Joel 3
1 [Yahweh says this]: “At that time [DOU], I will enable [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to prosper again.
Car voici qu’en ces jours-là et en ce temps-là, où je ramènerai les captifs de Juda et de Jérusalem,
2 [Then] in the Valley of Judgment I will gather together [the people of] all the [other] nations; I will judge [and punish] them because they scattered my Israeli people and forced them to go to other countries. They divided up my land
j’assemblerai toutes les nations, et je les ferai descendre dans la vallée de Josaphat; et là j’entrerai en jugement avec elles, au sujet de mon peuple et de mon héritage d’Israël, qu’elles ont dispersé parmi les nations, et de mon pays qu’elles ont partagé.
3 and they (threw marked stones/cast lots) to determine who would get [each of] my people. Then they sold [some of] the Israeli boys and girls [to get money to pay] for prostitutes and wine to drink.
Car ils ont jeté le sort sur mon peuple, ils ont donné le jeune garçon pour une courtisane, et ils ont vendu la jeune fille pour du vin, et ils ont bu.
4 You [people of] [APO] Tyre and Sidon [cities] and [you people of] the Philistia [region], I certainly have not [RHQ] done anything to harm you! [So] if you are trying to get revenge on me, I will very quickly get revenge on you.
Et vous aussi, qu’êtes-vous pour moi, Tyr et Sidon, et tous les districts de Philistie? Est-ce que vous tireriez de moi une vengeance? Que si vous me provoquez, je ferai vite, promptement retomber votre provocation sur votre tête;
5 You have taken the silver and gold and [other] things from my temple and put them in your temples.
vous qui avez pris mon argent et mon or, et qui avez emporté dans vos temples mes joyaux les plus précieux;
6 [You dragged away] the people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, and you took them far away and sold them to people in Greece.
vous qui avez vendu aux fils de Javan, les fils de Juda et les fils de Jérusalem, pour qu’on les éloigne de leur pays!
7 But I will cause my people to want to return from the places to which you sold them, and I will do to you what you did to them.
Voici que je vais les faire lever du lieu où vous les avez vendus, et je ferai retomber votre provocation sur votre tête.
8 Then I will cause [some of] your sons and your daughters to be sold to the people of Judah! And [some of] them will be sold to the Sabea people-group, who live far away. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Je vendrai vos fils et vos filles aux mains des enfants de Juda, qui les vendront aux Sabéens, à un peuple lointain; car Yahweh a parlé.
9 Proclaim to the [people of all] nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions.
Publiez ceci parmi les nations: Préparez la guerre! Faites lever les vaillants! Qu’ils s’approchent, qu’ils montent, tous les hommes de guerre!
10 [Take] your plows and make swords from them, and [take] your pruning knives and make spears from them. [Even] the weak people must [also] be like [MET] [strong] soldiers.
De vos socs forgez des épées, et de vos serpes des lances; que le faible dise: « Je suis un brave! »
11 All you [people from the] nations that are near [Judah] must come quickly and gather [in the Valley of Judgment].” But Yahweh, [when that happens], send your army [of angels to attack them]!
Hâtez-vous et venez, vous toutes, nations d’alentour, et rassemblez-vous! Là même, Yahweh, faites descendre vos braves!
12 The [people in] the nations near [Judah] must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There Yahweh will sit and judge [and punish] them.
Que les nations se lèvent et qu’elles montent à la vallée de Josaphat! Car c’est là que je siégerai pour juger toutes les nations d’alentour.
13 [They are like] [MET] crops that are ready to be harvested; so [strike them like] [MET] [a farmer] swings his sickle to cut the grain. They are like [MET] grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed; because they are very wicked, [punish them severely] [MET] now, like [MET] [a farmer] tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice.
Mettez la faucille, car la moisson est mûre; venez, foulez, car le pressoir est rempli; les cuves regorgent, car leur méchanceté est grande.
14 [There will be] huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh [will punish them].
Des foules, des foules dans la vallée de la décision!
15 [At that time] there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine.
Le soleil et la lune se sont obscurcis, et les étoiles ont perdu leur éclat.
16 From Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem Yahweh will shout, and his voice will be like thunder, and his voice will cause the sky and the earth to shake. But Yahweh will protect [MET] his people; he will be like [MET] a strong wall behind which the people of Israel will be protected.
De Sion Yahweh rugira, de Jérusalem il fera entendre sa voix; les cieux et la terre trembleront. Mais Yahweh sera un refuge pour son peuple, une retraite pour les enfants d’Israël.
17 [Yahweh says], “At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am Yahweh, your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred [city], and [soldiers from] other countries will never conquer it again.
Et vous saurez que je suis Yahweh, votre Dieu, qui habite Sion, ma montagne sainte; Jérusalem sera un sanctuaire, et les étrangers n’y passeront plus.
18 At that time, there will be vineyards covering [MTY] the hills, and [your cattle and goats on] those hills will produce plenty of milk. The streams in Judah will never dry up. And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley [northeast of the Dead Sea].
En ce jour-là, les montagnes dégoutteront de vin nouveau, les collines ruisselleront de lait, et tous les torrents de Juda ruisselleront d’eau. Une source sortira de la maison de Yahweh, et elle arrosera la vallée des Acacias.
19 [The armies of] Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah and killed [MTY] many people who had not done anything that was wrong. So [now] those countries will become deserts,
L’Égypte deviendra une terre dévastée, Edom un désert de dévastation, à cause des violences commises contre les enfants de Juda, parce qu’ils ont répandu dans leur pays le sang innocent.
20 but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and [in other places] in Judea.
Mais Juda sera habité éternellement, et Jérusalem d’âge en âge.
21 [I], Yahweh, live on Zion [Hill in Jerusalem], and I will get revenge on the people [of Egypt and Edom] who killed [MTY] [many of my people].”
Et je laverai leur sang que je n’avais pas encore lavé. Et Yahweh habitera en Sion.
