Joel 3
1 For, in those days and in that time, when I bring back again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
“Le ŋkeke mawo kple ɣe ma ɣi me ne megaɖo Yuda kple Yerusalem te la,
2 I will also gather all the nations and bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there I will enter into judgment with them for my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land.
maƒo dukɔwo nu ƒu ɖe Yehosafat ƒe Balime eye madrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo le afi ma le nye amewo kple nye domenyinu Israel ta, elabena wokaka nye domenyinu la ɖe dukɔwo dome eye woma nye anyigba.
3 They have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it.
“Wodzidze nu ɖe nye dukɔ dzi eye woma nye amewo. Wotsɔ ŋutsuviwo ɖɔli gbolowoe eye wotsɔ nyɔnuviwo na ɖe wain si woano amu ta.
4 What are you to me, Tyre and Sidon and all the districts of Philistia? Were you repaying any deed of mine, or were you doing something for me? Quickly will I return your deed upon your heads.
“Tiro kple Sidon kple Filistitɔwo ƒe duwo katã, ɖe miele didim be miabia hlɔ̃ mahã? Mikpɔ nyuie elabena nye asi atre tsɔtsɔ na mi eye nu si mieɖo la atrɔ adze miawo ŋutɔ ƒe ta dzi.
5 You who have taken my silver and my gold, and you have brought my goodly jewels into your palaces,
“Mieva lɔ nye klosalo kple sika kple nye kesinɔnu veviwo tsɔ yi ɖe miaƒe trɔ̃wo ƒe xɔwo mee.
6 you have sold the people of Judah and of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you might remove them far from their own borders.
Miedzra Yudatɔwo kple Yerusalemtɔwo na Trɔ̃subɔlawo eye wokplɔ wo dzoe le woawo ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi yi didiƒe ke.
7 I am about to stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds upon your own head.
Gake magakplɔ wo agbɔe tso teƒe siwo katã wokplɔ wo yii eye maɖo nu vɔ̃ siwo katã miewɔ la teƒe na mi.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off, for the Lord has spoken.
Matsɔ mia viŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo adzra na Yudatɔwo eye woawo hã adzra wo na Sabeatɔwo le didiƒe ke. Yehowae gblɔe.
9 Proclaim this among the nations, sanctify war. Arouse the warriors, let all the fighting men muster and go up.
“Miɖe gbeƒã nu sia le dukɔwo dome be, ‘Midzra ɖo na aʋawɔwɔ!’ Mitia miaƒe asrafo kalẽtɔwo, miƒo miaƒe aʋawɔlawo katã nu ƒu na aʋawɔwɔ.
10 Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into lances; let the weak say, I, indeed, am strong.
Mitsɔ miaƒe agblenuwo tu aʋawɔyiwoe eye mitsɔ miaƒe hɛ gobɛwo tu akplɔwoe. Ame gblɔewo negblɔ be, ‘Miawoe nye ŋusẽtɔwo.’
11 Bestir yourselves and come, all you nations round about. Quickly gather yourselves together, ask the Lord to bring his warriors.
Mi dukɔ siwo kaka ɖe afi sia afi, miƒo mia ɖokuiwo nu ƒu ne miava. “O Yehowa, dɔ wò aʋakɔwo be woaɖiɖi ava anyi!
12 Let the nations rouse themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
“Miƒo dukɔwo nu ƒu; mikplɔ wo va Yehosafat ƒe Balimee, afi ma manɔ adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo katã.
13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow, for great is their wickedness.
Azɔ nukuxahɛ newɔ eƒe dɔ elabena nukuawo tsi vɔ hele lalam na nuŋeɣi. Miva, mifanya waintsetseawo, elabena wainfiaƒe la yɔ, eye waindzraɖoƒe la yɔ gbagba, elabena woƒe nu tovowo wɔwɔ sɔ gbɔ.”
14 Noisy multitudes, noisy multitudes in the valley of decision. For near is the Lord’s day in the valley of decision!
Ame akpe akpewo le Nyametsotso ƒe Balime elabena Yehowa ƒe Ŋkeke la tu aƒe le Nyametsotso Balime la.
15 Sun and moon have turned dark, and the stars withdrawn their shining.
Ɣe kple ɣleti ado viviti eye ɣletiviwo magaklẽ o.
16 Whenever the Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem, earth and sky quake; but the Lord is a refuge to his people, and a fortress to the people of Israel.
Yehowa aɖe gbe tso Zion eye eƒe gbe aɖi tso Yerusalem eye dziƒo kple anyigba ade asi ʋuʋu me. Ke Yehowa anye sitsoƒe na eƒe amewo kple mɔ sesẽ na eƒe dukɔ Israel.
17 And you will know that I am the Lord your God, I who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain, and Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will not pass through her any more.
“Mlɔeba la, miava nya be nyee nye Yehowa, miaƒe Mawu, si le Zion, nye To Kɔkɔe la dzi. Yerusalem azu kɔkɔeƒe; ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna esi dutasrafowo magakpɔ mɔ aho aʋa ɖe eŋu o.
18 In that day, the mountains will drop sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the channels of Judah will flow with water, a fountain will spring from the house of Judah, and will water the Valley of Shittim.
“Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, wain yeye anɔ tsyɔtsyɔm tso towo ŋuti eye nyinotsi anɔ sisim bababa tso togbɛwo tame. Tsi ayɔ Yɔdan tɔʋuwo me banaa, eye tsi asi tso Yehowa ƒe gbedoxɔ la me ade tsi Sitim ƒe Balime.
19 Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom a wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land,
Egipte azu aƒedo eye Edom azu gbegbe elabena wowɔ vɔ̃ ɖe Yudatɔwo ŋuti, eye wokɔ ʋu maɖifɔwo ɖi le du mawo me.
20 Judah will remain inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Ke Yuda anɔ anyi tegbetegbe, eye Yerusalem anɔ anyi tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
21 I will avenge their blood which I have not yet avenged. The Lord lives in Zion!
Mahe to na Egiptetɔwo kple Edomtɔwo ɖe woƒe ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔɖi ta.”
