Habakkuk 2
1 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.
我要站在守望所， 立在望樓上觀看， 看耶和華對我說甚麼話， 我可用甚麼話向他訴冤。
2 Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
他對我說：將這默示明明地寫在版上， 使讀的人容易讀。
3 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.
因為這默示有一定的日期， 快要應驗，並不虛謊。 雖然遲延，還要等候； 因為必然臨到，不再遲延。
4 Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright — but the righteous will live by faith —
迦勒底人自高自大，心不正直； 惟義人因信得生。
5 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)
迦勒底人因酒詭詐，狂傲， 不住在家中， 擴充心欲，好像陰間。 他如死不能知足， 聚集萬國，堆積萬民都歸自己。 (Sheol h7585)
6 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?’
這些國的民豈不都要提起詩歌並俗語譏刺他說： 禍哉！迦勒底人，你增添不屬自己的財物， 多多取人的當頭，要到幾時為止呢？
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
咬傷你的豈不忽然起來， 擾害你的豈不興起， 你就作他們的擄物嗎？
8 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.
因你搶奪許多的國，殺人流血， 向國內的城並城中一切居民施行強暴， 所以各國剩下的民都必搶奪你。
9 Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
為本家積蓄不義之財、 在高處搭窩、指望免災的有禍了！
10 You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
你圖謀剪除多國的民，犯了罪， 使你的家蒙羞，自害己命。
11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
牆裏的石頭必呼叫； 房內的棟樑必應聲。
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
以人血建城、 以罪孽立邑的有禍了！
13 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?
眾民所勞碌得來的被火焚燒， 列國由勞乏而得的歸於虛空， 不都是出於萬軍之耶和華嗎？
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
認識耶和華榮耀的知識要充滿遍地， 好像水充滿洋海一般。
15 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!
給人酒喝、又加上毒物、 使他喝醉、好看見他下體的有禍了！
16 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.
你滿受羞辱，不得榮耀； 你也喝吧，顯出是未受割禮的！ 耶和華右手的杯必傳到你那裏； 你的榮耀就變為大大地羞辱。
17 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.
你向黎巴嫩行強暴與殘害 驚嚇野獸的事必遮蓋你； 因你殺人流血， 向國內的城並城中一切居民施行強暴。
18 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.
雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來， 有甚麼益處呢？ 鑄造的偶像就是虛謊的師傅。 製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像有甚麼益處呢？
19 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.”
對木偶說：醒起！ 對啞巴石像說：起來！那人有禍了！ 這個還能教訓人嗎？ 看哪，是包裹金銀的，其中毫無氣息。
20 But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.
惟耶和華在他的聖殿中； 全地的人都當在他面前肅敬靜默。
