俄巴底亚书 1 – CCB & NIRV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

俄巴底亚书 1:1-21

1俄巴底亚看到的异象。

耶和华惩罚以东

论到以东

主耶和华这样说:

“我们从耶和华那里听到消息,

有位使者被派到各国,说,

‘来!我们去攻打以东吧!’”

2耶和华对以东说:

“我要让你成为列国中最弱小的国家,

使你饱受藐视。

3你住在悬崖峭壁间,

住在高山上,

自以为谁也不能把你拉下来,

但你的骄傲欺骗了你。

4即使你如鹰高飞,

在星辰间筑巢,

我也必把你拉下来。

这是耶和华说的。

5“盗贼深夜洗劫你的家,

不会洗劫一空;

人们摘葡萄,不会摘光;

但你会被彻底毁灭!

6以扫1:6 以扫”又名“以东”。要被洗劫一空,

他藏的珍宝要被搜去。

7你的盟友将你逐出家园;

你的朋友欺骗你,战胜你;

你的知己设陷阱害你,

你却懵然不知。”

8耶和华说:“到那天,

我要毁灭以东的智者,

除掉以扫山上的明哲。

9提幔的勇士必惊慌失措,

以扫山上的人尽遭杀戮。

惩罚以东的原因

10“因你曾残暴地对待同胞兄弟雅各

你必蒙羞,永遭毁灭。

11外族人掠夺雅各的财物,

攻入耶路撒冷抽签分赃时,

你竟然袖手旁观,

就像他们的同伙一样。

12你的亲族遭难之日,

你不该幸灾乐祸;

犹大人被灭的日子,

你不该兴高采烈;

他们遭难的日子,

你不该口出狂言;

13我子民遭难的日子,

你不该闯进他们的城;

他们遭难的日子,

你不该幸灾乐祸;

他们遭难的日子,

你不该趁火打劫;

14你不该站在路口截杀那些逃亡者;

他们遭难的日子,

你不该把幸存者交给仇敌。

15“耶和华惩罚万国的日子近了。

必按你的所作所为报应你,

你的恶行必落到自己头上。

16你们犹大人在我的圣山上怎样饱饮愤怒,

万国也要照样饮,

且要大口吞下,

直到他们完全消逝。

以色列的复兴

17“然而,锡安山必成为避难所,

成为圣地。

雅各家必得到自己的产业。

18雅各家将成为火,

约瑟家将成为烈焰,

以扫家将成为碎秸,

被火焚烧、吞噬,无一人逃脱。

这是耶和华说的。

19“南地的人将占领以扫山;

丘陵的人将占领非利士

夺取以法莲撒玛利亚

便雅悯人将占领基列

20被掳的以色列人将返回家园,

占领远至撒勒法一带的土地;

耶路撒冷被掳到西法拉的人将占领南地各城。

21拯救者必登上锡安山,

统治以扫山,

耶和华必做王掌权。”

New International Reader’s Version

Obadiah 1:1-21

Obadiah’s Vision

1This is the vision about Edom that Obadiah had.

Here is what the Lord and King says about Edom.

We’ve heard a message from the Lord.

A messenger was sent to the nations.

The Lord told him to say,

“Get up! Let us go and make war against Edom.”

2The Lord says to Edom,

“I will make you weak among the nations.

They will look down on you.

3You live in the safety of the rocks.

You make your home high up in the mountains.

But your proud heart has tricked you.

So you say to yourself,

‘No one can bring me down to the ground.’

4You have built your home as high as an eagle does.

You have made your nest among the stars.

But I will bring you down from there,”

announces the Lord.

5“Edom, suppose robbers came to you at night.

They would steal only as much as they wanted.

Suppose grape pickers came to harvest your vines.

They would still leave a few grapes.

But you are facing horrible trouble!

6People of Esau, everything will be taken away from you.

Your hidden treasures will be stolen.

7All those who are helping you

will force you to leave your country.

Your friends will trick you and overpower you.

Those who eat bread with you

will set a trap for you.

But you will not see it.”

8Here is what the Lord announces. “At that time

I will destroy the wise men of Edom.

I will wipe out the men of understanding

in the mountains of Esau.

9People of Teman, your soldiers will be terrified.

Everyone in Esau’s mountains

will be cut down by swords.

10You did harmful things to the people of Jacob.

They are your relatives.

So you will be covered with shame.

You will be destroyed forever.

11Outsiders entered the gates of Jerusalem.

They cast lots to see what each one would get.

Strangers carried off its wealth.

When that happened, you just stood there and did nothing.

You were like one of them.

12That was a time of trouble for your relatives.

So you shouldn’t have been happy about what happened to them.

The people of Judah were destroyed.

So you should not have been happy about it.

You should not have laughed at them so much

when they were in trouble.

13You should not have marched

through the gates of my people’s city

when they were in trouble.

You shouldn’t have been happy about what happened to them.

You should not have stolen their wealth

when they were in trouble.

14You waited where the roads cross.

You wanted to cut down those who were running away.

You should not have done that.

You handed over to their enemies

those who were still left alive.

You should not have done that.

They were in trouble.

15“The day of the Lord is near

for all the nations.

Others will do to you

what you have done to them.

You will be paid back

for what you have done.

16You Edomites made my holy mountain of Zion impure

by drinking and celebrating there.

So all the nations will drink

from the cup of my anger.

And they will keep on drinking from it.

They will vanish.

It will be as if they had never existed.

17But on Mount Zion some of my people will be left alive.

I will save them.

Zion will be my holy mountain once again.

And the people of Jacob

will again receive the land as their own.

18They will be like a fire.

Joseph’s people will be like a flame.

The nation of Edom will be like straw.

Jacob’s people will set Edom on fire and burn it up.

No one will be left alive

among Esau’s people.”

The Lord has spoken.

19Israelites from the Negev Desert

will take over Esau’s mountains.

Israelites from the western hills

will possess the land of the Philistines.

They’ll take over the territories

of Ephraim and Samaria.

Israelites from the tribe of Benjamin

will possess the land of Gilead.

20Some Israelites were forced to leave their homes.

They’ll come back to Canaan and possess

it all the way to the town of Zarephath.

Some people from Jerusalem were taken

to the city of Sepharad.

They’ll return and possess

the towns of the Negev Desert.

21Leaders from Mount Zion will go

and rule over the mountains of Esau.

And the kingdom will belong to the Lord.