Habakuk 1
1 Ote mane omi janabi Habakuk.
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, abiro luongi nyaka karangʼo mondo ikonya to ok iwinji? Koso nyaka karangʼo maywakni kawacho, “Timbe maricho omedore!” To kata kamano ok ires ji?
YHWH, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence." and will you not save?
3 En angʼo momiyo iweya mondo ane timbe maricho? Koso en angʼo momiyo idhil gi timbe maricho? Kethruok kod timbe maricho ochoma pile; lwenje mangʼeny nitie kendo sigu medore.
Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
4 Kuom mano chik ok nyal tiyo, kendo adiera ok nenre. Joma richo olworo joma kare, kuom mano adiera ok nyal betie.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
5 “Rang kendo inon ogendini mag piny mondo ibed gi bwok maduongʼ. Nimar abiro timo gimoro e ndalou ma ok ubi yiego, kata ka owachni.
"Look, you scoffers, and watch, and be utterly amazed, and perish; for I am working a work in your days which you will not believe, though it is told you.
6 Atingʼo jo-Babulon malo, en oganda maonge gi ngʼwono kendo mager, gin oganda mayweyo piny duto kendo gikawo kuonde dak ma ok mekgi.
For, look, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places not his own.
7 Gin joma ji oluoro kendo magoyo ji gi kihondko, giloso chikegi giwegi, kendo gichuno luor mag-gi giwegi.
He is feared and dreaded. His judgment will be from himself, and his authority will come from himself.
8 Faresegi ringo mapiyo moloyo kwach, kendo giger moloyo guo sudhe e sa ma piny imoree. Faresegi mag lweny lengʼore ka gitingʼo wiyegi malo; joidh faresegi aa kuma bor. Gihuyo ka achuth madwaro kawo chiemo,
His horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. And their horsemen press proudly on, and, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
9 giduto gibiro monjou ne lweny. Jolwenjgi dhi nyime mana ka yamb piny motwo kendo gichoko joma otwe ka kwoyo.
All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
10 Ginyiero ruodhi kendo gijaro jotelo. Ginyiero mier mochiel gi ohinga motegno; gigero pidhe mag lowo ma giidhogo ohinga kendo gimako mier mochiel motegno.
And he will scoff at kings and deride rulers. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
11 Gikadho ka yamo, ka gidhi kamoro machielo. To kata kamano gin joketho, nikech gikwano tekregi giwegi ka nyasachgi.”
Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is his god."
12 Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, donge in ema nyaka nene? Yaye, Nyasacha, Nyasaye Maler, ok wanatho. Yaye Jehova Nyasaye, iseyierogi mondo gibednwa jongʼad bura. Yaye Nyasaye ma Lwanda, isewalogi mondo gikel kum.
Aren't you from everlasting, YHWH my God, my Holy One? We will not die. YHWH, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
13 Wengeni ler ma ok nyal ngʼiyo richo, ok inyal bedo mamor gi gima rach. To en angʼo momiyo koro ibedo mamor gi jo-andhoga? Angʼo momiyo ilingʼ alingʼa ka jomaricho, tieko joma kare moloyogi?
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
14 Isemiyo dhano obedo machalo gi rech manie nam, mana kaka gik mochwe modak e nam maonge jatendgi.
and make men like the fish of the sea, like the crawling creatures, that have no ruler over them?
15 Jaricho ywayogi ka makogi gi olowu, kendo omakogi gi gogo, kochokogi gi obadho mochiko, kendo obedo mamor kuom lupo.
He takes up all of them with the hook, and he catches them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
16 Emomiyo, ochiwo misango kuom gogo mar lupo kendo owangʼo ubani ne obadho mar chiko rech, nikech gogo mare miyo odak e ngima maber kendo ochamo chiemo moyier maber.
Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.
17 Bende ber mondo odhi nyime kogolo gik momako e gogo mare, kotieko ogendini ka oonge ngʼwono?
Will he therefore continually empty his net, killing the nations without mercy?
