Habakuk 1
1 Břímě, kteréž u vidění viděl Abakuk prorok.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 Až dokud, ó Hospodine, křičeti budu, a nevyslyšíš? Volati budu k tobě pro nátisk, a nespomůžeš?
[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 Proč dopouštíš, abych hleděti musil na nepravost, a na bezpráví se dívati, též na zhoubu a na nátisk proti mně? A vždy jest, kdož svár a různici vzbuzuje.
(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 Odkudž se děje opuštění zákona, a nedochází nikdá soud. Nebo bezbožný obkličuje spravedlivého, pročež vychází soud převrácený.
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 Pohleďte na národy a popatřte, nýbrž s velikým podivením se užasněte, proto že dělám dílo ve dnech vašich, o němž když vypravováno bude, neuvěříte.
[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 Nebo aj, já vzbudím Kaldejské, národ lítý a rychlý, kterýž zjezdí všecku širokost země, aby dědičně opanoval příbytky jiných,
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 Strašlivý a hrozný, od něhož soud jeho i vyvýšenost jeho vyjde.
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 Koni jeho rychlejší budou než rysové, a lítější nad vlky večerní; veliké množství bude jezdců jeho, kteřížto jezdci jeho zdaleka přijedou, a přiletí jako orlice, kteráž chvátá na pastvu.
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 Každý z nich k utiskování přijde, obrátíce tváři své k východu, když seberou jako písek zajaté.
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 Tentýž i králům se posmívati bude, a knížata smích jemu budou; tentýž každé pevnosti smáti se bude, a zdělaje náspy, dobude jí.
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 Tehdy promění se duch jeho, a přestoupí i zaviní, mysle, že ta moc jeho boha jeho jest.
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 Hospodine Bože můj, Svatý můj, zdaliž ty nejsi od věčnosti? Myť nezemřeme. Hospodine, k soudu postavil jsi jej, ty, ó skálo, k trestání nastrojil jsi ho.
[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 Čistéť jsou tvé oči, tak že na zlé věci hleděti, a na bezpráví se dívati nemůžeš. Pročež přehlídati máš nešlechetníkům a mlčeti, poněvadž bezbožník sehlcuje spravedlivějšího, než sám jest.
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 A zanechávati lidí jako ryb mořských, jako zeměplazu, kterýž nemá pána?
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 Všecky napořád udicí vytahuje, zatahuje je sítí svou, a zahrnuje je nevodem svým, protož veselí se a pléše.
[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 Protož síti své obětuje, a kadí nevodu svému; nebo skrze ně ztučněl díl jeho, a strava jeho zlepšena.
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 S tím-liž se vším předce zatahovati má sít svou, a ustavičně národy mordovati bez lítosti?
[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]?”
