πεδία τῆς ἐρήμου, ὅτι ξύλον ἤνεγκεν τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ, ἄμπελος καὶ συκῆ ἔδωκαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν. 23 καὶ τὰ τέκνα Σιών, χαίρετε καὶ εὐφραίνεσθε ἐπὶ τῷ κυρίῳ θεῷ ὑμῶν, διότι ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν τὰ βρώματα εἰς δικαιοσύνην καὶ βρέξει ὑμῖν ὑετὸν πρόιμον καὶ ὄψιμον καθὼς ἔμπροσθεν, 24 καὶ πλησθήσονται αἱ ἅλωνες σίτου, καὶ ὑπερεκχυθήσονται αἱ ληνοὶ οἴνου καὶ ἐλαίου. 25 καὶ 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· 26 καὶ φάγεσθε ἐσθίοντες καὶ ἐμπλησθήσεσθε καὶ αἰνέσετε τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ὑμῶν, ἃ ἐποίησεν μεθ' ὑμῶν εἰς θαυμάσια, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ ὁ λαός μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· 27 καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ ἐγὼ κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἔτι πλὴν ἐμοῦ, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῶσιν οὐκέτι πᾶς ὁ λαός μου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. | 21 Take courage, O land! Rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has magnified His doing. 22 Take courage, you cattle of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have blossomed, for the tree has borne its fruit; the vine and the fig tree have given their strength. 23 And you, children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the Lord your God, because He has given you food unto righteousness, and He will rain upon you the early and the late rain as before. 24 And the threshing floors shall be filled with grain, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 25 "And I will restore to you in place of the years which the locust, and the hopper, and the blight, and the caterpillar ate—My great power, which I sent among you. 26 And you shall eat, eating and being satisfied, and you shall praise the name of the Lord your God for the wonders He has done with you; and My people shall never be put to shame. 27 And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and I am the Lord your God, and there is no other besides Me; and all My people shall never be put to shame." |
The Promise of the Spirit
| 28 Καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνύπνια ἐνυπνιασθήσονται, καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται· 29 καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς δούλας ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου. | 28 And it shall be after these things, that I will pour out from My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your elders shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 And even upon the male and female slaves in those days I will pour out from My Spirit. |
The Day of the LORD
| 30 καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ· 31 ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρὶν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ. | 30 And I will give wonders in the heaven and upon the earth: blood and fire and vapor of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and manifest Day of the Lord comes. |
| 32 καὶ ἔσται πᾶς, ὃς ἄν ἐπικαλέσηται τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου, σωθήσεται· ὅτι ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σιὼν καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἔσται ἀνασῳζόμενος, καθότι εἶπεν κύριος, καὶ εὐαγγελιζόμενοι, οὓς κύριος προσκέκληται. | 32 And it shall be that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be one who is saved, just as the Lord said, and those receiving the good news [the evangelized], whom the Lord has called. |