Obadia 1
1 Maono ya Obadia. Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenyezi kuhusu Edomu: Tumesikia ujumbe kutoka kwa Bwana: Mjumbe alitumwa kwa mataifa kusema, “Inukeni, twendeni tukapigane vita dhidi yake.”
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent amongst the nations, saying, “Arise, and let’s rise up against her in battle.
2 “Angalieni, nitawafanya wadogo miongoni mwa mataifa, mtadharauliwa kabisa.
Behold, I have made you small amongst the nations. You are greatly despised.
3 Kiburi cha moyo wako kimekudanganya, wewe unayeishi katika majabali ya miamba na kufanya makao yako juu, wewe unayejiambia mwenyewe, ‘Ni nani awezaye kunishusha chini?’
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’
4 Ingawa unapaa juu kama tai na kufanya kiota chako kati ya nyota, nitakushusha chini kutoka huko,” asema Bwana.
Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set amongst the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
5 “Ikiwa wevi wangekuja kwako, ikiwa wanyangʼanyi wangekujia usiku: Lo! Tazama ni maafa kiasi gani yangekuwa yanakungojea: je, si wangeiba tu kiasi ambacho wangehitaji? Kama wachuma zabibu wangekuja kwako, je, wasingebakiza zabibu chache?
“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, what disaster awaits you—wouldn’t they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn’t they leave some gleaning grapes?
6 Lakini tazama jinsi Esau atakavyotekwa, jinsi hazina zake zilizofichwa zitatekwa nyara!
How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!
7 Wote ulioungana nao watakufukuza hadi mpakani, rafiki zako watakudanganya na kukushinda, wale wanaokula mkate wako watakutegea mtego, lakini hutaweza kuugundua.
All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you. Friends who eat your bread lay a snare under you. There is no understanding in him.”
8 “Katika siku hiyo,” asema Bwana, “je, sitaangamiza watu wenye hekima wa Edomu, watu wenye ufahamu katika milima ya Esau?
“Won’t I in that day”, says the LORD, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?
9 Ee Temani, mashujaa wako watatiwa hofu, kila mmoja katika milima ya Esau ataangushwa chini kwa kuchinjwa.
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
10 Kwa sababu ya jeuri uliyofanya dhidi ya ndugu yako Yakobo, aibu itakufunika; utaangamizwa milele.
For the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever.
11 Siku ile ulisimama mbali ukiangalia wakati wageni walipojichukulia utajiri wake na watu wa nchi nyingine walipoingia malango yake wakipiga kura kwa ajili ya Yerusalemu, ulikuwa kama mmoja wao.
In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away his substance and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were like one of them.
12 Usingemdharau ndugu yako katika siku ya msiba wake, wala kufurahia juu ya watu wa Yuda katika siku ya maangamizi yao, wala kujigamba sana katika siku ya taabu yao.
But don’t look down on your brother in the day of his disaster, and don’t rejoice over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction. Don’t speak proudly in the day of distress.
13 Usingeingia katika malango ya watu wangu katika siku ya maafa yao, wala kuwadharau katika janga lao katika siku ya maafa yao, wala kunyangʼanya mali zao katika siku ya maafa yao.
Don’t enter into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity. Don’t look down on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither seize their wealth on the day of their calamity.
14 Usingengoja kwenye njia panda na kuwaua wakimbizi wao, wala kuwatoa watu wake waliosalia katika siku ya shida yao.
Don’t stand in the crossroads to cut off those of his who escape. Don’t deliver up those of his who remain in the day of distress.
15 “Siku ya Bwana iko karibu kwa mataifa yote. Kama ulivyofanya, nawe utafanyiwa vivyo hivyo, matendo yako yatakurudia juu ya kichwa chako.
For the day of the LORD is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.
16 Kama vile ulivyokunywa juu ya mlima wangu mtakatifu, vivyo hivyo mataifa yote watakunywa mfululizo, watakunywa na kunywa, nao watatoweka kana kwamba hawajawahi kuwepo.
For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. Yes, they will drink, swallow down, and will be as though they had not been.
17 Lakini katika Mlima Sayuni kutakuwepo na wale watakaookoka; nao utakuwa mtakatifu, nayo nyumba ya Yakobo itamiliki urithi wake.
But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
18 Nyumba ya Yakobo itakuwa moto, na nyumba ya Yosefu itakuwa mwali wa moto; nayo nyumba ya Esau itakuwa bua kavu, nao wataiwasha moto na kuiteketeza. Hakutakuwa na watakaosalimika kutoka nyumba ya Esau.” Bwana amesema.
The house of Jacob will be a fire, the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. They will burn amongst them and devour them. There will not be any remaining to the house of Esau.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
19 Watu kutoka nchi ya Negebu wataikalia milima ya Esau, na watu kutoka miteremko ya vilima watamiliki nchi ya Wafilisti. Watayakalia mashamba ya Efraimu na Samaria, naye Benyamini atamiliki Gileadi.
Those of the South will possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the lowland, the Philistines. They will possess the field of Ephraim, and the field of Samaria. Benjamin will possess Gilead.
20 Kundi la Waisraeli walioko uhamishoni Kanaani watarudi na kumiliki nchi mpaka Sarepta. Walioko uhamishoni Sefaradi kutoka Yerusalemu watamiliki miji ya Negebu.
The captives of this army of the children of Israel, who are amongst the Canaanites, will possess even to Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, will possess the cities of the Negev.
21 Waokoaji watakwea juu ya Mlima Sayuni kutawala milima ya Esau. Nao ufalme utakuwa wa Bwana.
Saviours will go up on Mount Zion to judge the mountains of Esau, and the kingdom will be the LORD’s.
