በአሞን ላይ የተነገረ ትንቢት
1የእግዚአብሔር ቃል እንዲህ ሲል ወደ እኔ መጣ፤ 2“የሰው ልጅ ሆይ፤ ፊትህን ወደ አሞናውያን አድርገህ፣ ትንቢት ተናገርባቸው፤ 3እንዲህም በላቸው፤ ‘የጌታ፣ እግዚአብሔርን ቃል ስሙ፤ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ መቅደሴ በረከሰ ጊዜ፣ የእስራኤልም ምድር ባድማ በሆነች ጊዜ፣ የይሁዳም ቤት ተማርኮ በተወሰደ ጊዜ፣ “ዕሠይ” ብላችኋልና፣ 4ለምሥራቅ ሕዝብ ትገዙ ዘንድ አሳልፌ እሰጣችኋለሁ፤ እነርሱም በመካከላችሁ ይሰፍራሉ፤ ድንኳኖቻቸውንም በዚያ ይተክላሉ፤ ፍሬያችሁን ይበላሉ፤ ወተታችሁንም ይጠጣሉ። 5የራባን ከተማ የግመሎች መሰማሪያ፣ አሞንንም የበጎች መመሰጊያ አደርጋለሁ፤ በዚያን ጊዜ እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ። 6ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላልና፤ በልባችሁ ክፋት ሁሉ፣ በእስራኤል ውድቀት ላይ በመደሰት በእጃችሁ አጨብጭባችኋልና፤ በመዝለልም ጨፍራችኋልና 7ክንዴን በእናንተ ላይ አነሣለሁ፤ በአሕዛብ እንድትበዘበዙ አደርጋለሁ፤ ከሕዝቦች መካከል አውጥቼ፣ ከአገሮችም ለይቼ አጠፋችኋለሁ፤ እደመስሳችኋለሁም። በዚያን ጊዜ እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ።’ ”
በሞዓብ ላይ የተነገረ ትንቢት
8“ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ሞዓብና ሴይር፣ “እነሆ የይሁዳ ቤት እንደ ሌሎቹ አሕዛብ ሁሉ ሆነ” ብለዋልና፤ 9በምድሪቱ ድንበር ላይ ካሉትና ክብሯ ከሆኑት ከተሞች ከቤት የሺሞት፣ ከበአልሜዎንና ከቂርያታይም ጀምሬ የሞዓብን ዐምባ እገልጣለሁ። 10ሞዓባውያንንም ከአሞናውያን ጋር ይገዙላቸው ዘንድ፣ ለምሥራቅ ሕዝብ አሳልፌ እሰጣቸዋለሁ፤ አሞናውያን በአሕዛብ ዘንድ ከእንግዲህ መታሰቢያ አይኖራቸውም። 11ሞዓብንም እቀጣለሁ፤ በዚያን ጊዜ እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ።’ ”
በኤዶም ላይ የተነገረ ትንቢት
12“ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ኤዶም የይሁዳን ቤት ተበቅሏልና፤ በዚህም በደለኛ ሆኗልና፤ 13ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ክንዴን በኤዶም ላይ አነሣለሁ፤ ሰዎቹንና እንስሶቻቸውን እገድላለሁ፤ ባድማ አደርጋታለሁ፤ ከቴማንም ጀምሮ እስከ ድዳን ድረስ በሰይፍ ይወድቃሉ። 14በሕዝቤ በእስራኤል አማካይነት ኤዶምን እበቀላለሁ፤ እነርሱም እንደ ቍጣዬና እንደ መዓቴ መጠን በኤዶም ሕዝብ ላይ ያደርጋሉ፤ ኤዶማውያንም በቀሌን ያውቃሉ፤ ይላል ጌታ እግዚአብሔር።’ ”
በፍልስጥኤም ላይ የተነገረ ትንቢት
15“ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ ‘ፍልስጥኤማውያን በቂም ተነሣሥተው በክፉ ልብ ተበቅለዋልና፣ ይሁዳንም በቈየ ጠላትነት ለማጥፋት ፈልገዋልና፤ 16ስለዚህ ጌታ እግዚአብሔር እንዲህ ይላል፤ “ክንዴን በፍልስጥኤማውያን ላይ አነሣለሁ፤ ከሊታውያንንም እቈርጣለሁ፤ በባሕሩ ጠረፍ ላይ የቀሩትንም አጠፋለሁ። 17በታላቅ በቀል እበቀላቸዋለሁ፤ በመዓቴም እቀጣቸዋለሁ፤” በምበቀላቸውም ጊዜ፣ እኔ እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ያውቃሉ።’ ”
1The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, 2Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; 3And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; 4Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.25.4 men: Heb. children 5And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 6For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;25.6 hands: Heb. hand25.6 feet: Heb. foot25.6 heart: Heb. soul 7Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.25.7 a spoil: or, meat
8¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 9Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,25.9 side…: Heb. shoulder of Moab 10Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.25.10 with…: or, against the children of Ammon 11And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
12¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;25.12 by…: Heb. by revenging revengement 13Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.25.13 they…: or, they shall fall by the sword unto Dedan 14And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
15¶ Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;25.15 for the…: or, with perpetual hatred 16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast.25.16 sea coast: or, haven of the sea 17And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.25.17 great vengeance: Heb. great vengeances
