1اِقْتَرِبُوا أَيُّهَا الأُمَمُ لِتَسْمَعُوا، وَأَيُّهَا الشُّعُوبُ اصْغُوا. لِتَسْمَعِ الأَرْضُ وَمِلْؤُهَا. الْمَسْكُونَةُ وَكُلُّ نَتَائِجِهَا.2لأَنَّ لِلرَّبِّ سَخَطاً عَلَى كُلِّ الأُمَمِ، وَحُمُوّاً عَلَى كُلِّ جَيْشِهِمْ. قَدْ حَرَّمَهُمْ، دَفَعَهُمْ إِلَى الذَّبْحِ.3فَقَتْلاَهُمْ تُطْرَحُ، وَجِيَفُهُمْ تَصْعَدُ نَتَانَتُهَا، وَتَسِيلُ الْجِبَالُ بِدِمَائِهِمْ.4وَيَفْنَى كُلُّ جُنْدِ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَتَلْتَفُّ السَّمَاوَاتُ كَدَرْجٍ، وَكُلُّ جُنْدِهَا يَنْتَثِرُ كَانْتِثَارِ الْوَرَقِ مِنَ الْكَرْمَةِ وَالسُّقَاطِ مِنَ التِّينَةِ.5لأَنَّهُ قَدْ رَوِيَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ سَيْفِي. هُوَذَا عَلَى أَدُومَ يَنْزِلُ، وَعَلَى شَعْبٍ حَرَّمْتُهُ لِلدَّيْنُونَةِ.6لِلرَّبِّ سَيْفٌ قَدِ امْتَلأَ دَماً، اطَّلَى بِشَحْمٍ، بِدَمِ خِرَافٍ وَتُيُوسٍ، بِشَحْمِ كُلَى كِبَاشٍ. لأَنَّ لِلرَّبِّ ذَبِيحَةً فِي بُصْرَةَ وَذَبْحاً عَظِيماً فِي أَرْضِ أَدُومَ.7وَيَسْقُطُ الْبَقَرُ الْوَحْشِيُّ مَعَهَا وَالْعُجُولُ مَعَ الثِّيرَانِ، وَتُرْوَى أَرْضُهُمْ مِنَ الدَّمِ، وَتُرَابُهُمْ مِنَ الشَّحْمِ يُسَمَّنُ.8لأَنَّ لِلرَّبِّ يَوْمَ انْتِقَامٍ، سَنَةَ جَزَاءٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ دَعْوَى صِهْيَوْنَ.9وَتَتَحَوَّلُ أَنْهَارُهَا زِفْتاً، وَتُرَابُهَا كِبْرِيتاً، وَتَصِيرُ أَرْضُهَا زِفْتاً مُشْتَعِلاً.10لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً لاَ تَنْطَفِئُ. إِلَى الأَبَدِ يَصْعَدُ دُخَانُهَا. مِنْ دَوْرٍ إِلَى دَوْرٍ تُخْرَبُ. إِلَى أَبَدِ الآبِدِينَ لاَ يَكُونُ مَنْ يَجْتَازُ فِيهَا.11وَيَرِثُهَا الْقُوقُ وَالْقُنْفُذُ، وَالْكَرْكِيُّ وَالْغُرَابُ يَسْكُنَانِ فِيهَا، وَيُمَدُّ عَلَيْهَا خَيْطُ الْخَرَابِ وَمِطْمَارُ الْخَلاَءِ.12أَشْرَافُهَا لَيْسَ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يَدْعُونَهُ لِلْمُلْكِ، وَكُلُّ رُؤَسَائِهَا يَكُونُونَ عَدَماً.13وَيَطْلَعُ فِي قُصُورِهَا الشَّوْكُ. الْقَرِيصُ وَالْعَوْسَجُ فِي حُصُونِهَا فَتَكُونُ مَسْكَناً لِلذِّئَابِ وَدَاراً لِبَنَاتِ النَّعَامِ.14وَتُلاَقِي وُحُوشُ الْقَفْرِ بَنَاتِ آوَى، وَمَعْزُ الْوَحْشِ يَدْعُو صَاحِبَهُ. هُنَاكَ يَسْتَقِرُّ اللَّيْلُ وَيَجِدُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَحَلاًّ.15هُنَاكَ تُحْجِرُ النَّكَّازَةُ وَتَبِيضُ وَتُفْرِخُ وَتُرَبِّي تَحْتَ ظِلِّهَا. وَهُنَاكَ تَجْتَمِعُ الشَّوَاهِينُ بَعْضُهَا بِبَعْضٍ.16فَتِّشُوا فِي سِفْرِ الرَّبِّ وَاقْرَأُوا. وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ لاَ تُفْقَدُ. لاَ يُغَادِرُ شَيْءٌ صَاحِبَهُ، لأَنَّ فَمَهُ هُوَ قَدْ أَمَرَ، وَرُوحَهُ هُوَ جَمَعَهَا.17وَهُوَ قَدْ أَلْقَى لَهَا قُرْعَةً، وَيَدُهُ قَسَمَتْهَا لَهَا بِالْخَيْطِ. إِلَى الأَبَدِ تَرِثُهَا. إِلَى دَوْرٍ فَدَوْرٍ تَسْكُنُ فِيهَا.
1Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.2For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.3Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.6The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.8For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.12They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing.13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.14The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.15There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.16Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.17And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.