Juel 3
1 “Nʼihi na, lee, nʼụbọchị ahụ, nʼoge ahụ, mgbe m ga-eweghachi akụnụba nke Juda na Jerusalem,
At that time when this happens, when I bring back the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem,
2 na m ga-achịkọta mba niile nke ụwa, mee ka ha zukọọ na Ndagwurugwu Jehoshafat. Nʼebe ahụ, ka mụ onwe m ga-ama ha ikpe, nʼihi ihe ha mere ihe nketa m, na ndị nke m Izrel. Nʼihi na ha chụsasịrị ndị m nʼetiti mba niile, kee ala m nʼetiti onwe ha.
I will gather together all the nations in the valley of Jehoshaphat and I will judge them there over my people Israel, my inheritance, whom they have scattered among the nations, and have divided up my land.
3 Ha fere nza nʼihi ndị m, were ụmụ m ndị nwoke gbanwere ụmụ akwụna. Ha rere ụmụ m ndị nwanyị nʼihi mmanya, nʼihi inweta mmanya ha ga-aṅụ.
They cast lots for my people; they traded boys in payment for prostitutes and girls to buy wine to drink.
4 “Ọ bụ gịnị ka unu nwere megide m, unu Taịa na Saịdọn, na unu obodo ahụ niile dị gburugburu ala ndị Filistia? O nwere ihe m mere nke unu na-akwụghachi m ụgwọ ya? Ọ bụrụ nʼezie na unu na-akwụghachi m ụgwọ, mụ onwe m ga-eji ọsọ kwụghachi unu ihe ọjọọ niile unu mere.
Also, what have you got to do with me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you trying to get back at me? If you are trying to pay me back, I will quickly pay you back what you deserve for what you've done.
5 Nʼihi na unu weere ọlaọcha m na ọlaedo m, burukwa ihe dị oke ọnụahịa niile m nwere, bulaa ha nʼụlọnsọ chi unu.
You stole my silver and my gold and my best treasures, and you put them in your temples.
6 Unu refuru ndị Juda na ndị Jerusalem, resi ha ndị Griik, si otu a wega ha nʼebe dị anya site nʼala ha.
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks so they could be sent far away from their land.
7 “Lee, aga m esi nʼebe ahụ unu refuru ha kpọlite ha. Aga m emekwa ka ihe ndị ahụ niile unu mere bịaghachi unu nʼisi.
But watch out! I will get them moving from the places you sold them to, and bring them back, and I will pay you back what you deserve for what you've done.
8 Aga m ewere ụmụ unu ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị resi ha ndị Juda, ndị ga-eresi ha ndị Sheba, bụ mba tere anya.” Onyenwe anyị ekwuola ya.
I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a distant nation. I the Lord have spoken.
9 Kwupụtanụ nke a nʼetiti mba niile: Jikerenụ agha! Kpọteenụ ndị dike nʼagha. Ka ndị agha niile a zụziri azụzi bịaruo nso ibu agha.
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Call up the mighty warriors! Let all the soldiers get ready and advance!
10 Kpụgharịanụ mma oge unu ka ha bụrụkwa mma agha, kpụgharịakwanụ mma ịkwa osisi unu ka ha ghọọ ùbe. Ka onye na-adịghị ike kwuo sị, “Adị m ike!”
Hammer your plough blades and turn them into swords. Turn your pruning hooks into spears. Even the weak should say ‘I am a strong fighter!’
11 Chịkọta onwe unu ọsịịsọ, bịa, unu mba niile, nọ nʼebe niile. Zukọtaanụ nʼebe ahụ. Kpọdata ndị agha gị dị ike Onyenwe anyị!
Hurry up and come, all nations from everywhere, and gather there. Bring down your warriors, Lord!
12 “Ka akpọlitekwa mba niile, mee ka ha niile bịaruo na Ndagwurugwu Jehoshafat, nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼebe ahụ ka m ga-anọ kpee mba nọ nʼakụkụ niile ikpe.
Let the nations get ready, let them come to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit in judgment on all the nations.
13 Tinye mma iwe ihe ubi, nʼihi na mkpụrụ ubi achaala. Bịa zọchaa mkpụrụ vaịnị, nʼihi nʼebe ịzọcha mmanya ejula, ebe ịnara mmanya gị niile ejubigakwala oke, nʼihi na ajọ omume ha dị ukwuu.”
Start swinging the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come and tread the grapes for the winepress is full and the vats are overflowing because their wickedness has become so great.
14 Ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ, ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ! Ha jupụtara na ndagwurugwu mkpebi ikpe ahụ! Nʼihi na ụbọchị Onyenwe anyị dị nso, na ndagwurugwu mkpebi nhọrọ ahụ.
Huge mobs are in the valley of the Lord's verdict. For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of his verdict.
15 Anyanwụ na ọnwa ga-agbaji oji, kpakpando agakwaghị enye ìhè.
The sun and moon will become dark, and the stars will stop shining.
16 Onyenwe anyị ga-ebigbọ na Zayọn, olu ya ga-ada nʼime Jerusalem. Elu ụwa na mbara eluigwe ga-amakwa jijiji. Onyenwe anyị ga-abụrụ ndị ya ebe mgbaba. Ọ ga-abụrụ ndị Izrel ebe e wusiri ike.
The Lord will roar from Zion, shouting in a loud voice from Jerusalem, shaking the heavens and the earth. But the Lord will shelter his people, protecting the people of Israel.
17 “Mgbe ahụ, unu ga-amata na mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị Chineke unu bi na Zayọn, nʼugwu m dị nsọ. Jerusalem ga-abụ ebe dị nsọ. Ndị mba ọzọ agakwaghị esite nʼime ya gabiga ọzọ.
Then you will know that I, the Lord your God, dwell in Zion, my holy mountain, and Jerusalem will be a holy place forever, and no foreigners will ever march through her again.
18 “Nʼụbọchị ahụ, mmanya ọhụrụ ga-esi nʼugwu ukwu niile na-atapụtasị, mmiri ara ehi ga na-erupụtakwa site nʼugwu nta niile; mmiri ga na-asọkwa na ndagwurugwu niile nke Juda ebe mmiri si eru. Isi iyi ga-esitekwa nʼụlọnsọ ukwu Onyenwe anyị sọpụta dee Ndagwurugwu Shitim.
At that time new wine will pour down the mountains, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the riverbeds of Judah will run with water. A spring will flow out of the Temple and will water the valley of Shittim.
19 Ma Ijipt ga-atọgbọrọ nʼefu, Edọm ga-aghọkwa mkpọmkpọ ebe, nʼihi ihe ike ha mere ndị Juda, bụ ndị ha kwafuru ọbara ndị aka ha dị ọcha nʼala ha.
But Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence they did against Judah, for in their land they shed innocent blood.
20 Ma Juda ga-abụ ebe mmadụ ga-ebi ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. A ga-ebikwa na Jerusalem nʼọgbọ niile.
Judah will be lived in forever, and Jerusalem for all generations.
21 Aga m ahapụ ịbọ ọbọ ọbara ha? Mba, agaghị m agụnye onye ikpe maara dịka onye ikpe na-amaghị.
Will I pardon and leave unpunished the shedding of innocent blood? The Lord lives in Zion!”
