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COBADYAAH

Kuwanu waa wixii la tusay Cobadyaah. Sayidka Rabbiga ahu sidan buu dalka Edom ka leeyahay: Annagu Rabbiga xaggiisa ayaannu war ka maqalnay, oo farriinwade ayaa quruumaha dhexdooda loo soo diray, isagoo leh, War kaca, oo kaalaya aan dadka Edom dagaal ugu kacnee. Bal eega, quruumaha dhexdooda waan idinku yareeyey, oo si weyn baa laydiin quudhsaday. Kuwiinna qararka dillaacyadooda ku hoyda oo hoygoodu meesha sare ku yaal, waxaa idin khiyaanay kibirka qalbigiinna, oo waxaad qalbiga iska tidhaahdaan, Bal yaa dhulka nagu soo ridi kara? In kastood meel kore fuushaan sida gorgorka, iyo in kastoo buulkiinna laga dhiso xiddigaha dhexdooda, halkaas waan idinka soo dejin doonaa, ayaa Rabbigu leeyahay. Haddii tuugag idiin soo dhici lahaayeen ama haddii shufto habeennimo idin miri lahayd, sow wax idinkama xadi lahayn jeeray wax ku filan la tagaan? (Sidee baad u ba'deen!) Haddii kuwa canabka gura idiin iman lahaayeen, sow kama tegi lahayn canab xaaxaab ah? Sidee baa loo dhacay alaabtii reer Ceesaw! Oo khasnadihiisii qarsoonaa sidee baa loo baadhay! Kulli dadkii aad axdiga la lahaan jirteen oo dhammu waxay idinku celiyeen tan iyo soohdinta, oo dadkii nabadda idinla lahaan jiray ayaa idin khiyaanay, wayna idinka adkaadeen, oo kuwii kibistiina cuni jiray ayaa dabin idiin dhigay, oo innaba waxgarasho ma leh. Rabbigu wuxuu leeyahay, Wakhtigaas ragga xigmadda leh sow kama aan baabbi'in doono reer Edom oo waxgarashadana sow kama baabbi'in doono buurta Ceesaw? Reer Teemaanow, raggiinna xoogga badanu way wada nixi doonaan, oo sidaas daraaddeed mid kasta oo buurta Ceesaw ka yimid ayaa laynta ku go'i doona. 10 Xumaantii aad walaalihiin reer Yacquub ku samayseen aawadeed ayaa ceebu idiinku degi doonta, oo weligiin baad go'naan doontaan. 11 Waayo, wakhtigii aad ag taagnaydeen oo iska fiirinayseen, markay shisheeyayaashu maalkooda qaadanayeen, oo dadka qalaad irdihooda soo gelayeen, oo ay Yeruusaalem saamiga u ridanayeen, xataa idinku iyagoo kalaad ahaydeen. 12 Laakiinse ha fiirina wakhtiga walaalihiin cidhiidhiga ku jiraan, oo ha ku farxina wakhtiga reer Yahuudah baabba'ooda, oo hana u faanina wakhtiga cidhiidhiga. 13 Iridda dadkayga ha soo gelina wakhtiga ay belaayaysan yihiin, oo weliba dhibkooda ha fiirsanina wakhtiga ay belaayaysan yihiin, oo maalkoodana far ha saarina wakhtiga ay belaayaysan yihiin. 14 Oo meesha jidadka isku gooyaana ha u istaagina si aad u laysaan kuwooda soo fakaday, oo kuwooda wakhtigii cidhiidhiga ka hadhayna cadowgooda ha u gacangelina. 15 Waayo, maalintii Rabbigu way soo dhow dahay oo way ku dhici doontaa quruumaha oo dhan, oo sidaad samayseen ayaa idinkana laydiinku samayn doonaa, oo abaalgudkiinnii ayaa madaxiinna ku soo noqon doonaa. 16 Oo sidaad buurtayda quduuska ah korkeeda wax ugu cabteen ayaa quruumaha oo dhammuna had iyo goorba wax u cabbi doonaan, haah, iyagu way cabbi doonaan oo way liqi doonaan, oo waxay ahaan doonaan sidii iyagoo aan weligood ahaanin. 17 Laakiinse Buur Siyoon waxaa joogi doona kuwa baxsaday, oo iyana quduus bay ahaan doontaa, oo reer Yacquubna waxay lahaan doonaan waxyaalihii dhaxalkoodii ahaa. 18 Reer Yacquub dab buu ahaan doonaa, oo reer Yuusufna olol buu ahaan doonaa, reer Ceesawna bal jajab ah buu ahaan doonaa. Dhexdooday ku gubi doonaan oo iyagana way laasan doonaan, oo reer Ceesawna innaba waxba kama hadhi doonaan, waayo, Rabbigu sidaasuu ku hadlay. 19 Oo dadka koonfur degganu waxay hantiyi doonaan buurta Ceesaw, oo kuwa bannaanka degganuna waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka reer Falastiin, oo weliba waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka reer Efrayim, iyo dalka reer Samaariya, oo reer Benyaamiinna waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka Gilecaad. 20 Oo ciidankan dadka Israa'iil ee maxaabiista ahu waxay hantiyi doonaan dalka reer Kancaan tan iyo Sarefta, oo Yeruusaalem maxaabiisteeda Sefaaraad joogtaana waxay hantiyi doonaan magaalooyinka koonfureed. 21 Oo badbaadiyayaaluna waa iman doonaan Buur Siyoon, si ay buurta Ceesaw u xukumaan, oo boqortooyadana waxaa lahaan doona Rabbiga.

