Abdias Propheta 1
1 Visio Abdiae. Haec dicit Dominus Deus ad Edom: Auditum audivimus a Domino, et legatum ad gentes misit: Surgite, et consurgamus adversus eum in praelium.
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.”
2 Ecce parvulum dedi te in Gentibus: contemptibilis tu es valde.
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].
3 Superbia cordis tui extulit te, habitantem in scissuris petrarum, exaltantem solium tuum: qui dicis in corde tuo: Quis detrahet me in terram?
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.
4 Si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, et si inter sidera posueris nidum tuum: inde detraham te, dicit Dominus.
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.
5 Si fures introissent ad te, si latrones per noctem, quomodo conticuisses? nonne furati essent sufficientia sibi? si vindemiatores introissent ad te, numquid saltem racemum reliquissent tibi?
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!
6 Quomodo scrutati sunt Esau, investigaverunt abscondita eius?
Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
7 Usque ad terminum emiserunt te: omnes viri foederis tui illuserunt tibi: invaluerunt adversum te viri pacis tuae: qui comedunt tecum, ponent insidias subter te: non est prudentia in eo.
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]!’
8 Numquid non in die illa, dicit Dominus, perdam sapientes de Idumaea, et prudentiam de monte Esau?
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.
9 Et timebunt fortes tui a Meridie, ut intereat vir de monte Esau.
The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
10 Propter interfectionem, et propter iniquitatem in fratrem tuum Iacob, operiet te confusio, et peribis in aeternum.
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.
11 In die cum stares adversus eum, quando capiebant alieni exercitum eius, et extranei ingrediebantur portas eius, et super Ierusalem mittebant sortem: tu quoque eras quasi unus ex eis.
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].
12 Et non despicies in die fratris tui, in die peregrinationis eius: et non laetaberis super filios Iuda in die perditionis eorum: et non magnificabis os tuum in die angustiae.
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.
13 Neque ingredieris portam populi mei in die ruinae eorum: neque despicies et tu in malis eius in die vastitatis illius: et non emitteris adversus exercitum eius in die vastitatis illius.
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.
14 Neque stabis in exitibus ut interficias eos qui fugerint: et non concludes reliquos eius in die tribulationis.
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.”
15 Quoniam iuxta est dies Domini super omnes gentes: sicut fecisti, fiet tibi: retributionem tuam convertet in caput tuum.
“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.
16 Quomodo enim bibisti super montem sanctum meum, bibent omnes Gentes iugiter: et bibent, et absorbebunt, et erunt quasi non sint.
[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.
17 Et in monte Sion erit salvatio, et erit sanctus: et possidebit domus Iacob eos qui se possederant.
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.
18 Et erit domus Iacob ignis, et domus Ioseph flamma, et domus Esau stipula: et succendentur in eis, et devorabunt eos: et non erunt reliquiae domus Esau, quia Dominus locutus est.
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.”
19 Et hereditabunt hi, qui ad Austrum sunt, montem Esau, et qui in campestribus Philisthiim: et possidebunt regionem Ephraim, et regionem Samariae: et Beniamin possidebit Galaad.
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].
20 Et transmigratio exercitus huius filiorum Israel, omnia loca Chananaeorum usque ad Sareptam: et transmigratio Ierusalem, quae in Bosphoro est, possidebit civitates Austri.
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.
21 Et ascendent salvatores in montem Sion iudicare montem Esau: et erit Domino regnum.
The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
