1 "For, behold, in those days,
and in that time,
when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
2 I will gather all nations,
and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat;
and I will execute judgment on them there for my people,
and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations.
They have divided my land,
3 and have cast lots for my people,
and have given a boy for a prostitute,
and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
4 "Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre and Sidon,
and all the regions of Philistia?
Will you repay me?
And if you repay me,
I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
5 Because you have taken my silver and my gold,
and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
6 and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks,
that you may remove them far from their border.
7 Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them,
and will return your repayment on your own head;
8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah,
and they will sell them to the men of Sheba,
to a faraway nation,
for Yahweh has spoken it."
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
"Prepare for war!
Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let them come up. 10 Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
11 Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves together."
Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
12 "Let the nations arouse themselves,
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
13 Put in the sickle;
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full,
the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great."
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision.
15 The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
16 Yahweh will roar from Zion,
and thunder from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth will shake;
but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people,
and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
17 "So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God,
dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and no strangers will pass through her any more.
18 It will happen in that day,
that the mountains will drop down sweet wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters;
and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house,
and will water the valley of Shittim.
19 Egypt will be a desolation
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the children of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
20 But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
21 I will cleanse their blood
that I have not cleansed,
for Yahweh dwells in Zion."
1 Want kyk, in die dae en in die tyd wanneer Ek die lot van Juda en Jerusalem verander,
2 sal Ek al die nasies versamel en hulle na die dal van Josafat laat aftrek, om daar met hulle 'n strafgerig te hou ter wille van my volk en my erfdeel Israel wat hulle onder die nasies verstrooi het, en my land wat hulle verdeel het.
3 En oor my volk het hulle die lot gewerp en 'n jong seun weggegee vir 'n hoer en 'n meisie verkoop vir wyn en dit gedrink.
4 En ook, wat het julle met My te doen, o Tirus en Sidon en al die landstreke van Filist,a? Wil julle My iets vergelde, of wil julle My iets aandoen? Gou, ylings sal Ek julle dade op julle hoof laat neerkom.
5 Want julle het my silwer en my goud geneem en my kosbare skatte na julle tempels gebring.
6 Verder het julle die kinders van Juda en die kinders van Jerusalem aan die kinders van Jawan verkoop, om hulle ver van hul grondgebied te verwyder.
7 Kyk, Ek sal hulle laat opstaan uit die plek waarheen julle hulle verkoop het, en julle dade op julle hoof laat neerkom.
8 En Ek sal julle seuns en julle dogters aan die kinders van Juda verkoop, en die sal hulle verkoop aan die Sabeërs, aan 'n verafgeleë volk want die HERE het dit gespreek.
9 Roep dit uit onder die nasies, heilig 'n oorlog! Wek die helde op, laat al die krygsmanne nader kom, opruk!
10 Smee van julle pikke swaarde en van julle snoeimesse spiese; laat die swakke sê: Ek is 'n held.
11 Haas julle en kom aan, alle nasies rondom, en versamel julle. Laat u helde, HERE, daarheen aftrek!
12 Die nasies moet hulle klaarmaak en optrek na die dal van Josafat; want daar sal Ek sit om gerig te hou oor al die nasies rondom.
13 Steek die sekel in, want die oes is ryp! Kom trap, want die parskuip is vol, die kuipe loop oor! Want hulle boosheid is groot.
14 Menigtes, menigtes in die dal van beslissing, want naby is die dag van die HERE in die dal van beslissing!
15 Die son en die maan word duister, en die sterre trek hulle glans in.
16 En die HERE brul uit Sion, en uit Jerusalem verhef Hy sy stem, sodat hemel en aarde bewe. Maar die HERE sal 'n toevlug wees vir sy volk en 'n skuilplek vir die kinders van Israel.
17 Dan sal julle weet dat Ek die HERE julle God is, wat woon op Sion, my heilige berg; dan sal Jerusalem 'n heiligdom wees waar geen vreemdes meer deur sal trek nie.
18 En op die dag sal die berge drup van mos en die heuwels vloei van melk en al die spruitjies van Juda stroom van water; en uit die huis van die HERE sal daar 'n fontein uitkom om die dal Sittim te besproei.
19 Egipte sal 'n woesteny word, en Edom 'n woeste wildernis wees, weens die geweld wat hulle die kinders van Juda aangedoen het, dat hulle onskuldige bloed in hul land vergiet het.
20 Maar Juda sal vir ewig bly, en Jerusalem van geslag tot geslag.
21 En Ek sal hulle bloed onskuldig verklaar, wat Ek tevore nie onskuldig verklaar het nie; en die HERE sal op Sion bly woon.