1 T he vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent forth among the nations, Arise, and let us rise up against for battle!

Visión de Abdías. Así dice el Señor Dios acerca de Edom: “Hemos oído un mensaje del Señor, Y un mensajero ha sido enviado a las naciones, a decirles: “Levántense y alcémonos contra Edom en batalla.”

2 B ehold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be despised exceedingly.

Yo te haré pequeño entre las naciones; Despreciado eres en gran manera.

3 T he pride of your heart has deceived you, you dweller in the refuges of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, Who can bring me down to the ground?

La soberbia de tu corazón te ha engañado, Tú que habitas en las hendiduras de la peña, En las alturas de tu morada; Que dices en tu corazón: ‘¿Quién me derribará por tierra ?’

4 T hough you mount on high as the eagle and though you set your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.

Aunque te remontes como el águila, Y aunque entre las estrellas pongas tu nido, De allí te derribaré,” declara el Señor.

5 I f thieves came to you, if robbers by night—how you are brought to nothing!—would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some grapes for gleaning?

Si vinieran a ti ladrones O salteadores de noche (¡cómo quedarías arruinado!), ¿No robarían sólo hasta que les bastara? Si vinieran a ti vendimiadores, ¿No dejarían algunos rebuscos (racimos) ?

6 H ow are the things of Esau searched out! How are his hidden treasures sought out!

¡Cómo será escudriñado Esaú, Y rebuscados sus tesoros escondidos!

7 A ll the men of your confederacy (your allies) 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; they who eat your bread have laid a snare under you. There is no understanding of it.

Hasta la frontera te echarán Todos tus aliados; Te engañarán, te dominarán Los que están en paz contigo; Los que comen tu pan Tenderán emboscada contra ti. (No hay entendimiento en él (Esaú).)

8 W ill not I in that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom and understanding out of Mount Esau ?

¿No destruiré en aquel día,” declara el Señor “a los sabios de Edom Y el entendimiento del monte de Esaú?

9 A nd your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

Entonces tus valientes serán atemorizados, oh Temán, De modo que todo hombre será cortado del monte de Esaú con muerte violenta.

10 F or the violence you did against your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.

Por la violencia contra tu hermano Jacob, Te cubrirá la vergüenza, Y serás cortado para siempre.

11 O n the day that you stood aloof —on the day that strangers took captive his forces and carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem—you were even as one of them.

El día que te pusiste a un lado, El día en que extraños se llevaban su riqueza, Y extranjeros entraban por su puerta Y sobre Jerusalén echaban suertes, Tú también eras como uno de ellos.

12 B ut you should not have gloated over your brother’s day, the day when his misfortune came and he was made a stranger; you should not have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have spoken arrogantly in the day of their distress.

No te alegres en el día de tu hermano, En el día de su exterminio. No te alegres de los hijos de Judá En el día de su destrucción. Sí, no te jactes En el día de su angustia.

13 Y ou should not have entered the gate of My people in the day of their calamity and ruin; yes, you should not have looked on their misery in the day of their calamity and ruin, and not have reached after their army and their possessions in the day of their calamity and ruin.

No entres por la puerta de Mi pueblo En el día de su ruina. Sí, no te alegres tú de su desgracia En el día de su ruina; No te apoderes de sus riquezas En el día de su ruina.

14 A nd you should not have stood at the crossway to cut off those of Judah who escaped, neither should you have delivered up those who remained in the day of distress.

No aceches en la encrucijada Para exterminar a sus fugitivos, Y no entregues a sus sobrevivientes En el día de su angustia. Restauración de Israel

15 F or the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your dealings will return upon your own head.

Porque se acerca el día del Señor sobre todas las naciones. Como tú has hecho, te será hecho; Tus acciones recaerán sobre tu cabeza.

16 F or as you have drunk upon the mountain of My holiness, so shall all the nations drink continually; yes, they shall drink, talk foolishly, and swallow down and they shall be as though they had not been.

Como ustedes bebieron en Mi santo monte, Así beberán continuamente todas las naciones. Beberán y tragarán, Y serán como si no hubieran sido.

17 B ut on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess its possessions.

Pero en el Monte Sion quedará un remanente, Y será lugar santo, Y la casa de Jacob volverá a tomar sus posesiones.

18 T he house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau shall be stubble; they shall kindle and burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken it.

Entonces la casa de Jacob será un fuego, Y la casa de José una llama, Y hojarasca la casa de Esaú. Los quemarán y los consumirán, Y no quedará sobreviviente alguno de la casa de Esaú,” Porque el Señor ha hablado.

19 T hey of the South (the Negeb) shall possess Mount Esau, and they of the lowland the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

Entonces los del Neguev (región del sur) poseerán el monte de Esaú, Y los de la Sefela, la llanura de los Filisteos; Poseerán también el territorio de Efraín y el territorio de Samaria, Y Benjamín poseerá Galaad.

20 A nd the exiles of this host of the children of Israel who are among the Canaanites shall possess as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South (the Negeb).

Y los desterrados de este ejército de los Israelitas Que están entre los Cananeos hasta Sarepta, Y los desterrados de Jerusalén que están en Sefarad, Poseerán las ciudades del Neguev.

21 A nd deliverers shall go up on Mount Zion to rule and judge Mount Esau, and the kingdom and the kingship shall be the Lord’s.

Los libertadores subirán al Monte Sion Para juzgar al monte de Esaú, Y el reino será del Señor.