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Septuagint · Joel §3.1-3.21

Judgment of the Nations in Jehoshaphat and Judah's Renewal

Passage 4 of 4 · Greek

Summary

The Lord will restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, gather the surrounding nations that oppressed His people to the Valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment, and establish Jerusalem as His holy dwelling place.

§3.1Διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις καὶ ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ὅταν ἐπιστρέφω τὴν αἰχμαλωσίαν Ἰούδα καὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ, §3.2καὶ συνάξω πάντα τὰ ἔθνη καὶ κατάξω αὐτὰ εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα Ἰωσαφάτ, καὶ διακριθήσομαι πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ ὑπέρ τοῦ λαοῦ μου καὶ τῆς κληρονομίας μου Ἰσραήλ, οἵ διεσπάρησαν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν· καὶ τὴν γῆν μου καταδιείλαντο,
For behold, in those days and in that time, when I shall return the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all the nations, and 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 they have parted my land.
§3.3καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου ἔβαλον κλήρους, καὶ ἔδωκαν τὰ παιδάρια πόρναις, καὶ τὰ κοράσια ἐπόλουν ἀντὶ οἴνου καὶ ἔπινον.
And they have cast lots for my people, and have given the boys to harlots, and sold the girls for wine, and have drunk.
§3.4καὶ τί ὑμεῖς ἐμοί, Ἰύρος καὶ Σειδών, καὶ πᾶσα Γαλειλαία ἀλλοφύλων μὴ ἀνταπόδομα ὑμεῖς ἀνταποδίδοτέ μοι;
And what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles? Are you rendering me a recompence?
ἤ μνησικακεῖτε ὑμεῖς ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ ὀξέως;
Or are you bearing malice against me quickly?
καὶ ταχέως ἀνταποδώσω τὸ ἀνταπόδομα ὑμῶν εἰς κεφαλὰς ὑμῶν, §3.5ἀνθʼ ὦν τὸ ἀργύριόν μου καὶ τὸ χρυσίον μου ἐλάβετε, καὶ τὰ ἐπίλεκτά μου καὶ τὰ καλὰ εἰσηνέγκατε εἰς τοὺς ναοὺς ὑμῶν· §3.6καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰούδα καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἀπέδοσθε τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν Ἐλλήνωυ, ὅπως ἐξώσητε αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν.
I will swiftly and speedily return your recompence upon your own heads; because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my choice and beautiful things into your temples; and you have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you might drive them far from their borders.
§3.7ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω αὐτοὺς ἐκ τοῦ τόπου οὐ ἀπέδοσθε αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἀνταποδώσω τὸ ἀνταπόδομα ὑμῶν εἰς κεφαλὰς ὑμῶν, §3.8καὶ ἀποδώσομαι τοὺς υἱοὺς ὑμῶν καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν εἰς χεῖρας τῶν υἱῶν Ἰούδα, καὶ ἀποδώσονται αὐτοὺς εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν εἰς ἔθνος μακρὰν ἀπέχον, ὅτι Κύριος ἐλάλησεν.
Behold, I will raise them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own heads; And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them into captivity to a nation far off; for the Lord has spoken.
§3.9Κηρύξατε ταῦτα ἐυ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἁγιάσατε πόλεμου, ἐξεγείρατε τοὺς μαχητάς, καὶ προσαγάγετε καὶ ἀναβαίυετε πάντες ἄνδρες πολεμισταί,
Proclaim this among the nations; sanctify war, wake up the warriors, and let all the men of war draw near and come up.
§3.10συγκόψατε τὰ ἄροτρα ὑμῶν εἰς όομφαίας καὶ τὰ δρέπανα ὑμῶν εἰς σειρομάστας· ὁ ἀδύνατος λεγέτω ὅτι Ἰσχύω ἐγώ. §3.11συναθροίζεσθε καὶ εἰσπορεύεσθε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη κυκλόθεν καὶ συνάχθητε ἐκεῖ ὁ πρᾳὺς ἔστω μαχητής.
Beat your plows into swords, and your sickles into spears; let the weak say, "I am strong." Assemble yourselves, and come, all you nations round about, and gather yourselves together; there let the gentle one be a warrior.
§3.12ἐξεγειρέσθωσαν, ἀυαβαινέτωσαν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα Ἰωσαφάτ, διότι ἐκεῖ καθιῶ τοῦ διακρῖναι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη κυκλόθεν.
