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.”
Me pondré a vigilar y me situaré en las murallas, y miraré a ver qué me dice y qué respondo sobre mi queja.
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.
El Señor me respondió: “Escribe la visión, y hazla clara en tablas, para que el que corra pueda leerla.
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 es todavía para el tiempo señalado, y se apresura hacia el fin, y no resultará falsa. Aunque se demore, espérala, porque seguramente vendrá. No se demorará.
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 que su alma está hinchada. No es recto en él, pero el justo vivirá por su fe.
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)
Sí, además, el vino es traicionero: un arrogante que no se queda en casa, que agranda su deseo como el Seol; es como la muerte y no puede saciarse, sino que reúne para sí todas las naciones y amontona para sí 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 tomarán todos estos una parábola contra él, y un proverbio burlón contra él, y dirán: ‘¡Ay del que aumenta lo que no es suyo, y del que se enriquece con la extorsión! ¿Hasta cuándo?’
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 levantarán de repente tus deudores, y despertarán los que te hacen temblar, y serás su víctima?
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.
Porque has saqueado a muchas naciones, todo el resto de los pueblos te saqueará a causa de la sangre de los hombres, y por la violencia hecha a la tierra, a la ciudad y a todos los que la habitan.
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 del que obtiene una mala ganancia para su casa, para poner su nido en alto, para librarse de la mano 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 ideado una vergüenza para tu casa, despojando a muchos pueblos, y has pecado contra tu alma.
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 la piedra clamará desde la pared, y la viga desde la madera le responderá.
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 del que construye un pueblo con sangre, y establece una ciudad con 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.
He aquí, ¿no es de Yahvé de los Ejércitos que los pueblos se afanen por el fuego, y las naciones se fatiguen por la vanidad?
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.
Porque la tierra se llenará del conocimiento de la gloria de Yahvé, como las aguas cubren 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 del que da de beber a su prójimo, derramando tu vino inflamable hasta que se emborrachen, para que puedas contemplar sus cuerpos desnudos!
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].
Os llenáis de vergüenza y no de gloria. ¡Tú también beberás y quedarás al descubierto! La copa de la mano derecha de Yahvé se volverá sobre ti, y la desgracia 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 la violencia hecha al Líbano te abrumará, y la destrucción de los animales te aterrorizará, a causa de la sangre de los hombres y por la violencia hecha a la tierra, a cada ciudad y a los que la habitan.
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!
“¿Qué valor tiene la imagen grabada, para que su hacedor la haya grabado; la imagen fundida, maestra de la mentira, para que el que modela su forma confíe en ella, para hacer 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 de aquel que dice a la madera: “Despierta”, o a la piedra muda: “Levántate”! ¿Acaso esto enseña? He aquí que está recubierto de oro y plata, y no hay en él aliento alguno.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
Pero Yahvé está en su santo templo. Que toda la tierra guarde silencio ante él”.
