约珥书 3
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
審判萬國
3 “看哪!到了那些日子,在那個時期,
我使猶大和耶路撒冷被擄的人歸回,(本節在《馬索拉文本》為4:1)
2 我必招聚列國,
領他們下到約沙法谷,
為了我的子民,就是我的產業以色列,
我要在那裡親臨審判他們,
因為他們把我的子民分散在列國中,
又分取了我的地土。
3 他們為我的子民抽籤,
用男童交換妓女,
女童被賣換酒喝。
4 “推羅、西頓和非利士四境的人哪!你們想對我作甚麼呢?你們想向我報復嗎?你們若向我報復,我很快就使報應歸在你們的頭上。 5 你們拿去了我的金銀,又把我的珍寶帶進了你們的廟宇。 6 你們把猶大人和耶路撒冷人賣給希臘人,使他們遠離自己的境界。 7 看哪!我要激動他們離開被你們賣到的地方,我也要使報應歸到你們的頭上。 8 我必把你們的兒女賣在猶大人的手中,猶大人必把他們賣給遠方示巴國的人,因為這是耶和華說的。”
9 你們要在列國中宣告以下這話:
“你們要預備爭戰,
要激動勇士。
讓所有的戰士都近前來,讓他們都上去攻擊。
10 要把犁頭打成刀劍,
把鐮刀打成矛槍;
軟弱的要說:
‘我是勇士。’
11 四圍的列國啊!
你們快來幫助,
在那裡一同聚集。
耶和華啊!求你叫你的勇士下來吧。
在約沙法谷審判萬民
12 “萬國都當奮起,
上到約沙法谷去。
因為我必坐在那裡,
審判四圍的列國。
13 你們要伸出鐮刀,
因為莊稼已經熟了。
來踐踏吧,
因為壓酒池滿了,
酒池盈溢,
因為他們的罪惡極大。
14 無數的人群
齊集在判決谷,
因為耶和華的日子臨近了判決谷。
15 日月昏暗,
星星無光。
16 耶和華從錫安吼叫,
並從耶路撒冷發聲,
天地就震動。
耶和華卻要作他子民的避難所,
作以色列眾子的保障。
17 你們知道我是耶和華你們的 神,
是住在錫安我的聖山上。
那時,耶路撒冷必成為聖。
外族人必不得從其中經過。
18 到那日,
大山都必滴下甜酒,
小山都必流出奶,
猶大的一切溪流,
都必水流不息。
必有泉源從耶和華的殿裡流出來,
灌溉什亭谷。
19 埃及將會荒涼,
以東必變成淒涼的曠野,
都因為他們向猶大人所行的強暴,
又因為在他們的國中流了無辜人血。
猶大必永存
20 “但猶大必存到永遠,
耶路撒冷也必存到萬代。
21 現在我要追討我還未有追討的流人血的罪。
耶和華在錫安居住。”
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.
约珥书 3
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
选民之敌必见鞫受惩
3 “到那日,我使犹大和耶路撒冷被掳之人归回的时候, 2 我要聚集万民,带他们下到约沙法谷,在那里施行审判。因为他们将我的百姓,就是我的产业以色列,分散在列国中,又分取我的地土, 3 且为我的百姓拈阄,将童子换妓女,卖童女买酒喝。 4 推罗、西顿和非利士四境的人哪,你们与我何干?你们要报复我吗?若报复我,我必使报应速速归到你们的头上。 5 你们既然夺取我的金银,又将我可爱的宝物带入你们宫殿[a], 6 并将犹大人和耶路撒冷人卖给希腊人[b],使他们远离自己的境界, 7 我必激动他们离开你们所卖到之地,又必使报应归到你们的头上。 8 我必将你们的儿女卖在犹大人的手中,他们必卖给远方示巴国的人。这是耶和华说的。
耶和华在约沙法谷鞫万民
9 “当在万民中宣告说:要预备打仗,激动勇士,使一切战士上前来! 10 要将犁头打成刀剑,将镰刀打成戈矛。软弱的要说:‘我有勇力!’” 11 四围的列国啊,你们要速速地来,一同聚集!耶和华啊,求你使你的大能者降临! 12 “万民都当兴起,上到约沙法谷,因为我必坐在那里,审判四围的列国。 13 开镰吧!因为庄稼熟了。践踏吧!因为酒榨满了,酒池盈溢,他们的罪恶甚大。
14 “许多许多的人在断定谷,因为耶和华的日子临近断定谷。 15 日月昏暗,星宿无光。 16 耶和华必从锡安吼叫,从耶路撒冷发声,天地就震动。耶和华却要做他百姓的避难所,做以色列人的保障。 17 你们就知道我是耶和华你们的神,且又住在锡安我的圣山。那时,耶路撒冷必成为圣,外邦人不再从其中经过。
异邦受罚
18 “到那日,大山要滴甜酒,小山要流奶子,犹大溪河都有水流,必有泉源从耶和华的殿中流出来,滋润什亭谷。 19 埃及必然荒凉,以东变为凄凉的旷野,都因向犹大人所行的强暴,又因在本地流无辜人的血。
犹大永存
20 “但犹大必存到永远,耶路撒冷必存到万代。 21 我未曾报复[c]流血的罪,现在我要报复,因为耶和华住在锡安。”
Joel 3
Contemporary English Version
The Lord Will Judge the Nations
3 At that time I, the Lord, will make Judah and Jerusalem prosperous again. 2 Then in Judgment Valley[a] I will bring together the nations that scattered my people Israel everywhere in the world, and I will bring charges against those nations. They divided up my land 3 and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.
