1 Ndika ehunganeko lyaObadja:
Omuwa Omupangeliawike ota lombwele oshigwana shaEdom.
Omuwa ota ka geela Edom
Omuwa okwa tumu omutumwa gwe kiigwana,
otse notu uvu oohapu dhe tadhi ti:
“Thikameni! Tu yeni, tu ka hingileni Edom iita!”
2 Omuwa ota ti kuEdom:
“Otandi ke ku ninga oshimbembe,
noshaa ngoka ote ku dhini.
3 Einomo lyoye otali ku ningilile mo.
Ngoye owa kala mohote yokondundu;
egumbo lyoye oli li kokule mokati koondundu;
onkee oto ilombwele e to ti:
‘Olye ando ta vulu okuhata ndje pevi?’
4 Nonando wi itungile egumbo puule ongoshihandhila shekodhi,
shi fe ando shi li mokati koonyothi,
natango otandi ke ku hata pevi.
5 “Aafuthi nge taa ya uusiku,
otaa yangata po owala ayihe mbyoka ya hala.
Aantu nge taa toonona ko omandjembele,
aluhe ohaa thigi ko omakukila.
Ihe aatondi yoye otaye ku kombo po thiluthilu.
6 Oluvalo lwaEsau, omaliko geni oga yiwa nago.
7 Aahangani nangoye oye ku kotokele;
oye ku tidha moshilongo shoye.
Aantu wa kala nombili nayo,
oye ku sinda.
Ookuume mboka mwa li iikulya pamwe nayo,
oye ku tegele omwigo;
otaye ku popi taa ti: ‘Oondunge dhe odhi li nee peni?’
8 “Esiku tandi geele Edom,
otandi ka yona po aanandunge yawo
notandi ka thekeka po uunongo wawo.
9 Oofule yokuTeman otaa ka kala yu uvite uugelele,
nomukwiita kehe muEdom ota ka dhipagwa.
Omatompelo okugeela Edom
10 “Oshoka owa yugu nowa dhipaga aamwanyoko, oluvalo lwaJakob,
ngoye oto yonwa po nowa dhinika sigo aluhe.
11 Oko wa li wa thikama pooha esiku ndyoka,
aatondi sho ya teyagula po omiyelo dhawo.
Owa li omwiinayi wa fa aakwiilongo mbeyaka
ya yugu po uuyamba waJerusalem
noye u topolelathana yo yene.
12 Ino kala u uvite enyanyu
omolwomupya gwaamwanyoko muJuda!
Ino nyanyukwa mesiku lyeyonuko lyawo!
Ngoye ino keula omoluudhigu wawo!
13 Ando kwa li inoo gwayela moshilando shaantu yandje,
u nyanyukilwe okuhepekwa kwawo
nokuyuga po uuyamba wawo mesiku lyuudhigu wawo!
14 Ando kwa li inoo thikama poompagiila,
u kwate mboka taa yi ontuku!
Ando inoo ya gandja kaatondi mesiku lyuudhigu wawo!
Kalunga ota ka pangula iigwana
15 “Esiku oli li popepi,
uuna ngame, Omuwa, tandi ka pangula iigwana.
Edom, shoka wa ningi, oto ke shi ningilwa.
Oto ka shunithilwa uuwinayi mboka wa ningi.
16 Aantu yandje oya nu oshitenga oshilulu shegeelo kondundu yandje ondjapuki.
Ihe osho iigwana ayihe puushiinda,
otayi ka nwa oshitenga shegeelo shi vule sheni muululu;
otayi ke shi nwiilila e tayi ka kana po.
Esindano lyaIsrael
17 “Ihe okondundu Sion yamwe taa ka hupa,
oyo notayi ka kala eha eyapuki.
Ezimo lyaJakob otali ka lala oshilongo,
shoka oshawo pautho.
18 Ezimo lyaJakob nolyaJosef otaga ka kala ngomulilo;
otaga hanagula po ezimo lyaEsau,
ngaashi omulilo tagu fike po etutu.
