30 Ndiyeno Esau anapempha Yakobo kuti: “Chonde, fulumira ndipatseko chakudya chofiiracho pang’ono, icho chofiiracho! Ndatopatu ine!” Ndiye chifukwa chake anatchedwa Edomu.*+

36 Mbiri ya Esau, kapena kuti Edomu,+ ili motere:

5 “Pakuti lupanga langa+ lidzakhala magazi okhaokha kumwambako. Lupangalo lidzatsikira pa Edomu+ ndi pa anthu amene ndikufuna kuwawononga+ mogwirizana ndi chilungamo changa.

12 “Yehova, Ambuye Wamkulu Koposa, wanena kuti, ‘Chifukwa chakuti Edomu walanga nyumba ya Yuda ndipo akupitiriza kuilanga ndi kuichitira zinthu zoipa kwambiri,+

11 “Yehova wanena kuti, ‘Chifukwa chakuti Edomu wandipandukira mobwerezabwereza,+ sindidzamusinthira chigamulo changa. Sindidzamusinthira chigamulocho chifukwa chakuti anathamangitsa m’bale wake ndi lupanga,+ sanasonyeze chifundo,+ akupitiriza kukhadzulakhadzula zinthu ali wokwiya komanso akukhalabe wokwiya mosalekeza.+

1 Tsopano awa ndiwo masomphenya a Obadiya:

Zimene Yehova Ambuye Wamkulu Koposa wanena zokhudza Edomu ndi izi:+ “Ife tamva uthenga wochokera kwa Yehova ndipo nthumwi yatumidwa kwa anthu a mitundu ina kukanena kuti: ‘Nyamukani anthu inu, tiyeni timuukire ndi kumenyana naye.’”+

4 “Popeza kuti Edomu akunena kuti, ‘Ife tawonongedwa, koma tibwerera ndi kukamanga malo athu owonongedwawo,’ Yehova wa makamu wanena kuti, ‘Iwo akamanga, koma ine ndikagwetsa.+ Anthu adzatcha malo awowo, “dera la zoipa” ndipo iwowo adzatchedwa, “anthu okanidwa ndi Yehova+ mpaka kalekale.”*