Joel 3

1 “Ní ọjọ́ wọ̀n-ọn-nì, àti ní àkókò náà, nígbà tí èmi tún mú ìgbèkùn Juda àti Jerusalẹmu padà bọ̀.

For lo! in those days, and at that time, —when I shall bring back the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 Èmi yóò kó gbogbo orílẹ̀-èdè jọ pẹ̀lú èmi yóò sì mú wọn wá sí àfonífojì Jehoṣafati. Èmi yóò sì bá wọn wíjọ́ níbẹ̀ nítorí àwọn ènìyàn mi, àti nítorí Israẹli ìní mi, tí wọ́n fọ́nká sí àárín àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, wọ́n sì pín ilẹ̀ mi.

Then will I gather all the nations, and bring them down into the Vale of Jehoshaphat, —and will enter into judgment with them there, concerning my people, and mine inheritance Israel, whom they scattered among the nations, and, my land, they apportioned;

3 Wọ́n si ti di ìbò fún àwọn ènìyàn mi; wọ́n sì ti fi ọmọdékùnrin kan fún panṣágà obìnrin kan, wọ́n sì ta ọmọdébìnrin kan fún ọtí wáìnì, kí wọ́n kí ó lè mu.

And, for my people, they cast lots, —and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine—and drank.

4 “Nísinsin yìí, kí ni ẹ̀yin ní fi mí ṣe Tire àti Sidoni, àti gbogbo ẹ̀yin ẹkún Filistia? Ẹ̀yin yóò ha sàn ẹ̀san fún mi? Bí ẹ̀yin bá sì san ẹ̀san fún mi, ní kánkán àti ní kíákíá ní èmi yóò san ẹ̀san ohun ti ẹ̀yin ṣe padà sórí ara yín.

Moreover also, what have, ye, to do with me, O Tyre and Zidon, and all the circuit of Palestine? A recompense, are ye paying back unto me? But, though ye should make a recompense unto me, swiftly, speedily, would I return your recompense upon your own head.

5 Nítorí tí ẹ̀yin tí mú fàdákà mi àti wúrà mi, ẹ̀yin si tí mú ohun rere dáradára mi lọ sínú tẹmpili yín.

Because, my silver and my gold, ye took away, —and, my richly beautiful things, carried ye into your temples;

6 Àti àwọn ọmọ Juda, àti àwọn ọmọ Jerusalẹmu ní ẹ̀yin ti tà fún àwọn ará Giriki, kí ẹ̀yin bá à lè sí wọn jìnnà kúrò ní agbègbè ilẹ̀ ìní wọn.

And, the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem, ye sold to the sons of Greece, —that they might be far removed from their own boundary.

7 “Kíyèsi í, èmi yóò gbé wọ́n dìde kúrò níbi tì ẹ̀yin ti tà wọ́n sí, èmi yóò sì san ẹ̀san ohun ti ẹ ṣe padà sórí ara yín.

Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them, —So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head.

8 Èmi yóò si tà àwọn ọmọkùnrin yín àti àwọn ọmọbìnrin yín sí ọwọ́ àwọn ọmọ Juda, wọ́n yóò sì tà wọ́n fún àwọn ara Sabeani, fún orílẹ̀-èdè kan tí ó jìnnà réré.” Nítorí Olúwa ní o ti sọ ọ.

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to Sabeans, unto a nation afar off, —for, Yahweh, hath spoken.

9 Ẹ kéde èyí ní àárín àwọn kèfèrí; ẹ dira ogun, ẹ jí àwọn alágbára. Jẹ kí àwọn ajagun kí wọn bẹ̀rẹ̀ ogun.

Proclaim ye this, among the nations, Hallow a war, rouse the mighty ones, let them draw near, come up, all the men of war!

10 Ẹ fi irin ìtulẹ̀ yín rọ idà, àti dòjé yín rọ ọ̀kọ̀. Jẹ́ kí aláìlera wí pé, “Ara mi le koko.”

Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears, —as for the weak, let him say, mighty, I am.

11 Ẹ wá kánkán, gbogbo ẹ̀yin kèfèrí láti gbogbo àyíká, kí ẹ sì gbá ara yín jọ yí káàkiri. Níbẹ̀ ní kí o mú àwọn alágbára rẹ sọ̀kalẹ̀, Olúwa.

