約珥書 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
上帝要審判萬國
3 「到那日，在我復興猶大和耶路撒冷的時候， 2 我要聚集萬國，帶他們下到約沙法[a]谷，在那裡審判他們，因為他們把我的子民，就是我的產業以色列，分散到各國，並瓜分我的土地。 3 他們抽籤分了我的子民，將男童換妓女，賣女童買酒喝。
4 「泰爾、西頓和非利士境內所有的人啊，你們為什麼這樣對我？你們要報復我嗎？如果你們是報復我，我必速速使你們遭報應。 5 你們奪去我的金銀，搶走我的珍寶，拿去放在你們的廟中， 6 並把猶大和耶路撒冷的居民賣給希臘人，使他們遠離家鄉。 7 然而，他們被賣到哪裡，我要從哪裡把他們帶回來，並要使你們得到報應， 8 我要把你們的兒女賣給猶大人，猶大人必把他們賣給遠方的示巴人。這是耶和華說的。」
9 你們去向萬國宣告：
「要召集勇士，徵調軍隊，
前去打仗！
10 要將犁頭打成刀劍，
把鐮刀鑄成矛頭，
軟弱的人也要做勇士！
11 四圍的列國啊，
你們快快聚集到那裡吧！」
耶和華啊，
求你差遣大能的勇士降臨。
12 「萬國都要起來，
上到約沙法谷受審判，
因為我要坐在那裡審判他們。
13 開鐮吧，因為莊稼熟了；
踩踏吧，因為榨酒池的葡萄滿了。
他們惡貫滿盈，如酒池滿溢。」
14 千千萬萬的人聚集在審判谷，
因為耶和華的日子要臨到那裡。
15 日月昏暗，
星辰無光。
16 耶和華從錫安發出怒吼，
從耶路撒冷發出雷聲，
天地為之震動。
但耶和華卻是祂子民的避難所，
是以色列人的堡壘。
17 「這樣，你們就知道我是你們的上帝耶和華，
我住在錫安——我的聖山上。
耶路撒冷必成為聖地，
外族人必不再侵犯它。
18 「到那日，群山要滴下甜酒，
丘陵要流出乳汁。
猶大的溪澗碧水常流，
必有清泉從耶和華的殿中流出，
澆灌什亭谷。
19 埃及必一片荒涼，
以東必成為不毛之地，
因為他們曾殘暴地對待猶大人，
在猶大濫殺無辜。
20 但猶大必人口興盛，
耶路撒冷必存到萬代。
21 我必追討[b]尚未追討的血債，
因為耶和華住在錫安。」
Joel 3
King James Version
3 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 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 people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord.
12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
17 So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
18 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 rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.
Joel 3
New King James Version
God Judges the Nations
3 “For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 (B)I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I (C)will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
3 They have (D)cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4 “Indeed, what have you to do with Me,
(E)O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia?
Will you [a]retaliate against Me?
But if you [b]retaliate against Me,
Swiftly and speedily I will return your [c]retaliation upon your own head;
5 Because you have taken My silver and My gold,
And have carried into your temples My [d]prized possessions.
6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.
7 “Behold, (F)I will raise them
Out of the place to which you have sold them,
And will return your [e]retaliation upon your own head.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters
Into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the (G)Sabeans,[f]
To a people (H)far off;
For the Lord has spoken.”
9 (I)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
10 (J)Beat your plowshares into swords
And your [g]pruning hooks into spears;
(K)Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”
11 Assemble and come, all you nations,
And gather together all around.
Cause (L)Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord.
12 “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
For there I will sit to (M)judge all the surrounding nations.
13 (N)Put in the sickle, for (O)the harvest is ripe.
Come, go down;
For the (P)winepress is full,
The vats overflow—
For their wickedness is great.”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For (Q)the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
16 The Lord also will roar from Zion,
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
(R)But the Lord will be a shelter for His people,
And the strength of the children of Israel.
17 “So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion My (S)holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”
God Blesses His People
18 And it will come to pass in that day
That the mountains shall drip with new wine,
The hills shall flow with milk,
And all the brooks of Judah shall be flooded with water;
A (T)fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord
And water the Valley of [h]Acacias.
19 “Egypt shall be a desolation,
And Edom a desolate wilderness,
Because of violence against the people of Judah,
For they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah shall abide forever,
And Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 For I will (U)acquit them of the guilt of bloodshed, whom I had not acquitted;
For the Lord dwells in Zion.”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
