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.
For sjå, i dei dagarne og det bilet, då eg vender lagnaden for Juda og Jerusalem,
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
då vil eg samla alle folki og føra deim ned i Josafatsdalen og der halda dom yver deim for mitt folk og min eignalut Israel skuld, som dei spreidde millom folki, og mitt land hev dei bytt.
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.
Um mitt folk drog dei strå, gav ein gut for ei skjøkja, og ei gjenta selde dei for vin, og so drakk dei.
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.
Og kva vil det meg, Tyrus og Sidon og Filistar-bygder alle? Er det attergjeld mot meg det vil, eller vil de gjera meg eitkvart? Ovleg brått dykkar verk eg vender imot dykk sjølve,
5 You have taken the silver and gold and [other] things from my temple and put them in your temples.
De som sylvet og gullet mitt tok, og eignaluter mine so fagre til dykkar tempel førde.
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.
Og Judas og Jerusalems søner de selde til Javans søner, til å førast so langt burt ifrå sitt land.
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.
ropar deim fram att frå den staden der de hev selt deim. Dykkar verk eg vendar imot dykk sjølve.
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.”
Eg skal dykkar søner og døtter til Juda-sønerne selja; derifrå skal dei til sabæarane gå, eit folk so langt undan. For Herren hev tala.
9 Proclaim to the [people of all] nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions.
Lat heidningar det høyra! Til herferd vigje dykk! Lat kjemporne koma! Gange fram! Stige fram alle herføre hausar!
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.
Smide plogarne til sverd og hage-knivarne til spjot! Vesaling segje: «Eg er kjempekar eg!»
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]!
Skunda dykk og kome, heidningar alle ikring! Samle dykk i hop! Dit late du, Herre, dine kjempor stiga ned.
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.
Lat folki vakna og samlast i Josafatsdalen! For der eg domar sit yver alle folki ikring.
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.
Fram med sigden! No mognast kornet. Kome, trakke! No er persa full. Kjeraldi fløymer. Ovstor er vondska.
14 [There will be] huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh [will punish them].
Flokk på flokk i domsdalen. For Herrens dag er nær i domsdalen.
15 [At that time] there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine.
Sol og måne dei svartnar, og stjernorne løyner sin glans.
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.
Og Herren burar frå Sion, frå Jerusalem gjallar hans mål. Og det bivrar både himmel og jord. Men Herren er ei livd for sitt folk og ei borg for Israels søner.
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.
Ja, kjenna skal de at eg er Herren, dykkar Gud, som bur på Sion, mitt heilage berg. Og Jerusalem skal ein heilagdom vera, frammandfolk der aldri meir stiga inn.
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].
Då skal på den dagen druvesafti drjupa av fjelli og mjølk frå haugarne strøyma, og alle bekkjer i Juda fløyma med vatn. Ei kjelda spring ut frå Herrens hus og vatnar Akaziedalen.
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,
Men Egypt skal øydeland verta, og Edom som ville heidi, for valdsverk mot Judas born. Dei hev øydt skuldlaust blod i sitt land.
20 but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and [in other places] in Judea.
Men Juda skal sitja æveleg trygt, og Jerusalem frå ætt til ætt.
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].”
Og eg vil hemner deira blod, som eg ikkje hemnde fyrr. Og Herren skal bu på Sion.
