2:1 Sound the trumpet in Zion! Make it known in my holy mountain! Tremble, all you inhabitants of the earth, because the day of Mar-Yah comes!
2:2 Near is the day of shadows and darkness, a day of clouds and intense darkness. It will be like the sunrise that is spreading on the mountains. This will come upon a large and powerful village; never before has there been anything like it, and never will there be another after it for years, from generation to generation.
2:3 Fire consumes before them and behind them the flame burns. Earth is like the Garden of Eden before them and behind them is an parched desert, and there are some who will not escape.
2:4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen they run;
2:5 like the roar of the chariots of battle that rumble on the mountain tops, as the crackle of the flame of fire devouring the leaves, and strong as a people prepared for war.
2:6 The people will stand in front of them, and all the faces are grievously distressed.
2:7 They shall run as brave men of war mounting by the walls; each will continue on his path without detracting from the path.*
2:8 None will charge ahead of his companion, but each will continue on his own path, and the weight of the armor will not affect them.*
2:9 They will go up against the cities; they will be on the walls, going up on the houses and will go through the windows as thieves.
2:10 The earth trembles before them, and the skies shake, and the sun and the moon are darkened and the shining of the stars is withdrawn.
2:11 The voice of Mar-Yah went before his army, because his army is great, and powerful is his word, for very great and terrible is the day of Mar-Yah; who can bear it?
2:12 And now, declares Mar-Yah, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and with mourning.
2:13 Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Mar-Yah your Alaha, for He is merciful and compassionate, and patient and his abundant kindness turns back evil.
2:14 Who can know if he will turn again and have mercy on us, leaving us blessing and in this place, even offering meal and libation to Mar-Yah your Alaha.
2:15 Sound the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast for the people, and convene an assembly.
2:16 Congregate the people, sanctify them in the congregation, convene the elderly, and bring together young people and infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her bridal chamber.
2:17. Let the priests, ministers of Mar-Yah, cry out between the porch and the altar, and say: Mar-Yah, forgive your people. Do not surrender your inheritance to rebuke the Gentiles, so that the Gentiles will not say: Where is your Alaha?
2:18 Thus, Mar-Yah, jealous for his land, will have compassion for his people.
2:19 Answering, Mar-Yah told his people: Behold, I will send you grain, wine and oil to become content, never again making you an object of insult among the Gentiles.
2:20 When he comes from the north, I will drive him away from you; I will drive him to a barren and desolate land, with his face toward the sea, and his back toward the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will spread and will rise because of his praise for what he did.
2:21 Do not fear, O land; rejoice with a joyful dance, for Mar-Yah has lifted himself up to take action.
2:22 Have no fear, beasts of the field, because grass has sprouted in the fields of the desert; the tree has produced its fruit and the vine and the fig tree have produced in abundance.
2:23 Dance with joy, sons of Zion, and rejoice in Mar-Yah your Alaha! Because he has given them food of righteousness, and sends the early rain upon you and the late rain as before.
2:24 And the threshing floor shall be full with grain, and the presses flowing with wine and oil.
2:25 Then I shall return to you the years in which the flying locust consumed, the crawling locust, the weevil and the caterpillar, my great army that I sent to you.
2:26 Eat plenty and praise the name of Mar-Yah your Alaha who makes miracles in your midst – and my people shall never again be put to shame.
2:27 Know that I am in the midst of Israel. I am Mar-Yah your Alaha, and there is none besides me – and my people shall never again be put to shame.
2:28 After that, it will happen that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh – your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions.
2:29 Even on the male servants and the female servants will I pour out my Spirit in those days.
2:30 I will create wonder in the heavens, and on Earth – blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
2:31 The sun will turn to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the coming of Mar-Yah.
2:32 And then, anyone who calls upon the name of Mar-Yah shall be protected, for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a protected remnant, as Mar-Yah said to the remnant, whom Mar-Yah has called.
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8, affect them, others: even if he falls he will not be harmed