俄巴底亚书
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
有關以東的預言
1 俄巴底亞所見的異象。
主耶和華指著以東這樣說：
我們從耶和華那裡聽見了一個信息，
有一位使者被派往列國去，說：
“起來吧！我們起來與以東爭戰。”
以東的刑罰
2 看哪！我必使你在列國中成為弱小的，
你必大受藐視。
3 你心中的傲氣欺騙了你；
你這住在巖石的隱密處，
居所在高處的啊！
你心裡說：
“誰能把我拉下地呢？”
4 你雖如鷹高飛，
在星宿之間搭窩，
我也必從那裡把你拉下來。
這是耶和華的宣告。
5 竊賊若來到你那裡，
強盜若夜間來到，
豈不會偷竊直到夠了呢？
你將會怎樣被滅絕！
摘葡萄的若來到你那裡，
豈不只剩下幾粒葡萄嗎？
6 以掃要怎樣被搜索，
他收藏的寶物被搜查出來。
7 曾與你結盟的，
都把你送到邊界；
本來與你友好的，
卻欺騙你，勝過你；
與你同席的（“與你同席的”或譯：“吃你的食物的”），
在你腳下暗設網羅，
你卻毫不曉得。
8 耶和華宣告說：到那日，
我豈不從以東滅絕智慧人嗎？
豈不從以掃山除掉聰明人嗎？
9 提幔哪！你的勇士要驚惶，
因此在以掃山上人人被殺戮剪除。
懲罰以東的原因
10 因你對兄弟雅各行強暴，
你必受羞辱，
永被剪除。
11 外地人劫掠雅各財物的日子，
外族人進入他的城門，
為耶路撒冷抽籤；
那時你竟袖手旁觀，
甚至好像他們中間的一分子！
12 你兄弟遭遇禍患的日子，
你不該看著不理；
猶大人被滅的日子，
你不該幸災樂禍；
他們遭難的日子，
你不該張口狂傲；
13 我子民遭災的日子，
你不該進入他們的城門；
他們遭災的日子，
你不該看著他們受苦；
他們遭災的日子，
你不該搶奪他們的財物。
14 你不該站在岔路口，
剪除他們中間逃脫的人；
他們遭難的日子，
你不該把他們生還的人交出來。
15 耶和華的日子臨近萬國了，
人必照你所行的向你施行，
你的報應必歸到你的頭上。
16 你們怎樣在我的聖山上喝過苦杯，
萬國也必照樣不住地喝，
他們要喝，並且要吞下去，
他們就不再存在了。
雅各家將來的復興
17 但在錫安山上必有逃脫的人，
那山必成為聖；
雅各家必得回他們原有的產業。
18 雅各家必成為火，
約瑟家必成為火燄；
以掃家卻像碎稭，
被它們焚燒吞滅，
以掃家再沒有生還的人了。
因為耶和華已經說了。
19 南地的人必佔有以掃山，
低地的人必佔有非利士人之地；
他們必佔有以法蓮的田野和撒瑪利亞的田野；
便雅憫人必佔有基列。
20 被擄到哈臘的以色列人，
必佔有迦南人的地，直到撒勒法；
被擄到西法拉的耶路撒冷的人，
要佔有南地眾城。
21 必有拯救者登錫安山，
審判以掃山，
國權就屬於耶和華了。
Obadiah
King James Version
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.
Obadiah
1599 Geneva Bible
Obadiah
1 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God against Edom, [a]We have heard a rumor from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen: arise, and [b]let us rise up against her to battle.
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art utterly despised.
3 The [c]pride of thine heart hath deceived thee: thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rocks, 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 make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
5 [d]Came thieves to thee or robbers by night? how wast thou brought to silence? would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grape gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau sought up, and his treasures searched?
7 All the men of thy confederacy [e]have driven thee to the borders: the men that were at peace with thee, have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee: they that eat thy [f]bread, have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
8 Shall not I in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding from the mount of Esau?
9 And thy strong men, O Teman, shall be afraid, because everyone of the mount of Esau shall be cut off by slaughter.
10 For thy cruelty against thy [g]brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off forever.
11 When thou stoodest [h]on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away his substance, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.
12 But thou shouldest not have beholden the day of thy brother, in the day that he was made [i]a stranger, neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah, in the day of their destruction: thou shouldest not have spoken proudly in the day of affliction.
13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their destruction, neither shouldest thou have once looked on their affliction in the day of their destruction, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their destruction.
14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossways to cut off them, that should escape, neither shouldest thou have shut up the remnant thereof in the day of affliction.
15 For the day [j]of the Lord is near, upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done to thee: thy reward shall return upon thine head.
16 For as ye have [k]drunk upon mine holy Mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually: yea, they shall drink and swallow up, and they shall be [l]as though they had not been.
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions,
18 And the house of Jacob shall be [m]a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau as stubble, and they shall kindle in them and devour them: and there shall be no remnant of the house of Esau: for the Lord hath spoken it.
19 And they shall possess the South side of the [n]mount of Esau, and the plain of the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall have Gilead.
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel, which were among the [o]Canaanites, shall possess unto Zarephath, and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.
21 And they [p]that shall save, shall come up to mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:1 God hath certainly revealed to his prophets, that he will raise up the heathen to destroy the Edomites, whereof the rumor is now published, Jer. 49:14.
- Obadiah 1:1 Thus the heathen encourage themselves to rise against Edom.
- Obadiah 1:3 Which despisest all others in respect of thyself, and yet art but an handful in comparison of others, and art shut up among the hills as separate from the rest of the world.
- Obadiah 1:5 God will so destroy them that he will leave none, though thieves when they come, take but till they have enough, and they that gather grapes, ever leave some behind them, Jer. 49:9.
- Obadiah 1:7 They in whom thou didst trust for to have help and friendship of them, shall be thine enemies and destroy thee.
- Obadiah 1:7 That is, thy familiar friends and guests have by secret practices destroyed thee.
- Obadiah 1:10 He showeth the cause why the Edomites were so sharply punished: to wit, because they were enemies to his Church, whom he now comforteth by punishing their enemies.
- Obadiah 1:11 When Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem, thou joinedest with him, and hadest part of the spoil, and so didst rejoice when my people, that is, thy brother were afflicted, whereas thou shouldest have pitied and helped thy brother.
- Obadiah 1:12 When the Lord deprived them of their former dignity, and gave them to be carried into captivity.
- Obadiah 1:15 When he will summon all the heathen, and send them to destroy thee.
- Obadiah 1:16 That is, rejoiced and triumphed.
- Obadiah 1:16 The Edomites shall be utterly destroyed, and yet in despite of all the enemies I will reserve my Church and restore it.
- Obadiah 1:18 God attributeth this power, to consume his enemies, to his Church, which power is only proper to himself, as Isa. 10:17; Deut. 4:24; Heb. 12:29.
- Obadiah 1:19 He describeth how the Church shall be enlarged and have great possessions: but this chiefly is accomplished under Christ, when as the faithful are made heirs and lords of all things by him which is their head.
- Obadiah 1:20 By the Canaanites, the Jews mean the Dutchmen, and by Zarephath, France, and by Sepharad, Spain.
- Obadiah 1:21 Meaning that God will raise up in his Church such as shall rule and govern for the defense of the same, and destruction of his enemies under Messiah, whom the Prophet calleth here, the Lord and head of this kingdom.
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