Habakkuk 2

1 [After I said that, I said to myself, ] “I will climb up into my watchtower, and stand there at my guard post. I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say, what he will reply to what I have complained about.”

١ سَأَقِفُ عَلَى مَرْصَدِي وَأَنْتَصِبُ عَلَى الْحِصْنِ، وَأَتَرَقَّبُ لأَرَى مَاذَا يَقُولُ لِي الرَّبُّ، وَبِمَا يُجِيبُ عَنْ شَكْوَايَ.

2 Then Yahweh replied to me, “Write plainly on tablets [what I am revealing to you in] this vision, [and then read it to a messenger] in order that he can run with it [to tell it to] other people.

٢ فَأَجَابَنِي الرَّبُّ: «اكْتُبِ الرُّؤْيَا بِوُضُوحٍ عَلَى الأَلْوَاحِ لِيَسْتَطِيعَ حَتَّى الرَّاكِضُ قِرَاءَتَهَا بِسُهُولَةٍ وَحَمْلَهَا لِلآخَرِينَ.

3 In this vision [I will be talking about things that will happen] in the future. Now is not the time when those things will happen, but they certainly will happen, and when they occur, they will occur quickly, and they will not be delayed. Now you [want those things to happen immediately, but] they are not happening. But wait patiently for them [to happen]!

٣ لأَنَّ الرُّؤْيَا لَا تَتَحَقَّقُ إِلّا فِي مِيعَادِهَا، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا. إِنَّهَا لَا تَكْذِبُ وَإِنْ تَوَانَتْ فَانْتَظِرْهَا، لأَنَّهَا لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ وَلَنْ تَتَأَخَّرَ طَوِيلاً.»

4 Think about the proud [people of Babylonia]! They are certainly not doing what is righteous. But people who are righteous will live because they faithfully [do what I want them to do].

٤ أَمَّا الرِّسَالَةُ فَهِيَ: «إِنَّ ذَا النَّفْسِ الْمُنْتَفِخَةِ غَيْرِ الْمُسْتَقِيمَةِ مَصِيرُهُ الْهَلاكُ، أَمَّا الْبَارُّ فَبِالإِيمَانِ يَحْيَا.

5 If people [trust in their wealth], they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. [It is as though] the greedy people [of Babylonia open their mouths] as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like [the place where] dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS]. The [armies of Babylonia] conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. (Sheol h7585)

٥ وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْخَمْرَ غَادِرَةٌ، كَذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُ الْمُغْتَرَّ نَشْوَةُ الانْتِصَارِ فَلا يَسْتَكِينُ، فَإِنَّ جَشَعَهُ فِي سِعَةِ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وهُوَ كَالْمَوْتِ لَا يَشْبَعُ. لِهَذَا يَجْمَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ وَيَسْبِي جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ. (Sheol h7585)

6 But [soon] all those [whom they have captured] will ridicule [the soldiers from Babylonia]! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things [from other countries]! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. [But you certainly will not keep those things] for a long time [RHQ]!’

٦ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَلْبَثُ أَنْ يَسْخَرَ مِنْهُ سَبَايَاهُ قَائِلِينَ:’وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يُكَوِّمُ لِنَفْسِهِ الأَسْلابَ، وَيَثْرَى عَلَى حِسَابِ مَا نَهَبَ. إِنَّمَا إِلَى مَتَى؟‘

7 Suddenly those whom you (oppressed/treated cruelly) will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.

٧ أَلا يَقُومُ عَلَيْكَ دَائِنُوكَ بَغْتَةً، أَوَ لَا يَثُورُونَ عَلَيْكَ وَيَمْلأُونَكَ رُعْباً، فَتُصْبِحَ لَهُمْ غَنِيمَةً؟

8 You stole things from the people of many nations. You murdered [MTY] people of many people-groups, and you destroyed their land and their cities. So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you.

٨ لأَنَّكَ سَلَبْتَ أُمَماً كَثِيرَةً فَإِنَّ بَقِيَّةَ الشُّعُوبِ يَنْهَبُونَكَ ثَأْراً لِمَا سَفَكْتَ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ وَارْتَكَبْتَ مِنْ جَوْرٍ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَدَمَّرْتَ مُدُناً وَأَهْلَكْتَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

9 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who build big houses with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.

