Habakkuk 2
1 I will stand vpon my watch, and set me vpon the towre, and wil looke and see what he would say vnto mee, and what I shall answere to him that rebuketh me.
我要立在我的守望台上，置身於堡壘上窺探，看他對我說什麼，看他怎樣答覆我的怨訴。
2 And the Lord answered me, and sayde, Write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may runne that readeth it.
上主回答我說：「你寫出這神視，清楚地刻在版上，使人能順利誦讀。
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the last it shall speake, and not lie: though it tarie, waite: for it shall surely come, and shall not stay.
因為這神視有一定的時期，最後必要實現，決無欺詐；若遲廷了，你應等待；它必再來，決不誤期。
4 Beholde, he that lifteth vp himselfe, his minde is not vpright in him, but the iust shall liue by his fayth,
看，心術不正的，必然消逝；人必因他們的信賴而生活。
5 Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people. (Sheol h7585)
的確，財物使人失信，使人驕傲，不能仗人安息；它張開自己像陰府的咽喉，又如不知饜足的死亡，聚集萬民，匯合列國，歸屬自己。 (Sheol h7585)
6 Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?
那時，這些人民豈不都吟諷刺詩，以隱語嘲弄他說：禍哉，那只顧聚歛他人財物的人，堆積抵押於自己家中，要到何時﹖
7 Shall they not rise vp suddenly, that shall bite thee? and awake, that shall stirre thee? and thou shalt be their praye?
你的債豈不要忽然起來，追債者豈不要醒起，你必成為他們的掠物!
8 Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.
因為你搶掠過許多民族，各民族的遺也必要搶掠你；因為你流了人的血，使地域、城市和其中所有的居民遭受了摧殘。
9 Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.
禍哉! 那取重利，而給自家遭禍，並在高處設置高巢，想避免災禍的人!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule.
你消滅許多民族，正是為自家遭來羞恥，危害自己的性命，
11 For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.
因為石頭必由牆中呼喊，棟零樑必由屋脊應和。
12 Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
禍哉，那以血債建造城市，以邪惡建立城鎮的人!
13 Beholde, is it not of the Lord of hostes that the people shall labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.
這豈不要出於萬軍上主的意願：列國只為火而勤勞，萬民辛苦只是一場空﹖
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters couer the sea.
因為大地要充滿對上主光榮的知識，就如水充滿海洋。
15 Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities.
禍哉，那以攙有毒物的給自己近人喝，使他酣醉，圖見他裸體的人!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glorie: drinke thou also, and be made naked: the cup of the Lords right hand shall be turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuing shalbe for thy glory.
你必飽嘗恥辱，而毫無光榮。如今應該你喝，顯露你未割損之物。上主右手中的杯已輪到了你，恥辱要遮蓋你的光榮。
17 For the crueltie of Lebanon shall couer thee: so shall the spoyle of the beastes, which made them afraide, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.
你加於黎巴嫩的摧殘，必臨於你；你施於走獸的虐待，必使你恐懼，因為 你流了人的血，使地域、城市和其中所有居民遭受了摧殘。
18 What profiteth the image? for the maker thereof hath made it an image, and a teacher of lies, though he that made it, trust therein, when he maketh dumme idoles.
彫像有何用處﹖竟使工匠彫刻它﹖鑄像，即撒謊之師，又有何用，竟值得製造它的人依賴它﹖他不要為自己製造了啞像﹖
19 Wo vnto him that sayth to the wood, Awake, and to the dumme stone, Rise vp, it shall teach thee: beholde, it is layde ouer with golde and siluer, and there is no breath in it.
禍哉，那對木頭說：「醒來，」對石頭說：「起來」的人! 這樣的東西豈能施救﹖看，它只是塗了一層金銀，內卻毫無氣息。
20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him.
但上主卻住在自己的聖殿內，整個大地在衪面前都應肅靜。
