Joel · Chapter 3

[ edit] For loo! in þo days, and in þat tyme, whanne Y ſhal to gydre turne þe caitiftee of Juda and Jeruſalem, Y ſhal gedre alle folkis, and Y ſhal leede hem forþ in to þe valey of Joſaphaþ; and Y ſhal diſpute þere wiþ hem on my peple, and myn eritage Yrael, whom þei ſcaterden in naciouns; and þei departiden my lond, and on my peple þei ſenten lot; and þei puttiden a chijld in þe bordel hous, and ſolden a meydchijld for wijn, þat þei ſhulden drynke. Soþely what to me and ȝou, Tyrus, and Sydon, and alle þe terme of Paleſtynys? Wher ȝe ſhuln ȝelde vengyng to me? and ȝif ȝe vengen ȝou aȝeinus me, ſoone ſwiftly Y ſhal ȝeelde þe whilneſſe to ȝou on ȝour hed.

Forſoþe ȝe token my ſyluer and gold, and my deſireable and moſt faire þingus ȝe baren in to ȝour templis. And ȝe ſolden ſonys of Juda, and ſonys of Jeruſalem to þe ſonys of Greekis, þat ȝe ſhulden make hem fer fro her cooſtis. Loo! Y ſhal reyſe hem of þe place in whiche ȝe ſolden hem; and Y ſhal turne to gydre ȝour ȝeldyng in to ȝour hed. And Y ſhal ſelle ȝour ſonys and ȝour douȝtris in þe hondis of þe ſonys of Juda, and þei ſhuln ſelle hem to Sabeis, a fer folc, for þe Lord ſpac. Crie ȝe þis þing in heiþen men, halewe ȝe bateile, reyſe ȝe ſtrong men; alle menfiȝters, cum to, and ſtey vp.

Bete to gydre ȝour plowis in to ſwerdis, and ȝour pikoyſis, or mattokis, in to ſperis; þe ſeeke man ſaye, for Y am ſtrong. Breſte ȝe out, and come ȝe, alle folkis of cumpas, and be ȝe gadrid; þere þe Lord ſhal make þi ſtronge men for to dye. Folkis rijſe to gydre, and ſtie vp in to þe valey of Joſephaþ; for þere I ſhal ſitte, þat Y deme alle folkis in cumpas. Sende ȝe ſykelis, for þe corn haþ rypid; cum ȝe, and diſcende ȝe, for þe preſſoure is ful; preſſours ben plenteuouſe, for þe malice of hem is multiplied. Peplis, peplis in þe valey of conciſioun, or ſleaynge to gydre; for þe day of þe Lord is niȝ in þe valey of conciſioun.

Þe ſonne and mone ben maad derck, and ſterris wiþdrewen her ſhynyng. And þe Lord of Syon ſhal rore, and of Jeruſalem ſhal ȝeue his voice, and heuens and erþe ſhuln be moued; and þe Lord hoope of his peple, and ſtrengþe of þe ſonys of Yrael. And ȝe ſhuln wite, for Y þe Lord ȝour God, dwellynge in Syon, in my holy hyll; and Jeruſalem ſhal be holy, and aliens ſhuln namore paſſe þerby. And it ſhal be, in þat day mounteyns ſhuln droppe ſwetnes, and litil hillis ſhuln flowe wiþ mylk, and by alle þe reuers of Juda waters ſhuln go; and a welle ſhal go out of þe hous of þe Lord, and ſhal moiſte þe reyny ſtreme of þornys.

Egypt ſhal be in to deſolacioun, and Ydume in to deſert of perdicioun; for þat þat þei diden wickidly in to ſonys of Juda, and ſhedden out innocent blood in her lond. And Jude in to wiþ oute eende ſhal be enhabited, and Jeruſalem in to generacioun and generacioun. And Y ſhal clenſe þe blood of hem, whiche Y clenſide not; and þe Lord ſhal dwelle in Syon. Here endeþ þe boke of Joel, and bigynneþ þe boke of Amos.