Joel 3
1 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
For, in those days and in that time, when I bring back again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 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
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.
3 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
They have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it.
4 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
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.
5 which silver: money my and gold my to take: take and desire my [the] pleasant to come (in): bring to/for temple your
You who have taken my silver and my gold, and you have brought my goodly jewels into your palaces,
6 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
you have sold the people of Judah and of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you might remove them far from their own borders.
7 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
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.
8 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
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.
9 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
Proclaim this among the nations, sanctify war. Arouse the warriors, let all the fighting men muster and go up.
10 to crush plowshare your to/for sword and pruner your to/for spear [the] weak to say mighty man I
Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into lances; let the weak say, I, indeed, am strong.
11 to help and to come (in): come all [the] nation from around and to gather there [to] to descend LORD mighty man your
Bestir yourselves and come, all you nations round about. Quickly gather yourselves together, ask the Lord to bring his warriors.
12 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
Let the nations rouse themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 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
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.
14 crowd crowd in/on/with valley [the] decision for near day LORD in/on/with valley [the] decision
Noisy multitudes, noisy multitudes in the valley of decision. For near is the Lord’s day in the valley of decision!
15 sun and moon be dark and star to gather brightness their
Sun and moon have turned dark, and the stars withdrawn their shining.
16 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
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.
17 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
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.
18 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
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.
19 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
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,
20 and Judah to/for forever: enduring to dwell and Jerusalem to/for generation and generation
Judah will remain inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 and to clear blood their not to clear and LORD to dwell in/on/with Zion
I will avenge their blood which I have not yet avenged. The Lord lives in Zion!
