Habakkuk 1
1 The oracle of which Habakkuk the prophet, had vision:
La carga que vio Habacuc profeta.
2 How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst not save?
¿Hasta cuándo, o! Jehová, clamaré, y no oirás? ¿daré voces a ti a causa de la violencia, y no salvarás?
3 Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, —and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?
¿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 For which cause, benumbed is the law, and there is never any going forth of justice, —for, the lawless, doth circumvent the righteous, for which cause, justice doth go forth perverted?
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 ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still—stare, —for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted.
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 For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation, —that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his.
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 Awful and fearful, is he, —from himself, his decision and his uprising, proceed.
Espantosa y terrible, de ella misma saldrá su derecho y su grandeza.
8 Then, swifter than leopards, are his horses, and, more sharply they attack, than evening wolves, and forward have leapt his chargers, —Yea, his chargers, from afar, will come in, they will fly as an eagle hath hastened to devour.
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 Solely for violence, will he come, the intent of their faces, is—To the east! And he hath gathered, as the sand, a captive host;
Toda ella vendrá a la presa: delante de sus caras viento solano; y ayuntará cautivos como arena.
10 And, he, over kings, will make merry, and, nobles, will be a scorn to him: he, at any fortress, will laugh, once he hath heaped up dust, he hath captured 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, hath he become arrogant in spirit, and hath committed excess, and so is guilty, —this his violence, is due to his god.
Entonces él mudará espíritu, y traspasará, y pecará atribuyendo esta su potencia a su dios.
12 Art not, thou, from of old, O Yahweh, my God, my Holy One? Thou diest not! O Yahweh, to judgment, hast thou appointed him, and, O Rock, to correction, hast thou devoted him:
¿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 [Thou] whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure, —Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?
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 So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, —like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:
¿Y haces que los hombres sean como los peces de la mar, y como reptiles que no tienen señor?
15 All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net, —
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 On which account, he is glad and exulteth: on which account, he sacrificeth to his Net, and burneth incense to his Drag; because, thereby, rich, is his portion, and his food—fatness!
Por esto sacrificará a su aljanaya, y a su red ofrecerá sahumerios; porque con ellas engordó su porción, y engrasó su comida.
17 Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
¿Vaciará por eso su red, o tendrá piedad de matar naciones continuamente?
