< Habakuk 2 >
1 Na stráži své státi budu, a postavím se na baště, vyhlédaje, abych viděti mohl, co mluviti bude ke mně Bůh, a co bych odpovídati měl po svém trestání.
[After I said that, I said to myself, ] “I will climb up into my watchtower, and stand there at my guard post. I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say, what he will reply to what I have complained about.”
2 I odpověděl mi Hospodin, a řekl: Napiš vidění, a to zřetelně na dskách, aby je přeběhl čtenář,
Then Yahweh replied to me, “Write plainly on tablets [what I am revealing to you in] this vision, [and then read it to a messenger] in order that he can run with it [to tell it to] other people.
3 Proto že ještě do jistého času bude vidění, a směle mluviti bude až do konce, a nesklamáť. Jestliže by pak poprodlilo, posečkej na ně; neboť jistotně dojde, aniž bude meškati.
In this vision [I will be talking about things that will happen] in the future. Now is not the time when those things will happen, but they certainly will happen, and when they occur, they will occur quickly, and they will not be delayed. Now you [want those things to happen immediately, but] they are not happening. But wait patiently for them [to happen]!
4 Aj ten, kdož se zpíná, tohoť duše není upřímá v něm, ale spravedlivý z víry své živ bude.
Think about the proud [people of Babylonia]! They are certainly not doing what is righteous. But people who are righteous will live because they faithfully [do what I want them to do].
5 Ovšem pak více opilec, nešlechetnost a pýchu provodě, neostojí v příbytku; kterýž rozšiřuje jako peklo duši svou, jest jako smrt, kteráž se nemůže nasytiti, byť pak shromáždil k sobě všecky národy, a shrnul k sobě všecky lidi. (Sheol )
If people [trust in their wealth], they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. [It is as though] the greedy people [of Babylonia open their mouths] as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like [the place where] dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS]. The [armies of Babylonia] conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. (Sheol )
6 Zdaliž všickni ti proti němu přísloví nevynesou, a světlých slov i pohádek o něm? A neřeknou-liž: Běda tomu, kterýž rozmnožuje věci ne své, (až dokud pak?) a obtěžuje se hustým blátem?
But [soon] all those [whom they have captured] will ridicule [the soldiers from Babylonia]! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things [from other countries]! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. [But you certainly will not keep those things] for a long time [RHQ]!’
7 Zdaliž nepovstanou rychle, kteříž by tě hryzli, a neprocítí, kteříž by tebou smýkali? A budeš u nich v ustavičném potlačení.
Suddenly those whom you (oppressed/treated cruelly) will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.
8 Proto že jsi ty zloupil národy mnohé, zloupí tě všickni ostatkové národů, pro krev lidskou, a nátisk země a města, i všech, kteříž přebývají v něm.
You stole things from the people of many nations. You murdered [MTY] people of many people-groups, and you destroyed their land and their cities. So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you.
9 Běda tomu, kdož lakomě hledá mrzkého zisku domu svému, aby postavil na místě vysokém hnízdo své, a tak znikl nebezpečenství.
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who build big houses with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.
10 Uradils se k hanbě domu svému, abys plénil národy mnohé, a zhřešil sobě samému.
But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
11 Nebo kamení ze zdi křičeti bude, a suk z dřeva posvědčovati bude toho.
[It is as though] the stones in the walls [of your houses] cry out to accuse you, and [it is as though] the beams [in your ceilings] also say the same things.
12 Běda tomu, kterýž staví město krví, a utvrzuje město nepravostí.
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who kill people [MTY] in order to build cities, cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.
13 Aj, zdaliž to není od Hospodina zástupů, že, o čemž pracují lidé a národové až do ustání nadarmo, oheň zkazí.
But the Commander of the armies of angels has [RHQ] declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that [will be destroyed by] fire; they will have worked hard uselessly.
14 Nebo naplněna bude země známostí slávy Hospodinovy, jako vody naplňují moře.
But [in contrast], like [SIM] the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with [people who] know that Yahweh is very great.
15 Běda tomu, kterýž napájí bližního svého, přičiněje nádoby své, tak aby jej opojil, a díval se na jeho nahotu.
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins [until they are drunk and then they walk around] naked, in order that you can see that.
16 Sytíš se potupou, proto že jsi slavný. Píti budeš i ty, a obnažen budeš; obejdeť k tobě kalich pravice Hospodinovy, a vývratek mrzutý na slávu tvou.
But you are the ones who [soon] will be disgraced instead of being honored. [It will be as though you are forced to] drink [a lot of wine] in order that you will also stagger [around, drunk]. You will drink the wine [that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you], and he will cause you to be disgraced instead of being greatly respected [any more].
17 Nebo nátisk Libánu a zhouba zvěři, kteráž ji děsila, přikryje tě, pro krev lidskou, a nátisk země a města, i všech, kteříž přebývají v něm.
You did violent [PRS] things to [the people in] Lebanon, and you killed the wild animals [there], but you will be punished severely for doing that. You have killed [MTY] many people and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.
18 Co prospívá rytina, že ji vyryl řemeslník její? Slitina i učitel lži, že doufá učinitel v účinek svůj, dělaje modly němé?
[You people of Babylonia need to know that your] idols are completely [RHQ] useless, because it is people who made them. Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you. Those who trust in idols are trusting in things that they themselves created, things that cannot speak!
19 Běda tomu, kterýž říká dřevu: Prociť, a kameni němému: Probuď se. On-liž by učiti mohl? Pohleď na něj. Obloženť jest zlatem a stříbrem, ale není v něm žádného ducha.
Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood, ‘Wake up!’ Idols certainly cannot [RHQ] tell you what you should do; they [look nice/beautiful because] they are covered with silver and gold, but they are not alive.
20 Hospodin pak v chrámě svatosti své jest, umlkniž před oblíčejem jeho všecka země.
But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”