Habakkuk 1
1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
La profecía que vio el profeta Habacuc. Diálogo de reclamo.
2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save?
¿Hasta cuándo, oh Yavé, clamaré y no escuchas? Grito a Ti: ¡Violencia! Pero no salvas.
3 Why have you revealed to me iniquity and hardship, to see plunder and injustice opposite me? And there has been judgment, but the opposition is more powerful.
¿Por qué me muestras iniquidad y haces que mire la perversidad? Destrucción y violencia hay delante de mí, y surge lucha y contención.
4 Because of this, the law has been torn apart, and judgment does not persevere to its conclusion. For the impious prevail against the just. Because of this, a perverse judgment is issued.
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 Gaze among the nations, and see. Admire, and be astounded. For a work has been done in your days, which no one will believe when it is told.
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 behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift people, marching across the width of the earth, to possess tabernacles not their own.
Ciertamente levanto a los caldeos, pueblo cruel e impetuoso que marcha por la anchura de la tierra para poseer poblaciones ajenas.
7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.
Terribles y temibles, de ellos mismos procede su justicia y su dignidad.
8 Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.
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 will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.
Todos ellos vienen a hacer violencia. Sus caras están vueltas con afán hacia adelante. Recogen cautivos como arena.
10 And concerning kings, he will triumph, and sovereign rulers will be his laughingstock, and he will laugh over every fortress, and he will transport a rampart and seize it.
Se burlan de los reyes, se mofan de sus jefes y se ríen de toda fortaleza. Levantan terraplén y la conquistan.
11 Then his spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from his god.
Luego ellos pasarán como huracán y ofenderán al atribuir su fuerza a su ʼeloha.
12 Have you not existed from the beginning, Lord my God, my holy one, and so we shall not die? Lord, you have stationed him for judgment, and you have established that his strength will be swept away.
¡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 Your eyes are pure, you do not behold evil, and you cannot look towards iniquity. Why do you look upon the agents of iniquity, and remain silent, while the impious is devouring one who is more just 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 And you will make men like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things that have no ruler.
¿Por qué tratas a los hombres como a los peces del mar, como reptiles que no tienen amo?
15 He lifted up everything with his hook. He drew them in with his dragnet, and gathered them into his netting. Over this, he will rejoice and exult.
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 will offer victims to his dragnet, and he will sacrifice to his netting. For through them, his portion has been made fat, and his meals elite.
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 Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.
¿Por tanto, seguirá vaciando su red sin cesar? ¿Seguirá aniquilando a las naciones sin compasión?
