2:1 你们要在熙雍吹起号角，在我的圣山上吹起号筒!叫大地所有的居民战栗害怕，因为上主的日子来了，且已来近了。
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; 2:2 那是一个阴霾昏暗的日子，是一个浓云漆黑的日子!一个庞大强盛的民族犹如曙光一样，散布在各山上；像这样的民族，是亘古以来从未有过，此后历尽万世万代，也不会再有。
Yes, it is near, a day of darkness and of gloom, a day of clouds and somberness! Like dawn spreading over the mountains, a people numerous and mighty! Their like has not been from of old, nor will it be after them, even to the years of distant generations. 2:3 在这民族的前面，有吞灭的烈火，后面，有燃烧的火焰；这民族未来以前，大地有如伊甸乐园，既来以后，却成了荒凉的旷野；什么也没有留下。
Before them a fire devours, and after them a flame enkindles; Like the garden of Eden is the land before them, and after them a desert waste; from them there is no escape. 2:4 它们的形状有如马的形状，它们奔驰有如战马．
Their appearance is that of horses; like steeds they run. 2:5 它们跳跃，发出有如战车越过山巅的辚辚声，发出有如烈火焚烧稻草的爆裂声，活像一支严阵以待的强大军旅。
As with the rumble of chariots they leap on the mountaintops; As with the crackling of a fiery flame devouring stubble; Like a mighty people arrayed for battle. 2:6 万民一见，为之惶恐，人人脸面顿时失色。
Before them peoples are in torment, every face blanches. 2:7 它们疾进有如勇士，攀登城墙有如战士，各走自己的路线，从不混乱自己的行列。
Like warriors they run, like soldiers they scale the wall; They advance, each in his own lane, without swerving from their paths. 2:8 它们各不相挤，各循自己的路线进行；既使冲锋陷阵，仍不散乱。
No one crowds another, each advances in his own track; Though they fall into the ditches, they are not checked. 2:9 它们进攻城邑，奔上城墙，攀登屋顶，闯进窗户，有如盗贼一般。
They assault the city, they run upon the wall, they climb into the houses; In at the windows they come like thieves. 2:10 在它们面前，大地为之震荡，诸天为之摇动，日月为之昏暗，星辰为之失光。
Before them the earth trembles, the heavens shake; The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withhold their brightness. 2:11 上主在他的军旅前发出了自己的声音，他的队伍极其庞大，执行他命令的，又是强而有力的；上主的日子实在伟大，极其可怕：有谁能抵得住﹖
The LORD raises his voice at the head of his army; For immense indeed is his camp, yes, mighty, and it does his bidding. For great is the day of the LORD, and exceedingly terrible; who can bear it? 2:12 至少现在──上主的断语──你们应全心归向我，禁食，哭泣，悲哀!
Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; 2:13 应撕裂的，是你们的心，而不是你们的衣服；你们应归向上主你们的天主．因为衪宽仁慈悲，迟于发怒，富于慈爱，常懊悔降灾。
Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment. 2:14 有谁知道，也许他会转意后悔，在这场灾祸后，给你们留下祝福，好使你们能给上主你们的天主献上素祭和奠祭。
Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind him a blessing, Offerings and libations for the LORD, your God. 2:15 你们要在熙雍吹起号角，制定一个斋期，召开一个盛会。
Blow the trumpet in Zion! proclaim a fast, call an assembly; 2:16 要召集民众，制定一个集会。召集老人，集合幼童，甚至吃奶的婴儿；新郎应走出他的洞房，新娘应离开她的闺房。
Gather the people, notify the congregation; Assemble the elders, gather the children and the infants at the breast; Let the bridegroom quit his room, and the bride her chamber. 2:17 上主的仆人──司祭，应在殿廊与祭坛之间痛哭，说：「上主，求你怜恤你的百姓，不要让你的基业遭受侮辱，使异民取笑他们!为什么让人在异民中说：他们的天主在哪里﹖」
Between the porch and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep, And say, "Spare, O LORD, your people, and make not your heritage a reproach, with the nations ruling over them! Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'" 2:18 上主对自己的地域又重加妒爱，怜悯了自己的百姓。
Then the LORD was stirred to concern for his land and took pity on his people. 2:19 上主答复他的百姓说：看，我必再赐给你们五谷、酒、油，使你们得享饱饫；不再使你们在异民中遭受羞辱。
The LORD answered and said to his people: See, I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be filled with them; No more will I make you a reproach among the nations. 2:20 我要使从北方来的大军，远离你们；要驱逐他们到荒凉不毛之地，使他们的先锋面向东海，使他们的殿军面向西海；他们的臭气要上升，他们的腥臭要上腾。「因为他们行了大恶。」
No, the northerner I will remove far from you, and drive him out into a land arid and waste, With his van toward the eastern sea, and his rear toward the western sea; And his foulness shall go up, and his stench shall go up. 2:21 田地，你不要害怕，反要欢愉喜乐，因为上主行了大事。
Fear not, O land! exult and rejoice! for the LORD has done great things. 2:22 田间的野兽，你们不要害怕，因为原野的牧场又已发青，树木已再结果，无花果树和葡萄树必再供给出产。
Fear not, beasts of the field! for the pastures of the plain are green; The tree bears its fruit, the fig tree and the vine give their yield. 2:23 熙雍的子女!你们应欢乐，应喜乐于上主你们的天主，因为他按公义，像昔日一样，赐给了你们时雨，且给你们降下甘霖：秋雨和春雨。
And do you, O children of Zion, exult and rejoice in the LORD, your God! He has given you the teacher of justice: he has made the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as before. 2:24 禾埸必充满庄稼，榨池必溢出美酒和新油。
The threshing floors shall be full of grain and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. 2:25 我必要补偿你们，我对你们所派来的大军：飞蝗、冬斯、蚱蜢和蝻子，连年所吃掉的收成。
And I will repay you for the years which the locust has eaten, The grasshopper, the devourer, and the cutter, my great army which I sent among you. 2:26 你们必得饱食，必要颂扬上主你们的天主的名，因为他为你们行了奇妙的事。[我的百姓永不再蒙受羞辱。]
You shall eat and be filled, and shall praise the name of the LORD, your God, Because he has dealt wondrously with you; my people shall nevermore be put to shame. 2:27 你们将会知道：我是在以色列中间，我是上主你们的天主，此外再没有别的神；而我的百姓永不再蒙受羞辱。
And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel; I am the LORD, your God, and there is no other; my people shall nevermore be put to shame.