Joel 3
1 At that time when this happens, when I bring back the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem,
“Katika siku hizo na wakati huo, nitakaporejesha neema ya Yuda na Yerusalemu,
2 I will gather together all the nations in the valley of Jehoshaphat and I will judge them there over my people Israel, my inheritance, whom they have scattered among the nations, and have divided up my land.
nitayakusanya mataifa yote na kuyaleta katika Bonde la Yehoshafati Hapo nitaingia kwenye hukumu dhidi yao kuhusu urithi wangu, watu wangu Israeli, kwa kuwa waliwatawanya watu wangu miongoni mwa mataifa na kuigawa nchi yangu.
3 They cast lots for my people; they traded boys in payment for prostitutes and girls to buy wine to drink.
Wanawapigia kura watu wangu na kuwauza wavulana ili kupata makahaba; waliwauza wasichana ili wapate kunywa mvinyo.
4 Also, what have you got to do with me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you trying to get back at me? If you are trying to pay me back, I will quickly pay you back what you deserve for what you've done.
“Sasa una nini dhidi yangu, ee Tiro na Sidoni, nanyi nchi zote za Ufilisti? Je, mnanilipiza kwa yale niliyoyafanya? Kama mnalipa, mimi nitalipiza juu ya vichwa vyenu kwa kasi na kwa haraka yale mliyoyatenda.
5 You stole my silver and my gold and my best treasures, and you put them in your temples.
Kwa kuwa mlichukua fedha na dhahabu yangu pia mkabeba hazina zangu nzuri sana mkapeleka kwenye mahekalu yenu.
6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks so they could be sent far away from their land.
Mliwauza watu wa Yuda na Yerusalemu kwa Wayunani, ili kwamba mpate kuwapeleka mbali na nchi yao.
7 But watch out! I will get them moving from the places you sold them to, and bring them back, and I will pay you back what you deserve for what you've done.
“Tazama nitawaamsha kutoka zile sehemu mlizowauza, nami nitawalipiza juu ya vichwa vyenu kile mlichofanya.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a distant nation. I the Lord have spoken.
Nitawauza wana wenu na binti zenu kwa watu wa Yuda, nao watawauza kwa Waseba, taifa lililo mbali.” Bwana amesema.
9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Call up the mighty warriors! Let all the soldiers get ready and advance!
Tangazeni hili miongoni mwa mataifa: Jiandaeni kwa vita! Amsha askari! Wanaume wote wapiganaji wasogee karibu na kushambulia.
10 Hammer your plough blades and turn them into swords. Turn your pruning hooks into spears. Even the weak should say ‘I am a strong fighter!’
Majembe yenu yafueni yawe panga na miundu yenu ya kukatia iwe mikuki. Aliye dhaifu na aseme, “Mimi nina nguvu!”
11 Hurry up and come, all nations from everywhere, and gather there. Bring down your warriors, Lord!
Njooni haraka, ninyi mataifa yote kutoka pande zote, kusanyikeni huko. Shusha wapiganaji wako, Ee Bwana!
12 Let the nations get ready, let them come to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit in judgment on all the nations.
“Mataifa na yaamshwe; na yasonge mbele kuelekea Bonde la Yehoshafati, kwa kuwa nitaketi mahali pale kuhukumu mataifa yote yaliyoko kila upande.
13 Start swinging the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come and tread the grapes for the winepress is full and the vats are overflowing because their wickedness has become so great.
Tia mundu, kwa kuwa mavuno yamekomaa. Njooni, mkanyage zabibu, kwa kuwa shinikizo la kukamua zabibu limejaa na mapipa yanafurika: kwa kuwa uovu wao ni mkubwa!”
14 Huge mobs are in the valley of the Lord's verdict. For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of his verdict.
Umati mkubwa, umati mkubwa katika bonde la uamuzi! Kwa kuwa siku ya Bwana ni karibu katika bonde la uamuzi.
15 The sun and moon will become dark, and the stars will stop shining.
Jua na mwezi vitatiwa giza, na nyota hazitatoa mwanga wake tena.
16 The Lord will roar from Zion, shouting in a loud voice from Jerusalem, shaking the heavens and the earth. But the Lord will shelter his people, protecting the people of Israel.
Bwana atanguruma kutoka Sayuni na mshindo wa ngurumo kutoka Yerusalemu; dunia na mbingu vitatikisika. Lakini Bwana atakuwa kimbilio la watu wake, ngome imara kwa ajili ya watu wa Israeli.
17 Then you will know that I, the Lord your God, dwell in Zion, my holy mountain, and Jerusalem will be a holy place forever, and no foreigners will ever march through her again.
“Ndipo mtakapojua kwamba Mimi, Bwana Mungu wenu, nakaa Sayuni, mlima wangu mtakatifu. Yerusalemu utakuwa mtakatifu; kamwe wageni hawatavamia tena.
18 At that time new wine will pour down the mountains, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the riverbeds of Judah will run with water. A spring will flow out of the Temple and will water the valley of Shittim.
“Katika siku hiyo milima itadondosha divai mpya, na vilima vitatiririka maziwa; mabonde yote ya Yuda yatatiririka maji. Chemchemi itatiririka kutoka kwenye nyumba ya Bwana na kunywesha Bonde la Shitimu.
19 But Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence they did against Judah, for in their land they shed innocent blood.
Lakini Misri itakuwa ukiwa, Edomu itakuwa jangwa tupu, kwa sababu ya jeuri waliofanya kwa watu wa Yuda, ambao katika nchi yao walimwaga damu isiyo na hatia.
20 Judah will be lived in forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.
Yuda itakaliwa na watu milele na Yerusalemu itadumu vizazi vyote.
21 Will I pardon and leave unpunished the shedding of innocent blood? The Lord lives in Zion!”
Hatia yao ya damu, ambayo sijasamehe, nitasamehe.”
