Joel 2:1-32
2 “Blowim horn lo Zion!
Singaot big for faet lo holy maunten blo mi.
Letem evri pipol wea stap lo datfala land* olketa seksek from olketa fraet,Bikos day blo Jehovah hem kakam nao! Hem klosap nao!
2 Hem day wea barava dark,Wanfala day wea garem olketa cloud and hem barava dark,Olsem laet lo early morning antap lo olketa maunten.
Hem garem staka pipol and olketa strong,No enitaem bifor samting olsem happen,And no enitaem moa kaen samting olsem bae happenLo olketa year wea bae kam lo evri genereson bihaen.
3 Wanfala fire finisim evri samting wea stap front lo olketa,And wanfala flame distroem evri samting wea stap bihaen lo olketa.
Land wea stap front lo olketa hem olsem garden blo Eden,Bat bihaen lo olketa wanfala wilderness hem stap emti,And no eni samting savve ranawe.
4 Lukluk blo olketa hem olsem olketa horse,And olketa ran olsem olketa horse for faet.
5 Saond blo olketa taem olketa jamp antap lo olketa maunten hem olsem saond blo olketa chariot,Olsem noes blo fire wea bonem olketa drae grass.
Olketa olsem strongfala pipol wea standap redi for faet.
6 Pipol bae safa fogud bikos lo olketa.
Feis blo evriwan bae luk wari.
7 Olketa attak olsem olketa strong man for faet,Olketa klaem wall olsem olketa soldia,Each wan go stret followim gogo blo hem,And olketa no tane difren from road wea olketa followim.
8 Olketa no pushim narawan,Each wan followim gogo blo hem.
Nomata sapos samfala garekil bikos weapon kasem olketa,Olketa narawan gohed nomoa and no stop.
9 Olketa hariap go insaed lo taon, olketa ran followim wall.
Olketa klae go insaed olketa haos, olketa go thru lo olketa window olsem man for steal.
10 Front lo olketa, land and skae seksek fogud.
Sun and moon kamap dark,And olketa star no braet nao.
11 Jehovah bae singaot big front lo army blo hem, bikos army blo hem staka fogud.
Bikos man wea mekem toktok blo Hem kamap tru, hem strong.Bikos day blo Jehovah hem barava big and man fit for sapraes lo hem.
Hu nao savve standap strong lo datfala day?”
12 Jehovah sei: “Nomata olsem, distaem iufala kam bak lo mi witim full heart blo iufala,And iufala fasting and iufala krae and krae big.
13 Brekem open heart blo iufala, and no olketa kaleko blo iufala,And kam bak lo Jehovah, God blo iufala,Bikos hem tingim* man and showim mercy, no kros kwiktaem and loyal love* blo hem big tumas,And hem bae changem tingting blo hem* abaotem datfala trabol.
14 Iumi no savve, maet bae hem ting bak and changem tingting blo hemAnd givim blessing lo iufala,Wanfala grain offering* and wanfala drink offering* for Jehovah, God blo iufala.
15 Blowim horn lo Zion!
Talemaot* wanfala day for fasting, kolem pipol kam for wanfala holy assembly.
16 Hipimap kam olketa pipol, mek holy lo kongregeson.
Kolem kam olketa old man,* hipimap olketa pikinini and olketa baby wea susu yet.
Letem man wea redi for marit go aot from rum wea hem stap insaed, and gele wea redi for marit for go aot from bedroom blo hem.
17 Between varanda and altarLetem olketa priest, olketa wakaman blo Jehovah krae and sei:
‘O Jehovah, iu sorre lo pipol blo iu,No mekem olketa wea iu onam for pipol mekfani lo olketa,And for letem olketa nation rul ovarem olketa.
No letem olketa pipol hia for sei, “Wea nao God blo olketa?”’
18 Then Jehovah bae strong for protectim land blo hemAnd showim kaen fasin lo pipol blo hem.
19 Jehovah bae ansarem pipol blo hem and sei:
‘Mi sendem kam grain and niu wine and oil lo iufala,And iufala bae barava satisfae.No enitaem moa bae mi mekem olketa nara nation for tok spoelem iufala.
20 Bae mi ronem aot man from north for go farawe from iufala.Bae mi mekem hem go stap lo ples wea drae and emti,Witim army blo hem lo front, for go lo sea lo east*And army blo hem lo bihaen, for go lo sea lo west.*
Rabis smel wea kam from hem bae go ap,And datfala smel wea kam from hem bae gohed nomoa for go ap.Bikos God bae duim olketa big samting.’
21 Land, iu no fraet.
Iu hapi and feel gud, bikos Jehovah bae duim olketa big samting.
22 Iufala olketa wild animal lo open ples, iufala no fraet,Bikos olketa ples lo wilderness for olketa animal kaikai lo hem bae kamap green,And olketa tree bae garem frut.Olketa fig tree and grape tree mas givim staka frut.
23 Iufala olketa son blo Zion, iufala hapi and feel gud lo olketa samting wea Jehovah, God blo iufala bae duim.Bikos bae hem givim iufala inaf rain blo autumn season wea graon needim,And bae hem givim big rain for foldaon lo iufala,Rain blo autumn season and rain blo spring season, olsem lo bifor.
24 Ples for aotem grain from skin blo hem bae full lo pure grain,And olketa ples for wakem niu wine and oil, bae fulap gogo hem kapsaet.
25 And bae mi changem bak olketa samting wea iufala lusim insaed lo olketa yearWea datfala locust* wea garem wing, datfala locust wea no garem wing, datfala locust wea hangere tumas, and datfala locust wea kaikaim evri samting, olketa bin kaikaim,Bigfala army blo mi wea mi sendem go lo iufala.
26 Iufala bae kaikai gogo iufala satisfae,And iufala bae praisem nem blo Jehovah, God blo iufala,Wea duim olketa nambawan samting for iufala.No enitaem moa pipol blo mi bae shame.
27 And bae iufala mas savve dat mi stap witim iufala olketa pipol lo IsraelAnd mi nao Jehovah, God blo iufala. No eni narawan moa!
No enitaem moa pipol blo mi bae shame.
28 Bihaen datwan, mi bae pourimaot spirit blo mi lo evri difren kaen pipol,And olketa son and dota blo iufala bae talemaot profesi,Olketa old man blo iufala bae lukim olketa dream,And olketa young man blo iufala bae lukim olketa vision.
29 And nomata olketa man slave and olketa woman slave blo miBae mi pourimaot spirit blo mi lo olketa lo datfala taem.
30 And bae mi mekem olketa saen for showaot lo skae and lo earth,Blood, fire, and olketa big smoke.
31 Sun bae kamap dark and moon bae red olsem bloodBifor datfala big day blo Jehovah wea fit for mekem man fraet hem kam.
32 And evriwan wea singaot lo nem blo Jehovah bae sev.Bikos olketa wea sev bae stap lo Maunt Zion and lo Jerusalem, olsem Jehovah hem bin talem,Olketa wea sev wea Jehovah nao singaotem olketa.”
Olketa footnote
^ Or, “earth.”
^ Or, “kaen lo.”
^ Lukim “Loyal Love” lo Dictionary.
^ Or, “feel regret.”
^ Lukim “Grain Offering” lo Dictionary.
^ Lukim “Drink Offering” lo Dictionary.
^ Heb., “Mek holy lo.”
^ Or, “olketa elder.”
^ Diswan hem Dead Sea.
^ Diswan hem Mediterranean Sea.
^ Wanfala type insect wea olsem grashopa.
