Habakuk 2
1 Nu wil ik mijn wachtpost betrekken, En op de uitkijk gaan staan, Om te zien, wat Hij mij zegt, Wat Hij antwoordt op mijn klacht!
[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 Jahweh gaf mij antwoord, en sprak: Schrijf het visioen neer, en grif het op tabletten, Opdat men het gemakkelijk leest.
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 Want er is nog een ander visioen, waarvan de tijd is bepaald, Dat zijn vervulling bereikt, en niet faalt! Mocht het al toeven, blijf het verbeiden, Want het komt zeker, en blijft niet uit:
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 Wie moedeloos is, in hem heeft mijn ziel geen behagen, Maar de rechtvaardige leeft door zijn geloof!
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 Wee des te meer den vermetelen rover, Den overmoedigen, rustelozen mens, Gulzig als de onderwereld, Onverzadelijk als de dood! Die alle naties naar zich toetrekt, Alle volken tot zich haalt: (Sheol h7585)
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 h7585)
6 Zullen die allen geen spreuk op hem dichten, Geen spotlied en puntdicht op hem zeggen? Wee, die ophoopt wat het zijne niet is, En zich bezwaart met andermans goed:
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 Zullen uw schuldeisers niet plotseling opstaan, Uw vervolgers ontwaken, en valt ge hun niet ten prooi?
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 Om uw beroving van talloze naties Maakt de rest van de volken u buit, Om het bloed van de mensen, het geweld tegen het land, Tegen de stad en al haar bewoners!
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 Wee hem, die vuil gewin behaalt voor zijn huis, Om zijn nest in de hoogte te bouwen, En de greep van de ramp te ontsnappen:
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 Gij beraamt slechts schande voor uw huis! Door vele volken te plunderen, Hebt gij uw leven verbeurd:
But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
11 Want de steen roept wraak uit de muur, De balk antwoordt hem uit de binten.
[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 Wee, die een stad wil bouwen in bloed, En een vesting op onrecht wil gronden!
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 Zie, moet zo iets niet uitgaan Van Jahweh der heirscharen? De volken tobben zich af voor het vuur, De naties maken zich moe voor niets:
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 Maar de aarde zal worden vervuld van de kennis der glorie van Jahweh, Zoals de wateren de bodem der zeeën bedekken!
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 Wee hem, die zijn naaste laat drinken Uit zijn vergiftigde beker, Die hem dronken maakt, Om zijn schaamte te zien!
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 Gij wordt dronken van schande, in plaats van eer: Drink op uw beurt, en ontbloot uw schaamte! De beker uit Jahweh’s rechterhand wordt u gereikt, De smaad, in plaats van uw glorie.
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 Want het geweld tegen de Libanon drukt op u neer, De moord op de dieren zal u verschrikken: Het bloed van de mensen, het geweld tegen het land, Tegen de stad en al haar bewoners.
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 Wat baat toch een gesneden beeld, Dat zijn maker het snijdt; Het gegoten beeld, die leugenmeester, Wat kan het leren? Ja, de werkman vertrouwt op zijn maaksel, Zodat hij stomme goden snijdt:
[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 Wee hem, die tot hout zegt: Word wakker, En tot de stomme steen: Sta op! Zie, het is in goud en zilver gevat, Maar levensadem heeft het niet.
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 Maar Jahweh woont in zijn heilige tempel, Heel de aarde moet zwijgen voor Hèm!
But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
