יחזקאל 35

1 ויהי דבר יהוה אלי לאמר

Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

2 בן אדם שים פניך על הר שעיר והנבא עליו

“You human, turn toward Edom and prophesy what will happen to its people. Say that this is what Yahweh says to them:

3 ואמרת לו כה אמר אדני יהוה הנני אליך הר שעיר ונטיתי ידי עליך ונתתיך שממה ומשמה

‘You who live near Seir Mountain [in Edom], I am opposed to you, and I will use my power [MTY] to strike you and cause your country to become a wasteland.

4 עריך חרבה אשים ואתה שממה תהיה וידעת כי אני יהוה

I will cause your country to be ruined and desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

5 יען היות לך איבת עולם ותגר את בני ישראל על ידי חרב--בעת אידם בעת עון קץ

You have always been enemies of the Israeli people. You [rejoiced] when they experienced a great disaster: [their enemies attacked them with] swords, when I punished them [for the sins that they had committed].

6 לכן חי אני נאם אדני יהוה כי לדם אעשך ודם ירדפך אם לא דם שנאת ודם ירדפך

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will allow [your enemies] to slaughter [MTY] you and continue to slaughter you. You were happy when [LIT] others were slaughtered;

7 ונתתי את הר שעיר לשממה ושממה והכרתי ממנו עבר ושב

so I will cause Seir Mountain to be abandoned/deserted, and I will get rid of anyone who enters it or leaves it.

8 ומלאתי את הריו חלליו גבעותיך וגיאותיך וכל אפיקיך חללי חרב יפלו בהם

I will cause your mountains to be filled with [the corpses of] those who have been killed. The corpses of those who have been killed by [your enemies’] swords will lie on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines.

9 שממות עולם אתנך ועריך לא תישבנה (תשובנה) וידעתם כי אני יהוה

I will cause your land to be deserted forever. No one will live in your towns again. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].

10 יען אמרך את שני הגוים ואת שתי הארצות לי תהיינה--וירשנוה ויהוה שם היה

You people said, “Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!” You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there [and protecting them].

11 לכן חי אני נאם אדני יהוה ועשיתי כאפך וכקנאתך אשר עשיתה משנאתיך בם ונודעתי בם כאשר אשפטך

Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will punish [MTY] you for being angry with my people, envying them, and hating them.

12 וידעת כי אני יהוה שמעתי את כל נאצותיך אשר אמרת על הרי ישראל לאמר שממה (שממו) לנו נתנו לאכלה

Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the disgusting things that you have said about the mountains in Israel. You said that they have been ruined/devastated, and that they have been given to you to occupy [MET].

13 ותגדילו עלי בפיכם והעתרתם עלי דבריכם אני שמעתי

When you insulted me, I heard all that you said about me.

14 כה אמר אדני יהוה כשמח כל הארץ שממה אעשה לך

So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You people who live on Seir Mountain and in all the other places in Edom, when I cause your land to become desolate, everyone in the entire world will rejoice.

15 כשמחתך לנחלת בית ישראל על אשר שממה--כן אעשה לך שממה תהיה הר שעיר וכל אדום כלה וידעו כי אני יהוה

You were happy when the land [MTY] of the Israeli people became desolate, so I will cause your land to become desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].’”