عُوبَدْيَا 1

١ 1 رُؤْيَا عُوبَدْيَا: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ أَدُومَ: سَمِعْنَا خَبَرًا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأُرْسِلَ رَسُولٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ: «قُومُوا، وَلْنَقُمْ عَلَيْهَا لِلْحَرْبِ».

This is a message that Yahweh our God gave to me, Obadiah, about the Edom [people-group]. Yahweh our God has told me this about [the people of] Edom: “I, Yahweh, have sent a messenger to other nations, telling them to prepare to go and attack Edom.”

٢ 2 «إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ صَغِيرًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. أَنْتَ مُحْتَقَرٌ جِدًّا.

And Yahweh says this to the people of Edom: “I will soon cause you to become the weakest and most despised nation [on the earth].

٣ 3 تَكَبُّرُ قَلْبِكَ قَدْ خَدَعَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّاكِنُ فِي مَحَاجِئِ ٱلصَّخْرِ، رِفْعَةَ مَقْعَدِهِ، ٱلْقَائِلُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: مَنْ يُحْدِرُنِي إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟

Your [capital city] is high in the rocky cliffs, and you are very proud; you think that you are safe from being attacked by your enemies [RHQ], but you [IDM] have deceived yourselves.

٤ 4 إِنْ كُنْتَ تَرْتَفِعُ كَٱلنَّسْرِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ عُشُّكَ مَوْضُوعًا بَيْنَ ٱلنُّجُومِ، فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ أُحْدِرُكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

And I tell you that even if [you had wings and] could fly higher than eagles fly, and if you could make your homes among the stars, I would bring you [crashing] down from there.

٥ 5 إِنْ أَتَاكَ سَارِقُونَ أَوْ لُصُوصُ لَيْلٍ. كَيْفَ هَلِكْتَ! أَفَلَا يَسْرِقُونَ حَاجَتَهُمْ؟ إِنْ أَتَاكَ قَاطِفُونَ أَفَلَا يُبْقُونَ خُصَاصَةً؟

When thieves break into someone’s house during the night, they certainly [RHQ] steal only the things that they want. And people who pick grapes always [RHQ] leave a few grapes on the vines. But your country will be completely destroyed!

٦ 6 كَيْفَ فُتِّشَ عِيسُو وَفُحِصَتْ مَخَابِئُهُ؟

Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.

٧ 7 طَرَدَكَ إِلَى ٱلتُّخْمِ كُلُّ مُعَاهِدِيكَ. خَدَعَكَ وَغَلَبَ عَلَيْكَ مُسَالِمُوكَ. أَهْلُ خُبْزِكَ وَضَعُوا شَرَكًا تَحْتَكَ. لَا فَهْمَ فِيهِ.

All (your allies/nations who promised to help you) will turn against you, and they will force you to leave your country/land. Those with whom you have peace now will trick/deceive you and defeat you. Those who eat meals with you now are planning to trap you, and [then they will say to you], ‘You are not [RHQ] as clever [as you thought you were]!’

٨ 8 أَلَا أُبِيدُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، ٱلْحُكَمَاءَ مِنْ أَدُومَ، وَٱلْفَهْمَ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو؟

I, Yahweh, declare that at the time that I destroy Edom, I will punish the men who live in those cliffs who [thought that they] were wise.

٩ 9 فَيَرْتَاعُ أَبْطَالُكَ يَا تَيْمَانُ، لِكَيْ يَنْقَرِضَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو بِٱلْقَتْلِ.

The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).

١٠ 10 «مِنْ أَجْلِ ظُلْمِكَ لِأَخِيكَ يَعْقُوبَ، يَغْشَاكَ ٱلْخِزْيُ وَتَنْقَرِضُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.

You acted cruel in a cruel way toward your relatives who are descendants of Jacob, [the twin brother of your ancestor Esau]. So now you will be disgraced forever; you will be completely destroyed.

١١ 11 يَوْمَ وَقَفْتَ مُقَابِلَهُ يَوْمَ سَبَتِ ٱلْأَعَاجِمُ قُدْرَتَهُ، وَدَخَلَتِ ٱلْغُرَبَاءُ أَبْوَابَهُ، وَأَلْقَوْا قُرْعَةً عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، كُنْتَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا كَوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ.

Foreigners entered the gates of Jerusalem and (cast lots/threw small stones that were marked) to decide what valuable things they would take away; but you were as bad as those foreigners, because you just stood there [and did not help the Israelis].

