Edom Will Be a Wasteland
1 The Lord said:
2 Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the people of Edom 3 and say to them:
I, the Lord God,
am now your enemy!
And I will turn your nation
into an empty wasteland,
4 leaving your towns in ruins.
Your land will be a desert,
and then you will know
that I am the Lord.
5 People of Edom, not only have you been Israel's longtime enemy, you simply watched when disaster wiped out its people as punishment for their sins. 6 And so, as surely as I am the living Lord God, you are guilty of murder and must be put to death. 7 I will destroy your nation and kill anyone who travels through it. 8 Dead bodies will cover your mountains and fill up your valleys, 9 and your land will lie in ruins forever. No one will live in your towns ever again. You will know that I am the Lord.
10 You thought the nations of Judah and Israel belonged to you, and that you could take over their territory. But I am their God, 11 and as surely as I live, I will punish you for treating my people with anger and hatred. Then they will know that I, the Lord, am punishing you! 12 And you will finally realize that I heard you laugh at their destruction and say their land was yours to take. 13 You even insulted me, but I heard it all.
14 Everyone on earth will celebrate when I destroy you, 15 just as you celebrated when Israel was destroyed. Your nation of Edom will be nothing but a wasteland. Then everyone will know that I am the Lord.
Ndebelombeli ngekwe Edomu
1 Dama la Yahwe lakazha kundili liti, 2 Nkololo we nthu, milidza buso gugo ulinge ku Dombo le Seiri ulebelembeli nge kwalo, 3 ulidwe uti She Yahwe bakati, bona, ndobhayana nawe Dombo le Seiri, luboko gwangu ndogulingisanya nawe kukuthama dukuthuku ne shakadzwa. 4 Ndowothama mizi iyo matongo, unowobe dukuthuku, ngono unowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.
5 Iwe utjakabhata lubengano gwa ntolo, ube ubulayisa Baiziraela thumo mu nsi we kumanikana kwabo, mu tjibaka tje bhelelo le kulobgwa shamu kwabo, 6 ndizo wali se nditjila kojalo She Yahwe, ndonomululwamisila kutebuka kwe malopa ngono lopa lowotatana namwi. 7 Ndowothama Dombo le Seiri dukuthuku ne shakadzwa ndibe ndithubula mulili bose banozha ne banoyenda. 8 Ndowozhadza matombo ayo nge babulawa. Matuthu enyu ne mikuku yenyu ne hwobana dze vula dzowozhala babulawa nge thumo. 9 Ndowokuthama dukuthuku nge kusingapele ne mizi mikulu ayitowogagwa. Ipapo mowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.
10 Ngekuti wakati, Njudzi idzedzi mbili ne shango idzedzi mbili dzowobe dzangu, towodzitola, nenguba Yahwe bakabe balipo zwabo. 11 Ndizo wali se nditjatjila, kojalo She Yahwe, ndowokubhata nge kunoyendidzana ne bushongola ne fupa lawakalakidza ngekwe lubengo gugo mu bali, ngono ndowothama kuti ndizibike pakati kwenyu pandinowomusumikilisa. 12 Ipapo mowoziba kuti imi Yahwe ndakahwa ndebeleko dzenyu dzose dzamakalengudza matombo e Iziraela ndidzo muti, “Akathukudziwa, ngono takaapiwa kualobesa.” 13 Makazwikudza pandili nge milomo yenyu mukawatsha matama enyu nge kwangu ngono ahwa. 14 She Yahwe bakati, “Shango yose inowoti yakashatha, imi ndowomuthukudza. 15 Se makati mukashathila thaka ye bathu be Iziraela itjinyika, namibo ndowomubhata saikoko. Iwe Dombo le Seiri, unowothukudzika, iwe ne Edomu yose. Ipapo banowoziba kuti ndimi Yahwe.”