< Obadiah 1 >

1 The vision of Abdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.
رُؤْيَا عُوبَدْيَا: هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلسَّيِّدُ ٱلرَّبُّ عَنْ أَدُومَ: سَمِعْنَا خَبَرًا مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلرَّبِّ وَأُرْسِلَ رَسُولٌ بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ: «قُومُوا، وَلْنَقُمْ عَلَيْهَا لِلْحَرْبِ».١
2 Behold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.
«إِنِّي قَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ صَغِيرًا بَيْنَ ٱلْأُمَمِ. أَنْتَ مُحْتَقَرٌ جِدًّا.٢
3 The pride of thy heart hath lifted thee up, who dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, and settest up thy throne on high: who sayest in thy heart: Who shall bring me down to the ground?
تَكَبُّرُ قَلْبِكَ قَدْ خَدَعَكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّاكِنُ فِي مَحَاجِئِ ٱلصَّخْرِ، رِفْعَةَ مَقْعَدِهِ، ٱلْقَائِلُ فِي قَلْبِهِ: مَنْ يُحْدِرُنِي إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ؟٣
4 Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
إِنْ كُنْتَ تَرْتَفِعُ كَٱلنَّسْرِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ عُشُّكَ مَوْضُوعًا بَيْنَ ٱلنُّجُومِ، فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ أُحْدِرُكَ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.٤
5 If thieves had gone in to thee, if robbers by night, how wouldst thou have held thy peace? would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers had come in to thee, would they not have left thee at the least a cluster?
إِنْ أَتَاكَ سَارِقُونَ أَوْ لُصُوصُ لَيْلٍ. كَيْفَ هَلِكْتَ! أَفَلَا يَسْرِقُونَ حَاجَتَهُمْ؟ إِنْ أَتَاكَ قَاطِفُونَ أَفَلَا يُبْقُونَ خُصَاصَةً؟٥
6 How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?
كَيْفَ فُتِّشَ عِيسُو وَفُحِصَتْ مَخَابِئُهُ؟٦
7 They have sent thee out even to the border: all the men of thy confederacy have deceived thee: the men of thy peace have prevailed against thee: they that eat with thee shall lay snares under thee: there is no wisdom in him.
طَرَدَكَ إِلَى ٱلتُّخْمِ كُلُّ مُعَاهِدِيكَ. خَدَعَكَ وَغَلَبَ عَلَيْكَ مُسَالِمُوكَ. أَهْلُ خُبْزِكَ وَضَعُوا شَرَكًا تَحْتَكَ. لَا فَهْمَ فِيهِ.٧
8 Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
أَلَا أُبِيدُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، ٱلْحُكَمَاءَ مِنْ أَدُومَ، وَٱلْفَهْمَ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو؟٨
9 And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.
فَيَرْتَاعُ أَبْطَالُكَ يَا تَيْمَانُ، لِكَيْ يَنْقَرِضَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو بِٱلْقَتْلِ.٩
10 For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against thy brother Jacob, confusion shall cover thee, and thou shalt perish for ever.
«مِنْ أَجْلِ ظُلْمِكَ لِأَخِيكَ يَعْقُوبَ، يَغْشَاكَ ٱلْخِزْيُ وَتَنْقَرِضُ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ.١٠
11 In the day when thou stoodest against him, when strangers carried away his army captive, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem: thou also wast as one of them.
يَوْمَ وَقَفْتَ مُقَابِلَهُ يَوْمَ سَبَتِ ٱلْأَعَاجِمُ قُدْرَتَهُ، وَدَخَلَتِ ٱلْغُرَبَاءُ أَبْوَابَهُ، وَأَلْقَوْا قُرْعَةً عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ، كُنْتَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا كَوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ.١١
12 But thou shalt not look on in the day of thy brother, in the day of his leaving his country: and thou shalt not rejoice over the children of Juda, in the day of their destruction: and thou shalt not magnify thy mouth in the day of distress.
