Obadia 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Obadia anisoadehu. Sɛnea Otumfoɔ Agya ka fa Edom ho ni: Yɛate asɛm bi afi yɛn Agya hɔ, na wɔasoma ɔbɔfo bi akɔ amanaman no mu se, “Monsɔre! Momma yɛnsɔre ntia no nkɔko!”

²Hwɛ, mɛma woayɛ ketewa wɔ amanaman no mu; wɔbɛbu wo animtiaa koraa. ³Wo koma mu ahantan adaadaa wo, wo a wotena abotan mu atokuru mu, wo a wo fie wɔ sorosoro, wo a woka kyerɛ wo ho se, “Hena na obetumi atwe me aba fam?” ^a a v3 Edomfo sii wɔn ahenkurow wɔ abotan mpampam a ɛyɛ kɔkɔɔ na ɛyɛ nwonwa mu, wɔ baabi a ɛnnɛ ɛyɛ Yordan anafo fam — baabi a na wogye di sɛ obiara rentumi nni so nkonim. ⁴Ɛwɔ mu sɛ wotu kɔ soro sɛ ɔkɔre, ɛwɔ mu sɛ wosi wo pirebuw wɔ nsoromma mu, nanso mɛtwe wo afi hɔ aba fam, yɛn Agya na ose. ⁵Sɛ akorɔmfo baa wo nkyɛn, sɛ adwowtwafo baa anadwo a — hwɛ sɛnea wɔasɛe wo! — anka wɔrenwia nea wɔpɛ nko ara? Sɛ bobe twafo baa wo nkyɛn a, anka wɔrennyaw bobe kakra ngu hɔ? ⁶Hwɛ sɛnea wɔahwehwɛ Esau mu ayi ne nneɛma nyinaa, na wɔafow nʼademude a ɔde asie no! ⁷Wʼapamfo nyinaa apam wo akɔ hye so; wɔn a na wo ne wɔn te asomdwoe mu no adaadaa wo, na wɔadi wo so; wɔn a wo ne wɔn didii no asum afiri wɔ wo ase — na wunhu mpo. ⁸Ɛda no, yɛn Agya na ose, merensɛe Edom anyansafo na merentu nhumu ase mfi Esau bepɔw so? ⁹Wʼakofo bɛbubu, Teman, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, obiara a ɔwɔ Esau bepɔw so no, wobetwa no agu wɔ kunkum no mu. ^b b v9 Na Teman yɛ Edom mantam bi; ɛha de, egyina hɔ ma ɔman no nyinaa. ¹⁰Ɛnam basabasayɛ a woyɛɛ wo nua Yakob no nti, aniwu bɛkata wo so, na wobetwa wo afi hɔ afebɔɔ.

¹¹Da a wogyinaa nkyɛn na woanyɛ hwee no, da a ahɔho fow nʼahonyade kɔe na ananafo wuraa nʼapon mu, na wɔbɔɔ Yerusalem ho ntonto no — wo nso woyɛɛ sɛ wɔn mu baako. ¹²Nanso nnserew wo nua wɔ da a ɔrehu amane no; nni ahurusi wɔ Yudafo ho wɔ wɔn ɔsɛe da no; nhoahoa wo ho dendeenden wɔ ahohiahia da no. ¹³Nnwura me nkurɔfo pon mu wɔ wɔn amanehunu da no; wo titiriw, nnserew ne mmusu wɔ nʼamanehunu da no; mmfow nʼahonyade wɔ nʼamanehunu da no. ¹⁴Nnyina akwanmmɔntam nkunkum nʼadwanefo; mmfa ne nkaefo nhyɛ wɔn nsa wɔ ahohiahia da no.

¹⁵Efisɛ yɛn Agya da no abɛn ama amanaman nyinaa. Sɛnea woayɛ no, saa ara na wɔbɛyɛ wo; wo nneyɛe bɛsan aba wo ankasa wo ti so. ¹⁶Efisɛ sɛnea wonom wɔ me bepɔw kronkron so no, saa ara na amanaman nyinaa bɛnom daa; wɔbɛnom, wɔbɛmene, na wɔayɛ sɛ nea wɔmmaa hɔ da. ¹⁷Nanso Sion Bepɔw so de, nkwagye bɛwɔ hɔ, na ɛbɛyɛ kronkron, na Yakob fi bɛfa wɔn agyapade. ¹⁸Yakob fi bɛyɛ ogya na Yosef fi bɛyɛ ogyaframa, na Esau fi bɛyɛ nwura; wɔbɛhyew no, na wɔasɛe no, na Esau fi nkaefo biara renka, efisɛ yɛn Agya na waka.

¹⁹Negebfo bɛfa Esau bepɔw, na bepɔw ase mantam mu nnipa bɛfa Filistifo asase; wɔbɛfa Efraim asase ne Samaria asase, na Benyamin bɛfa Gilead. ²⁰Israelfo asraafo yi mu nnommum bɛfa Kanaanfo asase akosi Sarefat, na Yerusalem nnommum a wɔwɔ Sefarad no bɛfa Negeb nkurow. ^c c v20 Na Sefarad yɛ baabi a ɛwɔ akyirikyiri a wɔfaa Yudafo nnommum kɔɔ hɔ; obiara nnim baabi pɔtee a ɛwɔ. ²¹Agyenkwafo bɛforo akɔ Sion Bepɔw so akodi Esau bepɔw so, na ahenni no bɛyɛ yɛn Agya dea. ^d d v21 Obadia de yɛn Agya ahenni na ewie — ahenni koro no ara a Yesu bɔɔ ho dawuru na ɔkyerɛɛ yɛn sɛ yɛmmɔ mpae mma no se, “Wʼahenni mmra.”