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1Ayŭ bĕ ki hlăm ƀuôn Siôn, ur brei arăng răng ti dlông čư̆ doh jăk kâo!
Brei jih jang phung dôk hlăm čar ktư̆ yơ̆ng,
kyuadah hruê Yêhôwa dơ̆ng truh,
ñu giăm leh,
2hruê klei mmăt leh anăn klei ênguôt,
hruê mâo knam lu leh anăn klei mmăt kpal!
Msĕ si ang dar găn čư̆,
mâo sa phung găp djuê mnuih prŏng leh anăn ktang guôm čư̆;
mơ̆ng đưm đă ka tuôm mâo ôh klei msĕ si snăn,
kăn srăng lŏ mâo rei êdei kơ anăn hlăm jih jang ênuk.
3Pui ƀơ̆ng ti anăp diñu,
leh anăn pui dôk trơ̆ng ti tluôn diñu.
Êlâo diñu truh, čar jing msĕ si war djam Êđen,
ƀiădah leh diñu đuĕ jing kdrăn tač êhŏng,
amâo mâo sa mnơ̆ng tlaih mơ̆ng diñu ôh.
4 Arăng ƀuh diñu jing msĕ si aseh,
leh anăn diñu êran msĕ si aseh bi blah.
5Msĕ si ênai êdeh aseh,
diñu kdăt kdưt ti dlông čŏng čư̆,
msĕ si ênai êlah pui ƀơ̆ng adrăng,
msĕ si sa phung kahan ktang dăp leh kơ klei bi blah.
6Ti anăp diñu phung ƀuôn sang rŭng răng,
jih jang ƀô̆ mta mbliư̆ ơ̆ng.
7Diñu êran phă anăp msĕ si phung bi blah,
diñu đĭ mnư̆ msĕ si phung kahan.
Grăp čô êbat ti êlan ñu pô,
diñu amâo weh ôh mơ̆ng êlan diñu.
8Diñu amâo bi ksĭng hdơ̆ng găp diñu ôh,
grăp čô êbat hlăm êlan ñu pô;
diñu êran găn anôk mâo mnơ̆ng bi blah,
arăng amâo dưi kơ̆ng diñu ôh.
9Diñu ksŭng phă ƀuôn,
diñu êran ti dlông mnư̆;
diñu đĭ mŭt hlăm sang,
diñu mŭt ti ƀăng bhă điêt msĕ si mnuih knĕ.
10 Ti anăp diñu lăn kpư̆ mgei,
phung adiê ktư̆ yơ̆ng mơh.
Yang hruê leh anăn mlan jing mmăt,
leh anăn mtŭ amâo lŏ mtrang ôh.
11 Yêhôwa blŭ msĕ si grăm dah ti anăp phung kahan ñu,
kyuadah phung kahan ñu lu êdimima;
phung ngă bi sĭt klei ñu mtă jing ktang.
Kyuadah hruê Yêhôwa jing prŏng
leh anăn bi huĭ snăk;
hlei pô dưi tŭ hruê anăn?
Klei Yêhôwa Pap
12“Ƀiădah wăt ară anei,” Yêhôwa lač,
“Lŏ wĭt bĕ kơ kâo hŏng jih ai tiê diih,
hŏng klei kăm ƀơ̆ng huă, hŏng klei hia, leh anăn klei kơŭ kyăm.
13Leh anăn hiêk bĕ ai tiê diih,
amâo djŏ čhiăm ao diih ôh.
Lŏ wĭt bĕ kơ Yêhôwa, Aê Diê diih,
kyuadah ñu jing pô jăk leh anăn thâo pap,
amâo djăl ăl, leh anăn bŏ hŏng klei jăk,
leh anăn ñu bi mlih klei ñu ngă jhat.
14Hlei thâo tơdah ñu srăng bi mlih leh anăn pap brei,
leh anăn lui sa klei jăk jĭn ti tluôn ñu,
jing mnơ̆ng myơr kpŭng ƀhĭ leh anăn sa mnơ̆ng myơr mnăm
kơ Yêhôwa Aê Diê diih?”
