Joel 3
1 At that time when this happens, when I bring back the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem,
“Saa nna no mu, mede Yuda ne Yerusalem ahonyadeɛ bɛsane aba.
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.
Mɛboa aman nyinaa ano, na mede wɔn aba Yehosafat bɔnhwa mu. Ɛhɔ na mɛbu wɔn atɛn wɔ deɛ wɔyɛɛ mʼagyapadeɛ, a ɛyɛ Israelfoɔ ho, ɛfiri sɛ wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfoɔ hwetee aman so, na wɔkyekyɛɛ mʼasase mu.
3 They cast lots for my people; they traded boys in payment for prostitutes and girls to buy wine to drink.
Wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfoɔ so ntonto, Wɔtɔn mmerantewaa de emu sika bɔɔ adwaman. Wɔtɔn mmaayewa nso de gyee nsã, a wɔbɛnom.
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.
“Ɛdeɛn na mowɔ tia me, Ao Tiro ne Sidon ne mo Filistia amantam nyinaa? Mopɛ sɛ motɔ me so awere anaa? Sɛ saa na ɛte deɛ a, monhwɛ yie. Mɛyɛ ntɛm, atua mo biribiara a moayɛ no so ka.
5 You stole my silver and my gold and my best treasures, and you put them in your temples.
Mofaa me dwetɛ ne me sikakɔkɔɔ ne mʼagyapadeɛ a ɛsom bo, na mosoa kɔguu mo abosonnan mu.
6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks so they could be sent far away from their land.
Motontɔn nnipa a wɔte Yuda ne Yerusalem maa Helafoɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔbɛfiri wɔn asase so akɔ akyirikyiri.
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.
“Nanso, mɛsane de wɔn afiri baabi a mokɔtɔn wɔn no aba, na deɛ moayɛ no nyinaa, mɛtua mo so ka.
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.
Mɛtontɔn mo mmammarima ne mo mmammaa ama Yudafoɔ, na wɔn nso atɔn wɔn ama Arabfoɔ, ɔman a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri no.” Me, Awurade, na makasa.
9 Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Call up the mighty warriors! Let all the soldiers get ready and advance!
Mo mpae mu nka yei wɔ aman so: Monsiesie mo ho mma ɔko! Monkanyane akodɔm! Momma mo mmarima akofoɔ no ntwe mpini, na wɔn mmɛko.
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!’
Momfa mo mfuntumdadeɛ no mmɔ akofena, na momfa mo nsɔsɔwa mmɔ mpea. Ma deɛ wɔayɛ mmerɛ nka sɛ, “mewɔ ahoɔden!”
11 Hurry up and come, all nations from everywhere, and gather there. Bring down your warriors, Lord!
Monyɛ ntɛm mmra, mo amanaman a moatwa ahyia, mo mmɛboa mo ho ano wɔ hɔ. Fa wʼakofoɔ bra, Ao Awurade!
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.
“Wɔnkanyane aman no; wɔntu ntene nkɔ Yehosafat bɔnhwa no mu, ɛfiri sɛ ɛhɔ na mɛtena na mabu aman a atwa ahyia no nyinaa atɛn.
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.
Monhwim kantankrankyi no, ɛfiri sɛ otwa berɛ no aduru so. Mommra, montiatia bobe no so, ɛfiri sɛ nsakyiamena no ayɛ ma na ankorɛ no ayɛ ma abu so. Saa ara na wɔn amumuyɛ dɔɔso!”
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.
Nipadɔm, nipadɔm wɔ gyinasie subɔnhwa no mu! Awurade ɛda no abɛn wɔ gyinasie subɔnhwa no mu.
15 The sun and moon will become dark, and the stars will stop shining.
Owia ne ɔsrane bɛduru sum, na nsoromma renhyerɛn bio.
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.
Awurade bɛbobɔ mu afiri Sion, ne nne bɛgyegye afiri Yerusalem, asase ne ɔsoro bɛwoso. Nanso, Awurade bɛyɛ dwanekɔbea ama ne nkurɔfoɔ, ɔbɛyɛ abandenden ama Israelfoɔ.
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.
“Afei, wobɛhunu sɛ, me Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn, mete Sion, me bepɔ kronkron so. Yerusalem bɛyɛ kronkron; na ananafoɔ rentu wɔn so sa bio.
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.
“Saa ɛda no, nsã foforɔ bɛsɔne afiri mmepɔ no mu, na nufosuo atene wɔ nkokoɔ so; Nsuo bɛba Yuda nsuwansuwa mu, na asutire bɛtue afiri Awurade efie, na agugu akasia subɔnhwa no so nsuo.
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.
Nanso Misraim bɛdane amanfo, na Edom nso bɛyɛ anweatam, ɛsiane awurukasɛm a wɔyɛ de tiaa nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda enti. Ɛhɔ na wɔhwiee mogya a ɛnni fɔ guiɛ.
20 Judah will be lived in forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.
Nnipa bɛtena Yuda afebɔɔ na Yerusalem deɛ wɔbɛtena hɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu.
21 Will I pardon and leave unpunished the shedding of innocent blood? The Lord lives in Zion!”
Na mogya afɔdie a memfa nkyɛeɛ no, mede bɛkyɛ.
