1 ه َذِهِ هِيَ رُؤيا عُوَبدْيا. هَذا هُوَ ما قالَهُ الرَّبُّ الإلَهُ عَنْ أدُومَ: سَمِعْتُ خَبَراً مِنَ اللهِ ، وَأرسَلَ رَسُولاً إلَى الأُمَمِ يَقُولُ: «تَجَمَّعُوا وَتَعالَوْا عَلَى أدُومَ، وَانهَضُوا لِلمَعرَكَةِ.» اللهُ يُخاطِبُ أدُوم

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom (We have heard a report from the Lord, And a messenger has been sent among the nations, saying, “Arise, and let us rise up against her for battle”):

2 « ها إنِّي سَأجَعَلُكَ صَغِيراً بَينَ الأُمَمِ يا أدُومُ، وَسَتَكُونُ مُحتَقَراً بَينَ النّاسِ.

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You shall be greatly despised.

3 خ ُدِعْتَ بِقُدرَتِكَ عَلَى إثارَةِ الرُّعبِ، وَبِكِبرِياءِ قَلبِكَ. أيُّها السّاكِنُ فِي شُقُوقِ الصَّخرِ، وَالمالِكُ التَّلَّةَ المُرتَفِعَةَ.

The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’

4 م َعَ أنَّكَ تَجعَلُ عُشَّكَ مُرتَفِعاً كَما يَعمَلُ النَّسرُ، لَكِنِّي سَأُنزِلُكَ مِنْ هُناكَ.» يَقُولُ اللهُ.

Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord.

5 « إنْ أتَى اللُّصُوصُ فِي اللَّيلِ، كَيفَ يَكُونُ خَرابُكَ؟ ألا يَنْهَبُونَ ما يُرِيدُونَ فَقَط؟ إنْ جاءَ قاطِفو العِنَبِ إلَيكَ، ألا يَترُكُونَ بَعْضَ العَناقِيدِ؟

“If thieves had come to you, If robbers by night— Oh, how you will be cut off!— Would they not have stolen till they had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to you, Would they not have left some gleanings?

6 ف َكَيفَ سَيَتِمُّ تَجريدُ عِيسُو، وَكَشْفُ مَخابِئِهِ؟

“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out! How his hidden treasures shall be sought after!

7 « سَيُرسِلُكَ كُلُّ حُلَفائِكَ إلَى خارِجِ أرْضِكَ. سَيَحتالُ عَلَيكَ شُرَكاؤُكَ وَيَغلِبُونَكَ. الَّذينَ تَأكُلُ مَعَهُمْ لَحماً وَضَعُوا فَخّاً تَحتَ قَدَمَيكَ مِنْ دُونِ أنْ تَعرِفَ.»

All the men in your confederacy Shall force you to the border; The men at peace with you Shall deceive you and prevail against you. Those who eat your bread shall lay a trap for you. No one is aware of it.

8 ي َقُولُ اللهُ: «ألَنْ أُفنِي فِي ذَلِكَ الوَقتِ الحِكْمَةَ مِنْ أدُومَ وَالفَهمَ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو؟

“Will I not in that day,” says the Lord, “Even destroy the wise men from Edom, And understanding from the mountains of Esau?

9 ح َتَّى رِجالُكَ الأقوِياءُ يا تَيمانُ سَيَرتَعِبُونَ، كَي يُزالَ كُلُّ الرِّجالِ مِنْ جَبَلِ عِيسُو بِالقَتلِ.

Then your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that everyone from the mountains of Esau May be cut off by slaughter. Edom Mistreated His Brother

10 ب ِسَبَبِ ظُلمِكَ لِأخِيكَ يَعْقُوبَ وَقَسوَتِكَ عَلَيهِ سَتُغَطَّى بِالعارِ، وَسَتُبادُ إلَى الأبَدِ.

“For violence against your brother Jacob, Shame shall cover you, And you shall be cut off forever.

11 ف ِي اليَومِ الَّذي وَقَفْتَ فِيهِ بَعِيداً، فِي اليَومِ الَّذي سَلَبَ فِيهِ الغُرَباءُ ثَروَتَهُ، وَحَينَ أتَى الغُرَباءُ إلَى بَوّاباتِهِ وَألقَوْا قُرْعَةً عَلَى القُدْسِ لأخْذِ حِصَصٍ مِمّا فِيها، أنتَ أيضاً كُنْتَ مَعَهُمْ.

In the day that you stood on the other side— In the day that strangers carried captive his forces, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem— Even you were as one of them.

12 ك انَ لا يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَنظُرَ فَرِحاً إلَى وَقتِ مُصِيبَةِ أخِيكَ، وَأنْ لا تَفرَحَ بِدَمارِ بَنِي يَهُوذا، وَأنْ لا تَتَفاخَرَ فِي يَومِ ضِيقِهِمْ.

