Joel 3
1 [Yahweh says this]: “At that time [DOU], I will enable [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to prosper again.
Cuando todo esto suceda, cuando y traiga a los exiliados a Jerusalén y Judá,
2 [Then] in the Valley of Judgment I will gather together [the people of] all the [other] nations; I will judge [and punish] them because they scattered my Israeli people and forced them to go to other countries. They divided up my land
reuniré a todas las naciones en el valle de Josafat y allí las juzgaré a favor de Israel, mi heredad, a quienes han esparcido por todas las naciones, dividiendo así a mi tierra.
3 and they (threw marked stones/cast lots) to determine who would get [each of] my people. Then they sold [some of] the Israeli boys and girls [to get money to pay] for prostitutes and wine to drink.
Lanzan suertes sobre mi pueblo. Han vendido jóvenes varones como pago por prostitutas y jóvenes mujeres como pago por vino para beber.
4 You [people of] [APO] Tyre and Sidon [cities] and [you people of] the Philistia [region], I certainly have not [RHQ] done anything to harm you! [So] if you are trying to get revenge on me, I will very quickly get revenge on you.
¿Qué quieren de mi ustedes, Tiro, Sidón y regiones de Filistea? ¿Quieren vengarse de mi? Si lo que desean es vengarse, yo me vengaré por lo que ustedes han hecho.
5 You have taken the silver and gold and [other] things from my temple and put them in your temples.
Porque ustedes se han robado mi plata y mi oro, así como mis más preciados tesoros, para ponerlos en sus templos.
6 [You dragged away] the people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, and you took them far away and sold them to people in Greece.
Ustedes vendieron al pueblo de Judá y de Jerusalén a los griegos para que fueran explulsados de sus tierras.
7 But I will cause my people to want to return from the places to which you sold them, and I will do to you what you did to them.
¡Pero tengan cuidado! Yo los sacaré de los lugares a donde ustedes los enviaron, y los traeré de regreso, y a ustedes les daré su merecido por lo que han hecho.
8 Then I will cause [some of] your sons and your daughters to be sold to the people of Judah! And [some of] them will be sold to the Sabea people-group, who live far away. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
Venderé a sus hijos e hijas al pueblo de Judá, y ellos venderán a los Sabeos, una nación lejana. Yo, el Señor, he hablado.
9 Proclaim to the [people of all] nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions.
Proclamen esto entre las naciones: “¡Prepárense para la guerra! ¡Llamen a los guerreros poderosos! ¡Que se preparen los soldados por anticipado!
10 [Take] your plows and make swords from them, and [take] your pruning knives and make spears from them. [Even] the weak people must [also] be like [MET] [strong] soldiers.
Forjen las puntas de las palas para el arado y hagan espadas con ellas. Conviertan sus podaderas en lanzas. Incluso los débiles deberán decir: ‘Soy un soldado fuerte!’
11 All you [people from the] nations that are near [Judah] must come quickly and gather [in the Valley of Judgment].” But Yahweh, [when that happens], send your army [of angels to attack them]!
Apresúrense y vengan todas las naciones de todas partes, y reúnanse aquí. ¡Trae tus Guerreros, Señor!
12 The [people in] the nations near [Judah] must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There Yahweh will sit and judge [and punish] them.
Que se alisten las naciones, y vengan al valle de Josafat, porque allí me sentaré a hacer el juicio de todas las naciones.
13 [They are like] [MET] crops that are ready to be harvested; so [strike them like] [MET] [a farmer] swings his sickle to cut the grain. They are like [MET] grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed; because they are very wicked, [punish them severely] [MET] now, like [MET] [a farmer] tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice.
“Comiencen a usar la hoz, porque la cosecha está madura. Vengan y pisen las uvas, porque la presa de vino está llena y las tinajas rebosan porque su maldad es grande.
14 [There will be] huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh [will punish them].
Hay grandes multitudes en el valle del veredicto del Señor. Porque el día del Señor está cerca en el valle de su veredicto.
15 [At that time] there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine.
El sol y la luna se oscurecerán, y las estrellas dejarán de brillar.
16 From Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem Yahweh will shout, and his voice will be like thunder, and his voice will cause the sky and the earth to shake. But Yahweh will protect [MET] his people; he will be like [MET] a strong wall behind which the people of Israel will be protected.
El Señor rugirá desde Sión, alzando su voz desde Jerusalén, haciendo estremecer los cielos y la tierra. Pero el Señor resguardará a su pueblo, y protegerá al pueblo de Israel.
17 [Yahweh says], “At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am Yahweh, your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred [city], and [soldiers from] other countries will never conquer it again.
Entonces sabrán que yo, el Señor su Dios, habito en Sión, mi santo monte, y Jerusalén será para siempre un lugar sagrado, y ningún extranjero pasará por ella de nuevo.
18 At that time, there will be vineyards covering [MTY] the hills, and [your cattle and goats on] those hills will produce plenty of milk. The streams in Judah will never dry up. And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley [northeast of the Dead Sea].
“En ese tiempo, descenderá vino nuevo de las montañas, y las colinas producirán leche, y los cauces de Judá tendrán agua. Una fuente fluirá del Templo y regará el Valle de Sitín.
19 [The armies of] Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah and killed [MTY] many people who had not done anything that was wrong. So [now] those countries will become deserts,
Pero Egipto se volverá desolado, y Edom será un desierto desolado, por su violencia contra Judá, porque en su tierra se derramó sangre inocente.
20 but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and [in other places] in Judea.
Judá será habitada por siempre, y Jerusalén por todas las generaciones.
21 [I], Yahweh, live on Zion [Hill in Jerusalem], and I will get revenge on the people [of Egypt and Edom] who killed [MTY] [many of my people].”
¿Acaso perdonaré y dejaré impune el derramamiento de sangre inocente? ¡El Señor vive en Sión!”
