Joeli 3
1 « Na mikolo mpe na tango wana, tango nakozongisa bakangami ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi,
For, in those days and in that time, when I bring back 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 the nations and bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there I will enter into judgment with them for my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided 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.
They have cast lots for my people. They have traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it.
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.
What are you to me, Tyre and Sidon and all the districts of Philistia? Were you repaying any deed of mine, or were you doing something for me? Quickly will I return your deed upon your heads.
5 Pamba te bozwaki palata mpe wolo na Ngai, bomengo na Ngai ya motuya makasi mpe bomemaki yango na batempelo na bino.
You who have taken my silver and my gold, and you have brought my goodly jewels into your palaces,
6 Botekaki bato ya Yuda mpe ya Yelusalemi epai ya Bagreki mpo na komema bango mosika ya mokili na bango.
you have sold the people of Judah and of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you might remove them far from their own borders.
7 Ngai moko nakopesa bango makasi mpo ete babima na bisika nyonso epai wapi botekaki bango.
I am about to stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and I will turn your deeds 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.
I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off, for the Lord has spoken.
9 « Bosakola likambo oyo kati na bikolo: Bobulisa mampinga mpo na bitumba! Bolamusa bilombe! Tika ete bilombe nyonso ya bitumba bapusana mpe baya!
Proclaim this among the nations, sanctify war. Arouse the warriors, let all the fighting men muster and go 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 ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into lances; let the weak say, I, indeed, am strong.
11 Bino bikolo nyonso ya zingazinga, boya na lombangu mpe bosangana! Oh Yawe, kitisa bilombe na Yo!
Bestir yourselves and come, all you nations round about. Quickly gather yourselves together, ask the Lord to bring his warriors.
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 nations rouse themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Bosimba bambeli, pamba te bambuma eteli. Boya, bokamola bambuma ya vino, pamba te ekamolelo etondi, banzungu etondi, mabe na bango eleki ndelo.
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; go in, tread, for the wine press is full. The vats overflow, for great is their wickedness.
14 Bato bazali ebele, ebele penza, na lubwaku ya kosambisama. Mokolo ya Yawe ekomi pene, na lubwaku ya kosambisama.
Noisy multitudes, noisy multitudes in the valley of decision. For near is the Lord’s day in the valley of decision!
15 Sanza mpe moyi ekoyinda, minzoto ekongenga lisusu te.
Sun and moon have turned dark, and the stars withdrawn 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.
Whenever the Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem, earth and sky quake; but the Lord is a refuge to his people, and a fortress to the people 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.
And you will know that I am the Lord your God, I who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain, and Jerusalem will be holy, and strangers will not 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.
In that day, the mountains will drop sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the channels of Judah will flow with water, a fountain will spring from the house of Judah, and will 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 will become a desolation, and Edom a wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, because they shed innocent blood in their land,
20 Bato bakokoma kovanda na mokili ya Yuda mpo na libela, mpe na engumba Yelusalemi, libela na libela.
Judah will remain inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 Nakopetola bino mpo na ngambo ya makila, mpo ete nanu napetola bino te. »
I will avenge their blood which I have not yet avenged. The Lord lives in Zion!
