Habakkuk 1
1 The word which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
La profecía que vio el profeta Habacuc. Diálogo de reclamo.
2 How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.
¿Hasta cuándo, oh Yavé, clamaré y no escuchas? Grito a Ti: ¡Violencia! Pero no salvas.
3 Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.
¿Por qué me muestras iniquidad y haces que mire la perversidad? Destrucción y violencia hay delante de mí, y surge lucha y contención.
4 For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.
Por eso la Ley no tiene poder y la justicia no prevalece. El perverso encierra al justo, de modo que la justicia resulta pervertida.
5 See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.
Miren las naciones y observen. Sean asombrados, porque Yo haré una obra en sus días que, aun cuando se la cuenten, no la creerían.
6 For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.
Ciertamente levanto a los caldeos, pueblo cruel e impetuoso que marcha por la anchura de la tierra para poseer poblaciones ajenas.
7 They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.
Terribles y temibles, de ellos mismos procede su justicia y su dignidad.
8 And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.
Sus caballos son más veloces que leopardos y más feroces que lobos nocturnos. Su caballería galopa y viene. Sus jinetes vienen de lejos. Vuelan como un águila cuando se precipita sobre la presa.
9 They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.
Todos ellos vienen a hacer violencia. Sus caras están vueltas con afán hacia adelante. Recogen cautivos como arena.
10 He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.
Se burlan de los reyes, se mofan de sus jefes y se ríen de toda fortaleza. Levantan terraplén y la conquistan.
11 Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.
Luego ellos pasarán como huracán y ofenderán al atribuir su fuerza a su ʼeloha.
12 Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.
¡Oh Yavé, ʼElohim mío y Santo mío! No moriremos. Tú, Oh Yavé, los escogiste para juzgar, y Tú, oh Roca, los estableciste para corregir.
13 Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
Tus ojos son demasiado puros para aprobar el mal y no puedes contemplar la perversidad. ¿Por qué guardas silencio cuando el perverso destruye al que es más justo que él?
14 He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.
¿Por qué tratas a los hombres como a los peces del mar, como reptiles que no tienen amo?
15 He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.
A todos ellos los sacan con anzuelo, los atrapan en su red y los juntan con su red barredera, por lo cual se alegran y se regocijan.
16 For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
Por esto hacen sacrificio a su red y ofrendan a su red barredera, porque por ellas su porción es abundante y suculenta su comida.
17 For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
¿Por tanto, seguirá vaciando su red sin cesar? ¿Seguirá aniquilando a las naciones sin compasión?
