1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! 7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. 8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou 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 thou wast as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so 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.

17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 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 any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.

1 俄巴底亚所见的异象。主耶和华指着以东这样说： 我们从耶和华那里听见了一个信息， 有一位使者被派往列国去， 说： "起来吧！ 我们起来与以东争战。"

2 看哪！ 我必使你在列国中成为弱小的， 你必大受藐视。

3 你心中的傲气欺骗了你； 你这住在岩石的隐密处， 居所在高处的啊！ 你心里说： "谁能把我拉下地呢？"

4 你虽如鹰高飞， 在星宿之间搭窝， 我也必从那里把你拉下来。这是耶和华的宣告。

5 窃贼若来到你那里， 强盗若夜间来到， 岂不会偷窃直到够了呢？你将会怎样被灭绝！ 摘葡萄的若来到你那里， 岂不只剩下几粒葡萄吗？

6 以扫要怎样被搜索， 他收藏的宝物被搜查出来。

7 曾与你结盟的， 都把你送到边界； 本来与你友好的， 却欺骗你， 胜过你； 与你同席的， 在你脚下暗设网罗， 你却毫不晓得。

8 耶和华宣告说： 到那日， 我岂不从以东灭绝智慧人吗？岂不从以扫山除掉聪明人吗？

9 提幔哪！ 你的勇士要惊惶， 因此在以扫山上人人被杀戮剪除。

10 因你对兄弟雅各行强暴， 你必受羞辱， 永被剪除。

11 外地人劫掠雅各财物的日子， 外族人进入他的城门， 为耶路撒冷抽签； 那时你竟袖手旁观， 甚至好像他们中间的一分子！

12 你兄弟遭遇祸患的日子， 你不该看着不理； 犹大人被灭的日子， 你不该幸灾乐祸； 他们遭难的日子， 你不该张口狂傲；

13 我子民遭灾的日子， 你不该进入他们的城门； 他们遭灾的日子， 你不该看着他们受苦； 他们遭灾的日子， 你不该抢夺他们的财物。

14 你不该站在岔路口， 剪除他们中间逃脱的人； 他们遭难的日子， 你不该把他们生还的人交出来。

15 耶和华的日子临近万国了， 人必照你所行的向你施行， 你的报应必归到你的头上。

16 你们怎样在我的圣山上喝过苦杯， 万国也必照样不住地喝， 他们要喝， 并且要吞下去， 他们就不再存在了。

17 但在锡安山上必有逃脱的人， 那山必成为圣； 雅各家必得回他们原有的产业。

18 雅各家必成为火， 约瑟家必成为火焰； 以扫家却像碎秸， 被它们焚烧吞灭， 以扫家再没有生还的人了。因为耶和华已经说了。

19 南地的人必占有以扫山， 低地的人必占有非利士人之地； 他们必占有以法莲的田野和撒玛利亚的田野； 便雅悯人必占有基列。

20 被掳到哈腊的以色列人， 必占有迦南人的地， 直到撒勒法； 被掳到西法拉的耶路撒冷的人， 要占有南地众城。

21 必有拯救者登锡安山， 审判以扫山， 国权就属于耶和华了。