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.

١ 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 have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.

٢ هَا أَنَا أَجْعَلُكَ صَغِيراً بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ وَأَشَدَّهَا احْتِقَاراً.

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?

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

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.

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

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?

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

6 How have they searched Esau, how have they sought out his hidden things?

٦ إِذْ كَيْفَ تَمَّ تَفْتِيشُ عِيسُو وَنُقِبَتْ مَخَابِئُ كُنُوزِهِ؟

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.

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

8 Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

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

9 And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

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

10 For the slaughter, and for the iniquity against thy brother Jacob, confusion shall cover thee, and thou shalt perish for ever.

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

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.

١١ 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 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.

١٢ 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 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.

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

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.

١٤ 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 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.

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

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.

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

17 And in mount Sion shall be salvation, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess those that possessed them.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

21 And saviours shall come up into mount Sion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be for the Lord.

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