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.”
Visión de Abdías: Así dice Yahvé, el Señor, acerca de Edom: Hemos oído una palabra de Yahvé, y un mensajero ha sido enviado entre las naciones: “¡Adelante, levantémonos a hacerle la guerra!”
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].
He aquí que te he hecho pequeño entre las naciones; eres sumamente despreciado.
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.
La soberbia de tu corazón te ha engañado, pues habitas en las cavernas de la peña, en moradas muy altas, y dices en tu corazón: “¿Quién me hará descender a la tierra?”
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.
Si te remontaras cual águila y pusieras tu nido entre las estrellas, de allí Yo te derribaría, dice Yahvé.
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!
Si hubieran venido a ti ladrones o bandoleros de noche, ¡cómo te habrían devastado! Mas con todo, solo habrían robado lo que les faltaba. Y si hubieran venido a ti vendimiadores, ¿no habrían dejado por lo menos rebuscos?
6 Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
¡Cómo ha sido escudriñado Esaú! ¡Cómo han sido registrados sus escondrijos!
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]!’
Todos tus aliados te han rechazado hasta los confines (de tu país); te han engañado, y han prevalecido contra ti tus amigos. (Los que comían) tu pan han tendido un lazo debajo de tus pies. ¡No hay en él entendimiento!
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.
En aquel día, dice Yahvé, destruiré en Edom los sabios, y los prudentes en la serranía de Esaú.
9 The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
Tus valientes, Temán, quedarán amedrentados, a fin de que todos sean exterminados en las montañas de Esaú.
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.
A causa de la matanza, a causa de la violencia hecha a tu hermano Jacob, te cubrirá la vergüenza y serás destruido para siempre.
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].
El día en que te levantaste contra (tu hermano), el día en que los extraños llevaban cautivo su ejército, y los extranjeros entraban por sus puertas, y sobre Jerusalén echaban suertes, tú también estabas entre ellos.
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.
No debías contemplar el día de tu hermano, el día de su infortunio; no debías regocijarte de los hijos de Judá, en el día de su perdición, ni agrandar tu boca en el día de su angustia.
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.
No debías entrar en la puerta de mi pueblo en el día de su ruina, ni tampoco mirar su aflicción en el día de su calamidad, ni apoderarte de sus riquezas en el día de su infortunio.
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.”
No debías apostarte en las encrucijadas para matar a sus fugitivos, ni entregar sus escapados en el día de la tribulación.
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.
Porque está cercano el día de Yahvé para todas las naciones; según tú has hecho, así se hará contigo; tus obras caerán sobre tu propia cabeza.
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.
Pues como vosotros habéis bebido sobre mi santo monte, así beberán de continuo todas las naciones; beberán y apurarán, y serán como si nunca hubiesen sido.
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.
Sobre el monte de Sión habrá salvación, y será un lugar santo; y la casa de Jacob recuperará sus posesiones.
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.”
La casa de Jacob será un fuego, y la casa de José una llama, mas la casa de Esaú será la paja. La encenderán, y la devorarán; sin que quede sobreviviente alguno de la casa de Esaú; porque ha hablado Yahvé.
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].
Los del Négueb ocuparán los montes de Esaú, y los de la Sefelá (el país) de los filisteos. Poseerán el territorio de Efraím y el de Samaria, y Benjamín (se apoderará) de Galaad.
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.
Los cautivos de este ejército de los hijos de Israel, (poseerán el país) de los cananeos hasta Sarepta; y los cautivos de Jerusalén, que están en Sefarad, ocuparán las ciudades del Négueb.
21 The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
Subirán salvadores al monte Sión, para juzgar a los montes de Esaú; y reinará Yahvé.