Let all the nations be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
§3.13ἐξαποστείλατε δρέπανα, ὅτι παρέστηκεν τρυγητός· εἰσπορεύεσθε, πατεῖτε, διότι πλήρης ἡ ληνός· ὑπερεκχεῖτε τὰ ὑπολήνια, ὅτι πεπλήθυυται τὰ κακὰ αὐτῶν.
Put in the sickles, for the vintage is ripe; come, tread, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is multiplied.
§3.14ἤχοι ἐξήχησαν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆς δίκης, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆς δίκης.
Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment; for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.
§3.15ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη συσκοτάσουσιν, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες δύσουσιν φέγγος αὐτῶυ.
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
§3.16ὁ δὲ κύριος ἐκ Σειὼν ἀνακεκράξεται, καὶ ἐξ Ἰερουσαλὴμ δώσει φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ σεισθήσεται ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ· ὁ δὲ κύριος φείσεται τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνισχύσει τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ.
And the Lord shall cry out from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken; but the Lord will spare his people, and will strengthen the children of Israel.
§3.17καὶ ἐπιγνώσεσθε διότι ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὑμῶν ὁ κατασκηνῶν ἐυ Σειών, ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ μου· καὶ ἔσται Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἁγία, καὶ ἀλλογενεῖς οὐ διελεύσονται δι᾿ αὐτῆς οὐκέτι.
And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain; and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall no longer pass through her.
§3.18Καὶ ἔσται ἐυ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀποσταλάξει τὰ ὄρη γλυκασμόν, καὶ οἱ βουνοὶ όυήσονται γάλα, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἀφέσεις Ἰούδα ὸυήσονται ὕδατα, καὶ πηγὴ ἐξ οἵκου Κυρίου ἐξελεύσεται καὶ ποτιεῖ τὸν χειμάρρουν τῶν σχοίνων.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the watercourses of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the Lord, and water the valley of acacias.
§3.19Aἶγυπτος εἰς ἀφανισμὸν ἔσται, καὶ ἡ Ἰδουμαία εἰς πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ ἔσται ἐξ ἀδικιῶν υἱῶν Ἰούδα, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐξέχεαν αἵμα δίκαιον ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτῶν.
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Idumea shall be a desolate plain, because of the wrongs of the children of Judah, because they have shed righteous blood in their land.
§3.20ἡ δἐ Ἰουδαία εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικηθήσεται, καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν·
But Judea shall be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
§3.21καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἵμα αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθῳώσω, καὶ Κύριος κατασκηνώσει ἐν Σειών.
And I will seek the vengeance of their blood, and will by no means leave it unpunished; and the Lord shall dwell in Zion.

Notes

  1. 3.11ὁ πρᾳὺς ἔστω μαχητής — The Greek adjective πρᾳύς usually means "gentle" or "meek," but here, contextually and in contrast with the Hebrew parallel (corresponding to ὁ ἀδύνατος "the weak" in §3.10), it is used to refer to someone who is normally not fit for war, or "the weak."
  2. 3.21καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἵμα αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθῳώσω — The verb ἐκζητέω means "to seek out" (here in the sense of avenging blood), and ἀθῳόω means "to acquit" or "to hold guiltless." The strong double negation οὐ μή combined with the subjunctive (here ἀθῳώσω) emphasizes that the wrongful shedding of blood will absolutely not go unpunished.

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Septuagint, Joel §3.1-3.21. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg039.humanitext-grc1:3.1-3.21

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