Ha:bagage 1
1 Hina Gode da balofede dunu Ha: bagage ema sia: ne iasu iasi.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 “Hina Gode! Na da habowali seda Dima fidima: ne wema: bela: ? Ba: bilone dunu da ninima bagadewane gegene nimi daha. Di da habogala na wesu nabalu, nini gaga: ma: bela: ?
[I said, ] “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call [to you] for help before you respond? I cry out to you [for help], saying that [people are acting] violently [everywhere], but you do not rescue us!
3 Dia da abuliba: le na da bidi hamosu bagadedafa ba: ma: ne hamosala: ? Dia da abuliba: le agoai wadela: i hamosu hou udigili ba: lala: ? Gugunufinisisu hou amola gegene nimi dasu hou huluane da na sisiga: sa. Amola gegesudafa amola sia: ga gegesu da soge huluane nabalesi diala.
(Must I/I do not want to) continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ]. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong [RHQ]? I see people destroying things and [acting] violently. There is fighting and quarreling [everywhere].
4 Fofada: su hou da gasa hame amola hamedei agoane ba: sa. Moloidafa hou hamobe da hamedafa ba: sa. Wadela: i hamosu dunu da moloidafa hamosu dunu ilima osa: le heda: sa. Amaiba: le, moloidafa fofada: su da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: sa.
No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people [in the courts], with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
5 Amalalu, Hina Gode da Ea fi dunu ilima amane sia: i, “Dilia fifi asi gala huluane dilima sisiga: i dialebe, amo mae fisili, ba: laloma. Amasea, dilia da fofogadigimu. Bai, Na da hou bagade hamomu. Amola dilia da amo hamobe dilia gega nabimu ganiaba, dafawaneyale hame dawa: la: loba. Amaiba: le, ba: laloma!
[Yahweh replied to me, ] “[I know that what you say is true, but] look around at [what is happening in] the other nations; [if you look, ] you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe [would happen], even if someone told you about it.
6 Ba: bilone dunu da nimi bagade dodona: gi dunu. Amo dunu fi da eno osobo bagade fi ouligimusa: , Na da ilima gasa iaha. Ilia da eno soge hasanasimusa: , osobo bagadeba: le mogodigili ahoa.
The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them [to become very powerful]; they will march across the world and conquer [many] other countries.
7 Ilia habi ahoasea, dunu huluane da beda: gia: sa. Ilia da gasa fili, ilisu da ouligisu hou gagui dagoi dawa: lala.
They are people whom [others] fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.
8 Ilia hosi ilia hehenasu hou da ‘lebade’ ea hehenasu baligisa, amola ilia ougi hou da wufi wa: me ea ha: iba: le ougi baligisa. Ilia hosi da: iya fila heda: i dadi gagui dunu da soge badilia amoga manebe ba: sa. Ilia hosi da osoba gidilagidilasa. Ilia da buhibaga sage famusa: dabe, amo defele, gogili daha.
The horses [that pull their chariots] go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like [SIM] eagles that swoop down to [snatch and] kill small animals.
9 Ilia dadi gagui wa: i da gegene nimi dahawane midadi mogodigili ahoa. Amola dunu huluane da ilia mabeba: le beda: sa. Ilia doagala: le samogele lai dunu ilia idi da sa: iboso defele, idimu gogolei ba: sa.
As they ride along, [they are] determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as [numerous as grains of] sand.
10 Ilia da hina bagade ilima higale ba: sa, amola ouligisudafa dunu amoba: le oufesega: sa. Gagili sali diasu da ilia logo hedofamu hamedei. Ilia da amo ea gagoi beba: le osobo gasa: le lelegela heda: le amodili golili sa: ili, doagala: le laha.
They make fun of kings and princes [of other countries], and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt [outside those walls] [in order to climb up] and capture those cities.
11 Amasea, ilia da fo ahoabe defele, bu asi dagoi ba: mu. Amo dunu ilia gasa da ilima ‘gode’ gala.
They rush past like the wind, and then they go [to attack other cities]. But they are very guilty, because [they think that] their own power is their god.”
12 Hina Gode! Musa: dafaganini, Di da Gode galu. Di da na Gode! Di da hadigidafa amola Fifi Ahoanusudafa. Hina Gode! Na Gode amola na Gaga: su! Di da Ba: bilone dunu ilegei dagoi. Di da ili gasa fufugilisili, ilia ninima se dabe ima: ne gasa fufugilisi.
[Then I said, ] “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So [why] have you appointed those men [from Babylonia] to judge and get rid of [us]? You are like [MET] a huge rock [under which we are protected/safe], so why have you sent them to punish us?
13 Be Di da abuliba: le amo wadela: i hamosu dunu amola hohonosu dunu ilima asigiwane ba: sala: ? Dia si da hadigidafaba: le, Di da wadela: i hou amola wadela: i hamobe dunu amo ba: mu gogolesa. Amaiba: le, Di da Ba: bilone dunuma, amo dunu da ilia moloi hou baligisa dunu, amo gugunufinisilalebe ba: sea, Di da abuliba: le ouiya: le esalabala?
You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, [so why] are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing [to punish] those wicked men [from Babylonia] who destroy people who are more righteous than they [are]?
14 Menabo fi amola sage fi da ilima olelema: ne, ouligisu dunu hame gala. Di da abuliba: le Dia fi dunu ilima menabo amola sage fi ouligibi defele ouligisala: ?
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 Ba: bilone dunu ilia da eno dunu menabo agoane ma: go amoga hiougisa. Ilia da dunu gasa: su amuni ganodini sa: i, hiouginana ahoa. Ilia da dunu gaguiba: le, hahawane nodone wele sia: sa.
[The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish] [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.
16 Ilia da ilia menabo gasa: su amoma nodone sia: ne gadosa amola amoma gobele salasu hou hamosa. Bai ilia gasa: su amuni da ilima baligili noga: idafa liligi ilima iaha.
If they catch us, they will [worship] their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! [They will say] ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’
17 Ilia da eso huluane, mae fisili ilia gegesu gobihei amoga fifi asi gala dunu ilima mae asigili, gugunufinisilaloma: bela: ?
[Will you allow] them to continue [to conquer people] [MET] forever? [Will you allow] them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful [to anyone]?”