Obadiah’s Vision(A)(B)

The vision(C) of Obadiah.

This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom(D)

We have heard a message from the Lord:
    An envoy(E) was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, let us go against her for battle”(F)

“See, I will make you small(G) among the nations;
    you will be utterly despised.
The pride(H) of your heart has deceived you,
    you who live in the clefts of the rocks[a](I)
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’(J)
Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest(K) among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”(L)
declares the Lord.(M)
“If thieves came to you,
    if robbers in the night—
oh, what a disaster awaits you!—
    would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you,
    would they not leave a few grapes?(N)
But how Esau will be ransacked,
    his hidden treasures pillaged!
All your allies(O) will force you to the border;
    your friends will deceive and overpower you;
those who eat your bread(P) will set a trap for you,[b]
    but you will not detect it.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “will I not destroy(Q) the wise men of Edom,
    those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
Your warriors, Teman,(R) will be terrified,
    and everyone in Esau’s mountains
    will be cut down in the slaughter.
10 Because of the violence(S) against your brother Jacob,(T)
    you will be covered with shame;
    you will be destroyed forever.(U)
11 On the day you stood aloof
    while strangers carried off his wealth
and foreigners entered his gates
    and cast lots(V) for Jerusalem,
    you were like one of them.(W)
12 You should not gloat(X) over your brother
    in the day of his misfortune,(Y)
nor rejoice(Z) over the people of Judah
    in the day of their destruction,(AA)
nor boast(AB) so much
    in the day of their trouble.(AC)
13 You should not march through the gates of my people
    in the day of their disaster,
nor gloat over them in their calamity(AD)
    in the day of their disaster,
nor seize their wealth
    in the day of their disaster.
14 You should not wait at the crossroads
    to cut down their fugitives,(AE)
nor hand over their survivors
    in the day of their trouble.

15 “The day of the Lord is near(AF)
    for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you;
    your deeds(AG) will return upon your own head.
16 Just as you drank(AH) on my holy hill,(AI)
    so all the nations will drink(AJ) continually;
they will drink and drink
    and be as if they had never been.(AK)
17 But on Mount Zion will be deliverance;(AL)
    it will be holy,(AM)
    and Jacob will possess his inheritance.(AN)
18 Jacob will be a fire
    and Joseph a flame;
Esau will be stubble,
    and they will set him on fire(AO) and destroy(AP) him.
There will be no survivors(AQ)
    from Esau.”
The Lord has spoken.

19 People from the Negev will occupy
    the mountains of Esau,
and people from the foothills will possess
    the land of the Philistines.(AR)
They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria,(AS)
    and Benjamin(AT) will possess Gilead.
20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan
    will possess the land as far as Zarephath;(AU)
the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
    will possess the towns of the Negev.(AV)
21 Deliverers(AW) will go up on[c] Mount Zion
    to govern the mountains of Esau.
    And the kingdom will be the Lord’s.(AX)

Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or of Sela
  2. Obadiah 1:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
  3. Obadiah 1:21 Or from