Give help—and come in, all ye nations on every side, and gather yourselves together, —Thither, bring down, O Yahweh, thy mighty ones!

12 “Ẹ jí, ẹ sì gòkè wá sí àfonífojì Jehoṣafati ẹ̀yin kèfèrí: nítorí níbẹ̀ ní èmi yóò jókòó láti ṣe ìdájọ́ àwọn kèfèrí yí káàkiri.

Let the nations, be roused, and come up, into the Vale of Jehoshaphat, —for, there, will I sit to judge all the nations, on every side.

13 Ẹ tẹ dòjé bọ̀ ọ́, nítorí ìkórè pọ́n. Ẹ wá, ẹ sọ̀kalẹ̀, nítorí ìfúntí kún, nítorí àwọn ọpọ́n kún àkúnwọ́sílẹ̀, nítorí ìwà búburú wọn pọ̀!”

Thrust ye in the vintage knife, for, grown ripe, is the vintage, —Go in, tread down, for full is the winepress, flow over do the vats, for abundant is their wickedness.

14 Ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀, ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ní àfonífojì ìpinnu! Nítorí ọjọ́ Olúwa kù si dẹ̀dẹ̀ ní àfonífojì ìdájọ́.

Multitudes, multitudes, in the vale of strict decision, —for near is the day of Yahweh, in the vale of strict decision.

15 Oòrùn àti òṣùpá yóò ṣú òkùnkùn, àti àwọn ìràwọ̀ kí yóò tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ wọn mọ́.

The sun and the moon, have become dark, —and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,

16 Olúwa yóò sí ké ramúramù láti Sioni wá, yóò sì fọ ohùn rẹ̀ jáde láti Jerusalẹmu wá; àwọn ọ̀run àti ayé yóò sì mì tìtì. Ṣùgbọ́n Olúwa yóò ṣe ààbò àwọn ènìyàn rẹ̀, àti agbára àwọn ọmọ Israẹli.

And, Yahweh, out of Zion, will roar, and, out of Jerusalem, will utter his voice, and the heavens and the earth, shall tremble, —but, Yahweh, shall be a shelter to his people, and a refuge to the sons of Israel.

17 “Nígbà náà ni ẹ̀yin yóò mọ̀ pé, èmi ni Olúwa Ọlọ́run yín, tí ń gbé Sioni òkè mímọ́ mi. Ìgbà náà ni Jerusalẹmu yóò jẹ́ mímọ́; àwọn àjèjì kì yóò sì kó o mọ́.

So shall ye know that, I, Yahweh, am your God, making my habitation in Zion my holy mountain, —So shall, Jerusalem, be, holy, and, foreigners, shall pass through her no more.

18 “Ní ọjọ́ náà, àwọn òkè ńlá yóò máa kán ọtí wáìnì tuntun sílẹ̀, àwọn òkè kéékèèké yóò máa sàn fún wàrà; gbogbo odò Juda tí ó gbẹ́ yóò máa sàn fún omi. Orísun kan yóò sì ṣàn jáde láti inú ilé Olúwa wá, yóò sì rin omi sí àfonífojì Ṣittimu.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow down with milk, and, all the channels of Judah, shall flow down with waters, —and, a spring, out of the house of Yahweh, shall come forth, and shall water the torrent-valley of the acacias.

19 Ṣùgbọ́n Ejibiti yóò di ahoro, Edomu yóò sì di aṣálẹ̀ ahoro, nítorí ìwà ipá tí a hù sì àwọn ọmọ Juda, ní ilẹ̀ ẹni tí wọ́n ti ta ẹ̀jẹ̀ aláìṣẹ̀ sílẹ̀.

Egypt, to a desolation, shall be turned, and, Edom, to a desert most desolate, shall be changed, —because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in that they shed innocent blood in their land.

20 Ṣùgbọ́n Juda yóò jẹ́ ibùgbé títí láé, àti Jerusalẹmu láti ìran dé ìran.

But, Judah, age-abidingly, shall remain, and, Jerusalem, to generation after generation.

21 Nítorí èmi yóò wẹ ẹ̀bi ẹ̀jẹ̀ wọn nù, tí èmi kò tí ì wẹ̀nù.

And I will free from their blood-guiltiness them whom I had not freed, —for, Yahweh, is about to make his habitation in Zion.