5. (a) Chii chinobvumikisa chinyorwa chaObhadhia kuva chakavimbika nechechokwadi? (b) Obhadhia akazadzika sei zvinodikanwa zvomuporofita wechokwadi, uye neiko zita rake rakakodzera?

⁵ Uporofita hwaObhadhia paEdhomi hwakazadzikwa—ihwo hwose! Mukusvika mugumo wahwo, uporofita hwacho hunoti: “Imba yaEsau [inofanira kuva] mashanga; vachapisa vamwe pakati pavo, nokuvapedza; hakuchina vakasarira imba yaEsau, nokuti Jehovha wakataura izvozvo.” (Ndima 18) Edhomi akararama nomunondo uye akafa nomunondo, uye hapana vakasarira vavazukuru vake vakasara. Nokudaro chinyorwa chacho chinobvumikiswa kuva chakavimbika nechechokwadi. Obhadhia akanga ane zvipupuriro zvose zvomuporofita wechokwadi: Akataura muzita raJehovha, uporofita hwake hwakakudza Jehovha, uye hwakazadzikwa seizvo nhau yapashure yakabvumikisa. Zita rake nenzira yakakodzera rinoreva kuti “Mubatiri waJehovha.”

¹² Maererano naJosephus, muzana rechipiri ramakore B.C.E. vaEdhomi vakasara vakakundwa namambo wechiJudha John Hyrcanus I, vakamanikidzirwa kuti vadzingiswe, uye zvishoma nezvishoma vakapinda muumambo hwechiJudha mukutungamirira kwagavhuna wechiJudha. Pashure pokuparadza kwavaRoma Jerusarema muna 70 C.E., zita ravo rakanyangarika munhau.c Kwakaitika seizvo Obhadhia akanga afanotaura, kuti: “Uchaparadzwa nokusingaperi. . . . hakuchina vachasarira imba yaEsau.”—Obha. 10, 18.