Cobadyaah 1
1 Kuwanu waa wixii la tusay Cobadyaah. Sayidka Rabbiga ahu sidan buu dalka Edom ka leeyahay: Annagu Rabbiga xaggiisa ayaannu war ka maqalnay, oo farriinwade ayaa quruumaha dhexdooda loo soo diray, isagoo leh, War kaca, oo kaalaya aan dadka Edom dagaal ugu kacnee.
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 Bal eega, quruumaha dhexdooda waan idinku yareeyey, oo si weyn baa laydiin quudhsaday.
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 Kuwiinna qararka dillaacyadooda ku hoyda oo hoygoodu meesha sare ku yaal, waxaa idin khiyaanay kibirka qalbigiinna, oo waxaad qalbiga iska tidhaahdaan, Bal yaa dhulka nagu soo ridi kara?
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 In kastood meel kore fuushaan sida gorgorka, iyo in kastoo buulkiinna laga dhiso xiddigaha dhexdooda, halkaas waan idinka soo dejin doonaa, ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay.
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 Haddii tuugag idiin soo dhici lahaayeen ama haddii shufto habeennimo idin miri lahayd, sow wax idinkama xadi lahayn jeeray wax ku filan la tagaan? (Sidee baad u ba'deen!) Haddii kuwa canabka gura idiin iman lahaayeen, sow kama tegi lahayn canab xaaxaab ah?
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 Sidee baa loo dhacay alaabtii reer Ceesaw! Oo khasnadihiisii qarsoonaa sidee baa loo baadhay!
Everything that is valuable will be taken away. [Your enemies] will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.
7 Kulli dadkii aad axdiga la lahaan jirteen oo dhammu waxay idinku celiyeen tan iyo soohdinta, oo dadkii nabadda idinla lahaan jiray ayaa idin khiyaanay, wayna idinka adkaadeen, oo kuwii kibistiina cuni jiray ayaa dabin idiin dhigay, oo innaba waxgarasho ma leh.
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 Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Wakhtigaas ragga xigmadda leh sow kama aan baabbi'in doono reer Edom oo waxgarashadana sow kama baabbi'in doono buurta Ceesaw?
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 Reer Teemaanow, raggiinna xoogga badanu way wada nixi doonaan, oo sidaas daraaddeed mid kasta oo buurta Ceesaw ka yimid ayaa laynta ku go'i doona.
The soldiers from Teman [town] will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be (wiped out/killed).
10 Xumaantii aad walaalihiin reer Yacquub ku samayseen aawadeed ayaa ceebu idiinku degi doonta, oo weligiin baad go'naan doontaan.
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 Waayo, wakhtigii aad ag taagnaydeen oo iska fiirinayseen, markay shisheeyayaashu maalkooda qaadanayeen, oo dadka qalaad irdihooda soo gelayeen, oo ay Yeruusaalem saamiga u ridanayeen, xataa idinku iyagoo kalaad ahaydeen.
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 Laakiinse ha fiirina wakhtiga walaalihiin cidhiidhiga ku jiraan, oo ha ku farxina wakhtiga reer Yahuudah baabba'ooda, oo hana u faanina wakhtiga cidhiidhiga.
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 Iridda dadkayga ha soo gelina wakhtiga ay belaayaysan yihiin, oo weliba dhibkooda ha fiirsanina wakhtiga ay belaayaysan yihiin, oo maalkoodana far ha saarina wakhtiga ay belaayaysan yihiin.
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 Oo meesha jidadka isku gooyaana ha u istaagina si aad u laysaan kuwooda soo fakaday, oo kuwooda wakhtigii cidhiidhiga ka hadhayna cadowgooda ha u gacangelina.
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 Waayo, maalintii Rabbigu way soo dhow dahay oo way ku dhici doontaa quruumaha oo dhan, oo sidaad samayseen ayaa idinkana laydiinku samayn doonaa, oo abaalgudkiinnii ayaa madaxiinna ku soo noqon doonaa.
“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 Oo sidaad buurtayda quduuska ah korkeeda wax ugu cabteen ayaa quruumaha oo dhammuna had iyo goorba wax u cabbi doonaan, haah, iyagu way cabbi doonaan oo way liqi doonaan, oo waxay ahaan doonaan sidii iyagoo aan weligood ahaanin.
[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 Laakiinse Buur Siyoon waxaa joogi doona kuwa baxsaday, oo iyana quduus bay ahaan doontaa, oo reer Yacquubna waxay lahaan doonaan waxyaalihii dhaxalkoodii ahaa.
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 Reer Yacquub dab buu ahaan doonaa, oo reer Yuusufna olol buu ahaan doonaa, reer Ceesawna bal jajab ah buu ahaan doonaa. Dhexdooday ku gubi doonaan oo iyagana way laasan doonaan, oo reer Ceesawna innaba waxba kama hadhi doonaan, waayo, Rabbigu sidaasuu ku hadlay.
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 Oo dadka koonfur degganu waxay hantiyi doonaan buurta Ceesaw, oo kuwa bannaanka degganuna waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka reer Falastiin, oo weliba waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka reer Efrayim, iyo dalka reer Samaariya, oo reer Benyaamiinna waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka Gilecaad.
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 Oo ciidankan dadka Israa'iil ee maxaabiista ahu waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka reer Kancaan tan iyo Sarefta, oo Yeruusaalem maxaabiisteeda Sefaaraad joogtaana waxay hantiyi doonaan magaalooyinka koonfureed.
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 Oo badbaadiyayaaluna waa iman doonaan Buur Siyoon, si ay buurta Ceesaw u xukumaan, oo boqortooyadana waxaa lahaan doona Rabbiga.
The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king.
