< Joel 3 >

1 For lo! in those days, and at that time, —when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
for behold in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it which (to return: return *Q(K)*) [obj] captivity Judah and Jerusalem
2 Then will I gather all the nations, and bring them down into the Vale of Jehoshaphat, —and will enter into judgment with them there, concerning my people, and mine inheritance Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, and, my land, they apportioned;
and to gather [obj] all [the] nation and to go down them to(wards) Valley (Of Kidron) (Valley of) Jehoshaphat and to judge with them there upon people my and inheritance my Israel which to scatter in/on/with nation and [obj] land: country/planet my to divide
3 And, for my people, they cast lots, —and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine—and drank.
and to(wards) people my to cast a lot allotted and to give: give [the] youth in/on/with to fornicate and [the] maiden to sell in/on/with wine and to drink
4 Moreover also, what have, ye, to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the circuit of Palestine? A recompense, are ye paying back unto me? But, though ye should make a recompense unto me, swiftly, speedily, would I return your recompense upon your own head.
and also what? you(m. p.) to/for me Tyre and Sidon and all border Philistia recompense you(m. p.) to complete upon me and if to wean you(m. p.) upon me swift haste to return: return recompense your in/on/with head your
5 Because, my silver and my gold, ye took away, —and, my richly beautiful things, carried ye into your temples;
which silver: money my and gold my to take: take and desire my [the] pleasant to come (in): bring to/for temple your
6 And, the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem, ye sold to the sons of Greece, —that they might be far removed from their own boundary.
and son: descendant/people Judah and son: descendant/people Jerusalem to sell to/for son: descendant/people [the] Greek because to remove them from upon border: boundary their
7 Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them, —So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head.
look! I to rouse them from [the] place which to sell [obj] them there [to] and to return: return recompense your in/on/with head your
8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to Sabeans, unto a nation afar off, —for, Yahweh, hath spoken.
and to sell [obj] son: descendant/people your and [obj] daughter your in/on/with hand: power son: descendant/people Judah and to sell them to/for Sabean to(wards) nation distant for LORD to speak: speak
9 Proclaim ye this, among the nations, Hallow a war, rouse the mighty ones, let them draw near, come up, all the men of war!
to call: call out this in/on/with nation to consecrate: consecate battle to rouse [the] mighty man to approach: approach to ascend: rise all human [the] battle
10 Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears, —as for the weak, let him say, mighty, I am.
to crush plowshare your to/for sword and pruner your to/for spear [the] weak to say mighty man I
11 Give help—and come in, all ye nations on every side, and gather yourselves together, —Thither, bring down, O Yahweh, thy mighty ones!
to help and to come (in): come all [the] nation from around and to gather there [to] to descend LORD mighty man your
12 Let the nations, be roused, and come up, into the Vale of Jehoshaphat, —for, there, will I sit to judge all the nations, on every side.
to rouse and to ascend: rise [the] nation to(wards) Valley (Of Kidron) (Valley of) Jehoshaphat for there to dwell to/for to judge [obj] all [the] nation from around
13 Thrust ye in the vintage knife, for, grown ripe, is the vintage, —Go in, tread down, for full is the winepress, flow over do the vats, for abundant is their wickedness.
to send: reach sickle for to boil harvest to come (in): come to scrape for to fill wine press to overflow [the] wine for many distress: evil their
14 Multitudes, multitudes, in the vale of strict decision, —for near is the day of Yahweh, in the vale of strict decision.
crowd crowd in/on/with valley [the] decision for near day LORD in/on/with valley [the] decision
15 The sun and the moon, have become dark, —and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,
sun and moon be dark and star to gather brightness their
16 And, Yahweh, out of Zion, will roar, and, out of Jerusalem, will utter his voice, and the heavens and the earth, shall tremble, —but, Yahweh, shall be a shelter to his people, and a refuge to the sons of Israel.
and LORD from Zion to roar and from Jerusalem to give: cry out voice his and to shake heaven and land: country/planet and LORD refuge to/for people his and security to/for son: descendant/people Israel
17 So shall ye know that, I, Yahweh, am your God, making my habitation in Zion my holy mountain, —So shall, Jerusalem, be, holy, and, foreigners, shall pass through her no more.
and to know for I LORD God your to dwell in/on/with Zion mountain: mount holiness my and to be Jerusalem holiness and be a stranger not to pass in/on/with her still
18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow down with milk, and, all the channels of Judah, shall flow down with waters, —and, a spring, out of the house of Yahweh, shall come forth, and shall water the torrent-valley of the acacias.
and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to drip/prophesy [the] mountain: mount sweet and [the] hill to go: walk milk and all channel Judah to go: walk water and spring from house: temple LORD to come out: come and to water: watering [obj] (Shittim) Valley [the] (Valley of) Shittim
19 Egypt, to a desolation, shall be turned, and, Edom, to a desert most desolate, shall be changed, —because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in that they shed innocent blood in their land.
Egypt to/for devastation to be and Edom to/for wilderness devastation to be from violence son: descendant/people Judah which to pour: kill blood innocent in/on/with land: country/planet their
20 But, Judah, age-abidingly, shall remain, and, Jerusalem, to generation after generation.
and Judah to/for forever: enduring to dwell and Jerusalem to/for generation and generation
21 And I will free from their blood-guiltiness them whom I had not freed, —for, Yahweh, is about to make his habitation in Zion.
and to clear blood their not to clear and LORD to dwell in/on/with Zion

< Joel 3 >