Joel

到那日，我使猶大和耶路撒冷被擄之人歸回的時候，

For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

我要聚集萬民，帶他們下到約沙法谷，在那裡施行審判；因為他們將我的百姓，就是我的產業以色列，分散在列國中，又分取我的地土，

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.

且為我的百姓拈鬮，將童子換妓女，賣童女買酒喝。

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.

推羅、西頓，和非利士四境的人哪，你們與我何干？你們要報復我麼？若報復我，我必使報應速速歸到你們的頭上。

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;

你們既然奪取我的金銀，又將我可愛的寶物帶入你們宮殿（或譯：廟中），

Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: {pleasant: Heb. desirable}

並將猶大人和耶路撒冷人賣給希利尼人（原文是雅完人），使他們遠離自己的境界。

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. {the Grecians: Heb. the sons of the Grecians}

我必激動他們離開你們所賣到之地，又必使報應歸到你們的頭上。

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:

我必將你們的兒女賣在猶大人的手中，他們必賣給遠方示巴國的人。這是耶和華說的。

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}.

當在萬民中宣告說：要預備打仗；激動勇士，使一切戰士上前來。

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: {Prepare: Heb. Sanctify}

要將犁頭打成刀劍，將鐮刀打成戈矛；軟弱的要說：我有勇力。

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I {am} strong. {pruninghooks: or, scythes}

四圍的列國啊，你們要速速地來，一同聚集。耶和華啊，求你使你的大能者降臨。

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. {cause...: or, the LORD shall bring down}

萬民都當興起，上到約沙法谷；因為我必坐在那裡，審判四圍的列國。

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.

開鐮罷！因為莊稼熟了；踐踏罷！因為酒醡滿了。酒池盈溢；他們的罪惡甚大。

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.

許多許多的人在斷定谷，因為耶和華的日子臨近斷定谷。

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD {is} near in the valley of decision. {decision: or, concision, or, threshing}

日月昏暗，星宿無光。

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

耶和華必從錫安吼叫，從耶路撒冷發聲，天地就震動。耶和華卻要作他百姓的避難所，作以色列人的保障。

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. {hope: Heb. place of repair, or, harbour}

你們就知道我是耶和華─你們的神，且又住在錫安─我的聖山。那時，耶路撒冷必成為聖；外邦人不再從其中經過。

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. {holy: Heb. holiness}

到那日，大山要滴甜酒；小山要流奶子；猶大溪河都有水流。必有泉源從耶和華的殿中流出來，滋潤什亭谷。

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 of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. {flow: Heb. go}

埃及必然荒涼，以東變為悽涼的曠野，都因向猶大人所行的強暴，又因在本地流無辜人的血。

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.

但猶大必存到永遠；耶路撒冷必存到萬代。

But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. {dwell: or, abide}

我未曾報復（或譯：洗除；下同）流血的罪，現在我要報復，因為耶和華住在錫安。

For I will cleanse their blood {that} I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. {for the...: or, even I the LORD that}