¹ At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,

² Anak ng tao, itingin mo ang iyong mukha sa mga bundok ng Israel, at ikaw ay manghula tungkol sa mga yaon.

³ At magsabi, Kayong mga bundok ng Israel, pakinggan ang salita ng Panginoong Dios. Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios sa mga bundok at sa mga burol, sa mga batis at sa mga libis: Narito, ako sa makatuwid baga'y ako, magpaparating ng tabak sa inyo, at aking sisirain ang inyong mga mataas na dako.

⁴ At ang inyong mga dambana ay masisira, at ang inyong mga larawang araw ay mababasag; at aking ibubulagta ang inyong mga patay na tao sa harap ng inyong mga diosdiosan.

⁵ At aking ilalapag ang mga bangkay ng mga anak ni Israel sa harap ng kanilang mga diosdiosan; at aking ikakalat ang inyong mga buto sa palibot ng inyong mga dambana.

⁶ Sa lahat ng inyong mga tahanang dako ay mawawasak ang mga bayan, at ang mga mataas na dako ay mangasisira; upang ang inyong mga dambana ay mangawasak at mangagiba, at ang inyong mga diosdiosan ay mangabasag at mangaglikat, at ang inyong mga larawang araw ay mangabagsak, at ang inyong mga gawa ay mangawawala.

⁷ At ang mga patay ay mangabubuwal sa gitna ninyo, at inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

⁸ Gayon ma'y magiiwan ako ng nalabi, upang magkaroon sa inyo ng ilan na nakatanan sa tabak sa gitna ng mga bansa, pagka kayo'y mangangalat sa mga lupain.

⁹ At silang nangakatanan sa inyo ay aalalahanin ako sa gitna ng mga bansa na pagdadalhan sa kanilang bihag, kung paanong ako'y nakipagkasira sa kanilang masamang kalooban na humiwalay sa akin, at sa kanilang mga mata, na yumaong sumamba sa kanilang mga diosdiosan; at sila'y magiging kasuklamsuklam sa kanilang sariling paningin dahil sa mga kasamaan na kanilang nagawa sa lahat nilang kasuklamsuklam.

¹⁰ At kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon: hindi ako nagsalita ng walang kabuluhan na aking gagawin ang kasamaang ito sa kanila.

¹¹ Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Saktan mo ng iyong kamay, at sikaran mo ng iyong paa, at iyong sabihin, Sa aba nila! dahil sa lahat na masamang kasuklamsuklam ng sangbahayan ni Israel; sapagka't sila'y mangabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak, ng kagutom, at ng salot.

¹² Ang malayo ay mamamatay sa salot; at ang malapit ay mabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak; at ang malabi at makubkob ay mamamatay sa pamamagitan ng kagutom: ganito ko gaganapin ang aking kapusukan sa kanila.

¹³ At inyong malalaman na ako ang Panginoon, pagka ang kanilang mga patay na tao ay mangalalagay sa gitna ng kanilang mga diosdiosan sa palibot ng kanilang mga dambana, sa ibabaw ng bawa't mataas na burol, sa lahat na taluktok ng mga bundok, at sa ilalim ng bawa't sariwang punong kahoy, at sa ilalim ng bawa't mayabong na encina, na kanilang pinaghandugan ng masarap na amoy sa lahat nilang diosdiosan.

¹⁴ At aking iuunat ang kamay ko laban sa kanila, at gagawin kong sira at giba ang lupa, mula sa ilang hanggang sa Diblah, sa lahat nilang tahanan; at kanilang malalaman na ako ang Panginoon.

¹ Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh comes, for it is close at hand:

² A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn spreading on the mountains, a great and strong people; there has never been the like, neither will there be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

³ A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

⁴ The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and as horsemen, so do they run.

⁵ Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

⁶ At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.

⁷ They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don't swerve off course.

⁸ Neither does one jostle another; they march everyone in his path, and they burst through the defenses, and don't break ranks.

⁹ They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

¹⁰ The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

¹¹ Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?

¹² "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."

¹³ Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

¹⁴ Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

¹⁵ Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly.

¹⁶ Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.

¹⁷ Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

¹⁸ Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.

¹⁹ Yahweh answered his people, "Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.

²⁰ But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise." Surely he has done great things.

²¹ Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

²² Don't be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

²³ "Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.

²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

²⁵ I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.

²⁷ You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.

²⁸ "It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

²⁹ And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

³⁰ I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

³¹ The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

³² It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.