1俄巴底亞看到的異象。
耶和華懲罰以東
論到以東，
主耶和華這樣說：
「我們從耶和華那裡聽到消息，
有位使者被派到各國，說，
『來！我們去攻打以東吧！』」
2耶和華對以東說：
「我要讓你成為列國中最弱小的國家，
使你飽受藐視。
3你住在懸崖峭壁間，
住在高山上，
自以為誰也不能把你拉下來，
但你的驕傲欺騙了你。
4即使你如鷹高飛，
在星辰間築巢，
我也必把你拉下來。
這是耶和華說的。
5「盜賊深夜洗劫你的家，
不會洗劫一空；
人們摘葡萄，不會摘光；
但你會被徹底毀滅！
6以掃1·6 「以掃」又名「以東」。要被洗劫一空，
他藏的珍寶要被搜去。
7你的盟友將你逐出家園；
你的朋友欺騙你，戰勝你；
你的知己設陷阱害你，
你卻懵然不知。」
8耶和華說：「到那天，
我要毀滅以東的智者，
除掉以掃山上的明哲。
9提幔的勇士必驚慌失措，
以掃山上的人盡遭殺戮。
懲罰以東的原因
10「因你曾殘暴地對待同胞兄弟雅各，
你必蒙羞，永遭毀滅。
11外族人掠奪雅各的財物，
攻入耶路撒冷抽籤分贓時，
你竟然袖手旁觀，
就像他們的同夥一樣。
12你的親族遭難之日，
你不該幸災樂禍；
猶大人被滅的日子，
你不該興高采烈；
他們遭難的日子，
你不該口出狂言；
13我子民遭難的日子，
你不該闖進他們的城；
他們遭難的日子，
你不該幸災樂禍；
他們遭難的日子，
你不該趁火打劫；
14你不該站在路口截殺那些逃亡者；
他們遭難的日子，
你不該把倖存者交給仇敵。
15「耶和華懲罰萬國的日子近了。
必按你的所作所為報應你，
你的惡行必落到自己頭上。
16你們猶大人在我的聖山上怎樣飽飲憤怒，
萬國也要照樣飲，
且要大口吞下，
直到他們完全消逝。
以色列的復興
17「然而，錫安山必成為避難所，
成為聖地。
雅各家必得到自己的產業。
18雅各家將成為火，
約瑟家將成為烈焰，
以掃家將成為碎稭，
被火焚燒、吞噬，無一人逃脫。
這是耶和華說的。
19「南地的人將佔領以掃山；
丘陵的人將佔領非利士，
奪取以法蓮和撒瑪利亞；
便雅憫人將佔領基列。
20被擄的以色列人將返回家園，
佔領遠至撒勒法一帶的土地；
從耶路撒冷被擄到西法拉的人將佔領南地各城。
21拯救者必登上錫安山，
統治以掃山，
耶和華必做王掌權。」
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.
