Ovadya 1

¹Obadya’nın görümü. Rab Tanrı Edom’a şöyle diyor: Rab’den bir haber işittik ve O, uluslara bir kuşatma haberi gönderdi: “Kalkın, ona karşı savaşmak için ayağa kalkalım!”

²İşte, seni uluslar arasında en küçük kıldım; sen tamamen onursuzlaştırılmış durumdasın.

³Kayaların kovuklarında yaşayan, konutunu yükseklerde kuran sen, yüreğinin kibriyle böbürlendin; kendi yüreğinde, “Beni yeryüzüne kim aşağı indirebilir?” diyorsun.

⁴Kendini bir kartal gibi yükseltsen de, yuvanı yıldızların tam ortasına kursan da, seni oradan aşağı indireceğim, diyor Rab.

⁵Eğer sana hırsızlar ya da geceleyin soyguncular gelseydi, nasıl da bir kenara fırlatılıp atılırdın! Kendilerine yetecek kadarını çalıp bırakmazlar mıydı? Ve eğer sana bağbozumcular gelseydi, geriye en azından birkaç salkım artık bırakmazlar mıydı?

⁶Esav nasıl da didik didik arandı ve onun gizli şeyleri nasıl da ele geçirildi!

⁷Seninle antlaşma yapmış olanların hepsi seni sınırlarına kadar sürdü; seninle barış içinde olanlar sana karşı durup seni alt ettiler, senin altına tuzaklar kurdular; onlarda hiç anlayış yok.

⁸O gün, diyor Rab, Edom’daki bilgeleri ve Esav dağındaki anlayışı tamamen yok edeceğim.

⁹Teman’daki savaşçıların dehşete düşecek, öyle ki Esav dağından her bir insan katledilerek ortadan kaldırılsın.

¹⁰Kardeşin Yakup’a yapılan katliam ve saygısızlık yüzünden utanç seni kaplayacak ve sonsuza dek ortadan kaldırılacaksın.

¹¹Karşı tarafta düşmanca durduğun o günden beri, yabancıların onun ordusunu esir aldığı günlerde ve yabancılar onun kapılarından girip Yeruşalim için kura çektiklerinde, sen de onlardan biri gibiydin.

¹²Yabancıların gününde kardeşinin felaketine keyifle bakmamalıydın; Yahuda oğullarının yok olduğu gün onların yıkımıyla sevinmemeliydin; sıkıntı gününde kibirli ve büyük laflar etmemeliydin.

¹³Halkımın kapısından onların acı gününde girmemeliydin; onların yıkım gününde uğradıkları felakete keyifle bakmamalıydın; yok oluş günlerinde onların servetine ortaklaşa saldırmamalıydın.

¹⁴Kaçıp kurtulanlarını yok etmek için geçit yollarında pusu kurmamalıydın; sıkıntı gününde onlardan kaçanları ablukaya alıp kıstırmamalıydın.

¹⁵Çünkü bütün ulusların üzerine geleceği Rab’bin günü yakındır; sen nasıl yaptıysan, sana da öyle yapılacak; yaptığın kötülüğün karşılığı kendi kafana geri ödenecektir.

¹⁶Çünkü siz benim kutsal dağımda nasıl içtiyseniz, bütün uluslar da şarap içecekler; içecekler, batacaklar ve hiç var olmamış gibi olacaklar.

¹⁷Ama Siyon Dağı’nda kurtuluş olacak ve orası kutsal kılınacak; Yakup soyu da kendilerini miras almış olanları miras alacak.

¹⁸Yakup soyu bir ateş, Yusuf soyu bir alev, Esav soyu ise saman çöpü olacak; onu tutuşturup yakıp kül edecekler. Esav soyundan tek bir kıvılcım bile sağ kalmayacak; çünkü Rab böyle konuştu.

¹⁹Negev’dekiler Esav dağını, Şefela’dakiler ise yabancıları miras alacaklar; Efrayim dağını ve Samiriye ovasını miras alacaklar, Benyamin ise Gilead’ı miras alacak.

²⁰Ve bu sürgünün ilk grubu, İsrail oğulları Kenanlıların topraklarını Sarepta’ya kadar miras alacak; Yeruşalim’in sürgünleri ise Efrata’ya kadar olan yerleri ve Negev kentlerini miras alacaklar.

