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.”
Detta är Obadjas syn. Så säger Herren, HERREN om Edom: Ett budskap hava vi hört från HERREN, och en budbärare är utsänd bland folken: »Upp, ja, låt oss stå upp och strida mot det!»
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].
Se, jag skall göra dig ringa bland folken, djupt föraktad skall du bliva.
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.
Ditt hjärtas övermod har bedragit dig, där du sitter ibland bergsklyftorna i den höga boning och säger i ditt hjärta: »Vem kan störta mig ned till jorden?»
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.
Om du än byggde ditt näste så högt uppe som örnen, ja, om det än bleve förlagt mitt ibland stjärnorna, så skulle jag dock störta dig ned därifrån, säger HERREN.
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!
När tjuvar komma över dig, och rövare om natten, ja då är det förbi med dig. Sannerligen, de skola stjäla så mycket dem lyster. När vinbärgare komma över dig, sannerligen, en ringa efterskörd skola de lämna kvar.
6 Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
Huru genomsökt skall icke Esau bliva, huru skola ej hans dolda skatter letas fram!
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]!’
Ut till gränsen skola de driva dig, alla dina bundsförvanter; dina vänner skola svika dig och skola taga väldet över dig. I stället för att giva dig bröd skola de lägga en snara på din väg, där du icke kan märka den.
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.
Sannerligen, på den dagen, säger HERREN skall jag förgöra de vise i Edom och allt förstånd på Esaus berg.
9 The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
Dina hjältar, o Teman, skola då bliva slagna av förfäran; och så skall var man på Esaus berg bliva utrotad och dräpt.
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.
Ja, för det våld du övade mot din broder Jakob skall du höljas med skam och bliva utrotad till evig tid.
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].
På den dag då du lämnade honom i sticket, på den dag då främlingar förde bort hans gods och utlänningar drogo in genom hans port och kastade lott om Jerusalem, då var ju ock du såsom en av dem.
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.
Men se icke så med lust på din broders dag, på hans motgångs dag; gläd dig icke så över Juda barn på deras undergångs dag; spärra icke upp munnen så stort på nödens dag.
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.
Drag icke in genom mitt folks port på deras ofärds dag; se ej så hans olycka med lust, också du, på hans ofärds dag; och räck icke ut din hand efter hans gods på hans ofärds dag.
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.”
Ställ dig icke vid vägskälet för att nedgöra hans flyktingar, och giv icke hans undsluppna till pris på nödens dag.
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.
Ty HERRENS dag är nära för alla hednafolk. Såsom du har gjort, så skall man ock göra mot dig; dina gärningar skola komma tillbaka över ditt eget huvud.
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.
Ja, såsom I haven druckit på mitt heliga berg, så skola ock alla hednafolk få dricka beständigt, de skola få dricka kalken i botten och bliva såsom hade de ej varit till.
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.
Men på Sions berg skall finnas en räddad skara, och det skall vara en helig plats; och Jakobs hus skall åter få råda över sina besittningar.
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.”
Då skall Jakobs hus bliva en eld och Josefs hus en låga, och Esaus hus skall varda såsom strå, och de skola antända det och förtära det, och ingen skall slippa undan av Esaus hus; ty så har HERREN talat.
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].
Och Sydlandets folk skall taga Esaus berg i besittning, och Låglandets folk skall taga filistéernas land; ja, också Efraims mark skall man taga i besittning, så ock Samariens mark. Och Benjamin skall taga 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.
Och de bortförda av denna Israels barns här, de som bo i Kanaan allt intill Sarefat, så ock de bortförda från Jerusalem, de som leva i Sefarad, dessa skola taga Sydlandets städer i besittning.
21 The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
Och frälsare skola draga upp på Sions berg till att döma Esaus berg. Och så skall riket vara HERRENS.
