哈巴谷書 2
1 我要立在我的守望台上，置身於堡壘上窺探，看他對我說什麼，看他怎樣答覆我的怨訴。
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
2 上主回答我說：「你寫出這神視，清楚地刻在版上，使人能順利誦讀。
Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
3 因為這神視有一定的時期，最後必要實現，決無欺詐；若遲廷了，你應等待；它必再來，決不誤期。
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
4 看，心術不正的，必然消逝；人必因他們的信賴而生活。
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —
and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own. (Sheol h7585)
6 那時，這些人民豈不都吟諷刺詩，以隱語嘲弄他說：禍哉，那只顧聚歛他人財物的人，堆積抵押於自己家中，要到何時﹖
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
7 你的債豈不要忽然起來，追債者豈不要醒起，你必成為他們的掠物!
Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
8 因為你搶掠過許多民族，各民族的遺也必要搶掠你；因為你流了人的血，使地域、城市和其中所有的居民遭受了摧殘。
Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
9 禍哉! 那取重利，而給自家遭禍，並在高處設置高巢，想避免災禍的人!
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
10 你消滅許多民族，正是為自家遭來羞恥，危害自己的性命，
You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
11 因為石頭必由牆中呼喊，棟零樑必由屋脊應和。
For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
12 禍哉，那以血債建造城市，以邪惡建立城鎮的人!
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
13 這豈不要出於萬軍上主的意願：列國只為火而勤勞，萬民辛苦只是一場空﹖
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
14 因為大地要充滿對上主光榮的知識，就如水充滿海洋。
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
15 禍哉，那以攙有毒物的給自己近人喝，使他酣醉，圖見他裸體的人!
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
16 你必飽嘗恥辱，而毫無光榮。如今應該你喝，顯露你未割損之物。上主右手中的杯已輪到了你，恥辱要遮蓋你的光榮。
You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
17 你加於黎巴嫩的摧殘，必臨於你；你施於走獸的虐待，必使你恐懼，因為 你流了人的血，使地域、城市和其中所有居民遭受了摧殘。
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
18 彫像有何用處﹖竟使工匠彫刻它﹖鑄像，即撒謊之師，又有何用，竟值得製造它的人依賴它﹖他不要為自己製造了啞像﹖
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
19 禍哉，那對木頭說：「醒來，」對石頭說：「起來」的人! 這樣的東西豈能施救﹖看，它只是塗了一層金銀，內卻毫無氣息。
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
20 但上主卻住在自己的聖殿內，整個大地在衪面前都應肅靜。
But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
