Yoɛl 3

1 “Saa nna no mu, mede Yuda ne Yerusalem ahonyade bɛsan aba.

For behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall turn again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 Mɛboa aman nyinaa ano, na mede wɔn aba Yehosafat bon mu. Ɛhɔ na mebu wɔn atɛn wɔ nea wɔyɛɛ mʼagyapade, a ɛyɛ Israelfo ho, efisɛ wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfo hwetee aman so, na wɔkyekyɛɛ mʼasase mu.

I will also gather all the nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of my people and mine inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land;

3 Wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfo so ntonto, Wɔtɔn mmerantewa de mu sika bɔɔ aguaman. Wɔtɔn mmeawa nso de gyee nsa, a wɔbɛnom.

and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it].

4 “Dɛn na mowɔ tia me, Tiro ne Sidon ne mo Filisti amantam nyinaa? Mopɛ sɛ motɔ me so were ana? Sɛ saa na ɛte de a, monhwɛ yiye. Mɛyɛ ntɛm, atua mo biribiara a moayɛ no so ka.

Yea also, what have ye to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the districts of Philistia? Will ye render me a recompence? But if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I bring your recompence upon your own head;

5 Mofaa me dwetɛ ne me sikakɔkɔɔ ne mʼagyapade a ɛsom bo, na mosoa koguu mo abosonnan mu.

because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my beautiful pleasant things,

6 Motontɔn nnipa a wɔte Yuda ne Yerusalem maa Helafo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wobefi wɔn asase so akɔ akyirikyiri.

and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.

7 “Nanso, mɛsan de wɔn afi faako a mokɔtɔn wɔn no aba, na nea moayɛ no nyinaa, metua mo so ka.

Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.

8 Mɛtontɔn mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea ama Yudafo, na wɔn nso atɔn wɔn ama Arabfo, ɔman a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri no.” Me, Awurade, na makasa.

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 nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken.

9 Mompae mu nka eyi wɔ aman so: Munsiesie mo ho mma ɔko! Monkanyan asraafo! Momma mo mmarima akofo no ntwiw mmra, na wɔmmɛko.

Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

10 Momfa mo funtumnnade no mmɔ afoa, na momfa mo asosɔw mmɔ mpeaw. Ma nea wɔayɛ mmerɛw nka se, “mewɔ ahoɔden!”

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

11 Monyɛ ntɛm mmra, mo amanaman a moatwa ahyia, mommɛboa mo ho ano wɔ hɔ. Fa wʼakofo bra, Awurade!

Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

12 “Wɔnkanyan aman no; wontu nteɛ nkɔ Yehosafat bon no mu, efisɛ ɛhɔ na mɛtena na mabu aman a atwa ahyia no nyinaa atɛn.

Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

13 Munhwim kantankrankyi no, efisɛ otwabere no adu so. Mommra, muntiatia bobe no so, efisɛ nsakyiamoa no ayɛ ma na ahina no ayɛ ma abu so. Saa ara na wɔn amumɔyɛ dɔɔso!”

Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down, for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14 Nnipadɔm, nnipadɔm wɔ gyinaesi subon no mu! Awurade da no abɛn wɔ gyinaesi subon no mu.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

15 Owia ne ɔsram beduru sum, na nsoromma renhyerɛn bio.

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16 Awurade bɛbobɔ mu afi Sion, ne nne gyegyeegye afi Yerusalem, asase ne ɔsoro bɛwosow. Nanso Awurade bɛyɛ guankɔbea ama ne nkurɔfo, ɔbɛyɛ abandennen ama Israelfo.

And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel.

17 “Afei mubehu sɛ, me Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, mete Sion, me bepɔw kronkron so. Yerusalem bɛyɛ kronkron; na ananafo rentu wɔn so sa bio.

And ye shall know that I, Jehovah, [am] your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain; and Jerusalem shall be holy, and no strangers shall pass through her any more.

18 “Saa da no, nsa foforo bɛsosɔ afi mmepɔw no mu, na nufusu ateɛ wɔ nkoko so; Nsu bɛba Yuda nsuwansuwa mu, na asuti betue afi Awurade fi, na agugu akasia subon no so nsu.

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 water-courses of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

19 Nanso Misraim bɛdan amamfo, na Edom nso bɛyɛ nweatam, esiane awurukasɛm a wɔyɛ de tiaa nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda nti. Ɛhɔ na wohwiee mogya a enni fɔ gui.

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, in that they have shed innocent blood in their land.

20 Nnipa bɛtena Yuda afebɔɔ na Yerusalem de, wɔbɛtena hɔ awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.

But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21 So merentɔ wɔn mogya a edi bem no so were ana? Mɛtɔ kɛ.”

And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.