وَيَجِبُ أَنْ لَا تَنْظُرَ إِلَى يَوْمِ أَخِيكَ يَوْمَ مُصِيبَتِهِ، وَلَا تَشْمَتَ بِبَنِي يَهُوذَا يَوْمَ هَلَاكِهِمْ، وَلَا تَفْغَرَ فَمَكَ يَوْمَ ٱلضِّيقِ،١٢
13 Neither shalt thou enter into the gate of my people in the day of their ruin: neither shalt thou also look on in his evils in the day of his calamity: and thou shalt not be sent out against his army in the day of his desolation.
وَلَا تَدْخُلَ بَابَ شَعْبِي يَوْمَ بَلِيَّتِهِمْ، وَلَا تَنْظُرَ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا إِلَى مُصِيبَتِهِ يَوْمَ بَلِيَّتِهِ، وَلَا تَمُدَّ يَدًا إِلَى قُدْرَتِهِ يَوْمَ بَلِيَّتِهِ،١٣
14 Neither shalt thou stand in the crossways to kill them that flee: and thou shalt not shut up them that remain of him in the day of tribulation.
وَلَا تَقِفَ عَلَى ٱلْمَفْرَقِ لِتَقْطَعَ مُنْفَلِتِيهِ، وَلَا تُسَلِّمَ بَقَايَاهُ يَوْمَ ٱلضِّيقِ.١٤
15 For the day of the Lord is at hand upon all nations: as thou hast done, so shall it be done to thee: he will turn thy reward upon thy own head.
فَإِنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ يَوْمُ ٱلرَّبِّ عَلَى كُلِّ ٱلْأُمَمِ. كَمَا فَعَلْتَ يُفْعَلُ بِكَ. عَمَلُكَ يَرْتَدُّ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ.١٥
16 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, so all nations shall drink continually: and they shall drink, and sup up, and they shall be as though they were not.
لِأَنَّهُ كَمَا شَرِبْتُمْ عَلَى جَبَلِ قُدْسِي، يَشْرَبُ جَمِيعُ ٱلْأُمَمِ دَائِمًا، يَشْرَبُونَ وَيَجْرَعُونَ وَيَكُونُونَ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا.١٦
17 And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess those that possessed them.
«وَأَمَّا جَبَلُ صِهْيَوْنَ فَتَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ نَجَاةٌ، وَيَكُونُ مُقَدَّسًا، وَيَرِثُ بَيْتُ يَعْقُوبَ مَوَارِيثَهُمْ.١٧
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble: and they shall be kindled in them, and shall devour them: and there shall be no remains of the house of Esau, for the Lord hath spoken it.
وَيَكُونُ بَيْتُ يَعْقُوبَ نَارًا، وَبَيْتُ يُوسُفَ لَهِيبًا، وَبَيْتُ عِيسُو قَشًّا، فَيُشْعِلُونَهُمْ وَيَأْكُلُونَهُمْ وَلَا يَكُونُ بَاقٍ مِنْ بَيْتِ عِيسُو، لِأَنَّ ٱلرَّبَّ تَكَلَّمَ».١٨
19 And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.
وَيَرِثُ أَهْلُ ٱلْجَنُوبِ جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَأَهْلُ ٱلسَّهْلِ ٱلْفِلِسْطِينِيِّينَ، وَيَرِثُونَ بِلَادَ أَفْرَايِمَ وَبِلَادَ ٱلسَّامِرَةِ، وَيَرِثُ بَنْيَامِينُ جِلْعَادَ.١٩
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, all the places of the Chanaanites even to Sarepta: and the captivity of Jerusalem that is in Bosphorus, shall possess the cities of the south.
وَسَبْيُ هَذَا ٱلْجَيْشِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ يَرِثُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ مِنَ ٱلْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ إِلَى صَرْفَةَ. وَسَبْيُ أُورُشَلِيمَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِي صَفَارِدَ يَرِثُونَ مُدُنَ ٱلْجَنُوبِ.٢٠
21 And saviours shall come up into mount Sion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be for the Lord.
وَيَصْعَدُ مُخَلِّصُونَ عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ لِيَدِينُوا جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَيَكُونُ ٱلْمُلْكُ لِلرَّبِّ.٢١

< Obadiah 1 >