Habakkuk 2
1 I WILL stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
Te u tuʻu ʻi heʻeku leʻo, pea u nofo ʻi hoku fale leʻo, pea te u leʻo ke ʻilo pe ko e hā te ne folofola mai kiate au, pea ko e hā te u tali ʻaki ʻoka valokiʻi au.
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Pea naʻe folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē, “Tohi ʻae meʻa hā mai, pea fai ke ʻilongofua ia ʻi he ngaahi palepale, koeʻuhi ke faʻa lele ʻe ia ʻoku ne lau ia.
3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
He ʻoku tuku ʻae meʻa hā mai ki ha kuonga kuo kotofa, pea ʻe lea ia ʻi he ngataʻanga, ka ʻe ʻikai loi: kapau ʻoku tuai ia, tatali ki ai, koeʻuhi ʻe hoko moʻoni ia, ʻe ʻikai tuai ia.
4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Vakai, ko ia ʻoku hiki hake ʻa hono laumālie, ʻoku ʻikai angatonu ia ʻiate ia ka ko e tonuhia ʻe moʻui ʻi heʻene tui.”
5 Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. (Sheol h7585)
Ko e moʻoni, hangē ko e tangata ʻoku angahala ʻi he uaine, ʻoku fielahi ia, pea ʻoku ʻikai nofomaʻu ʻi hono ʻapi: ʻoku ne fakalahi ʻene holi ʻo hangē ko e faʻitoka, pea tatau mo e mate, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mākona, ka ʻoku tānaki kiate ia ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kotoa pē, pea ʻoku fokotuʻu ki ai ʻae kakai kotoa pē: (Sheol h7585)
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!
ʻE ʻikai toʻo hake ʻekinautolu ni kotoa pē ʻae lea fakatātā kiate ia, pea mo e lea taukae kiate ia, ʻo pehē, ‘Ke malaʻia kiate ia ʻoku fakalahi ʻaki ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻana! ʻE fēfē hono fuoloa? Pea kiate ia ʻoku fakamamafa ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ʻumea matolu!’
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
ʻIkai ʻe tuʻu hake fakafokifā ʻakinautolu ʻo ʻuusi koe, pea ʻā ʻaia ʻe fakaʻitaʻi koe, pea ʻe hoko koe ko e vetea kiate kinautolu?
8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
Koeʻuhi kuo ke fakamālohi ki he ngaahi puleʻanga lahi, ʻe fakamālohiʻi koe ʻe he toenga kotoa pē ʻoe kakai; koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻoe kakai, mo e fakamālohi ki he fonua, mo e kolo, mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ai.
9 Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
Ke malaʻia kiate ia ʻoku manumanu ki he koloa kovi ki hono fale, koeʻuhi ke ne ngaohi hono pununga ʻi he māʻolunga, koeʻuhi ke fakahaofi ia mei he mālohi ʻoe kovi!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Kuo ke filioʻi ʻae fakamā ki ho fale ʻi he tuʻusi ʻoe kakai tokolahi, pea kuo ke angahala ki ho laumālie.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
ʻE tangi ʻae maka mei he ʻā, pea ʻe tali ia ʻe he ʻakau alanga fale.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Ke malaʻia kiate ia ʻoku langa ʻae kolo ʻaki ʻae toto, pea fokotuʻu ʻae kolo ʻi he angahala!
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
Vakai, ʻikai ʻoku meia Sihova ʻoe ngaahi kautau, ʻae kakai maʻa e afi pe, pea mo e fakamamahiʻi ʻae kakai ʻekinautolu ʻi he vaʻinga moʻoni?
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Koeʻuhi ʻe fakafonu ʻa māmani ʻi he ʻilo ki he nāunau ʻo Sihova, ʻo hangē ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻae kilisi tahi ʻe he ngaahi vai.
15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that addest thy venom [thereto], and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
“Ke malaʻia kiate ia ʻoku ne ʻatu ʻae inu kona ki hono kaungāʻapi, ʻa koe ʻoku tuku hoʻo hina kiate ia, pea ke fakakona foki ia, koeʻuhi ke ke sio ki heʻenau telefua!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised: the cup of the LORD’S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
Kuo fakapito ʻaki koe ʻae fakamā ko ho nāunau: ke ke inu foki, pea ʻe puke koe ʻi he tetetete mo e ofo lahi: ʻe ʻatu kiate koe ʻae ipu mei he nima toʻomataʻu ʻo Sihova, pea ʻe fakalieliaʻi ho nāunau.
17 For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
Koeʻuhi ʻe ʻufiʻufi koe ʻe he mālohi ʻo Lepanoni, mo e fakamālohiʻi ʻoe fanga manu, ʻaia naʻe fakamanavahēʻi ʻakinautolu; koeʻuhi ko e toto ʻoe kakai, pea koeʻuhi ko e fakamālohi ʻi he fonua, mo e kolo, mo kinautolu kotoa pē ʻoku nofo ai.
18 What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
“Ko e hā hono ʻaonga ʻoe fakatātā kuo tā, koeʻuhi ke tā ia ʻe he tufunga ʻo ia; pe ko e fakatātā haka, mo e akonaki loi, koeʻuhi ʻoku falala ʻae tufunga ki heʻene ngāue, ke ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi tamapua noa?
19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Ke malaʻia kiate ia ʻoku pehē ki he ʻakau, ‘Ke ʻā;’ pe ki he maka noa, ‘Tuʻu hake; ʻe akonaki ia!’ Vakai, ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ʻaki ia ʻae koula, mo e siliva, pea ʻoku ʻikai ʻaupito ha mānava ʻi loto ʻiate ia.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Ka ʻoku ʻi hono ʻafioʻanga tapu ʻa Sihova: tuku ke longo pe ʻa māmani kotoa pē ʻi hono ʻao.
