حَبَقُّوق 2

١ 1 عَلَى مَرْصَدِي أَقِفُ، وَعَلَى ٱلْحِصْنِ أَنْتَصِبُ، وَأُرَاقِبُ لِأَرَى مَاذَا يَقُولُ لِي، وَمَاذَا أُجِيبُ عَنْ شَكْوَايَ.

I will stand upon my watch, and set myself upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

٢ 2 فَأَجَابَنِي ٱلرَّبُّ وَقَالَ: «ٱكْتُبِ ٱلرُّؤْيَا وَٱنْقُشْهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحِ لِكَيْ يَرْكُضَ قَارِئُهَا،

And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run who reads it.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ ٱلرُّؤْيَا بَعْدُ إِلَى ٱلْمِيعَادِ، وَفِي ٱلنِّهَايَةِ تَتَكَلَّمُ وَلَا تَكْذِبُ. إِنْ تَوَانَتْ فَٱنْتَظِرْهَا لِأَنَّهَا سَتَأْتِي إِتْيَانًا وَلَا تَتَأَخَّرُ.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hastens toward the end, and shall not lie. Though it tarry, wait for it, because it will surely come. It will not delay.

٤ 4 «هُوَذَا مُنْتَفِخَةٌ غَيْرُ مُسْتَقِيمَةٍ نَفْسُهُ فِيهِ. وَٱلْبَارُّ بِإِيمَانِهِ يَحْيَا.

Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright in him. (But the righteous man shall live by his faith.

٥ 5 وَحَقًّا إِنَّ ٱلْخَمْرَ غَادِرَةٌ. ٱلرَّجُلَ مُتَكَبِّرٌ وَلَا يَهْدَأُ. ٱلَّذِي قَدْ وَسَّعَ نَفْسَهُ كَٱلْهَاوِيَةِ، وَهُوَ كَٱلْمَوْتِ فَلَا يَشْبَعُ، بَلْ يَجْمَعُ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ كُلَّ ٱلْأُمَمِ، وَيَضُمُّ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ جَمِيعَ ٱلشُّعُوبِ. (Sheol h7585)

Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous.) He is a haughty man, who does not keep at home, who enlarges his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to him all nations, and heaps to him all peoples. (Sheol h7585)

٦ 6 فَهَلَّا يَنْطِقُ هَؤُلَاءِ كُلُّهُمْ بِهَجْوٍ عَلَيْهِ وَلُغْزِ شَمَاتَةٍ بِهِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: وَيْلٌ لِلْمُكَثِّرِ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ! إِلَى مَتَى؟ وَلِلْمُثَقِّلِ نَفْسَهُ رُهُونًا!

Shall not all these take up a derision against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!

٧ 7 أَلَا يَقُومُ بَغْتَةً مُقَارِضُوكَ، وَيَسْتَيْقِظُ مُزَعْزِعُوكَ، فَتَكُونَ غَنِيمَةً لَهُمْ؟

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee. And thou shall be for booty to them?

٨ 8 لِأَنَّكَ سَلَبْتَ أُمَمًا كَثِيرَةً، فَبَقِيَّةُ ٱلشُّعُوبِ كُلِّهَا تَسْلُبُكَ لِدِمَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَظُلْمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَجَمِيعِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

Because thou have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.

٩ 9 «وَيْلٌ لِلْمُكْسِبِ بَيْتَهُ كَسْبًا شِرِّيرًا لِيَجْعَلَ عُشَّهُ فِي ٱلْعُلُوِّ لِيَنْجُوَ مِنْ كَفِّ ٱلشَّرِّ!

Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

١٠ 10 تَآمَرْتَ ٱلْخِزْيَ لِبَيْتِكَ. إِبَادَةَ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ وَأَنْتَ مُخْطِئٌ لِنَفْسِكَ.

Thou have devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against thy soul.

١١ 11 لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَجَرَ يَصْرُخُ مِنَ ٱلْحَائِطِ فَيُجِيبُهُ ٱلْجَائِزُ مِنَ ٱلْخَشَبِ.

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

١٢ 12 «وَيْلٌ لِلْبَانِي مَدِينَةً بِٱلدِّمَاءِ، وَلِلْمُؤَسِّسِ قَرْيَةً بِٱلْإِثْمِ!

Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

١٣ 13 أَلَيْسَ مِنْ قِبَلِ رَبِّ ٱلْجُنُودِ أَنَّ ٱلشُّعُوبَ يَتْعَبُونَ لِلنَّارِ، وَٱلْأُمَمَ لِلْبَاطِلِ يَعْيَوْنَ؟

Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

١٤ 14 لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ تَمْتَلِئُ مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ ٱلرَّبِّ كَمَا تُغَطِّي ٱلْمِيَاهُ ٱلْبَحْرَ.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

١٥ 15 «وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَسْقِي صَاحِبَهُ سَافِحًا حُمُوَّكَ وَمُسْكِرًا أَيْضًا، لِلنَّظَرِ إِلَى عَوْرَاتِهِمْ.

Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who adds thy venom, and also makes him drunken, that thou may look on their nakedness!

١٦ 16 قَدْ شَبِعْتَ خِزْيًا عِوَضًا عَنِ ٱلْمَجْدِ. فَٱشْرَبْ أَنْتَ أَيْضًا وَٱكْشِفْ غُرْلَتَكَ! تَدُورُ إِلَيْكَ كَأْسُ يَمِينِ ٱلرَّبِّ، وَقُيَاءُ ٱلْخِزْيِ عَلَى مَجْدِكَ.

Thou are filled with shame, and not glory. Drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised. The cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come around to thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

١٧ 17 لِأَنَّ ظُلْمَ لُبْنَانَ يُغَطِّيكَ، وَٱغْتِصَابَ ٱلْبَهَائِمِ ٱلَّذِي رَوَّعَهَا، لِأَجْلِ دِمَاءِ ٱلنَّاسِ وَظُلْمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَجَمِيعِ ٱلسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee and the plunder of the beasts (which made them afraid), because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.

١٨ 18 «مَاذَا نَفَعَ ٱلتِّمْثَالُ ٱلْمَنْحُوتُ حَتَّى نَحَتَهُ صَانِعُهُ؟ أَوِ ٱلْمَسْبُوكُ وَمُعَلِّمُ ٱلْكَذِبِ حَتَّى إِنَّ ٱلصَّانِعَ صَنْعَةً يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهَا، فَيَصْنَعُ أَوْثَانًا بُكْمًا؟

What profits the graven image, that the maker of it has engraved it, the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make dumb idols?

١٩ 19 وَيْلٌ لِلْقَائِلِ لِلْعُودِ: ٱسْتَيْقِظْ! وَلِلْحَجَرِ ٱلْأَصَمِّ: ٱنْتَبِهْ! أَهُوَ يُعَلِّمُ؟ هَا هُوَ مَطْلِيٌّ بِٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ، وَلَا رُوحَ ٱلْبَتَّةَ فِي دَاخِلِهِ!

Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake, to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا ٱلرَّبُّ فَفِي هَيْكَلِ قُدْسِهِ. فَٱسْكُتِي قُدَّامَهُ يَا كُلَّ ٱلْأَرْضِ».

But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him.