約珥書 3
1 看，在那些日子，在那個時候，當我轉變猶大和耶路撒冷的命運時，
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I will cause to return the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 我必聚集萬民，領他們下到約沙法特山谷，在那裏我要關於我的，我的基業以色列，審問他們，因為他們使我的百姓散居在異民中，且瓜分了我的土地，
Then will I assemble all the nations, and I will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will hold judgment with them there because of my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and for my land [which] they have divided out.
3 為我的百姓捸了籤，以男童換取淫婦，賣掉女童，換洒買醉。
And for my people did they cast lots; and gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and drank it.
4 提洛、漆冬和培肋舍特所有的地域! 你們想對我做什麼﹖你們想對我施行報復嗎﹖若你們向我報復，我立刻將你們的作為歸在你們的頭上，
And also ye, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all ye districts of Philistia? is this the recompense which ye repay me? or do ye only commence to render me evil?— swiftly and speedily will I bring back your recompense upon your own head;
5 因為你們奪去了我的金銀，將我的珍寶帶到你們的宮中；
Because my silver and my gold have ye taken, and the handsomest of my precious things have ye carried into your temples;
6 又將猶大子民和耶路撒冷子民賣給雅汪人，使他們遠離自己的祖國。
And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Jevanim, in order to remove them far from their borders.
7 看，不拘你們把他們出賣到什麼城邑和地方，我必要使他們從那裏回來，卻把你們所做的，歸在你們頭上：
Behold, I will awaken them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will bring back your recompense upon your own head;
8 將你們的兒女賣在猶大子民的手裏，使他們再轉賣給遠方的舍巴人，因為上主這樣說了。
And I will deliver your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off; for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 你們要在異民中宣布：準備聖戰，激勵勇士! 一切戰士應前進襲擊!
Proclaim ye this among the nations, Prepare war, wake up the mighty men; let them draw near; let them come up—all the men of war.
10 將你們的犁頭鑄成刀劍，將你們的鐮刀鑄成長槍；連者也要說：我是個戰士!
Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: let the weak say, I am a hero.
11 四周的異民! 你們急速前來，在這裏聚合。上主，使你的勇士降臨吧!
Assemble hastily together, and come, all ye nations from every side, and gather yourselves together: there doth the Lord strike down thy mighty ones.
12 異民，起來，前往約沙法特山谷，因為我要在那裏坐堂，審訊四周的一切異民。
Let the nations awake, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations from every side.
13 伸出鐮刀，因為莊稼已成熟；前來踐踏! 因為洒榨已溢出，因為他們已惡貫滿盈。
Put forth the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread down [the grapes]; for the press is full; the vats overflow; for great is their wickedness.
14 成群結隊的人齊集在審判谷，因為上主的日子已臨近了審判谷。
Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision; for near is the day of the Lord in the valley of decision.
15 太陽和月亮昏暗了，星辰失去了光芒。
Sun and moon are obscured, and stars withdraw their brightness.
16 上主從熙雍怒吼，從耶路撒冷發出自己的聲音，天地為之震動；但上主卻是自己百姓的避難所，是以色列子民的堡壘。
And the Lord will cry aloud out of Zion, and from Jerusalem will he send forth his voice; and the heavens and the earth shall quake; but the Lord will be a refuge for his people, and a stronghold for the children of Israel.
17 那時，他們必要知道：我上主是你們的天主，我住在熙雍，我的聖山上。那時，耶路撒冷必要成為聖地，外人再不能從那裏經過。
So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mount: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through her any more.
18 到了那一天，山嶽必要滴下新洒，丘陵必要流下乳汁，猶大的一切河流必要湧流清水；從上主的殿裏，將有一清泉流出，澆灌史庭山谷。
And it came to pass on that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the ravines of Judah shall flow with water; and a spring shall come forth out of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 埃及將變成荒地，厄東將成為曠野，因為他們虐待了判斷子民，在他們的境內傾流了無辜者的血。
Egypt shall become a desolate land, and Edom shall become a desolate wilderness; because of the violence against the children of Judah, in whose land they have shed innocent blood.
20 但猶大永遠有人居住，耶路撒冷也世世代代有人居住。
But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 我必要追討坰未追討的債血；因為上主住在熙雍。
And I will avenge their blood that I have not yet avenged; for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
