< Habakkuk 2 >
1 upon charge my to stand: stand and to stand upon siege and to watch to/for to see: see what? to speak: speak in/on/with me and what? to return: reply upon argument my
I will stand on my watch-tower, And set myself on the bulwark, And watch to see what he will say to me, And what I shall answer to my expostulation.
2 and to answer me LORD and to say to write vision and to make plain upon [the] tablet because to run: run to call: read out in/on/with him
And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, That he may run that readeth it.
3 for still vision to/for meeting: time appointed and to breathe to/for end and not to lie if to delay to wait to/for him for to come (in): fulfill to come (in): fulfill not to delay
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, But it hasteneth to the end; it shall not deceive; If it tarry, wait for it; For it shall surely come; it shall not long delay.
4 behold to swell not to smooth soul his in/on/with him and righteous in/on/with faithfulness his to live
Behold, the soul of him that is puffed up shall not be at ease; But the just shall live by his faithfulness.
5 and also for [the] wine to act treacherously great man proud and not to dwell which to enlarge like/as hell: Sheol soul: appetite his and he/she/it like/as death and not to satisfy and to gather to(wards) him all [the] nation and to gather to(wards) him all [the] people (Sheol )
Behold, the man of wine is outrageous; The proud man remaineth not at rest; He enlargeth his desire as the grave; He is as death, and cannot be satisfied; He gathereth to himself all the nations, And collecteth to himself all the kingdoms. (Sheol )
6 not these all their upon him proverb to lift: loud and mockery riddle to/for him and to say woe! [the] to multiply not to/for him till how and to honor: heavy upon him debt
Shall not all of them utter a song against him, Yea, songs of reproach and derision concerning him? And say, Woe to him that heapeth up that which belongeth not to him! For how long a time? That ladeth himself with goods taken in pledge!
7 not suddenness to arise: rise to bite you and to awake to tremble you and to be to/for plunder to/for them
Shall not they suddenly rise up that will oppress thee, And awake, that will harass thee? Yea, thou shalt be their booty.
8 for you(m. s.) to loot nation many to loot you all remainder people from blood man and violence land: country/planet town and all to dwell in/on/with her
Because thou hast plundered many kingdoms, All the residue of the nations shall plunder thee: For the blood of men, and for violence against the land, Against the city and all its inhabitants.
9 woe! to cut off: to gain unjust-gain bad: evil to/for house: household his to/for to set: make in/on/with height nest his to/for to rescue from palm bad: evil
Woe to him that procureth unjust gain for his house, That he may set his nest on high, That he may be delivered from the evil hand!
10 to advise shame to/for house: household your to cut off people many and to sin soul: life your
Thou hast devised shame for thine house; By destroying many nations, thou hast brought ruin upon thyself.
11 for stone from wall to cry out and rafter from tree: wood to answer her
For the stone from the wall crieth out, And the beam from the timber answereth it.
12 woe! to build city in/on/with blood and to establish: make town in/on/with injustice
Woe to him that buildeth a town by blood, And establisheth a city by iniquity!
13 not behold from with LORD Hosts and be weary/toil people in/on/with sufficiency fire and people in/on/with sufficiency vain to faint
Behold, it is determined by Jehovah of hosts, That nations shall labor for the fire, And kingdoms weary themselves for naught.
14 for to fill [the] land: country/planet to/for to know [obj] glory LORD like/as water to cover upon sea
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, As the waters cover the sea.
15 woe! to water: drink neighbor his to attach rage your and also be drunk because to look upon nakedness their
Woe to him who giveth his neighbor drink; Who poureth out the strong wine, and maketh him drunken, That he may look upon his nakedness!
16 to satisfy dishonor from glory to drink also you(m. s.) and be uncircumcised to turn: turn upon you cup right LORD and disgrace upon glory your
Thou shalt be filled with shame instead of glory; Drink thou also, and show thy foreskin! To thee shall come the cup in the right hand of Jehovah, And foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
17 for violence Lebanon to cover you and violence animal to to be dismayed them from blood man and violence land: country/planet town and all to dwell in/on/with her
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, And the destruction of the beasts which made them afraid, On account of the blood of men, and violence against the land, Against the city and all its inhabitants.
18 what? to gain idol for to hew him to form: formed him liquid and to show deception for to trust to form: formed intention his upon him to/for to make idol mute
What profiteth the graven image, When the maker hath graven it? Or the molten image, and the teacher of lies, That the artificer trusteth in his work, When he maketh dumb idols?
19 woe! to say to/for tree: wood to awake [emph?] to rouse to/for stone silence he/she/it to show behold he/she/it to capture gold and silver: money and all spirit: breath nothing in/on/with entrails: among his
Woe to him who saith to the wood, Awake! To the dumb stone, Arise! Will it teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, And there is no breath within it.
20 and LORD in/on/with temple holiness his to silence from face: before his all [the] land: country/planet
But Jehovah is in his Holy temple; Be silent before him, all the earth!