١٢ 12 وَيَجِبُ أَنْ لَا تَنْظُرَ إِلَى يَوْمِ أَخِيكَ يَوْمَ مُصِيبَتِهِ، وَلَا تَشْمَتَ بِبَنِي يَهُوذَا يَوْمَ هَلَاكِهِمْ، وَلَا تَفْغَرَ فَمَكَ يَوْمَ ٱلضِّيقِ،

You should not have (gloated/been happy) about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing. You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined. You should not have made fun [of them] when they were suffering.

١٣ 13 وَلَا تَدْخُلَ بَابَ شَعْبِي يَوْمَ بَلِيَّتِهِمْ، وَلَا تَنْظُرَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا إِلَى مُصِيبَتِهِ يَوْمَ بَلِيَّتِهِ، وَلَا تَمُدَّ يَدًا إِلَى قُدْرَتِهِ يَوْمَ بَلِيَّتِهِ،

They are my people, so you should not have entered their [city] gates when they were experiencing those disasters and you should not have laughed at them. And you should not have taken away their [valuable] possessions.

١٤ 14 وَلَا تَقِفَ عَلَى ٱلْمَفْرَقِ لِتَقْطَعَ مُنْفَلِتِيهِ، وَلَا تُسَلِّمَ بَقَايَاهُ يَوْمَ ٱلضِّيقِ.

You should not have stood at crossroads to catch those who were [trying to] escape. You should not have [captured them and] put them into the hands of [their enemies] when they were experiencing those disasters.”

١٥ 15 فَإِنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ يَوْمُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ. كَمَا فَعَلْتَ يُفْعَلُ بِكَ. عَمَلُكَ يَرْتَدُّ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ.

“There will soon be the time when I, Yahweh, will judge [and punish] all the nations. And you [people of Edom] will experience the same [disasters] that you caused [others to experience]. The same evil things that you have done to others will happen to you.

١٦ 16 لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَرِبْتُمْ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُدْسِي، يَشْرَبُ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ دَائِمًا، يَشْرَبُونَ وَيَجْرَعُونَ وَيَكُونُونَ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا.

[My people in Jerusalem have been punished] because I was very angry with them. [It is as though] [MET] they drank [a cup of very bitter liquid] on Zion, my sacred hill. But [I] will punish [MET] all the other nations even more severely, and cause them to disappear completely.

١٧ 17 «وَأَمَّا جَبَلُ صِهْيَوْنَ فَتَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ نَجَاةٌ، وَيَكُونُ مُقَدَّسًا، وَيَرِثُ بَيْتُ يَعْقُوبَ مَوَارِيثَهُمْ.

But some [people in Jerusalem will escape], and Jerusalem will become a very holy/sacred place. Then the descendants of Jacob will [conquer and] possess again the land that truly belongs to them.

١٨ 18 وَيَكُونُ بَيْتُ يَعْقُوبَ نَارًا، وَبَيْتُ يُوسُفَ لَهِيبًا، وَبَيْتُ عِيسُو قَشًّا، فَيُشْعِلُونَهُمْ وَيَأْكُلُونَهُمْ وَلَا يَكُونُ بَاقٍ مِنْ بَيْتِ عِيسُو، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ».

The descendants [MTY] of Jacob and his son Joseph will be like [MET] a fire, and the people [MTY] of Edom will be like [MET] stubble that will be completely burned in that fire. Not one person will remain alive. [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.”

١٩ 19 وَيَرِثُ أَهْلُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَأَهْلُ ٱلسَّهْلِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَيَرِثُونَ بِلَادَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَبِلَادَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، وَيَرِثُ بَنْيَامِينُ جِلْعَادَ.

The Israeli people [who live] in the southern desert are the ones who will capture Edom. And those [who live in] the western foothills will capture the Phoenicia [region] and the areas of Ephraim and Samaria. And people of the tribe of Benjamin will conquer the Gilead [region].

٢٠ 20 وَسَبْيُ هَذَا ٱلْجَيْشِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ إِلَى صَرْفَةَ. وَسَبْيُ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي صَفَارِدَ يَرِثُونَ مُدُنَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ.

Those who were (exiled in/forced to go to) [Babylon] will [return to their land] [and] capture the Phoenicia [region] as far north as Zarephath [on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea]. People of Jerusalem who were captured and taken to Sardis, [the capital city of the Lydia region], will capture the towns in the southern desert.

٢١ 21 وَيَصْعَدُ مُخَلِّصُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ لِيَدِينُوا جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَيَكُونُ ٱلْمُلْكُ لِلرَّبِّ.

The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.