The Nations Judged
In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21. 1“In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2I will gather all nations
and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.3:2 Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges; also in verse 12.
There I will put them on trial
for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered my people among the nations
and divided up my land.
3They cast lots for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine to drink.
4“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done. 5For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.3:5 Or palaces 6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
7“See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them, and I will return on your own heads what you have done. 8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.
9Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare for war!
Rouse the warriors!
Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weakling say,
“I am strong!”
11Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
and assemble there.
Bring down your warriors, Lord!
12“Let the nations be roused;
let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit
to judge all the nations on every side.
13Swing the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,
for the winepress is full
and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”
14Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
15The sun and moon will be darkened,
and the stars no longer shine.
16The Lord will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem;
the earth and the heavens will tremble.
But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
a stronghold for the people of Israel.
Blessings for God’s People
17“Then you will know that I, the Lord your God,
dwell in Zion, my holy hill.
Jerusalem will be holy;
never again will foreigners invade her.
18“In that day the mountains will drip new wine,
and the hills will flow with milk;
all the ravines of Judah will run with water.
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house
and will water the valley of acacias.3:18 Or Valley of Shittim
19But Egypt will be desolate,
Edom a desert waste,
because of violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20Judah will be inhabited forever
and Jerusalem through all generations.
21Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?
No, I will not.”
The Lord dwells in Zion!
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!
