Jowèl 3
1 Seyè a di ankò: -Lè sa a, jou sa yo, m'a fè peyi Jida a ak lavil Jerizalèm kanpe ankò.
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 Apre sa, m'a sanble tout nasyon yo. M'a fè yo desann nan Fon Jijman Bondye a. Se la mwen pral jije yo pou tou sa yo fè Izrayèl, pèp mwen an, moun pa m' yo. Paske, se yo ki te gaye moun pèp Izrayèl yo nan mitan lòt nasyon yo. Lèfini, yo te separe peyi mwen an.
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will judge them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land.
3 Yo te tire osò pou konnen pou ki moun prizonye yo ap ye. Yo te vann ti gason yo pou yo te ka gen lajan pou al nan jennès. Yo te vann tifi yo pou yo te ka gen lajan pou achte bweson, Lèfini, yo bwè jouk yo sou.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4 Nou menm moun lavil Tir ak moun lavil Sidon, sa n'ap chache fè m' konsa? Nou menm tou ki rete nan tout zòn peyi Filisti a, se chache n'ap chache fè m' peye pou sa m' te fè nou? Si nou vle tire revanj nou sou mwen, enben, anvan nou bat je nou, m'ap fè nou peye sa.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompence upon your own head;
5 Nou te pran tout ajan ak tout lò mwen yo, nou pote tout bèl gwo richès mwen yo ale nan tanp nou yo.
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my precious things:
6 Nou pran moun peyi Jida yo ak moun lavil Jerizalèm yo, nou mennen yo byen lwen peyi yo: n' al vann yo bay moun peyi Lagrès.
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7 Koulye a, mwen pral fè yo soti kote nou te vann yo a. Mwen pral fè nou sa nou te fè yo a.
Behold, I will raise them out of the place where ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 Mwen pral vann pitit gason ak pitit fi nou yo. Mwen pral lage yo nan men moun Jida yo. Yo menm, yo pral vann yo bay sabeyen yo ki rete nan yon peyi byen lwen. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki di sa.
And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
9 Mache fè piblikasyon sa a nan mitan tout nasyon yo! Pare nou pou n' al fè lagè pou Bondye! Rele tout vanyan gason yo! Sanble tout sòlda yo! Fè yo mache pran yo!
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10 Pran lam fè ki nan chari nou yo fè nepe. Pran kouto digo nou yo, fè fwenn ak yo. Menm moun ki pi fèb yo pral di yo vanyan gason.
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11 Nou menm, tout nasyon ki sou lizyè fwontyè peyi a, prese non! Kouri vini! Sanble nan fon an! Seyè, voye vanyan sòlda ou yo al atake yo!
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together all around: there cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
12 Se pou tout nasyon ki sou lizyè fwontyè peyi a sanble tout lame yo pou yo vini nan Fon Jijman an, paske se la mwen pral chita pou m' jije tout nasyon ki sou lizyè fwontyè peyi a.
Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen on every side.
13 Moun sa yo twò mechan. Koupe tèt yo tankou lè n'ap ranmase rekòt ki mi. Kraze yo anba pye nou tankou lè n'ap kraze rezen nan basen pou fè diven. Barik ji rezen yo plen ap debòde.
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, go down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14 Foul moun sou foul moun nan Fon Jijman an! Paske jou Seyè a pa lwen rive nan Fon Jijman an.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
15 Solèy la ak lalin lan vin tou nwa. Zetwal yo pa klere nan syèl la.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 Seyè a rete sou mòn Siyon, l'ap gwonde. Li rete lavil Jerizalèm, l'ap pale byen fò. Syèl la ak latè a ap tranble. Men, se Seyè a k'ap pwoteje pèp li a. Se li k'ap pran defans moun Izrayèl yo.
The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 Lè sa a, n'a konnen se mwen menm ki Seyè a, Bondye nou an. Mwen rete sou mòn Siyon, mòn yo mete apa pou mwen an. Jerizalèm va yon lavil apa pou Bondye. Moun lòt nasyon yo p'ap ka pran l' pou yo ankò.
So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
18 Jou sa a, mòn yo pral kouvri ak jaden rezen. Bèf pral sou tout ti mòn yo. Va gen kont dlo nan larivyè peyi Jida yo. Yon sous dlo pral koule soti nan kay Seyè a. Li pral wouze bafon zakasya yo.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 Peyi Lejip pral tounen yon savann dezole. Peyi Edon pral tounen yon dezè. Paske, yo te fè moun peyi Jida yo mechanste, yo te touye yon bann inonsan nan peyi yo.
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 -(we vèsè pwochen)
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 Men, m'a pran revanj moun yo te touye yo. Mwen p'ap fè pa moun ki koupab yo. Men, va gen moun rete nan peyi Jida a ak nan lavil Jerizalèm pou tout tan. Epitou, mwen menm, Seyè a, m'a fè mòn Siyon an tounen kay mwen ankò.
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
