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Бог ще съди народите

(A)Защото, ето, в онези дни и в онова време,
когато върна Юдовите и йерусалимските пленници,
(B)ще събера всички народи
и ще ги преведа в Йосафатовата[a] долина,
и там ще се съдя с тях
поради народа Си и наследството Си Израил,
когото разпръснаха между народите.
Те си разделиха земята Ми
(C)и хвърлиха жребий за народа Ми;
даваха момче за блудница
и продаваха момиче, за да пият вино.
(D)Да! И какво имате с Мене вие, Тире, Сидоне
и всички филистимски предели?
Искате ли да Ми отмъстите?
А ако Ми отмъстите,
то Аз, без да се бавя, бързо ще ви върна отмъщението ви върху главите ви.
Понеже взехте среброто Ми и златото Ми
и занесохте в капищата си отбраните Ми блага,
а юдеите и йерусалимците
продадохте на гърците,
за да ги отдалечите от пределите им.
(E)Затова Аз ще ги повдигна от мястото,
където ги продадохте,
и ще върна отмъщението ви на собствената ви глава;
(F)също така ще продам вашите синове и дъщери
на юдеите,
а те ще ги продадат на савците – на далечен народ;
защото Господ изговори това.
(G)Прогласете това между народите;
пригответе война; повдигнете юнаците;
нека се приближат всички военни мъже;
нека излизат.
10 (H)Изковете палешниците си на мечове
и сърповете си – на копия;
слабият нека каже: Аз съм юнак!
11 (I)Съберете се и елате отвред всички народи
и се натрупайте заедно;
Господи, направи да слязат там юнаците Ти.
12 (J)Нека станат народите и да дойдат
в Йосафатовата долина;
защото там ще седна да съдя всичките околни народи.
13 (K)Пускайте сърпа в жътвата, защото е узряла;
елате, тъпчете, защото линът е пълен
и каците преливат;
понеже нечестието им е голямо.
14 (L)Множества, множества в долината,
където ще бъде отсъдено за тях;
защото близо е денят Господен в долината,
където ще се произнесе присъдата.
15 (M)Слънцето и луната ще потъмнеят
и звездите ще оттеглят светенето си.

Бог ще благослови Своя народ

16 (N)И Господ ще извика от Сион
и ще издигне гласа Си от Йерусалим;
небето и земята ще се потресат;
но Господ ще бъде прибежище на народа Си
и крепостта на израилтяните.
17 (O)Така ще познаете, че Аз съм Господ, вашият Бог,
Който обитавам в святия Си хълм Сион;
тогава Йерусалим ще бъде свят
и чужденци няма вече да минават през него.
18 (P)В онзи ден
от планините ще капе младо вино
и от хълмовете ще тече мляко,
и по всички юдейски дерета ще текат води;
а от дома Господен ще избликне извор,
който ще пои Ситимската долина.
19 (Q)Египет ще запустее
и Едом ще бъде гола пустиня
поради насилието, извършено спрямо юдеите;
защото са пролели невинна кръв в земята им.
20 (R)А Юда ще бъде населен довека
и Йерусалим – от род в род.
21 (S)И чрез наказание ще изкарам за чиста кръвта,
която още не съм изкарал;
защото Господ обитава в Сион.

Footnotes

  1. 3:2 Т.е. Господ съди.

God Judges the Nations

“For behold, (A)in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
(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.
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.

“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;
Because you have taken My silver and My gold,
And have carried into your temples My [d]prized possessions.
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.

“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.
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.”

(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.”

Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:4 Or render Me repayment
  2. Joel 3:4 Or repay Me
  3. Joel 3:4 Or repayment
  4. Joel 3:5 Lit. precious good things
  5. Joel 3:7 Or repayment
  6. Joel 3:8 Lit. Shebaites, Is. 60:6; Ezek. 27:22
  7. Joel 3:10 pruning knives
  8. Joel 3:18 Heb. Shittim

上帝要審判萬國

「到那日,在我復興猶大和耶路撒冷的時候, 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。 他們抽籤分了我的子民,將男童換妓女,賣女童買酒喝。

「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。 你們奪去我的金銀,搶走我的珍寶,拿去放在你們的廟中, 並把猶大和耶路撒冷的居民賣給希臘人,使他們遠離家鄉。 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, 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。」

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。」

Footnotes

  1. 3·2 約沙法」意思是「耶和華審判」。
  2. 3·21 追討」希伯來文是「洗淨」。

The Nations Judged

[a]“In those days and at that time,
    when I restore the fortunes(A) of Judah(B) and Jerusalem,
I will gather(C) all nations
    and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[b](D)
There I will put them on trial(E)
    for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered(F) my people among the nations
    and divided up my land.
They cast lots(G) for my people
    and traded boys for prostitutes;
    they sold girls for wine(H) to drink.

“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon(I) and all you regions of Philistia?(J) 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.(K) For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[c](L) You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(M) that you might send them far from their homeland.

“See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,(N) and I will return(O) on your own heads what you have done. I will sell your sons(P) and daughters to the people of Judah,(Q) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(R) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(S)

Proclaim this among the nations:
    Prepare for war!(T)
Rouse the warriors!(U)
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
    and your pruning hooks(V) into spears.(W)
Let the weakling(X) say,
    “I am strong!”(Y)
11 Come quickly, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble(Z) there.

Bring down your warriors,(AA) Lord!

12 “Let the nations be roused;
    let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,(AB)
for there I will sit
    to judge(AC) all the nations on every side.
13 Swing the sickle,(AD)
    for the harvest(AE) is ripe.
Come, trample the grapes,(AF)
    for the winepress(AG) is full
    and the vats overflow—
so great is their wickedness!”

14 Multitudes,(AH) multitudes
    in the valley(AI) of decision!
For the day of the Lord(AJ) is near
    in the valley of decision.(AK)
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars no longer shine.(AL)
16 The Lord will roar(AM) from Zion
    and thunder from Jerusalem;(AN)
    the earth and the heavens will tremble.(AO)
But the Lord will be a refuge(AP) for his people,
    a stronghold(AQ) for the people of Israel.

Blessings for God’s People

17 “Then you will know(AR) that I, the Lord your God,(AS)
    dwell in Zion,(AT) my holy hill.(AU)
Jerusalem will be holy;(AV)
    never again will foreigners invade her.(AW)

18 “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,(AX)
    and the hills will flow with milk;(AY)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.(AZ)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house(BA)
    and will water the valley of acacias.[d](BB)
19 But Egypt(BC) will be desolate,
    Edom(BD) a desert waste,
because of violence(BE) done to the people of Judah,
    in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever(BF)
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 Shall I leave their innocent blood unavenged?(BG)
    No, I will not.(BH)

The Lord dwells in Zion!(BI)

Footnotes

  1. Joel 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-21 is numbered 4:1-21.
  2. Joel 3:2 Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges; also in verse 12.
  3. Joel 3:5 Or palaces
  4. Joel 3:18 Or Valley of Shittim