1 The chazawan (vision) of Ibadayah (Obadiah). This is what the Adanay () Yahawah () amar (spoke) about Adawam (Edom). We have shamai (hearken / hear) shamawaih (news) from Yahawah (), and an tzayar (ambassador) is shalach (send) among the gawayam (nations), saying, “qawam (rise up), and let's qawam (rise up) up against her in malachamah (battle).
2 Behold, I nathan (give) made you qatan (small / young / least) among the gawayam (heathen). You are maad (greatly) bazah (despised).
3 The zadawan (pride) of your lab (heart) has nashaa (lift) you, you who shakan (place) in the chagaway (clefts) of the salai (rock), whose shakan (place) is marawam (high), who amar (said) in his lab (heart), ‘Who will yarad (bring) me down to the aratz (Earth/land)?’
4 Though you gabah (mount) on high as the nashar (eagle), and though your qan (nest) is shawam (place / establish / appoint) among the kawakabayam (stars), I will yarad (bring) you down from there,” naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah ().
5 “If thieves bawaa (bring) to you, if shawadaday (robbers) by layal (night)— oh, what disaster awaits you— wouldn't they only ganab (steal) until they had day (enough)? If grape pickers bawaa (bring) to you, wouldn't they shaar (leave) some gleaning ilalawath (grapes)?
6 How Ishaw (Esau) will be ransacked! How his matzapan (hidden) treasures are sought out!
7 All the anashay (men) of your alliance have shalach (send) you on your way, even to the gabawal (border/boundary). The anashay (men) who were at shalawam (peace / safety) with you have nashaa (lift) you, and yakal (prevailed) against you. Friends who eat your lacham (bread) shawam (place / establish / appoint) a snare under you. There is no thabawan (understanding) in him.”
8 “Won't I in that yawam (day)”, naam (declares prophetically) Yahawah (), “abad (destroy / perish) the chakam (wise) men out of Adawam (Edom), and thabawan (understanding) out of the har (mountain) of Ishaw (Esau)?
9 Your gabawar (mighty) men, Thayaman (Teman), will be chathath (dismayed), to the end that everyone may be karath (cut) off from the har (mountain) of Ishaw (Esau) by qatal (slaughter).
10 For the chamas (violence) done to your ach (brother/kinsman) Yaiqab (Jacob - Patriarch), bawashah (shame) will kasah (cover) you, and you will be karath (cut) off iwalam (eternity).
11 In the yawam (day) that you imad (stood) on the other side, in the yawam (day) that strangers shabah (carried) away his chayal (wealth / substance / capability / valor), and nakarayam (foreigners) bawaa (bring) into his shair (gates), and yadad (cast) gawaral (lots) for Yarawashalam (Yarawashalam / Jerusalem), even you were like achad (one) of them.
12 But don't raah (see / saw) down on your ach (brother/kinsman) in the yawam (day) of his disaster, and don't shamach (rejoice) over the banay (my son) of Yahawadah (Yahawadah / Judah) in the yawam (day) of their abad (destroy / perish). Don't pah (speak) gadal (proudly) in the yawam (day) of tzarah (distress).
13 Don't bawaa (bring) into the shair (gate) of my im (nation / people) in the yawam (day) of their ayad (calamity). Don't raah (see / saw) down on their rai (affliction) in the yawam (day) of their ayad (calamity), neither seize their wealth on the yawam (day) of their ayad (calamity).
14 Don't imad (stand) in the crossroads to karath (cut) off those of his who palayat (escape). Don't sagar (deliver) up those of his who sharayad (remain) in the yawam (day) of tzarah (distress).
15 For the yawam (day) of Yahawah () is qarawab (near) all the gawayam (nations)! As you ishah (make) done, it will be ishah (make) to you. Your deeds will shawab (turn back / repent) upon your own raash (head).
16 For as you have shathah (drinks) on my qadash (set apart / make holy) har (mountain), so will all the gawayam (heathen) shathah (drinks) continually. Yes, they will shathah (drinks), lawai (swallow) down, and will be as laa (NOT) they had not been.
17 But in har (mountain) Tzayawan (Zion), there will be those who palayatah (escape), and it will be qadash (set apart / make holy). The bayath (house) of Yaiqab (Jacob - Patriarch) will yarash (possess) their mawarash (possessions).
18 The bayath (house) of Yaiqab (Jacob) will be a ash (fire), the bayath (house) of Yawasap (Joseph) a lahabah (flame), and the bayath (house) of Ishaw (Esau) for qash (stubble). They will dalaq (burn) among them, and akal (eat) them. There will not be any sharayad (remaining) to the bayath (house) of Ishaw (Esau).” Indeed, Yahawah () has dabar (word / matter).
19 Those of the nagab (south) will yarash (possess) the har (mountain) of Ishaw (Esau), and those of the lowland, the Palashathay (Philistines). They will yarash (possess) the shadah (field) of Aparayam (Ephraim), and the shadah (field) of Shamarawan (Samaria). Banayamayan (Benjamin) will possess Galaid (Gilead).
20 The galawath (captives) of this chayal (army) of the banay (children) of Yashar-Al (Israel), who are among the Kanainay (Canaanites), will possess even to Tzarapath (Zarephath); and the galawath (captives) of Yarawashalam (Jerusalem), who are in Saparad (Sepharad), will yarash (possess) the iray (cities) of the Nagab (Negev).
21 Saviors will ilah (go up / offer) up on har (mountain) Tzayawan (Zion) to shapat (judge / judgement) the har (mountain) of Ishaw (Esau), and the malawakah (kingdom) will be Yahawah ().