Obadia 1
1 Maono ya Obadia. Bwana MUNGU asema hivi juu ya Edomu Tumesikia habari kutoka kwa Bwana, na mjumbe ametumwa kati ya mataifa, akisema, Inukeni! Tuinuke dhidi yake kwa vita!”
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.
2 Tazama, nitawafanya wadogo kati ya mataifa, mutadharauliwa sana.
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 Kiburi cha moyo wako kimekudanganya wewe, wewe ambaye unishi katika makaburi ya miamba, katika nyumba yako ya juu; asemaye moyoni mwako, 'Ni nani atakayenishusha mimi chini?'
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?
4 Ingawa unasimama juu kama tai na ingawa kiota chako huwekwa kati ya nyota, nitakushusha chini kutoka huko, asema Yahweh.
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.
5 Kama wezi walikuja kwako, ikiwa wanyang'anyi wangekujilia usiku (jinsi ungekatilwa mbali!), Wasingeweza kuiba vya kuwatosha? Ikiwa wakusanya zabibu wangekujilia, wasingeacha mavuno?
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?
6 Jinsi Esau amekwisha kupigwa, na hazina zake zilizofichwa zimewekwa nje!
How are [the things] of Esau searched out! [how] are his hidden things sought!
7 Watu wote wa ushirikiano wako watakupeleka katika njiani ya hadi mpakani. Watu waliokuwa na amani pamoja nawe wamekudanganya, na kukushinda. Wale wanaokula mkate wako wameweka mtego chini yako. Hakuna uelewa ndani yake.
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.
8 Je! Sikuweza siku hiyo, asema Bwana, kuwaangamiza watu wenye hekima kutoka Edomu na kuelewa kutoka mlima wa Esau?
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?
9 Mashujaa wako watafadhaika, Temani, ili kila mtu akatiliwe mbali kutoka mlima wa Esau kwa kuuawa.
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.
10 Kwa sababu ya ukatili uliofanywa kwa ndugu yako Yakobo, utafunikwa na aibu, nawe utakatiliwa mbali milele.
For [thy] violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
11 Siku ile ulikuwa umesimama, siku wageni walichukua mali zake, na waliokuwa wageni katika malango yake, na kupiga kura kwa Yerusalemu, wewe ulikuwa kama mmoja wao.
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.
12 Lakini usifurahi siku ya ndugu yako, siku ya msiba wake, wala usifurahi juu ya watu wa Yuda siku ya uharibifu wao; msijisifu siku ya dhiki yao.
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.
13 Usiingie mlango wa watu wangu siku ya msiba wao; usifurahi juu ya taabu yao siku ya msiba wao, wala msipotee utajiri wao siku ya uharibifu wao.
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;
14 Usisimama kwenye njia panda, ili kuwakatilia mbali wakimbizi wake na usiwatoe waathirika wake katika siku ya dhiki.
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.
15 Kwa maana siku ya Bwana iko karibu na mataifa yote. Kama ulivyofanya, itafanyika kwako; matendo yako yatarudi juu ya kichwa chako mwenyewe.
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.
16 Kwa vile mlivyokunywa katika mlima wangu mtakatifu, ndivyo mataifa yote yatakavyo kunywa daima. Watakunywa na kumeza na itakuwa kana kwamba hawakuwepo kabisa.
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.
17 Lakini katika Mlima Sayuni kutakuwa na wale waliookoka na watakuwa watakatifu; na nyumba ya Yakobo watamiliki miliki zao.
But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 Nyumba ya Yakobo itakuwa moto, na nyumba ya Yusufu ni mwali wa moto, na nyumba ya Esau itakuwa mabua makavu, nao watawaunguza, na kuwateketeza. Hakutakuwa na waathirika kwa nyumba ya Esau, kwa kuwa Bwana amesema.
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].
19 Wote kutoka Negebu watamiliki mlima wa Esau na wale wa Shepela watamiliki nchi ya Wafilisti. Wao wataimiliki nchi ya Efraimu na nchi ya Samaria; na Benyamini atamiliki Gileadi.
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.
20 Wahamiaji wa jeshi hili la watu wa Israeli watamiliki ardhi ya Kanaani mpaka Sarepta. Wahamiaji wa Yerusalemu, waliopo Sefaradi, wataimiliki miji ya Negebu.
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.
21 Waokoaji watakwenda hadi juu ya Mlima Sayuni kutawala nchi ya vilima ya Esau, na ufalme utakuwa wa Bwana.
And saviors shall come upon mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.
