1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 ¶ The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! 7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. 8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9 And thy mighty men , O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
10 ¶ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
17 ¶ But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it . 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.
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1 Obadjas redzējums. Tā Kungs Dievs saka par Edomu!
Mēs dzirdējām vēsti no Kunga,
pie tautām sūtīts vēstnesis:
“Celieties! Celsimies karam pret tiem!
2 Redzi, es tevi padarīšu par niecīgāko starp tautām,
nievāts tu tiksi bez gala!
3 Sirds iedomība tevi pievīla –
tu mīti drošos klinšu namos,
tavs mājoklis augstumos,
tu saki sev:
kas mani nogrūdīs lejā!?
4 Ja tu kā ērglis paceltos,
ja zvaigznājā ligzdu vītu,
pat no turienes es tevi nogrūdīšu!”
saka Kungs.
5 Ja zagļi tev uznāks, ja naktī laupītāji –
tad gan tie tevi postīs!
Vai tie var nozagt vairāk par to, kas ir?
Ja vīnogu šķinēji nāks, vai tad neatliks ne ogas?
6 Kā tie aptīrīja Ēsavu, kā nolaupīja viņa dārgumus!
7 Tie, ar kuriem tu derībā,
trenc tevi no savām robežām,
tie, kas bija mierā ar tevi,
nu tevi pieviļ un pievārē.
Kas tavu maizi ēdis,
nu izliek tev tīklus –
tu pat nepamani!
8 “Gan tajā dienā,”
saka Kungs,
“es izdeldēšu Edomā gudros
un saprašanu no Ēsava kalniem!
9 Iztrūcināti tavi spēkavīri, Tēmān!
Lai sacērt ikvienu,
lai kauj tos, kas Ēsava kalnā!
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10 Par to, ka tu darīji pāri savam brālim Jēkabam,
tu tiksi ietērpts kaunā, iznīdēts uz mūžiem!
11 Tajā dienā tu viņu pameti,
tajā dienā naidnieki laupīja mantu,
svešinieki nāca pa viņa vārtiem
un meta kauliņus par Jeruzālemi –
tu biji viens no tiem!
12 Tādēļ tu vairs neuzlūkosi savu brāli nelaimes dienā!
Tu nepriecāsies par Jūdas dēliem posta dienā
un lielu muti vis netaisīsi ciešanu dienā!
13 Tu neienāksi pa manas tautas vārtiem nelaimes dienā,
tu neskatīsi viņu bēdas nelaimes dienā,
tu nesagrābsi viņu mantu nelaimes dienā,
14 tu nestāvēsi krustcelēs, kaudams bēgļus,
tu nenodosi palikušos ciešanu dienā –
15 jo Kunga diena ir klāt visām tautām!
Kā tu darīji, tā darīs tev!
Tevis darītais nāks pār tevi pašu!
16 Kā jūs dzērāt manā svētajā kalnā,
tā visas tautas dzers bez mitas –
tie dzers un rīs, un būs, it kā viņu nebūtu bijis!
Israēls atgūs zemi
17 Ciānas kalnā būs glābiņš, tur būs svētums,
un Jēkaba nams atkal iemantos savu īpašumu!
18 Jēkaba nams būs uguns,
Jāzepa nams – liesma
un Ēsava nams – salmi!
Tie abi tos aizdegs un aprīs,
ka no Ēsava nama nekas nepaliks pāri!” –
jo Kungs tā runājis.
19 Tie, kas Negebā, iemantos Ēsava kalnus,
kas mīt ielejās, iemantos filistiešus,
un viņi iegūs Efraima un Samarijas laukus,
bet Benjāminam tiks Gileāda!
20 Šie gūstekņi, Israēla dēli, kas kanaāniešiem, –
mantos līdz Cārfatai!
Bet Jeruzālemē sagūstītie, kas Sefāradā,
iemantos Negeba pilsētas!
21 Uzkāps glābēji Ciānā tiesāt Ēsava kalnu,
un valstība piederēs Kungam!
