Yoel 3
1 “Le ŋkeke mawo kple ɣe ma ɣi me ne megaɖo Yuda kple Yerusalem te la,
“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
2 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.
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land.
3 “Wodzidze nu ɖe nye dukɔ dzi eye woma nye amewo. Wotsɔ ŋutsuviwo ɖɔli gbolowoe eye wotsɔ nyɔnuviwo na ɖe wain si woano amu ta.
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
4 “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.
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
5 “Mieva lɔ nye klosalo kple sika kple nye kesinɔnu veviwo tsɔ yi ɖe miaƒe trɔ̃wo ƒe xɔwo mee.
For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.
6 Miedzra Yudatɔwo kple Yerusalemtɔwo na Trɔ̃subɔlawo eye wokplɔ wo dzoe le woawo ŋutɔ ƒe anyigba dzi yi didiƒe ke.
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
7 Gake magakplɔ wo agbɔe tso teƒe siwo katã wokplɔ wo yii eye maɖo nu vɔ̃ siwo katã miewɔ la teƒe na mi.
Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
8 Matsɔ mia viŋutsuwo kple nyɔnuwo adzra na Yudatɔwo eye woawo hã adzra wo na Sabeatɔwo le didiƒe ke. Yehowae gblɔe.
I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
9 “Miɖe gbeƒã nu sia le dukɔwo dome be, ‘Midzra ɖo na aʋawɔwɔ!’ Mitia miaƒe asrafo kalẽtɔwo, miƒo miaƒe aʋawɔlawo katã nu ƒu na aʋawɔwɔ.
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
10 Mitsɔ miaƒe agblenuwo tu aʋawɔyiwoe eye mitsɔ miaƒe hɛ gobɛwo tu akplɔwoe. Ame gblɔewo negblɔ be, ‘Miawoe nye ŋusẽtɔwo.’
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
11 Mi dukɔ siwo kaka ɖe afi sia afi, miƒo mia ɖokuiwo nu ƒu ne miava. “O Yehowa, dɔ wò aʋakɔwo be woaɖiɖi ava anyi!
Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.
12 “Miƒo dukɔwo nu ƒu; mikplɔ wo va Yehosafat ƒe Balimee, afi ma manɔ adrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wo katã.
Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
13 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.”
Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because their wickedness is great.
14 Ame akpe akpewo le Nyametsotso ƒe Balime elabena Yehowa ƒe Ŋkeke la tu aƒe le Nyametsotso Balime la.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 Ɣe kple ɣleti ado viviti eye ɣletiviwo magaklẽ o.
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
16 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.
The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17 “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.
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
18 “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.
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
19 Egipte azu aƒedo eye Edom azu gbegbe elabena wowɔ vɔ̃ ɖe Yudatɔwo ŋuti, eye wokɔ ʋu maɖifɔwo ɖi le du mawo me.
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Ke Yuda anɔ anyi tegbetegbe, eye Yerusalem anɔ anyi tso dzidzime yi dzidzime.
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 Mahe to na Egiptetɔwo kple Edomtɔwo ɖe woƒe ʋu maɖifɔ kɔkɔɖi ta.”
For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.”
