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, oh SEÑOR, clamaré, y no oirás; y 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? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
¿Por qué me haces ver iniquidad, y haces que mire molestia, y destrucción y violencia delante de mí, habiendo además quien levante pleito y contienda?
4 Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly [man] prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.
Por lo cual la ley es debilitada, y el juicio no sale verdadero; por cuanto el impío asedia al justo, por eso sale torcido el juicio.
5 Behold, you despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which you will in no wise believe, though a man declare [it to you].
Mirad entre los gentiles, y ved, y maravillaos pasmosamente; porque obra será hecha en vuestros días, que aun 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, yo levanto a los caldeos, gente amarga y presurosa, que camina por la anchura de la tierra para poseer las habitaciones ajenas.
7 He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.
Espantosa es 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 jinetes 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 juntará 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 amontonará 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 se ensoberbecerá contra Dios, y pasará adelante, y ofenderá atribuyendo ésta 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 judgment, and he has formed me to chasten [with] his correction.
¿No eres tú desde el principio, oh SEÑOR, Dios mío, Santo mío? No moriremos oh SEÑOR, para juicio lo pusiste; y fuerte lo 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 eres de ojos para no ver el mal, ni puedes ver el agravio; ¿por qué ves a 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 sean los hombres como los peces del mar, 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, los cogerá con su malla, y los juntará en su red; por lo cual se regocijará 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 hará sacrificios a su malla, y ofrecerá sahumerios a su red; porque con ellos 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 gentiles continuamente?
