¹The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard a report from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations. Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

¹ Obadiya bangando neeya: Rabbi, Koy Beero sanno neeya Edom boŋ: Iri du baaru Rabbi do, I na diya donton dumi cindey game ra a ma ne: «Kaa, iri ma tun ka koy ka kay a se da wongu.»

²Behold, I have made thee small among the nations; thou art greatly despised.

² «Guna, ay ga ni ciya ikayna fo dumi cindey game ra, I ga donda nin gumo.

³The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; -- he that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

³ Ni bina boŋbeera no ka ni fafagu, Ya nin kaŋ goono ga goro tondey kortimey ra, Nin kaŋ ni nangora go hala beene tondey boŋ, Nin kaŋ goono ga ne ni bina ra: ‹May no g'ay zumandi?›

⁴Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith Jehovah.

⁴ Baa day ni ga ziji beene sanda zeeban cine, Baa ni fito go handariyayzey game ra ga sinji, Baa noodin kal ay ma ye ka ni zumandi ganda.» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁵If thieves had come to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen [till] they had had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to thee, would they not have left some gleanings?

⁵ «Doŋ d'i ne zayyaŋ wala cin ra komkoyaŋ no ka kaa ni do, (kaari nin, ni halaci!) Manti haŋ kaŋ ga wasa i se no i ga zay? Da reyzin* kosukoyaŋ kaa ni do, Manti i ga fay da reyzin izeyaŋ kaŋ borey ga koobu?

⁶How is Esau searched! his hidden things sought out!

⁶ Guna ka di fintalyaŋ kaŋ cine i ga te Isuwa se! Guna ka di mate kaŋ cine i g'a arzaka tugantey ceeci nd'a!

⁷All the men of thy confederacy have pushed thee to the border; the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, they have prevailed against thee; [they that eat] thy bread have laid a snare under thee. There is no understanding in him.

⁷ Ni amaana borey kulu ga ni gaaray ka koy hala hirro boŋ. Borey kaŋ yaŋ nin d'ey goono ga baani goray te, I ga ni fafagu, i ga te zaama ni boŋ mo. Ni ŋwaari ŋwaakoy, Ngey no goono ga hirrimiyaŋ daŋ ni cire, Ni mana bay a gaa mo.

⁸Shall I not in that day, saith Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

⁸ Manti zaari woodin ra no ay ga laakalkooney halaci Edom ra, Da fahamantey mo Isuwa tondi kuuko ra?» Yaadin no Rabbi ci.

⁹And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

⁹ «Ya Teman, ni yaarukomey ga gartu, Hal i ma afo kulu tuusu ka kaa Isuwa tondi kuuko ra da wiyaŋ.

¹⁰Because of violence against thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

¹⁰ Ni nya-izo Yakuba toonya kaŋ ni te a se din sabbay se, Haawi ga ni daabu, i ga ni halaci mo hal abada.

¹¹In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his substance, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

¹¹ Zaaro din kaŋ ni kay fayante kuray fo waani, Zaaro din kaŋ yawey n'a arzaka ku, Yawey furo a birni meyey ra mo, I na kurne catu Urusalima boŋ, Ni mo ciya sanda i boro fo cine.

¹²But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress.

¹² Ni si hima ka bina kaani te ni nya-izo boŋ a jirbey ra, Danga a masiibey zaarey ra nooya. Wala ni ma farhã Yahuda izey boŋ i halaciyaŋo zaaro ra, Wala mo ni ma fooma sanni te i kankami zaaro ra.

¹³Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity, nor have looked, even thou, on their affliction in the day of their calamity, neither shouldest thou have laid [hands] on their substance in the day of their calamity;

¹³ Ma si furo ay borey birni meyey ra i balaaw zaaro hane. Oho, ma si i masiiba gomdo i balaaw zaaro ra, Ma si ni kambe dake mo i arzakey gaa i balaaw zaaro ra.

¹⁴and thou shouldest not have stood on the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape, nor have delivered up those remaining of him in the day of distress.

¹⁴ Ma si kay mo fondo fayyaŋ boŋ hala ni m'a wane fooyaŋ kaŋ goono ga yana kosaray. Borey kaŋ yaŋ cindi mo, Ni ma si i nooyandi gurzugay zaari ra.

¹⁵For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy recompence shall return upon thine own head.

¹⁵ Zama Rabbi zaaro maan, kaŋ ga kaa dumey cindey gaa. Sanda mate kaŋ cine ni te, Yaadin cine no i ga te ni mo se. Ni te-goyey ga ye ka kaŋ ni boŋ.

¹⁶For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yea, they shall drink, and shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

¹⁶ Zama sanda mate kaŋ cine araŋ haŋ ay tondi hananta boŋ, Yaadin cine no dumi cindey kulu ga haŋ, duumi. Oho, i ga haŋ, i ma gon, Edom ma ciya danga day a mana te ce fo.

¹⁷But upon mount Zion shall there be deliverance, and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

¹⁷ Amma Sihiyona tondo ra i ga boro fooyaŋ gar kaŋ ga yana. A ga ciya hanante, Yakuba kunda mo ga nga mayray haro ŋwa.

¹⁸And 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 Jehovah hath spoken [it].

¹⁸ Saaya din ra Yakuba kunda ga ciya danji, Yusufu kunda mo ga ciya danji beele. Isuwa kunda mo ga hima sanda buunu cine, Kaŋ danji ga ŋwa i game ra, A m'i ŋwa ka ban. Boro kulu si cindi Isuwa kunda ra, Zama Rabbi no ka woodin ci.

¹⁹And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the lowland the Philistines; yea, they shall possess the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria; and Benjamin [shall possess] Gilead;

¹⁹ Negeb* borey binde ga Isuwa tondo mayray ŋwa, Safela* borey mo ma Filistancey ŋwa. I ga Ifraymu laabu toorimo ŋwa, da Samariya wano mo, Benyamin mo ga Jileyad mayra ŋwa.

²⁰and the captives of this host of the children of Israel [shall possess] what belonged to the Canaanites, unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, who [were] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

²⁰ Israyla* izey marga kaŋ koy tamtaray ga Kanaanancey ŋwa hala Zarefat, Urusalima waney mo kaŋ koy tamtaray, Ngey kaŋ yaŋ go Sefarad ra, I ga Negeb birney ŋwa.

²¹And saviours shall come up on mount Zion, to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's.

²¹ Faabakoyaŋ ga kaaru Sihiyona tondo boŋ zama ngey ma Isuwa tondo ciiti. Mayra mo ga ye ka ciya Rabbi wane.