15Ayŭ bĕ ki hlăm ƀuôn Siôn,
mkra bĕ klei kăm ƀơ̆ng huă;
iêu bĕ arăng kơ klei bi kƀĭn mâo klei mpŭ,
16bi kƀĭn bĕ phung ƀuôn sang.
Bi doh jăk bĕ phung bi kƀĭn,
bi kƀĭn bĕ phung mduôn;
bi kƀĭn bĕ phung hđeh wăt phung anak dôk mam.
Brei ung mrâo kbiă mơ̆ng adŭ ñu,
leh anăn mô̆ mrâo mơ̆ng adŭ ñu.
17Brei phung khua ngă yang, phung mă bruă kơ Yêhôwa,
čŏk hia plah wah adring hŏng knưl,
leh anăn brei diñu lač, “Ơ Yêhôwa, hơưi bĕ kơ phung ƀuôn sang ih,
đăm brei ngăn dưn ih jing mnơ̆ng hêñ ôh,
mnơ̆ng phung găp djuê mnuih djă djik djak.
Ya yuôm diñu srăng lač ti krah phung ƀuôn sang,
‘Ti Aê Diê diñu lĕ?’ ”
18Hlăk anăn Yêhôwa mâo klei trih kơ čar ñu pô,
leh anăn pap kơ phung ƀuôn sang ñu.
19Yêhôwa lŏ wĭt lač kơ phung ƀuôn sang ñu,
“Nĕ anei, kâo mơĭt kơ diih mdiê,
kpiê mrâo leh anăn êa boh ôliwơ,
leh anăn diih srăng trei;
leh anăn kâo amâo srăng lŏ brei diih jing
sa mnơ̆ng hêñ ôh ti krah phung găp djuê mnuih.
20Kâo srăng bi mđuĕ hĕ phung kahan dưr kbưi mơ̆ng diih
leh anăn suôt diñu hlăm anôk lăn thu leh anăn kdrăn tač,
phung kahan ti anăp diñu hlăm êa ksĭ ngŏ,
phung kahan ti tluôn diñu hlăm êa ksĭ yŭ;
mnâo ƀâo brŭ leh anăn mnâo jhat diñu srăng đung hiu,”
kyuadah Yêhôwa ngă leh bruă yuôm bhăn.
21Đăm huĭ ôh, Ơ lăn;
mơak leh anăn hơ̆k bĕ,
kyuadah Yêhôwa ngă leh bruă prŏng!
22Đăm huĭ ôh, Ơ hlô dliê,
kyuadah kdrăn rơ̆k ti dliê dơ̆ng mtah leh;
kyâo dơ̆ng mboh leh,
ana boh hra leh anăn phŭn boh kriăk ƀâo mboh ênŭm leh.
23Mơak bĕ, Ơ phung ƀuôn sang ƀuôn Siôn,
leh anăn hơ̆k bĕ hlăm Yêhôwa Aê Diê diih;
kyuadah ñu brei leh kơ diih
hjan hnưm kyua klei kpă ênô diih,
ñu tuh leh kơ diih hjan lu êbeh,
hjan hnưm leh anăn knhal tuč, msĕ si êlâo.
24Anôk prah srăng bŏ hŏng mdiê,
leh anăn brŏng srăng bŏ dlai hŏng kpiê mrâo leh anăn êa boh ôliwơ.
25Kâo srăng lŏ bi hnô kơ diih thŭn ktuôp bi phung ƀơ̆ng leh,
ktuôp kdăt, ktuôp bi rai,
ktuôp đrêč, jing phung kahan kâo lu
kâo mơĭt leh ti krah diih.
26Diih srăng ƀơ̆ng huă êbeh dlai leh anăn trei,
leh anăn diih srăng bi mni kơ anăn Yêhôwa Aê Diê diih,
pô ngă leh klei yuôm bhăn kơ diih.
Arăng amâo srăng lŏ bi hêñ phung ƀuôn sang kâo ôh.
27Hlăk anăn diih srăng thâo kâo dôk ti krah phung Israel,
leh anăn kâo, Yêhôwa, jing Aê Diê diih,
leh anăn amâo lŏ mâo pô mkăn ôh.
Leh anăn arăng amâo srăng lŏ bi hêñ ôh phung ƀuôn sang kâo.