٩ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَدَّخِرُ لِبَنِيهِ مَكْسَبَ ظُلْمٍ، وَيُشَيِّدُ مَسْكَنَهُ فِي مَقَامٍ حَصِينٍ لِيَكُونَ فِي مَأْمَنٍ مِنَ الْخَطَرِ.

10 But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.

١٠ لَقَدْ لَطَّخَتْ مُؤَامَرَتُكَ بَيْتَكَ بِالْعَارِ حِينَ اسْتَأْصَلْتَ أُمَماً عَدِيدَةً وَجَلَبْتَ الدَّمَارَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.

11 [It is as though] the stones in the walls [of your houses] cry out to accuse you, and [it is as though] the beams [in your ceilings] also say the same things.

١١ حَتَّى حِجَارَةُ الْجُدْرَانِ تَصْرُخُ مِنْ شَرِّكَ، فَتُرَدِّدُ الدَّعَائِمُ الْخَشَبِيَّةُ أَصْدَاءَهَا.

12 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who kill people [MTY] in order to build cities, cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.

١٢ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَبْنِي مَدِينَةً بِالدِّمَاءِ، وَيُؤَسِّسُ قَرْيَةً بِالإِثْمِ.

13 But the Commander of the armies of angels has [RHQ] declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that [will be destroyed by] fire; they will have worked hard uselessly.

١٣ أَلَمْ يَصْدُرِ الْقَضَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ أَنْ يَؤُولَ تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ إِلَى النَّارِ وَجَهْدُ الأُمَمِ إِلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟

14 But [in contrast], like [SIM] the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with [people who] know that Yahweh is very great.

١٤ لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ سَتَمْتَلِئُ مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا تَغْمُرُ الْمِيَاهُ الْبَحْرَ.

15 Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins [until they are drunk and then they walk around] naked, in order that you can see that.

١٥ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَسْقِي صَاحِبَهُ مِنْ كَأْسِ الْغَضَبِ إِلَى أَنْ يَسْكَرَ لِيَنْظُرَ إِلَى خِزْيِهِ.

16 But you are the ones who [soon] will be disgraced instead of being honored. [It will be as though you are forced to] drink [a lot of wine] in order that you will also stagger [around, drunk]. You will drink the wine [that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you], and he will cause you to be disgraced instead of being greatly respected [any more].

١٦ فَأَنْتَ تَشْبَعُ خِزْياً عِوَضَ الْمَجْدِ، فَاشْرَبْ أَنْتَ، وَتَرَنَّحْ، فَإِنَّ كَأْسَ يَمِينِ الرَّبِّ تَدُورُ عَلَيْكَ وَيُجَلِّلُ الْعَارُ مَجْدَكَ.

17 You did violent [PRS] things to [the people in] Lebanon, and you killed the wild animals [there], but you will be punished severely for doing that. You have killed [MTY] many people and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.

١٧ لأَنَّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتَهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ فِي حَقِّ لُبْنَانَ يُغَطِّيكَ، وَمَا أَهْلَكْتَهُ مِنْ بَهَائِمَ يُرَوِّعُكَ. مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا سَفَكْتَهُ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ وَاقْتَرَفْتَهُ مِنْ جَوْرٍ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالْمُدُنِ وَالسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

18 [You people of Babylonia need to know that your] idols are completely [RHQ] useless, because it is people who made them. Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you. Those who trust in idols are trusting in things that they themselves created, things that cannot speak!

١٨ أَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ تِمْثَالٍ حَتَّى يَصُوغَهُ صَانِعٌ، أَوْ صَنَمٍ يُعَلِّمُ الْكَذِبَ لأَنَّ مَنْ يَصْنَعُهُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى مَا صَنَعَهُ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَصْنَعْ سِوَى أَصْنَامٍ بَكْمَاءَ.

19 Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood, ‘Wake up!’ Idols certainly cannot [RHQ] tell you what you should do; they [look nice/beautiful because] they are covered with silver and gold, but they are not alive.

١٩ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَقُولُ لِمَنْحُوتٍ خَشَبِيٍّ:’اسْتَيْقِظْ‘أَوْ لِحَجَرٍ أَبْكَمَ:’انْهَضْ‘. أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ؟ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مُغَشّىً بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَخَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيَاةٍ.

20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”

٢٠ أَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَفِي هَيْكَلِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، فَلْتَصْمُتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا فِي مَحْضَرِهِ».