< Joel 3 >

1 For beholde, in those dayes and in that time, when I shall bring againe the captiuitie of Iudah and Ierusalem,
“Nʼihi na, lee, nʼụbọchị ahụ, nʼoge ahụ, mgbe m ga-eweghachi akụnụba nke Juda na Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and wil bring them downe into the valley of Iehoshaphat, and will pleade with them there for my people, and for mine heritage Israel, whom they haue scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
na m ga-achịkọta mba niile nke ụwa, mee ka ha zukọọ na Ndagwurugwu Jehoshafat. Nʼebe ahụ, ka mụ onwe m ga-ama ha ikpe, nʼihi ihe ha mere ihe nketa m, na ndị nke m Izrel. Nʼihi na ha chụsasịrị ndị m nʼetiti mba niile, kee ala m nʼetiti onwe ha.
3 And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, and sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.
Ha fere nza nʼihi ndị m, were ụmụ m ndị nwoke gbanwere ụmụ akwụna. Ha rere ụmụ m ndị nwanyị nʼihi mmanya, nʼihi inweta mmanya ha ga-aṅụ.
4 Yea, and what haue you to do with me, O Tyrus and Zidon and all the costes of Palestina? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompence mee, swiftly and speedily will I render your recompence vpon your head:
“Ọ bụ gịnị ka unu nwere megide m, unu Taịa na Saịdọn, na unu obodo ahụ niile dị gburugburu ala ndị Filistia? O nwere ihe m mere nke unu na-akwụghachi m ụgwọ ya? Ọ bụrụ nʼezie na unu na-akwụghachi m ụgwọ, mụ onwe m ga-eji ọsọ kwụghachi unu ihe ọjọọ niile unu mere.
5 For ye haue taken my siluer and my golde, and haue caried into your temples my goodly and pleasant things.
Nʼihi na unu weere ọlaọcha m na ọlaedo m, burukwa ihe dị oke ọnụahịa niile m nwere, bulaa ha nʼụlọnsọ chi unu.
6 The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.
Unu refuru ndị Juda na ndị Jerusalem, resi ha ndị Griik, si otu a wega ha nʼebe dị anya site nʼala ha.
7 Beholde, I will rayse them out of the place where ye haue sold them, and will render your reward vpon your owne head,
“Lee, aga m esi nʼebe ahụ unu refuru ha kpọlite ha. Aga m emekwa ka ihe ndị ahụ niile unu mere bịaghachi unu nʼisi.
8 And I will send your sonnes and your daughters into the hande of the children of Iudah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people farre off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Aga m ewere ụmụ unu ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị resi ha ndị Juda, ndị ga-eresi ha ndị Sheba, bụ mba tere anya.” Onyenwe anyị ekwuola ya.
9 Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.
Kwupụtanụ nke a nʼetiti mba niile: Jikerenụ agha! Kpọteenụ ndị dike nʼagha. Ka ndị agha niile a zụziri azụzi bịaruo nso ibu agha.
10 Breake your plowshares into swords, and your sithes into speares: let the weake say, I am strong.
Kpụgharịanụ mma oge unu ka ha bụrụkwa mma agha, kpụgharịakwanụ mma ịkwa osisi unu ka ha ghọọ ùbe. Ka onye na-adịghị ike kwuo sị, “Adị m ike!”
11 Assemble your selues, and come all yee heathen and gather your selues together round about: there shall the Lord cast downe the mightie men.
Chịkọta onwe unu ọsịịsọ, bịa, unu mba niile, nọ nʼebe niile. Zukọtaanụ nʼebe ahụ. Kpọdata ndị agha gị dị ike Onyenwe anyị!
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.
“Ka akpọlitekwa mba niile, mee ka ha niile bịaruo na Ndagwurugwu Jehoshafat, nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ kpee mba nọ nʼakụkụ niile ikpe.
13 Put in your sithes, for the haruest is ripe: come, get you downe, for the winepresse is full: yea, the winepresses runne ouer, for their wickednesse is great.
Tinye mma iwe ihe ubi, nʼihi na mkpụrụ ubi achaala. Bịa zọchaa mkpụrụ vaịnị, nʼihi nʼebe ịzọcha mmanya ejula, ebe ịnara mmanya gị niile ejubigakwala oke, nʼihi na ajọ omume ha dị ukwuu.”
14 O multitude, O multitude, come into the valley of threshing: for the day of the Lord is neere in the valley of threshing.
Ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ, ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ! Ha jupụtara na ndagwurugwu mkpebi ikpe ahụ! Nʼihi na ụbọchị Onyenwe anyị dị nso, na ndagwurugwu mkpebi nhọrọ ahụ.
15 The sunne and moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.
Anyanwụ na ọnwa ga-agbaji oji, kpakpando agakwaghị enye ìhè.
16 The Lord also shall roare out of Zion, and vtter his voyce from Ierusalem, and the heauens and the earth shall shake, but the Lord wil be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Onyenwe anyị ga-ebigbọ na Zayọn, olu ya ga-ada nʼime Jerusalem. Elu ụwa na mbara eluigwe ga-amakwa jijiji. Onyenwe anyị ga-abụrụ ndị ya ebe mgbaba. Ọ ga-abụrụ ndị Izrel ebe e wusiri ike.
17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, mine holy Mountaine: then shall Ierusalem bee holy, and there shall no strangers go thorowe her any more.
“Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bi na Zayọn, nʼugwu m dị nsọ. Jerusalem ga-abụ ebe dị nsọ. Ndị mba ọzọ agakwaghị esite nʼime ya gabiga ọzọ.
18 And in that day shall the mountaines drop downe newe wine, and the hilles shall flowe with milke, and al the riuers of Iudah shall runne with waters, and a fountaine shall come forth of the House of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
“Nʼụbọchị ahụ, mmanya ọhụrụ ga-esi nʼugwu ukwu niile na-atapụtasị, mmiri ara ehi ga na-erupụtakwa site nʼugwu nta niile; mmiri ga na-asọkwa na ndagwurugwu niile nke Juda ebe mmiri si eru. Isi iyi ga-esitekwa nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị sọpụta dee Ndagwurugwu Shitim.
19 Egypt shalbe waste, and Edom shall be a desolate wildernesse, for the iniuries of the childre of Iudah, because they haue shed innocent blood in their land.
Ma Ijipt ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu, Edọm ga-aghọkwa mkpọmkpọ ebe, nʼihi ihe ike ha mere ndị Juda, bụ ndị ha kwafuru ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha nʼala ha.
20 But Iudah shall dwell for euer, and Ierusalem from generation to generation.
Ma Juda ga-abụ ebe mmadụ ga-ebi ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. A ga-ebikwa na Jerusalem nʼọgbọ niile.
21 For I will clense their blood, that I haue not clensed, and the Lord will dwell in Zion.
Aga m ahapụ ịbọ ọbọ ọbara ha? Mba, agaghị m agụnye onye ikpe maara dịka onye ikpe na-amaghị.

< Joel 3 >