New American Standard Bible 1995

Obadiah 1:8-15

8Will I not on that dayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117,”declaresנְאֻםne.'um-H5002the Lordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, “Destroyוְהַאֲבַדְתִּ֤יve.ha.'a.vad.TiH6wiseחֲכָמִים֙cha.kha.MimH2450menH2450from EdomH112And understandingוּתְבוּנָ֖הu.te.vu.NahH8394from the mountainמֵהַ֥רme.HarH2022of Esauעֵשָֽׂו׃'e.SavH6215?

9Then yourmightyH1368menH1368will be dismayedוְחַתּ֥וּve.cha.TuH2865, OTemanתֵּימָ֑ןtei.ManH8487,So that everyoneאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376may becutיִכָּֽרֶת־yi.ka.ret-H3772offH3772from the mountainמֵהַ֥רme.HarH2022of Esauעֵשָׂ֖ו'e.SavH6215by slaughterמִקָּֽטֶל׃mi.Ka.telH6993.

10“BecauseH4480ofviolenceמֵחֲמַ֛סme.cha.MasH2555to your brotherאָחִ֥יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290,You will be coveredתְּכַסְּךָ֣te.kha.se.KhaH3680withshameבוּשָׁ֑הvu.ShahH955,And you will be cutוְנִכְרַ֖תָּve.nikh.Ra.taH3772offH3772foreverלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.

11On the dayבְּיוֹם֙be.yOmH3117that youstoodעֲמָֽדְךָ֣'a.ma.de.KhaH5975aloofמִנֶּ֔גֶדmi.Ne.gedH4480 H5048,On the dayבְּי֛וֹםbe.YomH3117that strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114carriedH7617offH7617his wealthחֵיל֑וֹchei.LoH2428,And foreignersוְנָכְרִ֞יםve.na.khe.RimH5237enteredבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935his gateשְׁעָרָ֗יוsha.'a.rovH8179Andcastיַדּ֣וּya.DuH3032lotsגוֹרָ֔לgo.RalH1486for Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389--You tooגַּם־gam-H1571were as oneכְּאַחַ֥דke.'a.ChadH259of them.

12Do notgloatתֵּ֤רֶאTe.re'H7200over your brother’sאָחִ֙יךָ֙'a.Chi.khaH251dayבְיוֹם־ve.yom-H3117,The dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of his misfortuneנָכְר֔וֹna.khe.RoH5235. Anddo not rejoiceתִּשְׂמַ֥חtis.MachH8055over the sonsלִבְנֵֽי־liv.nei-H1121of Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063In the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of their destructionאָבְדָ֑ם'a.ve.DamH6; Yes, do notboastתַּגְדֵּ֥ל פִּ֖יךָtag.Del Pi.khaH1431 H6310In the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of theirdistressצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

13Do not enterתָּב֤וֹאta.Vo'H935the gateבְשַֽׁעַר־ve.sha.'ar-H8179of My peopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971In thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of their disasterאֵידָ֔ם'ei.DamH343.Yesגַם־gam-H1571, you, do notgloatתֵּ֧רֶאTe.re'H7200over their calamityH7463In the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117of their disasterאֵיד֑וֹ'ei.DoH343. And do notlootתִּשְׁלַ֥חְנָהtish.Lach.nahH7971their wealthבְחֵיל֖וֹve.chei.LoH2428In the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of their disasterאֵידֽוֹ׃'ei.DoH343.

14Do notstandתַּעֲמֹד֙ta.'a.ModH5975at the forkH6563of the roadH6563To cutלְהַכְרִ֖יתle.hakh.RitH3772downH3772their fugitivesפְּלִיטָ֑יוpe.li.TavH6412;And do not imprisonתַּסְגֵּ֥רtas.GerH5462their survivorsשְׂרִידָ֖יוse.ri.DavH8300In the dayבְּי֥וֹםbe.YomH3117of their distressצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

15“For thedayיוֹם־yom-H3117of the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068drawsH7138nearH7138on allכָּל־kol-H3605the nationsהַגּוֹיִ֑םha.go.YimH1471.As you have doneעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙'a.Si.taH6213,it will be doneיֵעָ֣שֶׂהye.'A.sehH6213to you. Yourdealingsגְּמֻלְךָ֖ge.mul.KhaH1576will returnיָשׁ֥וּבya.ShuvH7725on your own headבְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃be.ro.She.khaH7218.

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