Joeli 3
1 « Na mikolo mpe na tango wana, tango nakozongisa bakangami ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi,
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 nakosangisa bato ya bikolo nyonso mpe nakokitisa bango na lubwaku ya Jozafati. Nakosambisa bango kuna na tina na libula na Ngai, Isalaele, bato na Ngai; pamba te bapanzi bato na Ngai kati na bikolo mpe bakaboli mokili na Ngai.
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3 Babeti zeke mpo na kokabola bato na Ngai, bapesi bilenge mibali basi ya ndumba, bateki bilenge basi mpo na kozwa kaka vino, mpe balangwe yango.
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 Eh bongo bino, Tiri mpe Sidoni, bituka ya bato ya Filisitia, likambo nini lisusu kati na Ngai mpe bino? Bolingi kozongisela Ngai mabe to kotombokela Ngai? Soki yango nde ezali makanisi na bino, Ngai nde nasengeli kozongisela bino mabe na lombangu.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5 Pamba te bozwaki palata mpe wolo na Ngai, bomengo na Ngai ya motuya makasi mpe bomemaki yango na batempelo na bino.
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
6 Botekaki bato ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi epai ya Bagreki mpo na komema bango mosika ya mokili na bango.
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7 Ngai moko nakopesa bango makasi mpo ete babima na bisika nyonso epai wapi botekaki bango.
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 Nakoteka bana na bino ya mibali mpe ya basi epai ya bato ya Yuda, mpe bango bakoteka bango epai ya bato ya Sabe, ekolo ya mosika penza, » elobi Yawe.
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 « Bosakola likambo oyo kati na bikolo: Bobulisa mampinga mpo na bitumba! Bolamusa bilombe! Tika ete bilombe nyonso ya bitumba bapusana mpe baya!
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 Bosala mipanga, na nzela ya bakongo na bino; mpe makonga, na nzela ya bipasola na bino! Tika ete moto na bolembu aloba: ‹ Nazali makasi. ›
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I [am] strong.
11 Bino bikolo nyonso ya zingazinga, boya na lombangu mpe bosangana! Oh Yawe, kitisa bilombe na Yo!
Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
12 Tika ete bikolo nyonso elamuka mpe emata kino na lubwaku ya Jozafati! Pamba te kuna nde nakovanda mpo na kosambisa bikolo nyonso ya zingazinga.
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13 Bosimba bambeli, pamba te bambuma eteli. Boya, bokamola bambuma ya vino, pamba te ekamolelo etondi, banzungu etondi, mabe na bango eleki ndelo.
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness [is] great.
14 Bato bazali ebele, ebele penza, na lubwaku ya kosambisama. Mokolo ya Yawe ekomi pene, na lubwaku ya kosambisama.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD [is] near in the valley of decision.
15 Sanza mpe moyi ekoyinda, minzoto ekongenga lisusu te.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 Wuta na Siona, Yawe akoloba makasi; wuta na Yelusalemi, akoloba na mongongo makasi lokola kake; Lola mpe mabele ekoningana. Kasi Yawe akozala ekimelo mpo na bato na Ye, engumba batonga makasi mpo na bana ya Isalaele.
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 Boye, bokoyeba solo ete Ngai nazali Yawe, Nzambe na bino; navandaka na Siona, ngomba na Ngai ya bule. Yelusalemi ekozala engumba ya bule, bapaya bakolekela lisusu wana te.
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 Na mokolo wana, bangomba ekotangisa vino ya sika, mpe miliki ekotanga na bangomba mikuse. Miluka nyonso ya Yuda ekotonda na mayi, etima moko ya mayi ekobima wuta na Tempelo ya Yawe mpe ekosopela lubwaku ya banzete ya akasia mayi.
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 of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 Kasi mokili ya Ejipito ekobebisama, mokili ya Edomi ekokoma esobe mpo na makambo mabe oyo basalaki epai ya bato ya Yuda, pamba te basopaki makila ya bato ya Yuda na mabele na bango, atako basalaki mabe te.
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 Bato bakokoma kovanda na mokili ya Yuda mpo na libela, mpe na engumba Yelusalemi, libela na libela.
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 Nakopetola bino mpo na ngambo ya makila, mpo ete nanu napetola bino te. »
For I will cleanse their blood [that] I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
