Habakkuk 1
1 [I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
Révélation que vit Habacuc, le prophète.
2 [I said, ] “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call [to you] for help before you respond? I cry out to you [for help], saying that [people are acting] violently [everywhere], but you do not rescue us!
Yahvé, jusqu'à quand vais-je crier, et tu n'écouteras pas? Je crie vers toi « Violence! » et tu ne sauveras pas?
3 (Must I/I do not want to) continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ]. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong [RHQ]? I see people destroying things and [acting] violently. There is fighting and quarreling [everywhere].
Pourquoi me montres-tu l'iniquité, et regardes-tu la perversité? Car la destruction et la violence sont devant moi. Il y a des querelles, et la dispute s'élève.
4 No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people [in the courts], with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
C'est pourquoi la loi est paralysée, et la justice ne prévaut jamais; car les méchants entourent les justes; c'est pourquoi la justice sort pervertie.
5 [Yahweh replied to me, ] “[I know that what you say is true, but] look around at [what is happening in] the other nations; [if you look, ] you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe [would happen], even if someone told you about it.
« Regardez parmi les nations, observez, et soyez étonnés; car je fais en vos jours une œuvre que vous ne croirez pas, même si on vous la raconte.
6 The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them [to become very powerful]; they will march across the world and conquer [many] other countries.
Car voici, je fais surgir les Chaldéens, cette nation âpre et hâtive qui marche sur toute la largeur de la terre, pour posséder des demeures qui ne sont pas à elle.
7 They are people whom [others] fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.
Ils sont craints et redoutés. Leur jugement et leur dignité viennent d'eux-mêmes.
8 The horses [that pull their chariots] go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like [SIM] eagles that swoop down to [snatch and] kill small animals.
Leurs chevaux sont plus rapides que les léopards, Et plus féroces que les loups du soir. Leurs cavaliers avancent fièrement. Oui, leurs cavaliers viennent de loin. Ils volent comme l'aigle qui se précipite pour dévorer.
9 As they ride along, [they are] determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as [numerous as grains of] sand.
Ils viennent tous pour la violence. Leurs hordes sont tournées vers l'avant. Ils rassemblent les prisonniers comme du sable.
10 They make fun of kings and princes [of other countries], and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt [outside those walls] [in order to climb up] and capture those cities.
Ils se moquent des rois, Et les princes sont pour eux une dérision. Ils se moquent de toute forteresse, car ils construisent une rampe de terre et la prennent.
11 They rush past like the wind, and then they go [to attack other cities]. But they are very guilty, because [they think that] their own power is their god.”
Puis ils passent comme le vent et s'en vont. Ils sont vraiment coupables, eux dont la force est leur dieu. »
12 [Then I said, ] “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So [why] have you appointed those men [from Babylonia] to judge and get rid of [us]? You are like [MET] a huge rock [under which we are protected/safe], so why have you sent them to punish us?
N'es-tu pas de toute éternité, Yahvé mon Dieu, mon Saint? Nous ne mourrons pas. Yahvé, tu les as établis pour juger. Toi, Rocher, tu l'as établi pour punir.
13 You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, [so why] are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing [to punish] those wicked men [from Babylonia] who destroy people who are more righteous than they [are]?
Toi qui as des yeux plus purs que ceux qui voient le mal, et qui ne peux regarder la perversité, pourquoi tolères-tu les perfides et te tais-tu quand le méchant engloutit celui qui est plus juste que lui,
14 [Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
et rend les hommes semblables aux poissons de la mer, aux reptiles qui n'ont pas de maître sur eux?
15 [The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish] [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.
Il les prend tous avec l'hameçon. Il les attrape dans son filet et les recueille dans sa gibecière. C'est pourquoi il se réjouit et se réjouit.
16 If they catch us, they will [worship] their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! [They will say] ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’
C'est pourquoi il sacrifie à son filet et brûle de l'encens à sa drague, parce que grâce à eux sa vie est luxueuse et sa nourriture est bonne.
17 [Will you allow] them to continue [to conquer people] [MET] forever? [Will you allow] them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful [to anyone]?”
Videra-t-il donc continuellement son filet, Et tuera-t-il les nations sans pitié?