“But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother In the day of his captivity; Nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah In the day of their destruction; Nor should you have spoken proudly In the day of distress.

13 ك انَ عَلَيكَ أنْ لا تَدْخُلَ بَوّابَةَ شَعبِي فِي يُومِ مُصِيبَتِهِ، وَألّا تَنْظُرَ بِشَماتَةٍ إلَيْهِ فِي يُومِ مُصِيبَتِهِ، وَألّا تَأْخُذَ ثَرْوَتَهُ فِي يُومِ مُصِيبَتِهِ.

You should not have entered the gate of My people In the day of their calamity. Indeed, you should not have gazed on their affliction In the day of their calamity, Nor laid hands on their substance In the day of their calamity.

14 ب َلْ وَكانَ عَلَيكَ أنْ لا تَقِفَ عِندَ تَقاطُعاتِ الطُّرُقِ لِتَقطَعَ الطَّرِيقَ عَلَى الهارِبِينَ مِنهُمْ. كانَ عَلَيكَ أنْ لا تَسجِنَ الفارِّينَ فِي يَومِ الضِّيقِ.

You should not have stood at the crossroads To cut off those among them who escaped; Nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained In the day of distress.

15 ل أنَّ يَومَ اللهِ ضِدَّ كُلِّ الأُمَمِ قَرِيبٌ. وَكَما فَعَلْتَ يا أدُومُ، هَكَذا سَيُفعَلُ لَكَ، فَسَتَرجِعُ أُعمالُكَ الشِرِّيرَةُ عَلَى رَأسِكَ.

“For the day of the Lord upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

16 ل أنَّهُ كَما أنَّكَ سَكِرْتَ عَلَى جَبَلِي المُقَدَّسِ، هَكَذا سَتَشرَبُ كُلُّ الأُمَمِ عَلَيكَ باستِمرارٍ. وَسَيَشرَبُونَ وَيَبتَلِعُونَ، وَسَيُصبِحُونَ وَكَأنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَكُونُوا قَطُّ.

For as you drank on My holy mountain, So shall all the nations drink continually; Yes, they shall drink, and swallow, And they shall be as though they had never been. Israel’s Final Triumph

17 و َأمّا عَلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ فَسَيَكُونُ هُناكَ مَنْ يَنجُو، وَسَيَكُونُ جَبَلاً مُقَدَّساً. وَسَيَمتَلِكُ سُكّانُ إسْرائِيلَ أملاكَهُمْ ثانِيةً.

“But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

18 و َسَيَكُونُ بَيتُ يَعْقُوبَ ناراً، وَبَيتُ يُوسُفَ لَهِيباً، وَأمّا بَيتُ عِيسُو فَسَيَكُونُ تِبناً، فَيُحرِقَهُمْ بَنِو إسْرائِيلَ وَيَلتَهِمُونَهُمْ. وَلَنْ يَكُونَ هُناكَ ناجُونَ مِنْ بَيْتِ عِيسُو.» لأنَّ اللهَ أمَرَ ذَلِكَ.

The 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 them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,” For the Lord has spoken.

19 و َسَيَمتَلِكُ شَعبُ النَّقَبِ جَبَلَ عِيسُو، وَشَعبُ التِّلالِ الغَربِيَّةِ أرْضَ الفِلِسطِيِّينَ، وَسَيَملُكُ بَنُو يَهُوذا سُهُولَ أفْرايِمَ وَسُهُولَ السّامِرَةِ، وَسَيَمتَلِكُ بَنْيامِيْنُ جِلْعادَ.

The South shall possess the mountains of Esau, And the Lowland shall possess Philistia. They shall possess the fields of Ephraim And the fields of Samaria. Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

20 و َجَيْشُ بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ هَذا الَّذِي كانَ مَسْبِيّاً، سَيَمتَلِكُونَ أرْضَ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ حَتَّى مَدينَةِ صَرْفَةَ، وَالمَسبِيُّونَ مِنَ القُدْسِ السّاكِنُونَ فِي بِلادِ صَفارِدَ سَيَمتَلِكُونَ مُدُنَ النَّقَبِ.

And the captives of this host of the children of Israel Shall possess the land of the Canaanites As far as Zarephath. The captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Shall possess the cities of the South.

21 و َسَيَصعَدُ مُنْقِذُونَ إلَى جَبَلِ صِهْيَوْنَ، لِيُدِينُوا جِبالَ عِيسُو. وَسَيَكُونُ المُلْكُ للهِ.

Then saviors shall come to Mount Zion To judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the Lord ’s.