Obadiah 1

1 This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—

1 هَذِهِ نُبُوءَةُ عُوبَدْيَا: هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ السَّيِّدُ الرَّبُّ بِشَأْنِ أَدُومَ: قَدْ بَلَغَنَا خَبَرٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولاً إِلَى الأُمَمِ قَائِلاً: «تَأَهَّبُوا، وَلْنَنْهَضْ لِمُحَارَبَةِ أَدُومَ».

2 “Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

2 هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ صَغِيراً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأَشَدَّهَا احْتِقَاراً.

3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

3 قَدْ غَرَّتْكَ كِبْرِيَاءُ قَلْبِكَ أَيُّهَا الْمُقِيمُ فِي شُقُوقِ الصُّخُورِ، وَمَسَاكِنُهُ فِي الْقِمَمِ، الْقَائِلُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: مَنْ يَهْوِي بِي إِلَى الأَرْضِ؟

4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

4 وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُحَلِّقُ كَالنَّسْرِ وَوَكَانَتْ مَنَازِلُكَ مَبْنِيَّةً بَيْنَ الْكَوَاكِبِ، فَإِنِّي سَأَهْوِي بِكَ إِلَى الْحَضِيضِ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

5 “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

5 إِنِ اقْتَحَمَ اللُّصُوصُ بَيْتَكَ، وَهَاجَمَكَ النَّاهِبُونَ لَيْلاً، أَلا يَسْرِقُونَ مَا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَطْ؟ وَإِنْ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيْكَ قَاطِفُو الْعِنَبِ، أَلا يُبْقُونَ خُصَاصَةً؟ وَلَكِنْ يَالَدَمَارِكَ!

6 But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

6 إِذْ كَيْفَ تَمَّ تَفْتِيشُ عِيسُو وَنُقِبَتْ مَخَابِئُ كُنُوزِهِ؟

7 All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

7 جَمِيعُ حُلَفَائِكَ طَرَدُوكَ إِلَى التُّخُومِ. خَدَعَكَ مُسَالِمُوكَ وَأَوْقَعُوا بِكَ الْهَزِيمَةَ، وَالَّذِينَ أَكَلُوا مِنْ خُبْزِكَ كَادُوا لَكَ وَأَنْتَ لَمْ تَفْهَمْ.

8 In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

8 أَلا أَسْتَأْصِلُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ حُكَمَاءَ أَدُومَ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَأُزِيلُ الْفَهْمَ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو؟

9 Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

9 فَيَرْتَعِبَ أَبْطَالُكَ يَا تَيْمَانُ حَتَّى يَنْقَرِضَ قَتْلًا كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو.

10 Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

10 فَمِنْ أَجْلِ مَا أَنْزَلْتَ بِأَخِيكَ يَعْقُوبَ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ، يَغْشَاكَ الْعَارُ وَتَنْقَرِضُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

11 On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

11 فَفِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي وَقَفْتَ فِيهِ بَعِيداً، يَوْمَ غَنِمَ الْغُرَبَاءُ كُنُوزَهُ، وَاقْتَحَمَ الأَجَانِبُ أَبْوَابَهُ وَأَلْقَوْا الْقُرْعَةَ عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، كُنْتَ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً كَوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ.

12 But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

12 مَا كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَشْمَتَ بِيَوْمِ مَصِيرِ أَخِيكَ، فِي يَوْمِ فَاجِعَتِهِ، وَمَا كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَبْتَهِجَ فِي يَوْمِ دَمَارِ شَعْبِ يَهُوذَا أَوْ تَتَبَاهَى فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ.

13 You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

13 وَمَا كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَقْتَحِمَ أَبْوَابَ شَعْبِي فِي يَوْمِ كَارِثَتِهِ، أَوْ تَشْمَتَ لِمُصِيبَتِهِ فِي يَوْمِ نَكْبَتِهِ، أَوْ تَنْهَبَ ثَرْوَتَهُ فِي يَوْمِ بَلِيَّتِهِ،

14 Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

14 أَوْ تَقِفَ عِنْدَ مُفْتَرَقِ الطُّرُقِ لِتَقْضِيَ عَلَى النَّاجِينَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَتُسَلِّمَ الْبَاقِينَ الأَحْيَاءَ مِنْهُمْ فِي يَوْمِ الضِّيقِ.

15 For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

15 لأَنَّ يَوْمَ الرَّبِّ قَرِيبٌ آتٍ عَلَى كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، وَكَمَا فَعَلْتَ، لابُدَّ أَنْ يُفْعَلَ بِكَ أَيْضاً، فَيَرْتَدَّ عَمَلُكَ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ.

16 For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.

16 فَإِنَّهُ كَمَا شَرِبْتَ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُدْسِي فَإِنَّ جَمِيعَ الأُمَمِ تَشْرَبُ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. يَشْرَبُونَ وَيَجْرَعُونَ وَيَتَلاشَوْنَ كَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا.

17 But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.

17 أَمَّا جَبَلُ صِهْيَوْنَ فَيُصْبِحُ مَلاذَ النَّجَاةِ، وَيَكُونُ قُدْساً، وَيَرِثُ بَيْتُ يَعْقُوبَ نَصِيبَهُ.

18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

18 وَيَصِيرُ بَيْتُ يَعْقُوبَ نَاراً، وَبَيْتُ يُوسُفَ لَهِيباً، وَبَيْتُ عِيسُو قَشّاً فَيُوْقِدُونَهُمْ وَيَلْتَهِمُونَهُمْ، وَلا يُفْلِتُ مِنْ بَيْتِ عِيسُو أَحَدٌ، يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ.

19 Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

19 وَيَرِثُ أَهْلُ النَّقَبِ جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَسُكَّانُ السُّهُولِ أَرْضَ الْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَيَمْلِكُونَ أَرْضَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَبِلادَ السَّامِرَةِ، وَيَرِثُ بَنْيَامِينُ جِلْعَادَ.

20 And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

20 وَيَسْتَوْلِي جَيْشُ مَسْبِيِّي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى أَرْضِ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ حَتَّى صِرْفَةَ، وَيَحْتَلُّ مَسْبِيُّو أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي صَفَارِدَ مُدُنَ جَنُوبِ يَهُوذَا.

21 The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

21 وَيَصْعَدُ الْمُنْقِذُونَ إِلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ لِيَحْكُمُوا جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَيُصْبِحُ الْمُلْكُ لِلرَّبِّ.