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.”
Estaré en pie sobre mi atalaya, me apostaré sobre la muralla, y quedaré observando para ver que me dirá (Yahvé), y qué responderá a mi querella.
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.
Y Yahvé me respondió, y dijo: “Escribe la visión, gravándola en tablillas, para que se pueda leer corrientemente.
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]!
Porque la visión tardará en cumplirse hasta el tiempo fijado, llegará a su fin y no fallará; si tarda, espérala. Vendrá con toda seguridad, sin falta alguna.
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].
He aquí al soberbio, que en su interior no tiene alma recta; mas el justo por su fe vivirá.”
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)
Así como el vino es engañoso, así tampoco permanece el hombre orgulloso; se ensancha como el infierno su apetito, y es insaciable como la muerte; junta consigo todas las naciones, y reúne bajo su dominio todos los pueblos. (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]!’
¿No le tomarán todos estos como objeto de sus fábulas, sátiras y refranes? ¿Acaso no dirán: “Ay de aquel que amontona lo que no es suyo”? ¿Hasta cuándo carga sobre sí las prendas(robadas)?
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.
¿No se alzarán improvisamente los que te han de morder? ¿No se despertarán los que te han de sacudir, y serás presa de ellos?
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.
Por cuanto tú despojaste a muchas naciones, todo el resto de los pueblos te despojará a ti, por los homicidios y por las violencias que cometiste contra la tierra, contra la ciudad y sus habitantes.
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.
¡Ay de aquel que para su casa amontona ganancias injustas a fin de poner muy alto su nido, y salvarse del poder del mal!
10 But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
Has ido trazando la deshonra de tu propia casa; destruyendo a muchos pueblos contra ti mismo pecaste.
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.
Porque desde el muro clama (contra ti) la piedra, y desde el maderaje le responde la viga.
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.
¡Ay de aquel que edifica una ciudad con sangre y cimienta una población sobre iniquidad.
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.
¿No viene esto de Yahvé de los ejércitos: que los pueblos trabajen para el fuego, y las gentes se fatiguen en vano?
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.
Mas (un día) la tierra se llenará del conocimiento de la gloria de Yahvé, como las aguas llenan el mar.
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.
¡Ay de aquel que da de beber a su prójimo, vertiendo su saña hasta embriagarlo para contemplar su desnudez!
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].
Te saciaste de vergüenza en vez de gloria. ¡Bebe, pues, también tú, y muestra tu incircuncisión; a ti se te dará el cáliz de la diestra de Yahvé, e ignominia cubrirá tu gloria.
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.
Porque recaerá sobre ti la violencia hecha al Líbano, y el destrozo de sus animales te aterrará, así como también la sangre humana (que derramaste), y la violencia, que cometiste contra la tierra, contra la ciudad y todos sus habitantes.
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!
¿De qué sirve a la estatua el que la haya tallado su autor? ¿a la imagen fundida y al oráculo de mentiras, el que confíe en él el artista que hace ídolos mudos?
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.
¡Ay del que dice al leño: “¡Despierta!”; y a una piedra muda: “¡Levántate!” ¿Acaso estos pueden ser sus maestros? Aunque estén cubiertos de oro y de plata, en su interior no hay espíritu alguno.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
Mas Yahvé está en su santo Templo. ¡Calla delante de Él la tierra entera!
