The Book of Obadiah, Chapter 1עבדיה 1

חֲז֖וֹן עֹֽבַדְיָ֑ה כֹּֽה אָמַר֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֜ה לֶאֱד֗וֹם שְׁמוּעָ֨ה שָׁמַ֜עְנוּ מֵאֵ֤ת יְהוָה֙ וְצִיר֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֣ם שֻׁלָּ֔ח ק֛וּמוּ וְנָק֥וּמָה עָלֶיהָ לַמִּלְחָמָֽה

The vision of Obadiah. Thus says YHWH YHWH concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from YHWH, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise you, and let us rise up against her in battle.

הִנֵּ֥ה קָטֹ֛ן נְתַתִּ֖יךָ בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם בָּז֥וּי אַתָּ֖ה מְאֹֽד

Behold, I have made you small among the heathen: you are greatly despised.

זְד֤וֹן לִבְּךָ֙ הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ שֹׁכְנִ֥י בְחַגְוֵי סֶּ֖לַע מְר֣וֹם שִׁבְתּ֑וֹ אֹמֵ֣ר בְּלִבּ֔וֹ מִ֥י יוֹרִדֵ֖נִי אָֽרֶץ

The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation high; that says in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

אִם תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר וְאִם בֵּ֥ין כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים שִׂ֣ים קִנֶּ֑ךָ מִשָּׁ֥ם אוֹרִֽידְךָ֖ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Though you exalt as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, thence will I bring you down, says YHWH.

אִם גַּנָּבִ֤ים בָּאֽוּ לְךָ֙ אִם שׁ֣וֹדְדֵי לַ֔יְלָה אֵ֣יךְ נִדְמֵ֔יתָה הֲל֥וֹא יִגְנְב֖וּ דַּיָּ֑ם אִם בֹּֽצְרִים֙ בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔ךְ הֲל֖וֹא יַשְׁאִ֥ירוּ עֹלֵלֽוֹת

If thieves came to you, if robbers by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to you, would they not leave grapes?

אֵ֚יךְ נֶחְפְּשׂ֣וּ עֵשָׂ֔ו נִבְע֖וּ מַצְפֻּנָֽיו

How are of Esau searched out! are his hidden things sought up!

עַֽד הַגְּב֣וּל שִׁלְּח֗וּךָ כֹּ֚ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י בְרִיתֶ֔ךָ הִשִּׁיא֛וּךָ יָכְל֥וּ לְךָ֖ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁלֹמֶ֑ךָ לַחְמְךָ֗ יָשִׂ֤ימוּ מָזוֹר֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔יךָ אֵ֥ין תְּבוּנָ֖ה בּֽוֹ

All the men of your confederacy have brought you to the border: the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, prevailed against you; your bread have laid a wound under you: none understanding in him.

הֲל֛וֹא בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤י חֲכָמִים֙ מֵֽאֱד֔וֹם וּתְבוּנָ֖ה מֵהַ֥ר עֵשָֽׂו

Shall I not in that day, says YHWH, even destroy the wise out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

וְחַתּ֥וּ גִבּוֹרֶ֖יךָ תֵּימָ֑ן לְמַ֧עַן יִכָּֽרֶת אִ֛ישׁ מֵהַ֥ר עֵשָׂ֖ו מִקָּֽטֶל

And your mighty , O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

מֵחֲמַ֛ס אָחִ֥יךָ יַעֲקֹ֖ב תְּכַסְּךָ֣ בוּשָׁ֑ה וְנִכְרַ֖תָּ לְעוֹלָֽם

For violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.

בְּיוֹם֙ עֲמָֽדְךָ֣ מִנֶּ֔גֶד בְּי֛וֹם שְׁב֥וֹת זָרִ֖ים חֵיל֑וֹ וְנָכְרִ֞ים בָּ֣אוּ שערו שְׁעָרָ֗יו וְעַל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֔ל גַּם אַתָּ֖ה כְּאַחַ֥ד מֵהֶֽם

In the day that you 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 you as one of them.

