Obadiah 1

khazon ovadyah koh-amar adonay Elohim le'edom shemu'ah shamanu me'et Adonai vetsir baggoyim shullakh qumu venaqumah aleha lammilkhamah

The prophecy of Obadiah. We have received tidings from GOD, And an envoy has been sent out among the nations: “Up! Let us rise up against her for battle.” Thus said the Sovereign GOD concerning Edom:

hinneh qaton netattikha baggoyim bazuy attah me'od

I will make you least among nations, You shall be most despised.

zedon libbekha hishi'ekha shokheni vekhagve-sela merom shivto omer belibbo mi yorideni arets

Your arrogant heart has seduced you, You who dwell in clefts of the rock, In your lofty abode. You think in your heart, “Who can pull me down to earth?”

im-tagbiah kannesher ve'im-ben kokhavim sim qinnekha misham oridekha ne'um-Adonai

Should you nest as high as the eagle, Should your eyrie be lodged ’mong the stars, Even from there I will pull you down —declares GOD.

im-gannavim ba'u-lekha im-shodede laylah ekh nidmetah halo yignevu dayyam im-botserim ba'u lakh halo yashiru olelot

If thieves were to come to you, Marauders by night, They would steal no more than they needed. If vintagers came to you, They would surely leave some gleanings. How utterly you are destroyed!

ekh nekhpesu esav nivu matspunayw

How thoroughly rifled is Esau, How ransacked his hoards!

ad-haggevul shillekhukha kol anshe veritekha hishi'ukha yakhelu lekha anshe shelomekha lakhmekha yasimu mazor takhtekha en tevunah bo

All your allies turned you back At the frontier; Your own confederates Have duped and overcome you; [Those who ate] your bread Have planted snares under you. He is bereft of understanding.

halo bayyom hahu ne'um-Adonai veha'avadti khakhamim me'edom utevunah mehar esav

In that day —declares GOD— I will make the wise vanish from Edom, Understanding from Esau’s mount.

vekhattu gibborekha teman lema'an yikkaret-ish mehar esav miqqatel

Your warriors shall lose heart, O Teman, And no one on Esau’s mount Shall survive the slaughter.

mekhamas akhikha ya'aqov tekhassekha vushah venikhratta le'olam

For the outrage to your brother Jacob, Disgrace shall engulf you, And you shall perish forever.

beyom amodkha minneged beyom shevot zarim khelo venokhrim ba'u she'arav ve'al-yerushalai͏m yaddu goral gam-attah ke'akhad mehem

On that day when you stood aloof, When aliens carried off his goods, When foreigners entered his gates And cast lots for Jerusalem, You were as one of them.

ve'al-tere veyom-akhikha beyom nokhro ve'al-tismakh livne-yehudah beyom ovdam ve'al-tagdel pikha beyom tsarah

How could you gaze with glee On your brother that day, On his day of calamity! How could you gloat Over the people of Judah On that day of ruin! How could you loudly jeer On a day of anguish!

al-tavo vesha'ar-ammi beyom edam al-tere gam-attah bera'ato beyom edo ve'al-tishlakhnah vekhelo beyom edo

How could you enter the gate of My people On its day of disaster, Gaze in glee with the others On its misfortune On its day of disaster, And lay hands on its wealth On its day of disaster!

ve'al-ta'amod al-happereq lehakhrit et-pelitayw ve'al-tasger seridayw beyom tsarah

How could you stand at the passes To cut down its fugitives! How could you betray those who fled On that day of anguish!

ki-qarov yom-Adonai al-kol-haggoyim ka'asher asita ye'aseh lakh gemulkha yashuv beroshekha

As you did, so shall it be done to you; Your conduct shall be requited. Yea, against all nations The day of GOD is at hand.

ki ka'asher shetitem al-har qodshi yishtu khol-haggoyim tamid veshatu vela'u vehayu kelo hayu

That same cup that you drank on My Holy Mount Shall all nations drink evermore, Drink till their speech grows thick, And they become as though they had never been.

uvehar tsiyyon tihyeh feletah vehayah qodesh veyareshu bet ya'aqov et morashehem

But on Zion’s mount a remnant shall survive, And it shall be holy. The House of Jacob shall dispossess Those who dispossessed them.

vehayah vet-ya'aqov esh uvet yosef lehavah uvet esav leqash vedalequ vahem va'akhalum velo-yihyeh sarid levet esav ki Adonai dibber

The House of Jacob shall be fire, And the House of Joseph flame, And the House of Esau shall be straw; They shall burn it and devour it, And no survivor shall be left of the House of Esau —for GOD has spoken.

veyareshu hannegev et-har esav vehashefelah et-pelishtim veyareshu et-sedeh efrayim ve'et sedeh shomeron uvinyamin et-haggilad

Thus they shall possess the Negeb and Mount Esau as well, the Shephelah and Philistia. They shall possess the Ephraimite country and the district of Samaria, and Benjamin along with Gilead.

vegalut hakhel-hazzeh livne yisra'el asher-kena'anim ad-tsarefat vegalut yerushalai͏m asher bisfarad yirshu et are hannegev

And that exiled force of Israelites [shall possess] what belongs to the Phoenicians as far as Zarephath, while the Jerusalemite exile community of Sepharad shall possess the towns of the Negeb.

ve'alu moshi'im behar tsiyyon lishpot et-har esav vehayetah la-Adonai hammelukhah

For liberators shall march up on Mount Zion to wreak judgment on Mount Esau; and dominion shall be GOD’s.