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.”
Ang Pangitain ni Obadias. Ito ang sinabi ng Panginoong Yahweh tungkol sa Edom: Nakarinig kami ng ulat na mula kay Yahweh, at isang kinatawan ang ipinadala sa mga bansa, na nagsasabi, “Tumindig kayo! Tayo ay tumindig laban sa kaniya para sa digmaan!”
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].
Tingnan mo, gagawin kitang maliit sa lahat ng mga bansa, ikaw ay labis na hahamakin.
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.
Nilinlang ka ng pagmamataas ng iyong puso, ikaw na naninirahan sa mga siwang ng bato, sa iyong matayog na tahanan, sinasabi mo sa iyong puso, “Sino ang makapagpapabagsak sa akin sa lupa?
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.
Kahit na ang iyong tore ay mataas ka gaya ng paglipad ng agila, at kahit na nakalagay na ang iyong pugad kasama ng mga bituin, ibababa kita mula roon sabi ni Yahweh.
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!
Kung pumunta sa iyo ang mga magnanakaw, kung dumating sa gabi ang mga magnanakaw (paano ka nahiwalay!), hindi ba nanakawin lamang nila ang sapat para sa kanilang mga sarili? Kung pumunta sa iyo ang mga mag-aani ng ubas, hindi ba iiwan nila ang mga nalaglag?
6 Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
Paano nawasak si Esau at nakita ang kaniyang mga nakatagong kayamanan!
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]!’
Ang lahat ng kalalakihan na iyong kaanib ay ipadadala ka sa hangganan ng daraanan. Nilinlang ka ng mga taong kasundo mo, at nanaig sila laban sa iyo. Ang mga kumain ng iyong tinapay ang naglagay ng bitag sa ilalim mo. Walang pang-unawa sa kaniya.
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.
Sabi ni Yahweh, hindi ba wawasakin ko sa araw na iyon ang mga matatalinong lalaki ng Edom, at aalisin ang kaalaman sa bundok ni Esau?
9 The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
At panghinaan ng loob ang iyong mga malalakas na kalalakihan, Teman, upang maihiwalay ang bawat lalaki sa bundok ni Esau sa pamamagitan ng malupit na pagpatay.
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.
Dahil sa karahasang ginawa sa iyong kapatid na si Jacob, ikaw ay matatakpan ng kahihiyan at mahihiwalay magpakailanman.
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].
Nang araw na tumayo ka sa malayo, nang araw na kinuha ng mga dayuhan ang kaniyang kayamanan at pinasok ng mga dayuhan ang kaniyang mga tarangkahan, at nagsapalaran sila sa Jerusalem, para ka na ring katulad nila.
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.
Ngunit huwag mong ikalugod ang araw ng iyong kapatid, ang araw ng kaniyang kasawian, at huwag mong ikagalak ang mga tao ng Juda sa araw ng kanilang pagkawasak; huwag magyabang sa araw ng kanilang paghihirap.
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.
Huwag kang pumasok sa tarangkahan ng aking bayan sa araw ng kanilang kapahamakan; huwag mong ikalugod ang kanilang paghihirap sa araw ng kanilang sakuna, huwag mong nakawin ang kanilang kayamanan sa araw ng kanilang pagkawasak.
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.”
At huwag kang tumayo sa sangang daan, upang pigilan ang kaniyang mga tumatakas; at huwag mong ibigay ang mga nakaligtas sa araw ng kanilang pagkabalisa.
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.
Sapagkat ang araw ni Yahweh ay malapit na sa lahat ng mga bansa. Anuman ang iyong ginawa, ay gagawin din sa iyo; at lahat ng iyong mga ginawa ay babalik sa iyong sariling ulo.
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.
Sapagkat kung paano kayo uminom sa aking banal na bundok, ganoon patuloy na iinom ang lahat ng bansa. Iinom sila, at lulunok, at para bang hindi sila kailanman nabuhay.
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.
Ngunit sa Bundok n Sion mayroong mga nakatakas, magiging banal ito; aariin muli ng sambahayan ni Jacob ang sarili nilang mga ari-arian.
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.”
Magiging isang apoy ang sambahayan ni Jacob, at isang liyab ang sambahayan ni Jose, at ang magiging pinaggapasan ang sambahayan ni Esau, at susunugin nila sila, at sila ay tutupukin. Walang makaliligtas sa sambahayan ni Esau, sapagkat sinabi ito ni Yahweh.
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].
At aariin ng mula sa Negeb ang bundok ni Esau, at aariin ang mga nasa Shepelah ang lupain ng mga Filisteo; at aariin nila ang lupain ng Efraim, at ang lupain ng Samaria; at aariin ng Benjamin ang 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.
Aariin ng mga ipinatapon na mga Israelita ang lupain ng Canaan hanggang sa Zarefat. Aariin ng mga ipinatapon na taga-Jerusalem na nasa Sardis ay aariin ng Negeb.
21 The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
Pupunta ang mga magliligtas sa bundok ng Zion upang hatulan ang bundok ni Esau, at ang kaharian ay magiging kay Yahweh.
