1 Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. 7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. 8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
11 ¶ But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. 12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. 13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. 14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. 15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16 ¶ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. 17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
1 Nāciet šurp, tautas, un klausaities, tautas, un ņemiet vērā! Lai klausās zeme un tie, kas to pilda, lai uzmana pasaule un kas tanī dzīvo! 2 Jo Tam Kungam ir dusmas pret visām tautām un naids pret visu viņu pulku; Viņš ir tās nodevis iznīcināšanai, nolēmis nokaušanai, 3 ka viņu nokautie lai tiek izmesti laukā, lai izplatās viņu līķu smaka un lai kalni pārplūst no viņu asinīm. 4 Arī viss debesu pulks iznīks, un debesis saritināsies kā grāmatas ritulis, viss viņu pulks sabirs, kā novīst vīnakoka lapas un kā nokrīt sakaltušas vīģes koka lapas. 5 Ja Mans zobens būs iededzies līdz apreibumam dusmās debesīs, tas vērsīsies par sodību pret Edomu un pret tautu, ko Es esmu nolēmis nāvei. 6 Tā Kunga zobens ir mērkts asinīs un taukos, jēru un āžu asinīs un aunu nieru taukos, jo Tam Kungam paredzami upuru svētki Bocrā un liela kaušana Edoma zemē. 7 Tad kritīs meža vērši kopā ar viņiem un jauni baroti vērši. Viņu zeme atdzersies asiņu, un viņu zeme būs trekna no taukiem. 8 Jo tā ir Tā Kunga atriebības diena, atmaksas gads par Ciānu. 9 Tad Edomas upes pārvērtīsies par darvu un viņu zeme par sēru, tā ka viņu zeme būs degoša darva. 10 Ne dienu, ne nakti tā neizdzisīs, mūžīgi kūpēs tās dūmi, tā paliks tukša uz radu radiem, neviens tur nestaigās nemūžam. 11 Tur apmetīsies pelikāni un eži, tur mājos pūces un kraukļi; Viņš, Tas Kungs, izstieps pār to Savu mērījamo auklu tās pārvēršanai neauglīgā kailatnē un pakārs pār to tukšuma mērītāju - svina svērteni. 12 Seno dižciltīgo vairs nebūs, nebūs kam izvēlēt ķēniņu, visi zemes lielkungi nebūs nekas. 13 Tās pilīs augs ērkšķi, un tās staltajos namos nātres un dadži, tie būs mājokļi šakāļiem un strausiem. 14 Tur sastapsies tuksneša zvēri ar meža vilkiem, tur jodi sasauksies, tur nakts biedēkļi apmetīsies uz dusu. 15 Tur čūska taisīs ligzdu, dēs olas un perēs un pavēnī kops savus izperētos, tur salasīsies ērgļi. 16 Meklējiet Tā Kunga grāmatā un lasiet: tur nekā netrūkst no sacītā, jo Tā Kunga mute pavēlēja, un Viņa Gars to veicis. 17 Viņš tiem to tā nolēmis, un Viņa roka tiem to zemi ir nomērījusi par tiesu, tie mūžam to paturēs un tur dzīvos uz radu radiem.
