Ambacum 1
1 The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
La carga que vio Habacuc profeta.
2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not listen? [how long] shall I cry out to you being injured, and you will not save?
¿Hasta cuándo, o! Jehová, clamaré, y no oirás? ¿daré voces a ti a causa de la violencia, y no salvarás?
3 Therefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgement is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
¿Por qué me haces ver iniquidad, y haces que mire molestia, y que saco y violencia esté delante de mí, y haya quien levante pleito y contienda?
4 Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgement proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly [man] prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgement will proceed.
Por lo cual la ley es debilitada, y el juicio no sale perpetuo; porque el impío calumnia al justo: a esta causa el juicio sale torcido.
5 Behold, you despisers, and look, and wonder marvellously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which you will in no wise believe, though a man declare [it to you].
Mirád en las gentes, y ved, y maravilláos, maravilláos; porque obra será hecha en vuestros días, que cuando se os contare, no la creeréis.
6 Therefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.
Porque he aquí que yo levanto los Caldeos, nación amarga y presurosa, que camina por la anchura de la tierra para poseer las habitaciones ajenas.
7 He is terrible and famous; his judgement shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.
Espantosa y terrible, de ella misma saldrá su derecho y su grandeza.
8 And his horses shall bound [more swiftly] than leopards, and [they are] fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.
Y serán sus caballos más ligeros que tigres, y más agudos que lobos de tarde; y sus caballeros se multiplicarán: vendrán de lejos sus caballeros, y volarán como águilas que se apresuran a la comida.
9 Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Toda ella vendrá a la presa: delante de sus caras viento solano; y ayuntará cautivos como arena.
10 And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
Y él escarnecerá de los reyes, y de los príncipes hará burla: él se reirá de toda fortaleza, y amontanará polvo, y la tomará.
11 Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, [saying], This strength [belongs] to my god.
Entonces él mudará espíritu, y traspasará, y pecará atribuyendo esta su potencia a su dios.
12 [Are] not you from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, you have established it for judgement, and he has formed me to chasten [with] his correction.
¿No eres tú desde el principio, o! Jehová, Dios mío, santo mío? no moriremos, o! Jehová: para juicio le pusiste, y fuerte le fundaste para castigar.
13 [His] eye is too pure to behold evil [doings], and to look upon grievous afflictions: therefore do you look upon despisers? will you be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
Limpio de ojos para no ver el mal: ni podrás ver la molestia: ¿por qué ves los menospreciadores, y callas, cuando destruye el impío al más justo que él?
14 And will you make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
¿Y haces que los hombres sean como los peces de la mar, y como reptiles que no tienen señor?
15 He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
Sacará a todos con su anzuelo, apañarlos ha con su aljanaya, y juntarlos ha con su red: por lo cual él se holgará, y hará alegrías.
16 Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.
Por esto sacrificará a su aljanaya, y a su red ofrecerá sahumerios; porque con ellas engordó su porción, y engrasó su comida.
17 Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to kill the nations continually.
¿Vaciará por eso su red, o tendrá piedad de matar naciones continuamente?
