Obadiah 1
1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an embassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Anisoadehunu a Awurade Onyankopɔn daa no adi faa Edom asase ho kyerɛɛ Obadia nie: Yɛate asɛm a ɛfiri Awurade nkyɛn. Wɔsomaa ɔnanmusini bi kɔɔ aman so kɔkaa sɛ, “Monsɔre na momma yɛnkɔko ntia Edom.”
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Awurade ka kyerɛ Edom sɛ: “Hwɛ mɛbrɛ wo ase, mɛyɛ wo akumaa wɔ aman no mu, na wɔabu wo animtia.
3 The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Wayɛ ahantan adaadaa wo ho, Wo a wote abotan ntokuro mu na wayɛ wʼatenaeɛ wɔ mmepɔ so, na woka kyerɛ wo ho sɛ, ‘Hwan na ɔbɛtumi ayi me asi fam?’
4 Though thou shalt exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou shalt set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Sɛ wotu kɔ ewiem sɛ akɔdeɛ, na woyɛ wo pirebuo wɔ nsoromma ntam mpo a, ɛhɔ na mɛba abɛtwe wo adwera fam.” Sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes?
“Sɛ akorɔmfoɔ ba wo so a, anaa adwotwafoɔ ba wo so anadwo a, atoyerɛnkyɛm bɛn na ɛrento wo? Na wɔrenwia wo nneɛma dodoɔ a wɔpɛ anaa? Sɛ bobe abatefoɔ ba wo so a, ɛnyɛ bobe aba kakra bi pɛ na wɔbɛgya wo anaa?
6 How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought!
Na wo Esau deɛ wɔbɛwia wʼademudeɛ a wode asie na wɔayɛ wo dosodoso.
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee [even] to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, [and] prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a wound under thee: [there is] no understanding in him.
Wɔn a wo ne wɔn wɔ nkabom nyinaa bɛdi wo hwammɔ. Wɔn a wʼadwene yɛ wo sɛ wo ne wɔn te asomdwoeɛ mu no bɛdaadaa wo adi wo so, wɔn a wɔdi wʼaduane no asum wo afidie, nanso, wonhunuiɛ.
8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
“Saa ɛda no,” Awurade na ɔseɛ, “Merensɛe anyansafoɔ a ɛwɔ Edom anaa, mmarima a wɔte asɛm ase a wɔwɔ Esau mmepɔ so anaa?
9 And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
Ao Teman wʼakofoɔ bɛbɔ hu ne obiara a ɔwɔ Esau bepɔ so no, wɔbɛtwitwa mo atɔre mo ase.
10 For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Esiane basabasayɛ a woyɛ tiaa wo nua Yakob no enti aniwuo bɛka wo, na wɔbɛsɛe wo koraa.
11 In the day that thou stoodst on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou [wast] as one of them.
Ɛda a wogyinaa ntentenso hwɛɛ no haa, na ananafoɔ faa nʼahonyadeɛ kɔeɛ na ahɔhoɔ hyɛnee ne kuro apono mu, na wɔbɔɔ Yerusalem so ntonto no, na wote sɛ wɔn mu baako.
12 But thou shouldst not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldst thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldst thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wobu wo nua animtiaa ɛberɛ a ɔwɔ asaneɛ mu, anaa sɛ wodi ahurisie wɔ Yudafoɔ so ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ ɔsɛeɛ mu, na mpo wohoahoa wo ho ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ ahohiahia mu no.
13 Thou shouldst not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yes, thou shouldst not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity;
Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wode nsrabɔ hyɛne me nkurɔfoɔ kuro apono no mu wɔ wɔn amanehunu ɛda, anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wosere wɔ ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ ɔhaw mu. Afei nso anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wode wo nsa to wɔn ahodeɛ so gye wɔ ɛberɛ a wɔwɔ amanehunu mu.
14 Neither shouldst thou have stood in the cross-way, to cut off those of his that escaped; neither shouldst thou have delivered up those of his that remained in the day of distress.
Anka ɛnsɛ sɛ wotɛ wɔn nkwantanan soɔ kunkumm nʼadwanefoɔ Na woyi wɔn a aka no ma wɔ wɔn amanehunu ɛda no mu.
15 For the day of the LORD [is] near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thy own head.
“Awurade ɛda no abɛn ama amanaman nyinaa. Na hwɛ, Edom sɛdeɛ woyɛeɛ no saa ara na wɔbɛyɛ woɔ. Wo nneyɛeɛ bɛsane abɛgu wo tiriso.
16 For as ye have drank upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the heathen drink continually, yes, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
Sɛdeɛ mononom nsã wɔ me bepɔ kronkron so no, saa ara na amanaman no nyinaa bɛkɔ so anom, saa ara na ɛbɛkɔ so ɛda biara na wɔbɛyɛ te sɛ deɛ wonni hɔ.
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
Na ɔgyeɛ bɛba Sion bepɔ so na ɛbɛyɛ kronkron beaeɛ, na Yakob efie nsa bɛsane aka nʼagyapadeɛ.
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken [it].
Yakob efie bɛyɛ ogya na Yosef efie ayɛ ogyaframa; Esau efie deɛ ɛbɛyɛ adehunu bi na wɔde ogya bɛto mu ahye no a obiara renka wɔ efie hɔ.” Deɛ Awurade seɛ nie.
19 And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead.
Nkurɔfoɔ a wɔfiri Negeb no bɛtena Esau mmepɔ so, Na wɔn a wɔfiri nkokoɔ no ase no, bɛfa Filistia asase no, na wɔbɛfa Efraim ne Samaria mfuo atena so, na Benyamin nso afa Gilead.
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] to Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
Nipakuo a wɔyɛ Israel atukɔfoɔ bɛfa Kanaan asase no akɔsi Sarefat; na atukɔfoɔ a wɔfiri Yerusalem a wɔte Safarad no bɛfa Negeb nkuro no adi so.
21 And saviors shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
Agyefoɔ bɛkɔ Sion bepɔ so, akɔdi Edom mmepɔ so. Na ahennie no bɛyɛ Awurade dea!