וְאַל תֵּ֤רֶא בְיוֹם אָחִ֨יךָ֙ בְּי֣וֹם נָכְר֔וֹ וְאַל תִּשְׂמַ֥ח לִבְנֵֽי יְהוּדָ֖ה בְּי֣וֹם אָבְדָ֑ם וְאַל תַּגְדֵּ֥ל פִּ֖יךָ בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה

But you shouldest not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

אַל תָּב֤וֹא בְשַֽׁעַר עַמִּי֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֵידָ֔ם אַל תֵּ֧רֶא גַם אַתָּ֛ה בְּרָעָת֖וֹ בְּי֣וֹם אֵיד֑וֹ וְאַל תִּשְׁלַ֥חְנָה בְחֵיל֖וֹ בְּי֥וֹם אֵידֽוֹ

You shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, you shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid on their substance in the day of their calamity;

וְאַֽל תַּעֲמֹד֙ עַל הַפֶּ֔רֶק לְהַכְרִ֖ית אֶת פְּלִיטָ֑יו וְאַל תַּסְגֵּ֥ר שְׂרִידָ֖יו בְּי֥וֹם צָרָֽה

Neither shouldest you have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest you have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

כִּֽי קָר֥וֹב יוֹם יְהוָ֖ה עַל כָּל הַגּוֹיִ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשִׂ֨יתָ֙ יֵעָ֣שֶׂה לָּ֔ךְ גְּמֻלְךָ֖ יָשׁ֥וּב בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ

For the day of YHWH near upon all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return upon your own head.

כִּ֗י כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֤ר שְׁתִיתֶם֙ עַל הַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֔י יִשְׁתּ֥וּ כָֽל הַגּוֹיִ֖ם תָּמִ֑יד וְשָׁת֣וּ וְלָע֔וּ וְהָי֖וּ כְּל֥וֹא הָיֽוּ

For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, 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.

וּבְהַ֥ר צִיּ֛וֹן תִּהְיֶ֥ה פְלֵיטָ֖ה וְהָ֣יָה קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְיָֽרְשׁוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב אֵ֖ת מוֹרָֽשֵׁיהֶם

But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

וְהָיָה֩ בֵית יַעֲקֹ֨ב אֵ֜שׁ וּבֵ֧ית יוֹסֵ֣ף לֶהָבָ֗ה וּבֵ֤ית עֵשָׂו֙ לְקַ֔שׁ וְדָלְק֥וּ בָהֶ֖ם וַאֲכָל֑וּם וְלֹֽא יִֽהְיֶ֤ה שָׂרִיד֙ לְבֵ֣ית עֵשָׂ֔ו כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר

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 remaining of the house of Esau; for YHWH has spoken .

וְיָרְשׁ֨וּ הַנֶּ֜גֶב אֶת הַ֣ר עֵשָׂ֗ו וְהַשְּׁפֵלָה֙ אֶת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְיָרְשׁוּ֙ אֶת שְׂדֵ֣ה אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְאֵ֖ת שְׂדֵ֣ה שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן אֶת הַגִּלְעָֽד

And the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin Gilead.

וְגָלֻ֣ת הַֽחֵל הַ֠זֶּה לִבְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר כְּנַעֲנִים֙ עַד צָ֣רְפַ֔ת וְגָלֻ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּסְפָרַ֑ד יִֽרְשׁ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עָרֵ֥י הַנֶּֽגֶב

And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel that of the Canaanites, to Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

וְעָל֤וּ מֽוֹשִׁעִים֙ בְּהַ֣ר צִיּ֔וֹן לִשְׁפֹּ֖ט אֶת הַ֣ר עֵשָׂ֑ו וְהָיְתָ֥ה לַֽיהוָ֖ה הַמְּלוּכָֽה

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be YHWH's.