Joël 3
1 Car voici, en ces jours-là et en ce temps-là où je rétablirai les captifs de Juda et de Jérusalem,
[Yahweh says this]: “At that time [DOU], I will enable [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to prosper again.
2 je rassemblerai 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, Israël, qu’elles ont dispersé parmi les nations; et elles ont partagé mon pays,
[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
3 et elles ont jeté le sort sur mon peuple, et ont donné le jeune garçon pour une prostituée, et ont vendu la jeune fille pour du vin, et elles l’ont bu.
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.
4 Et vous aussi, que me voulez-vous, Tyr et Sidon, et tous les districts de la Philistie? Est-ce une récompense que vous me donnez? Et si vous me récompensez, je ferai retomber votre récompense vite et promptement sur votre tête;
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.
5 parce que vous avez pris mon argent et mon or, et que vous avez porté dans vos temples mes belles choses désirables,
You have taken the silver and gold and [other] things from my temple and put them in your temples.
6 et que vous avez vendu aux fils de Javan les fils de Juda et les fils de Jérusalem, afin de les éloigner de leurs confins.
[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.
7 Voici, je les réveillerai du lieu où vous les avez vendus, et je ferai retomber votre récompense sur votre tête;
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.
8 et je vendrai vos fils et vos filles en la main des fils de Juda, et ils les vendront aux Sabéens, à une nation lointaine; car l’Éternel a parlé.
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.”
9 Proclamez ceci parmi les nations, préparez la guerre, réveillez les hommes forts; qu’ils approchent, qu’ils montent, tous les hommes de guerre!
Proclaim to the [people of all] nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions.
10 De vos socs forgez des épées, et de vos serpes, des javelines. Que le faible dise: Je suis fort!
[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.
11 Accourez et venez, vous, toutes les nations, de toute part, et rassemblez-vous! Là, Éternel, fais descendre tes hommes forts!
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]!
12 Que les nations se réveillent et montent à la vallée de Josaphat, car là je m’assiérai pour juger toutes les nations, de toute part.
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.
13 Mettez la faucille, car la moisson est mûre; venez, descendez, car le pressoir est plein, les cuves regorgent; car leur iniquité est grande.
[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.
14 Multitudes, multitudes, dans la vallée de jugement! car le jour de l’Éternel est proche dans la vallée de jugement.
[There will be] huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh [will punish them].
15 Le soleil et la lune seront obscurcis, et les étoiles retireront leur splendeur;
[At that time] there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine.
16 et l’Éternel rugira de Sion, et de Jérusalem il fera entendre sa voix, et les cieux et la terre trembleront; et l’Éternel sera l’abri de son peuple et le refuge des fils d’Israël.
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.
17 Et vous saurez que moi, l’Éternel, je suis votre Dieu, qui demeure en Sion, ma montagne sainte. Et Jérusalem sera sainte, et les étrangers n’y passeront plus.
[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.
18 Et il arrivera, en ce jour-là, que les montagnes ruisselleront de moût, et les collines découleront de lait, et tous les torrents de Juda découleront d’eau; et une source sortira de la maison de l’Éternel, et arrosera la vallée de Sittim.
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].
19 L’Égypte sera une désolation, et Édom sera un désert désolé, à cause de leur violence contre les fils de Juda, parce qu’ils ont répandu du sang innocent dans leur pays.
[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,
20 Mais Juda sera habité à toujours, et Jérusalem de génération en génération,
but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and [in other places] in Judea.
21 et je les purifierai du sang dont je ne les avais pas purifiés: et l’Éternel demeure en Sion.
[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].”