Klei Tuh Brei Mngăt Myang Aê Diê
28 “Êdei tinăn
kâo srăng tuh Mngăt Myang kâo ti jih jang kđeh;
phung anak êkei leh anăn phung anak mniê diih srăng hưn êlâo,
phung êkei mduôn diih srăng êpei,
leh anăn phung êkei hlăk ai diih srăng mâo lu klei bi ƀuh.
29Hlăm hruê anăn kâo srăng tuh Mngăt Myang kâo
wăt ti phung dĭng buăl êkei leh anăn ti phung dĭng buăl mniê.
30Kâo srăng brei klei bi knăl hlăm adiê
leh anăn ti lăn ala,
êrah, pui, leh anăn kmeh săp pui.
31 Yang hruê srăng mbliư̆ jing mmăt,
leh anăn mlan jing êrah,
êlâo truh hruê prŏng leh anăn bi huĭ mơ̆ng Yêhôwa.”
32 Leh anăn klei anei srăng truh,
jih jang hlei pô iêu wah lač kơ anăn Yêhôwa srăng tlaih;
kyuadah hlăm čư̆ Siôn leh anăn Ƀuôn Yêrusalem
srăng mâo phung tlaih leh,
tui si Yêhôwa lač leh,
hlăm phung adôk hdĭp ăt srăng mâo phung Yêhôwa iêu.
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An Army of Locusts
1Blow the trumpet in Zion;
sound the alarm on my holy hill.
Let all who live in the land tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming.
It is close at hand—
2a day of darkness and gloom,
a day of clouds and blackness.
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
a large and mighty army comes,
such as never was in ancient times
nor ever will be in ages to come.
3Before them fire devours,
behind them a flame blazes.
Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,
behind them, a desert waste—
nothing escapes them.
4They have the appearance of horses;
they gallop along like cavalry.
5With a noise like that of chariots
they leap over the mountaintops,
like a crackling fire consuming stubble,
like a mighty army drawn up for battle.
6At the sight of them, nations are in anguish;
every face turns pale.
7They charge like warriors;
they scale walls like soldiers.
They all march in line,
not swerving from their course.
8They do not jostle each other;
each marches straight ahead.
They plunge through defenses
without breaking ranks.
9They rush upon the city;
they run along the wall.
They climb into the houses;
like thieves they enter through the windows.
10Before them the earth shakes,
the heavens tremble,
the sun and moon are darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
11The Lord thunders
at the head of his army;
his forces are beyond number,
and mighty is the army that obeys his command.
The day of the Lord is great;
it is dreadful.
Who can endure it?
Rend Your Heart
12“Even now,” declares the Lord,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting and weeping and mourning.”
13Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God,
for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity.
14Who knows? He may turn and relent
and leave behind a blessing—
grain offerings and drink offerings
for the Lord your God.
15Blow the trumpet in Zion,
declare a holy fast,
call a sacred assembly.
16Gather the people,
consecrate the assembly;
bring together the elders,
gather the children,
those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom leave his room
and the bride her chamber.
17Let the priests, who minister before the Lord,
weep between the portico and the altar.
Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord.
Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,
a byword among the nations.
Why should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’ ”
The Lord’s Answer
18Then the Lord was jealous for his land
and took pity on his people.
19The Lord replied⚓ to them:
“I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil,
enough to satisfy you fully;
never again will I make you
an object of scorn to the nations.
20“I will drive the northern horde far from you,
pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench will go up;
its smell will rise.”
Surely he has done great things!
21Do not be afraid, land of Judah;
be glad and rejoice.
Surely the Lord has done great things!
22Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.
The trees are bearing their fruit;
the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
23Be glad, people of Zion,
rejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
because he is faithful.
He sends you abundant showers,
both autumn and spring rains, as before.
24The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm⚓ —
my great army that I sent among you.
26You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,
and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
who has worked wonders for you;
never again will my people be shamed.
27Then you will know that I am in Israel,
that I am the Lord your God,
and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.
The Day of the Lord
28“And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
29Even on my servants, both men and women,
I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30I will show wonders in the heavens
and on the earth,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
31The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
32And everyone who calls
on the name of the Lord will be saved;
for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
there will be deliverance,
as the Lord has said,
even among the survivors
whom the Lord calls.⚓