²¹Ve kurtulmuş olanlar, Esav dağından öç almak için Siyon Dağı’na çıkacaklar; ve krallık Rab’bin olacak.

¹ΟΡΑΣΙΣ ᾿Οβδιού. - Τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῇ ᾿Ιδουμαίᾳ· ἀκοὴν ἤκουσα παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ περιοχὴν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἐξαπέστειλεν. ἀνάστητε, καὶ ἐξαναστῶμεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτὴν εἰς πόλεμον.

²ἰδοὺ ὀλιγοστὸν δέδωκά σε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἠτιμωμένος εἶ σὺ σφόδρα.

³ὑπερηφανία τῆς καρδίας σου ἐπῇρέ σε κατασκηνοῦντα ἐν ταῖς ὀπαῖς τῶν πετρῶν, ὑψῶν κατοικίαν αὐτοῦ, λέγων ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· τίς κατάξει με ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν;

⁴ἐὰν μετεωρισθῇς ὡς ἀετὸς καὶ ἐὰν ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ἄστρων θῇς νοσσιάν σου, ἐκεῖθεν κατάξω σε, λέγε Κύριος.

⁵εἰ κλέπται εἰσῆλθον πρός σε ἢ λῃσταὶ νυκτός, ποῦ ἂν ἀπερρίφης; οὐκ ἂν ἔκλεψαν τὰ ἱκανὰ ἑαυτοῖς; καὶ εἰ τρυγηταὶ εἰσῆλθον πρὸς σέ, οὐκ ἂν ὑπελίποντο ἐπιφυλλίδα;

⁶πῶς ἐξηρευνήθη ῾Ησαῦ καὶ κατελήφθη τὰ κεκρυμμένα αὐτοῦ;

⁷ἕως τῶν ὁρίων ἐξαπέστειλάν σε πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς διαθήκης σου, ἀντέστησάν σοι, ἠδυνάσθησαν πρός σε ἄνδρες εἰρηνικοί σου, ἔθηκαν ἔνεδρα ὑποκάτω σου, οὐκ ἔστι σύνεσις αὐτοῖς.

⁸ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγει Κύριος, ἀπολῶ σοφοὺς ἐκ τῆς ᾿Ιδουμαίας καὶ σύνεσιν ἐξ ὄρους ῾Ησαῦ·

⁹καὶ πτοηθήσονται οἱ μαχηταί σου οἱ ἐκ Θαιμάν, ὅπως ἐξαρθῇ ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὄρους ῾Ησαῦ

¹⁰διὰ τὴν σφαγὴν καὶ τὴν ἀσέβειαν τὴν εἰς τὸν ἀδελφόν σου ᾿Ιακώβ, καὶ καλύψει σε αἰσχύνη καὶ ἐξαρθήσῃ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. -

¹¹᾿Αφ᾿ ἧς ἡμέρας ἀντέστης ἐξεναντίας ἐν ἡμέραις αἰχμαλωτευόντων ἀλλογενῶν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀλλότριοι εἰσῆλθον εἰς πύλας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἔβαλον κλήρους, καὶ σὺ ἦς ὡς εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν.

¹²καὶ μὴ ἐπίδῃς ἡμέραν ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀλλοτρίων καὶ μὴ ἐπιχαρῇς ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς ᾿Ιούδα ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ μεγαλορρημονήσῃς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως,

¹³μηδὲ εἰσέλθῃς εἰς πύλας λαῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πόνων αὐτῶν, μηδὲ ἐπίδῃς καὶ σὺ τὴν συναγωγὴν αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ὀλέθρου αὐτῶν καὶ μὴ συνεπιθῇ ἐπὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν.

¹⁴μηδὲ ἐπιστῇς ἐπὶ τὰς διεκβολὰς αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι τοὺς ἀνασῳζομένους αὐτῶν, μηδὲ συγκλείσῃς τοὺς φεύγοντας ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ θλίψεως.

¹⁵διότι ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησας, οὕτως ἔσται σοι· τὸ ἀνταπόδομά σου ἀνταποδοθήσεται εἰς κεφαλήν σου.

¹⁶διότι ὃν τρόπον ἔπιες ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ ἅγιόν μου, πίονται πάντα τὰ ἔθνη οἶνον· πίονται καὶ καταβήσονται καὶ ἔσονται καθὼς οὐχ ὑπάρχοντες. -

¹⁷᾿Εν δὲ τῷ ὄρει Σιὼν ἔσται ἡ σωτηρία, καὶ ἔσται ἅγιον· καὶ κατακληρονομήσουσιν ὁ οἶκος ᾿Ιακὼβ τοὺς κατακληρονομήσαντας αὐτούς.

