Joel 3
Svenska Folkbibeln
Guds dom över Israels fiender
3 Ty se, i de dagarna och på den tiden,
när jag gör slut på
Judas och Jerusalems fångenskap,
2 skall jag samla alla hednafolk
och föra dem ner till Josafats[a] dal.
Där skall jag hålla dom över dem
för mitt folks, min arvedel Israels, skull,
som de har förskingrat bland hednafolken.
De har delat mitt land
3 och kastat lott om mitt folk.
En sköka betalade de med en pojke,
och en flicka sålde de för vin som de drack upp.
4 Och du Tyrus och du Sidon, och ni Filisteens alla trakter, vad vill ni mig? Vill ni vedergälla mig för något? Om ni vill hämnas på mig, skall jag snabbt och med hast låta er hämnd vända tillbaka över era egna huvuden, 5 eftersom ni har tagit mitt silver och mitt guld och fört det dyrbaraste jag ägde in i era tempel. 6 Folket i Juda och Jerusalem har ni sålt till grekerna för att de skulle sändas bort från sitt land. 7 Se, jag skall väcka upp dem från den ort dit ni har sålt dem, och det ni har gjort skall jag låta komma över era egna huvuden. 8 Jag skall sälja era söner och döttrar till folket i Juda och de skall sälja dem till sabeerna,[b] ett folk långt bort i fjärran land. Ty så har Herren talat.
9 Ropa ut detta bland hednafolken,
kalla till helig strid.
Väck upp hjältarna,
låt alla krigsmän komma och rycka fram.
10 Smid era plogbillar till svärd
och era vingårdsknivar till spjut.
Låt den svage säga: "Jag är stark."
11 Skynda er att komma,
alla ni hednafolk häromkring,
och församla er.
Sänd, Herre, dina hjältar dit ner.
12 Låt hednafolken resa sig och dra ut
till Josafats dal,
ty där skall jag sitta till doms
över alla hednafolk häromkring.
13 Låt lien gå, ty skörden är mogen.
Kom och trampa, ty pressen är full,
presskaren flödar över,
ty deras ondska är stor.
14 Det är skaror på skaror i Domens dal,
ty Herrens dag är nära i Domens dal.
15 Solen och månen förmörkas,
och stjärnorna mister sitt sken.
16 Herren ryter från Sion,
från Jerusalem låter han sin röst höras,
så att himlen och jorden bävar.
Men Herren är en tillflykt för sitt folk,
ett skydd för Israels barn.
17 Och ni skall förstå att jag är Herren, er Gud,
som bor på Sion, mitt heliga berg.
Jerusalem skall vara heligt,
och främlingar skall inte mer ta vägen genom henne.
18 Och det skall ske på den tiden
att bergen skall drypa av druvsaft
och höjderna flöda av mjölk.
Alla bäckar i Juda
skall flöda av vatten.
En källa skall utgå från Herrens hus
och vattna Akaciedalen.
19 Egypten skall bli en ödemark
och Edom en öde öken,
därför att de har brukat våld mot Juda folk
och utgjutit oskyldigt blod i deras land.
20 Juda skall vara bebott för alltid
och Jerusalem från släkte till släkte.
21 Jag skall utplåna deras blodskulder,
dem som jag inte redan har utplånat.
Herren bor på Sion.
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
English Standard Version
The Lord Judges the Nations
3 [a] “For behold, (A)in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 (B)I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And (C)I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land, 3 and (D)have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
4 “What are you to me, (E)O Tyre and Sidon, and all (F)the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, (G)I will return your payment on your own head swiftly and speedily. 5 For (H)you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples.[b] 6 You have sold (I)the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border. 7 Behold, I will stir them up from the place to which you have sold them, and (J)I will return your payment on 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 (K)Sabeans, to a nation far away, for the Lord has spoken.”
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
(L)Consecrate for war;[c]
stir up the mighty men.
Let all the men of war draw near;
let them come up.
10 (M)Beat your plowshares into swords,
and (N)your pruning hooks into spears;
let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”
11 (O)Hasten and come,
all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves there.
(P)Bring down your warriors, O Lord.
12 Let the nations stir themselves up
and come up to (Q)the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
(R)for there I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.
13 (S)Put in the sickle,
(T)for the harvest is ripe.
(U)Go in, tread,
(V)for the winepress is full.
The vats overflow,
for their evil is great.
14 Multitudes, multitudes,
in the valley of decision!
For (W)the day of the Lord is near
in the valley of decision.
15 (X)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
16 (Y)The Lord roars from Zion,
and (Z)utters his voice from Jerusalem,
(AA)and the heavens and the earth quake.
But the Lord is (AB)a refuge to his people,
a stronghold to the people of Israel.
The Glorious Future of Judah
17 (AC)“So you shall know that I am the Lord your God,
(AD)who dwells in Zion, (AE)my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
and (AF)strangers shall never again pass through it.
18 “And in that day
(AG)the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and the hills shall flow with milk,
and (AH)all the streambeds of Judah
shall flow with water;
(AI)and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
and water the Valley of (AJ)Shittim.
19 (AK)“Egypt shall become a desolation
and (AL)Edom a desolate wilderness,
(AM)for the violence done to the people of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 (AN)But Judah shall be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem to all generations.
21 (AO)I will avenge their blood,
blood I have not avenged,[d]
(AP)for the Lord dwells in Zion.”
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