Joel 3
1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
“Saa nna no mu, mede Yuda ne Yerusalem ahonyade bɛsan aba.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will judge them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land.
Mɛboa aman nyinaa ano, na mede wɔn aba Yehosafat bon mu. Ɛhɔ na mebu wɔn atɛn wɔ nea wɔyɛɛ mʼagyapade, a ɛyɛ Israelfo ho, efisɛ wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfo hwetee aman so, na wɔkyekyɛɛ mʼasase mu.
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.
Wɔbɔɔ me nkurɔfo so ntonto, Wɔtɔn mmerantewa de mu sika bɔɔ aguaman. Wɔtɔn mmeawa nso de gyee nsa, a wɔbɛnom.
4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompence upon your own head;
“Dɛn na mowɔ tia me, Tiro ne Sidon ne mo Filisti amantam nyinaa? Mopɛ sɛ motɔ me so were ana? Sɛ saa na ɛte de a, monhwɛ yiye. Mɛyɛ ntɛm, atua mo biribiara a moayɛ no so ka.
5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my precious things:
Mofaa me dwetɛ ne me sikakɔkɔɔ ne mʼagyapade a ɛsom bo, na mosoa koguu mo abosonnan mu.
6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Motontɔn nnipa a wɔte Yuda ne Yerusalem maa Helafo sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, wobefi wɔn asase so akɔ akyirikyiri.
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place where ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
“Nanso, mɛsan de wɔn afi faako a mokɔtɔn wɔn no aba, na nea moayɛ no nyinaa, metua mo so ka.
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.
Mɛtontɔn mo mmabarima ne mo mmabea ama Yudafo, na wɔn nso atɔn wɔn ama Arabfo, ɔman a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri no.” Me, Awurade, na makasa.
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:
Mompae mu nka eyi wɔ aman so: Munsiesie mo ho mma ɔko! Monkanyan asraafo! Momma mo mmarima akofo no ntwiw mmra, na wɔmmɛko.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Momfa mo funtumnnade no mmɔ afoa, na momfa mo asosɔw mmɔ mpeaw. Ma nea wɔayɛ mmerɛw nka se, “mewɔ ahoɔden!”
11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together all around: there cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
Monyɛ ntɛm mmra, mo amanaman a moatwa ahyia, mommɛboa mo ho ano wɔ hɔ. Fa wʼakofo bra, Awurade!
12 Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen on every side.
“Wɔnkanyan aman no; wontu nteɛ nkɔ Yehosafat bon no mu, efisɛ ɛhɔ na mɛtena na mabu aman a atwa ahyia no nyinaa atɛn.
13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, go down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Munhwim kantankrankyi no, efisɛ otwabere no adu so. Mommra, muntiatia bobe no so, efisɛ nsakyiamoa no ayɛ ma na ahina no ayɛ ma abu so. Saa ara na wɔn amumɔyɛ dɔɔso!”
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
Nnipadɔm, nnipadɔm wɔ gyinaesi subon no mu! Awurade da no abɛn wɔ gyinaesi subon no mu.
15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Owia ne ɔsram beduru sum, na nsoromma renhyerɛn bio.
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.
Awurade bɛbobɔ mu afi Sion, ne nne gyegyeegye afi Yerusalem, asase ne ɔsoro bɛwosow. Nanso Awurade bɛyɛ guankɔbea ama ne nkurɔfo, ɔbɛyɛ abandennen ama Israelfo.
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.
“Afei mubehu sɛ, me Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn, mete Sion, me bepɔw kronkron so. Yerusalem bɛyɛ kronkron; na ananafo rentu wɔn so sa bio.
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 from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
“Saa da no, nsa foforo bɛsosɔ afi mmepɔw no mu, na nufusu ateɛ wɔ nkoko so; Nsu bɛba Yuda nsuwansuwa mu, na asuti betue afi Awurade fi, na agugu akasia subon no so nsu.
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.
Nanso Misraim bɛdan amamfo, na Edom nso bɛyɛ nweatam, esiane awurukasɛm a wɔyɛ de tiaa nnipa a wɔwɔ Yuda nti. Ɛhɔ na wohwiee mogya a enni fɔ gui.
20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Nnipa bɛtena Yuda afebɔɔ na Yerusalem de, wɔbɛtena hɔ awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
So merentɔ wɔn mogya a edi bem no so were ana? Mɛtɔ kɛ.”