Kape na nando oluvalo lwaEsau talu hupu ko.
Ongame Omuwa onde dhi ti.
19 “Aantu taa zi kuumbugantu waJuda,
otaa ka kwata po Edom;
mboka taa zi kiikulundundu yokuuninginino,
otaa ka kwata po evi lyAafilisti;
Aaisraeli otaa ka lala oshitopolwa shaEfraim naSamaria;
Aabenjamin otaa ka kutha po Gilead.
20 Aapongekwa ya zi kuumbangalantu waIsrael,
otaa ka galuka nokulala Foinikia, sigo oSarefat.
Aapongekwa Aajerusalem mboka ye li muSarefat,
otaa ka kwata po iilando yomuNegeb.
21 Aasindani yokuJerusalem
otaa ka matukila Edom notaye shi pangele.
Omuwa oye mwenemwene ta ka kala omukwaniilwa.”
1 This is the prophecy of Obadiah—what the Sovereign Lord said about the nation of Edom.
The Lord Will Punish Edom
The Lord has sent his messenger to the nations,
and we have heard his message:
“Get ready! Let us go to war against Edom!”
2 The Lord says to Edom,
“I will make you weak;
everyone will despise you.
3 Your pride has deceived you.
Your capital is a fortress of solid rock;
your home is high in the mountains,
and so you say to yourself,
‘Who can ever pull me down?’
4 Even though you make your home
as high as an eagle's nest,
so that it seems to be among the stars,
yet I will pull you down.
5 “When thieves come at night,
they take only what they want.
When people gather grapes,
they always leave a few.
But your enemies have wiped you out completely.
6 Descendants of Esau, your treasures have been looted.
7 Your allies have deceived you;
they have driven you from your country.
People who were at peace with you have now conquered you.
Those friends who ate with you have laid a trap for you;
they say of you, ‘Where is all that cleverness he had?’
8 “On the day I punish Edom,
I will destroy their clever men
and wipe out all their wisdom.
9 The fighting men of Teman will be terrified,
and every soldier in Edom will be killed.
Reasons for Edom's Punishment
10 “Because you robbed and killed
your relatives, the descendants of Jacob,
you will be destroyed and dishonored forever.
11 You stood aside on that day
when enemies broke down their gates.
You were as bad as those strangers
who carried off Jerusalem's wealth
and divided it among themselves.
12 You should not have gloated
over the misfortune of your relatives in Judah.
You should not have been glad
on the day of their ruin.
You should not have laughed at them
in their distress.
13 You should not have entered the city of my people
to gloat over their suffering
and to seize their riches
on the day of their disaster.
14 You should not have stood at the crossroads
to catch those trying to escape.
You should not have handed them over to the enemy
on the day of their distress.
God Will Judge the Nations
15 “The day is near when I, the Lord,
will judge all nations.
Edom, what you have done
will be done to you.
You will get back what you have given.
16 My people have drunk a bitter cup of punishment
on my sacred hill.
But all the surrounding nations will drink
a still more bitter cup of punishment;
they will drink it all and vanish away.
The Victory of Israel
17 “But on Mount Zion some will escape,
and it will be a sacred place.
The people of Jacob will possess
the land that is theirs by right.
18 The people of Jacob and of Joseph will be like fire;
they will destroy the people of Esau
as fire burns stubble.
No descendant of Esau will survive.
I, the Lord, have spoken.
19 “People from southern Judah will occupy Edom;
those from the western foothills will capture Philistia.
Israelites will possess the territory of Ephraim and Samaria;
the people of Benjamin will take Gilead.
20 The army of exiles from northern Israel
will return and conquer Phoenicia as far north as Zarephath.
The exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sardis
will capture the towns of southern Judah.
21 The victorious men of Jerusalem
will attack Edom and rule over it.
And the Lord himself will be king.”