¹⁸καὶ ἔσται ὁ οἶκος ᾿Ιακὼβ πῦρ, ὁ δὲ οἶκος ᾿Ιωσὴφ φλόξ, ὁ δὲ οἶκος ῾Ησαῦ εἰς καλάμην, καὶ ἐκκαυθήσονται εἰς αὐτοὺς καὶ καταφάγονται αὐτούς, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται πυροφόρος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ῾Ησαῦ, διότι Κύριος ἐλάλησε.

¹⁹καὶ κατακληρονομήσουσιν οἱ ἐν Ναγὲβ τὸ ὄρος τὸ ῾Ησαῦ καὶ οἱ ἐν τῇ Σεφηλὰ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ κατακληρονομήσουσι τὸ ὄρος ᾿Εφραὶμ καὶ τὸ πεδίον Σαμαρείας καὶ Βενιαμὶν καὶ τὴν Γαλααδῖτιν.

²⁰καὶ τῆς μετοικεσίας ἡ ἀρχὴ αὕτη· τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραὴλ γῆ τῶν Χαναναίων ἕως Σαρεπτῶν καὶ ἡ μετοικεσία ῾Ιερουσαλὴμ ἕως ᾿Εφραθά, καὶ κληρονομήσουσι τὰς πόλεις τοῦ Ναγέβ.

²¹καὶ ἀναβήσονται ἀνασῳζόμενοι ἐξ ὄρους Σιὼν τοῦ ἐκδικῆσαι τὸ ὄρος ῾Ησαῦ, καὶ ἔσται τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡ βασιλεία.

¹The vision of Obdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Idumea; I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent forth a message to the nations.

²Arise ye, and let us rise up against her to war.

³Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou art greatly dishonoured. The pride of thine heart has elated thee, dwelling [as thou dost] in the holes of the rocks, [as one that] exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?

⁴If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

⁵If thieves came in to thee, or robbers by night, where wouldest thou have been cast away? would they not have stolen [just] enough for themselves? and if grape-gatherers went in to thee, would they not leave a gleaning?

⁶How has Esau been searched out, and [how] have his hidden things been detected?

⁷They sent thee to thy coasts: all the men of thy covenant have withstood thee; thine allies have prevailed against thee, they have set snares under thee: they have no understanding.

⁸In that day, saith the Lord, I will destroy the wise men out of Idumea, and understanding out of the mount of Esau.

⁹And thy warriors from Thaeman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.

¹⁰Because of the slaughter and the sin [committed against] thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

¹¹From the day that thou stoodest in opposition [to him], in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.

¹²And thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of strangers; nor shouldest thou have rejoiced against the children of Juda in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have boasted in the day of [their] affliction.

¹³Neither shouldest thou have gone into the gates of the people in the day of their troubles; nor yet shouldest thou have looked upon their gathering in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou have attacked their host in the day of their perishing.

¹⁴Neither shouldest thou have stood at the opening of their passages, to destroy utterly those of them that were escaping; neither shouldest thou have shut up his fugitives in the day of affliction.

¹⁵For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Gentiles: as thou have done, so shall it be [done] to thee: thy recompense shall be returned on thine [own] head.

¹⁶For as thou hast drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the nations drink wine; they shall drink, and go down, and be as if they were not.

¹⁷But on mount Sion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be a sanctuary; and the house of Jacob shall take for an inheritance those that took them for an inheritance.

¹⁸And the house of Jacob shall be fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau [shall be] for stubble; and [Israel] shall flame forth against them, and shall devour them, and there shall not be a corn-field [left] to the house of Esau; because the Lord has spoken.

¹⁹And they [that dwell] in the south shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they in the plain the Philistines: and they shall inherit the mount of Ephraim, and the plain of Samaria, and Benjamin, and the land of Galaad.

²⁰And this [shall be] the domain of the captivity of the children of Israel, the land of the Chananites as far as Sarepta; and the captives of Jerusalem [shall inherit] as far as Ephratha; they shall inherit the cities of the south.

²¹And they that escape shall come up from mount Sion, to take vengeance on the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.