Yoɛl 3 – ASCB & NIV

Asante Twi Contemporary Bible

Yoɛl 3:1-21

Aman No Atemmuo

1“Saa nna no mu,

mede Yuda ne Yerusalem ahonyadeɛ bɛsane aba.

2Mɛboa aman nyinaa ano,

na mede wɔn aba Yehosafat bɔnhwa mu.

Ɛhɔ na mɛbu wɔn atɛn

wɔ deɛ wɔyɛɛ mʼagyapadeɛ, a ɛyɛ Israelfoɔ ho,

ɛfiri sɛ wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfoɔ hwetee aman so,

na wɔkyekyɛɛ mʼasase mu.

3Wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfoɔ so ntonto,

Wɔtɔn mmerantewaa de emu sika bɔɔ adwaman.

Wɔtɔn mmaayewa nso de gyee nsã,

a wɔbɛnom.

4“Ɛdeɛn na mowɔ tia me, Ao Tiro ne Sidon ne mo Filistia amantam nyinaa? Mopɛ sɛ motɔ me so awere anaa? Sɛ saa na ɛte deɛ a, monhwɛ yie. Mɛyɛ ntɛm, atua mo biribiara a moayɛ no so ka. 5Mofaa me dwetɛ ne me sikakɔkɔɔ ne mʼagyapadeɛ a ɛsom bo, na mosoa kɔguu mo abosonnan mu. 6Motontɔn nnipa a wɔte Yuda ne Yerusalem maa Helafoɔ3.6 Helafoɔ ne Foenikefoɔ dii dwa firi afe 800 A.W.A. sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, wɔbɛfiri wɔn asase so akɔ akyirikyiri.

7“Nanso, mɛsane de wɔn afiri baabi a mokɔtɔn wɔn no aba, na deɛ moayɛ no nyinaa, mɛtua mo so ka. 8Mɛtontɔn mo mmammarima ne mo mmammaa ama Yudafoɔ, na wɔn nso atɔn wɔn ama Arabfoɔ, ɔman a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri no.” Me, Awurade, na makasa.

9Mo mpae mu nka yei wɔ aman so:

Monsiesie mo ho mma ɔko!

Monkanyane akodɔm!

Momma mo mmarima akofoɔ no ntwe mpini, na wɔn mmɛko.

10Momfa mo mfuntumdadeɛ no mmɔ akofena,

na momfa mo nsɔsɔwa mmɔ mpea.

Ma deɛ wɔayɛ mmerɛ nka sɛ,

“mewɔ ahoɔden!”

11Monyɛ ntɛm mmra,

mo amanaman a moatwa ahyia,

mo mmɛboa mo ho ano wɔ hɔ.

Fa wʼakofoɔ bra, Ao Awurade!

12“Wɔnkanyane aman no;

wɔntu ntene nkɔ Yehosafat bɔnhwa no mu,

ɛfiri sɛ ɛhɔ na mɛtena

na mabu aman a atwa ahyia no nyinaa atɛn.

13Monhwim kantankrankyi no,

ɛfiri sɛ otwa berɛ no aduru so.

Mommra, montiatia bobe no so,

ɛfiri sɛ nsakyiamena no ayɛ ma

na ankorɛ no ayɛ ma abu so.

Saa ara na wɔn amumuyɛ dɔɔso!”

14Nipadɔm, nipadɔm

wɔ gyinasie subɔnhwa no mu!

Awurade ɛda no abɛn

wɔ gyinasie subɔnhwa no mu.

15Owia ne ɔsrane bɛduru sum,

na nsoromma renhyerɛn bio.

16Awurade bɛbobɔ mu afiri Sion,

ne nne bɛgyegye afiri Yerusalem,

asase ne ɔsoro bɛwoso.

Nanso, Awurade bɛyɛ dwanekɔbea ama ne nkurɔfoɔ,

ɔbɛyɛ abandenden ama Israelfoɔ.

Onyankopɔn Nkurɔfoɔ Nhyira

17“Afei, wobɛhunu sɛ, me Awurade, wo Onyankopɔn,

mete Sion, me bepɔ kronkron so.

Yerusalem bɛyɛ kronkron;

na ananafoɔ rentu wɔn so sa bio.

18“Saa ɛda no, nsã foforɔ bɛsɔne afiri mmepɔ no mu,

na nufosuo atene wɔ nkokoɔ so;

Nsuo bɛba Yuda nsuwansuwa mu,

na asutire bɛtue afiri Awurade efie,

na agugu akasia subɔnhwa no so nsuo.

19Nanso Misraim bɛdane amanfo,

na Edom nso bɛyɛ anweatam,

ɛsiane awurukasɛm a wɔyɛ de tiaa nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda enti.

Ɛhɔ na wɔhwiee mogya a ɛnni fɔ guiɛ.

20Nnipa bɛtena Yuda afebɔɔ

na Yerusalem deɛ wɔbɛtena hɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu.

21Na mogya afɔdie a memfa nkyɛeɛ no,

mede bɛkyɛ.

Na me Awurade, mɛtena Sion!”

New International Version

Joel 3:1-21

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!