Aman No Atemmu
1“Saa nna no mu,
mede Yuda ne Yerusalem ahonyade bɛsan aba.
2Mɛboa 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.
3Wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfo so ntonto,
Wɔtɔn mmerantewa de mu sika bɔɔ aguaman.
Wɔtɔn mmeawa nso de gyee nsa,
a wɔbɛnom.
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. 5Mofaa me dwetɛ ne me sikakɔkɔɔ ne mʼagyapade a ɛsom bo, na mosoa koguu mo abosonnan mu. 6Motontɔn nnipa a wɔte Yuda ne Yerusalem maa Helafo3.6 Helafo ne Foenikefo dii gua fi afe 800 AWA. sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wobefi wɔn asase so akɔ akyirikyiri.
7“Nanso, mɛsan de wɔn afi faako a mokɔtɔn wɔn no aba, na nea moayɛ no nyinaa, metua mo so ka. 8Mɛtontɔn mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea ama Yudafo, na wɔn nso atɔn wɔn ama Arabfo, ɔman a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri no.” Me, Awurade, na makasa.
9Mompae mu nka eyi wɔ aman so:
Munsiesie mo ho mma ɔko!
Monkanyan asraafo!
Momma mo mmarima akofo no ntwiw mmra, na wɔmmɛko.
10Momfa mo funtumnnade no mmɔ afoa,
na momfa mo asosɔw mmɔ mpeaw.
Ma nea wɔayɛ mmerɛw nka se,
“mewɔ ahoɔden!”
11Monyɛ ntɛm mmra,
mo amanaman a moatwa ahyia,
mommɛboa mo ho ano wɔ hɔ.
Fa wʼakofo bra, Awurade!
12“Wɔnkanyan aman no;
wontu nteɛ nkɔ Yehosafat bon no mu,
efisɛ ɛhɔ na mɛtena
na mabu aman a atwa ahyia no nyinaa atɛn.
13Munhwim 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!”
14Nnipadɔm, nnipadɔm
wɔ gyinaesi subon no mu!
Awurade da no abɛn
wɔ gyinaesi subon no mu.
15Owia ne ɔsram beduru sum,
na nsoromma renhyerɛn bio.
16Awurade bɛbobɔ mu afi Sion,
ne nne gyegyeegye afi Yerusalem,
asase ne ɔsoro bɛwosow.
Nanso Awurade bɛyɛ guankɔbea ama ne nkurɔfo,
ɔbɛyɛ abandennen ama Israelfo.
Onyankopɔn Nkurɔfo Nhyira
17“Afei mubehu sɛ, me Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn,
mete Sion, me bepɔw kronkron so.
Yerusalem bɛyɛ kronkron;
na ananafo rentu wɔn so sa bio.
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.
19Nanso 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.
20Nnipa bɛtena Yuda afebɔɔ
na Yerusalem de, wɔbɛtena hɔ awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
21So merentɔ wɔn mogya a edi bem no so were ana?
Mɛtɔ kɛ.”
Awurade te Sion!
The Lord Judges the Nations
1“At that time I will bless Judah and Jerusalem
with great success again.
2I will gather together all the nations.
I will bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
There I will put them on trial.
I will judge them for what they have done
to my people Israel.
They scattered them among the nations.
They divided up my land among themselves.
3They cast lots for my people.
They sold boys into slavery to get prostitutes.
They sold girls to buy some wine to drink.
4“Tyre and Sidon, why are you doing things like that to me? And why are you doing them, all you people in Philistia? Are you trying to get even with me for something I have done? If you are, I will pay you back for it in a quick and speedy way. 5You took my silver and gold. You carried off my finest treasures to your temples. 6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. You wanted to send them far away from their own country.
7“But now I will stir them up into action. I will bring them back from the places you sold them to. And I will do to you what you did to them. 8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. And they will sell them to the Sabeans. The Sabeans are a nation that is far away.” The Lord has spoken.
9Announce this among the nations.
Tell them to prepare for battle.
Nations, get your soldiers ready!
Bring all your fighting men together
and march out to attack.
10Hammer your plows into swords.
Hammer your pruning tools into spears.
Let anyone who is weak say,
“I am strong!”
11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations.
Gather together in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Lord, send down your soldiers from heaven!
12The Lord says,
“Stir up the nations into action!
Let them march into the valley
where I will judge them.
I will take my seat in court.
I will judge all the surrounding nations.
13My soldiers, swing your blades.
The nations are ripe for harvest.
Come and stomp on them as if they were grapes.
Crush them until the winepress of my anger is full.
Do it until the wine spills over
from the places where it is stored.
The nations have committed far too many sins!”
14Huge numbers of soldiers are gathered in the valley
where the Lord will hand down his sentence.
The day of the Lord is near in that valley.
15The sun and moon will become dark.
The stars won’t shine anymore.
16The Lord will roar like a lion from Jerusalem.
His voice will sound like thunder from Zion.
The earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will keep the people of Israel safe.
He will be a place of safety for them.
The Lord Blesses His People
17The Lord says,
“You will know that I am the Lord your God.
I live in Zion.
It is my holy mountain.
Jerusalem will be my holy city.
People from other lands
will never again attack it.
18“At that time fresh wine will drip from the mountains.
Milk will flow down from the hills.
Water will run through all Judah’s valleys.
A fountain will flow out of my temple.
It will water the places where acacia trees grow.
19But Egypt will be deserted.
Edom will become a dry and empty desert.
They did terrible harm to the people of Judah.
My people were not guilty of doing anything wrong.
But Egypt and Edom spilled their blood anyway.
20My people will live in Judah and Jerusalem forever.
The land will be their home for all time to come.
21Egypt and Edom have spilled my people’s blood.
Should I let them escape my judgment?
No, I will not.”
The Lord lives in Zion!
