Obadiah 1

1 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.”

Dies ist das Gesicht Obadjas. So spricht der HERR HERR von Edom: Wir haben vom HERRN gehöret, daß eine Botschaft unter die Heiden gesandt sei: Wohlauf, und laßt uns wider sie streiten!

2 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].

Siehe, ich habe dich gering gemacht unter den Heiden und sehr verachtet.

3 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.

Der Hochmut deines Herzens hat dich betrogen, weil du in der Felsen Klüften wohnest, in deinen hohen Schlössern, und sprichst in deinem Herzen: Wer will mich zu Boden stoßen?

4 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.

Wenn du denn gleich in die Höhe führest wie ein Adler und machtest dein Nest zwischen den Sternen, dennoch will ich dich von dannen herunterstürzen, spricht der HERR.

5 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!

Wenn Diebe oder Verstörer zu Nacht über dich kommen werden, wie sollst du so zunichte werden! Ja, sie sollen genug stehlen; und wenn die Weinleser über dich kommen, so sollen sie dir kein Nachlesen überbleiben lassen.

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

Wie sollen sie den Esau ausforschen und seine Schätze suchen!

7 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]!’

Alle deine eigenen Bundesgenossen werden dich zum Lande hinausstoßen; die, Leute, auf die du deinen Trost setzest, werden dich betrügen und überwältigen; die dein Brot essen, werden dich verraten, ehe du es merken wirst.

8 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.

Was gilt's? spricht der HERR, ich will zur selbigen Zeit die Weisen zu Edom zunichte machen und die Klugheit auf dem Gebirge Esau.

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

Denn deine Starken zu Theman sollen zagen, auf daß sie alle auf dem Gebirge Esau durch den Mord ausgerottet werden

10 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.

um des Frevels willen, an deinem Bruder Jakob begangen.

11 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].

Zu der Zeit, da du wider ihn stundest, da die Fremden sein Heer gefangen wegführeten und Ausländer zu seinen Toren einzogen und über Jerusalem das Los warfen, da warest du gleich wie derselbigen einer. Darum sollst du zu allen Schanden werden und ewiglich ausgerottet sein.

12 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.

Du sollst nicht mehr so deine Lust sehen an deinem Bruder zur Zeit seines Elendes und sollst dich nicht freuen über die Kinder Juda zur Zeit ihres Jammers und sollst mit deinem Maul nicht so stolz reden zur Zeit ihrer Angst.

13 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.

Du sollst nicht zum Tor meines Volks einziehen zur Zeit ihres Jammers; du sollst nicht deine Lust sehen an ihrem Unglück zur Zeit ihres Jammers; du sollst nicht wider sein Heer schicken zur Zeit seines Jammers;

14 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.”

du sollst nicht stehen an den Wegscheiden, seine Entronnenen zu morden; du sollst seine Übrigen nicht verraten zur Zeit der Angst.

15 “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.

Denn der Tag des HERRN ist nahe über alle Heiden. Wie du getan hast, soll dir wieder geschehen, und wie du verdienet hast, so soll dir's wieder auf deinen Kopf kommen.

16 [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.

Denn wie ihr auf meinem heiligen Berge getrunken habt, so sollen alle Heiden täglich trinken; ja, sie sollen's aussaufen und verschlingen, daß es sei, als wäre nie nichts dagewesen.

17 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.

Aber auf dem Berge Zion sollen noch etliche errettet werden, die sollen Heiligtum sein; und das Haus Jakob soll seine Besitzer besitzen.

18 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.”

Und das Haus Jakob soll ein Feuer werden und das Haus Joseph eine Flamme, aber das Haus Esau Stroh. Das werden sie anzünden und verzehren, daß dem Hause Esau nichts überbleibe; denn der HERR hat's geredet.

19 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].

Und die gegen Mittag werden das Gebirge Esau und die in Gründen werden die Philister besitzen; ja, sie werden das Feld Ephraim und das Feld Samaria besitzen und Benjamin das Gebirge Gilead.

20 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.

Und die Vertriebenen dieses Heers der Kinder Israel, so unter den Kanaanitern bis gen Zarpath sind, und die Vertriebenen der Stadt Jerusalem, die zu Sepharad sind, werden die Städte gegen Mittag besitzen.

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

Und werden Heilande heraufkommen auf den Berg Zion, das Gebirge Esau zu richten. Also wird das Königreich des HERRN sein.