4 (A) You people of Tyre and Sidon[b] and you Philistines, why are you doing this? Are you trying to get even with me? I'll strike back before you know what's happened. 5 You've taken my prized possessions, including my silver and gold, and carried them off to your temples.[c] 6 You have dragged the people of Judah and Jerusalem from their land and sold them to the Greeks.
7 But I'll make the people of Judah determined to come home, and what happened to them will happen to you. 8 I'll hand over your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans,[d] who live far away. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Judgment in Judgment Valley
9 Say to the nations:
“Get ready for war!
Be eager to fight.
Line up for battle
and prepare to attack.
10 (B) Make swords out of plows
and spears out of garden tools.
Strengthen every weakling.”
11 Hurry, all you nations!
Come quickly.
Ask the Lord to bring
his warriors along.[e]
12 You must come now
to Judgment Valley,[f]
where the Lord will judge
the surrounding nations.
13 (C) They are a field of ripe crops.
Bring in the harvest!
They are grapes piled high.
Start trampling them now![g]
If our enemy's sins were wine,
every jar would overflow.
14 Crowds fill Decision Valley.
The judgment day of the Lord
will soon be here—
15 no light from the sun or moon,
and stars no longer shine.
16 (D) From the heart of Jerusalem
the Lord roars like a lion,
shaking the earth and sky.
But the Lord is a fortress,
a place of safety
for his people Israel.
God Will Bless His People
17 I am the Lord your God.
And you will know I live on Zion,
my sacred hill,
because Jerusalem will be sacred,
untouched by foreign troops.
18 On that day, fruitful vineyards
will cover the mountains.
And your cattle and goats
that graze on the hills
will produce a lot of milk.
Streams in Judah
will never run dry;
a stream from my house
will flow in Acacia Valley.[h]
19 Egypt and Edom were cruel
and brutal to Judah,
without a reason.
Now their countries will become
a barren desert,
20 but Judah and Jerusalem
will always have people.
21 I, the Lord, live on Mount Zion.
I will punish the guilty
and defend the innocent.[i]
Footnotes
- 3.2 Judgment Valley: The Hebrew text has “Jehoshaphat Valley,” which means “Valley of the Lord's Judgment.” This valley is mentioned here and in verse 12, but nowhere else in the Bible.
- 3.4 Tyre and Sidon: Two Phoenician coastal cities.
- 3.5 temples: Or “palaces.”
- 3.8 Sabeans: The people of Seba, a region in southwest Arabia.
- 3.11 Ask … along: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 3.12 Judgment Valley: See the note at 3.2.
- 3.13 grapes … now: People trampled grapes with their bare feet to squeeze out the juice.
- 3.18 Acacia Valley: In the plains of Moab, northeast of the Dead Sea.
- 3.21 I will … innocent: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Joel 3
New International Version
The Nations Judged
3 [a]“In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes(A) of Judah(B) and Jerusalem,
2 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.
3 They cast lots(G) for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine(H) to drink.
4 “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) 5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried off my finest treasures to your temples.[c](L) 6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(M) 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,(N) and I will return(O) on your own heads what you have done. 8 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)
9 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)
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