Obadiah Im Vision
The shortest book for Bible—just one chapter of judgment on Edom because dem dey jolly when Jerusalem fall. But even here, the last word no be vengeance; na deliverance, and one kingdom wey be our Papa own.
1 1Na di vision wey Obadiah see. Dis na wetin di Sovereign Papa talk about Edom: We don hear message from our Papa, and dem don send one messenger go among di nations—“Una wake up! Make we rise up go fight am!”
2Look, I go make you small among di nations; dem go despise you well well. 3Di pride wey dey your heart don deceive you, you wey dey live inside di cracks of di rock, wey your house dey for high place, wey dey tell yourself, “Who fit bring me come down for ground?” a a v3 Edom people build dem capital city inside di fine rose-red rock cliffs of di place wey be southern Jordan today — na place wey dem believe say nobody fit attack. 4Even if you fly high like eagle, even if you build your nest among di stars, from there I go bring you come down, na so our Papa talk. 5If thief come meet you, if robbers come for night—see how dem don scatter you!—dem no go only tief wetin dem want? If people wey dey pick grape come meet you, dem no go leave some grape? 6See how dem don loot Esau, dem don carry all im hidden treasures comot! 7All your friends don push you go border; di people wey get peace with you don deceive you and overpower you; di people wey chop for your table don set trap under you—and you no even see am. 8For dat day, na so our Papa talk, I no go destroy di wise men of Edom and comot understanding from di mountain of Esau? 9Your soldiers go scatter, Teman, so that everybody for di mountain of Esau go die for di killing. b b v9 Teman na one region for Edom; here e dey stand for di whole nation. 10Because of di wickedness wey you do your brother Jacob, shame go cover you, and dem go cut you off forever.
11For di day wey you just stand dey look and no do anything, for di day wey strangers carry im wealth comot and foreigners enter im gates and throw lot for Jerusalem—you too be like one of dem. 12But no laugh your brother for di day of im trouble; no rejoice over di people of Judah for di day wey dem scatter; no brag with loud mouth for di day of wahala. 13No enter di gate of my people for di day of dem calamity; you sef, no laugh im disaster for di day of im calamity; no loot im wealth for di day of im calamity. 14No stand for di crossroad to kill im people wey dey run; no hand over im people wey still remain for di day of wahala.
15Because di day of our Papa don near for all di nations. As you don do, na so dem go do you; wetin you do go come back for your own head. 16Because as you drink for my holy mountain, na so all di nations go dey drink continue; dem go drink and swallow and come be like say dem never exist before. 17But for Mount Zion, deliverance go dey, and e go holy, and di house of Jacob go possess dem inheritance. 18Di house of Jacob go be fire and di house of Joseph go be flame, and di house of Esau go be dry grass; dem go burn am and finish am, and nobody go remain for di house of Esau, because our Papa don talk.
19Di people of Negev go possess di mountain of Esau, and di people of di foothills go possess di land of di Philistines; dem go possess di land of Ephraim and di land of Samaria, and Benjamin go possess Gilead. 20Di exiles of dis army of di people of Israel go possess di land of di Canaanites reach Zarephath, and di exiles of Jerusalem wey dey Sepharad go possess di cities of Negev. c c v20 Sepharad na far place wey dem carry Jewish people go exile; nobody sabi di exact place e dey. 21People wey go save go climb Mount Zion to rule di mountain of Esau, and di kingdom go belong to our Papa. d d v21 Obadiah take our Papa im rule take close — na di same rule wey Jesus announce and teach us to pray for: “Make your kingdom come.”
