ʻOpataia 1

1 Ko e meʻa hā mai kia ʻOpataia. ʻOku pehē ʻae ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua ki ʻItomi; Kuo tau fanongo ki ha ongoongo meia Sihova, pea kuo ʻalu ha tangata talafekau ki he kakai hiteni, “Mou tuʻu, pea te tau tuʻu hake kiate ia ke tau.

This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom— We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—

2 Vakai, kuo u fakasiʻisiʻi koe ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe hiteni: ʻoku lahi ho manukiʻi.

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you will be deeply despised.

3 Kuo kākaaʻi koe ʻe he laukau ʻa ho loto, ʻa koe ʻoku nofo ʻi he ngaahi ʻanaʻi maka, pea ʻoku māʻolunga ho nofoʻanga; ʻaia ʻoku pehē ʻi hono loto, ‘Ko hai ʻe fakahifo au ki lalo ki he kelekele?’”

The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’

4 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Neongo ʻoku ke hakeakiʻi koe ʻo hangē ko e ʻikale, pea ʻoku ke fokotuʻu ho pununga ʻi he lotolotonga ʻoe ngaahi fetuʻu, ka te u fakahifo koe mei ai.

Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,”

5 He ka ne haʻu kiate koe ʻae kau kaihaʻa, ʻae kau kaihaʻa ʻi he pō, (ʻoiauē ho motuhi!) ʻIkai te nau kaihaʻasi ke ʻoua ke lahi ʻenau meʻa? Ka ne haʻu kiate koe ʻae kau toli kālepi, ʻikai kuo nau fakatoe ha ngaahi kālepi?

“If thieves came to you, if robbers by night— oh, how you will be ruined— would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?

6 ‌ʻOiauē hono vakili ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻa ʻIsoa! Hono hakule ʻo ʻene ngaahi meʻa fufū!

But how Esau will be pillaged, his hidden treasures sought out!

7 Ko e kau tangata kotoa pē naʻe kau fakataha mo koe, kuo nau ʻomi koe ʻo aʻu ki he mata fonua, kuo kākaaʻi koe ʻe he kau tangata naʻe melino mo koe, pea kuo ikuʻi koe; ʻakinautolu naʻe kai ho mā kuo nau ʻai ʻae tauhele ʻi lalo ʻiate koe: ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ha poto ʻiate ia.”

All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.

8 ‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “ʻIkai te u fakaʻauha ʻi he ʻaho ko ia ʻae kau tangata poto mei ʻItomi, pea mo e ʻilo mei he moʻunga ʻo ʻIsoa?

In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?

9 Pea ʻe ilifia hoʻo kau tangata mālohi, ʻe Timani, koeʻuhi ke ʻauha ʻi he tāmate ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi he moʻunga ʻo ʻIsoa.

Then your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.

10 Koeʻuhi ko hoʻo fai fakamālohi ki ho tokoua ko Sēkope, ʻe ʻufiʻufi ʻaki koe ʻae mā, pea te ke ʻauha ʻo lauikuonga.

Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever.

11 ‌ʻI he ʻaho ko ia naʻa ke tutuʻu mo e faʻahi ʻe taha, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻe ʻave pōpula ʻe he kakai muli ʻa ʻene ngaahi kongakau, pea naʻe hū ʻae kau muli ki hono ngaahi matapā, pea nau talotalo ki Selūsalema, ko koe naʻa ke hangē ko e tokotaha ʻokinautolu.

On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.

12 Ka naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo sio ki he ʻaho ʻo ho tokoua, ʻi he ʻaho ko ia naʻa ne hoko ko e muli; pea naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo vikiviki ki he fānau ʻa Siuta ʻi he ʻaho ʻo honau fakaʻauha; pea naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo lea fielahi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻenau mamahi.

But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress.

13 Naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo hū ʻi he matapā ʻo hoku kakai, ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻenau tuʻutāmaki; ʻio, naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo sio ki heʻenau mamahi ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻenau tuʻutāmaki, pe ala ki heʻenau koloa ʻi he ʻaho ʻo ʻenau tuʻutāmaki;

You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.

14 Pea naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo tutuʻu ʻi he mangaʻi hala, ke motuhi ʻakinautolu ʻi ai naʻe hao; pea naʻe ʻikai totonu hoʻo tukuange ʻakinautolu ʻi ai, naʻe toe ʻi he ʻaho ʻoe mamahi.

Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress.

15 He ʻoku ofi ʻae ʻaho ʻo Sihova ki he kakai hiteni; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo ke fai ʻe fai pehē kiate koe: ʻe foki mai hoʻo totongi ki ho ʻulu ʻoʻou.

For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.

16 Hangē kuo mou inu ʻi hoku moʻunga tapu, ʻe pehē ʻae inu maʻuaipē ʻe he hiteni kotoa pē, ʻio, te nau inu mo folo hifo, pea te nau hoko ʻo hangē ko e kakai naʻe ʻikai.

For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.

17 Ka ʻe ʻi ai ʻae fakahaofi ʻi he moʻunga ko Saione, pea mo e māʻoniʻoni; pea ʻe maʻu ʻe he fale ʻo Sēkope ʻa honau tofiʻa.

But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.

18 Pea ʻe hoko ʻae fale ʻo Sēkope ko e afi, pea mo e fale ʻo Siosefa ko e ulo afi, pea ko e fale ʻo ʻIsoa ko e veve, pea te nau vela ʻiate kinautolu, mo fakaʻauha kinautolu; pea ʻe ʻikai toe ha niʻihi ʻi he fale ʻo ʻIsoa,” he kuo folofola pehē ʻe Sihova.

Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.”

19 Pea ʻe maʻu ʻekinautolu ʻoe potu tonga ʻae moʻunga ʻo ʻIsoa; pea ko kinautolu ʻoe toafa, ʻae kakai Filisitia, pea te nau maʻu ʻae ngaahi ngoue ʻo ʻIfalemi, mo e ngaahi ngoue ʻo Samēlia: pea ʻe maʻu ʻe Penisimani ʻa Kiliati.

Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.

20 Pea ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau pōpula ʻi he kau tau ni ʻoe fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, [ʻae fonua ]ʻoe kakai Kēnani ʻo aʻu ki Salefati; pea ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau pōpula ʻo Selūsalema, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi Sefalati, ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻoe potu tonga.

And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

21 Pea ʻe ʻalu hake ʻae kau fakamoʻui ki he moʻunga ko Saione, ke fakamaau ʻae moʻunga ʻo ʻIsoa; pea ʻe hoko ia ko e puleʻanga ʻo Sihova.

The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.