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.”
Tatayo ako sa aking bantayan at ipupuwesto ang aking sarili sa toreng bantayan, at magbabantay ako nang mabuti upang malaman kung ano ang sasabihin niya sa akin at kung paano ako dapat tumalikod mula sa aking daing.
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.
Sumagot si Yahweh sa akin at sinabi, “Itala mo ang pangitaing ito at isulat mo nang malinaw sa mga tapyas ng bato upang ang bumabasa sa mga ito ay makatakbo!
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]!
Sapagkat ang pangitain ay sa panahong hinaharap pa at sa wakas ay magsasalita at hindi mabibigo. Kahit na ito ay maaantala, hintayin mo ito! Sapagkat ito ay tiyak na darating at hindi magtatagal!
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].
Tingnan ninyo! Ang tao na siyang naghahangad nang higit para sa kaniyang sarili nang hindi matuwid, ay isang hambog. Ngunit ang matuwid ay mabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang pananampalataya!
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)
Sapagkat ang alak ay isang mapanlinlang sa mayabang na binata upang hindi siya manatili, ngunit pinapalawak ang kaniyang nais gaya ng libingan at gaya ng kamatayan, at hindi nasiyahan kailanman. Tinitipon niya sa kaniyang sarili ang bawat bansa at lahat ng mga tao para sa kaniyang sarili. (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]!’
Hindi ba magbabadya ang lahat ng taong ito ng talinghaga laban sa kaniya at nanghahamak na kawikaan tungkol sa kaniya, at sasabihin, 'Aba sa taong nagpaparami nang hindi sa kaniya! Hanggang kailan mo palalakihin ang bigat ng mga panunumpa na iyong kinuha?'
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.
Hindi ba tatayo ang mga nagngangalit sa iyo, at hindi ba babangon ang nananakot sa iyo? Ikaw ay magiging biktima para sa kanila!
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.
Dahil sinamsam mo ang maraming bansa, lahat ng mga natirang tao ay sasamsamin ka, dahilan sa dugo ng tao at sa karahasan na ginawa sa lupain, sa lambak at sa mga nininirahan dito.
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.
'Aba sa taong nag-iipon nang mula sa kasamaan para sa kaniyang sambahayan, upang mailagay niya ang kaniyang pugad sa mataas para mapanatili niyang ligtas ang kaniyang sarili mula sa kamay ng masama!'
10 But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
Nag-isip ka ng kahihiyan para sa iyong sambahayan sa pamamagitan ng paglipol mo sa maraming tao, at nagkasala ka laban sa iyong sarili.
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.
Sapagkat dadaing ang mga bato mula sa pader, at ang tahilan ng troso ay sasagot sa kanila:
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.
'Kaawa-awa ang taong nagtatayo ng lungsod nang may dugo, at nagtatatag ng bayan sa kasamaan!'
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.
Hindi ba ito dahil kay Yahweh ng mga hukbo kaya nagtratrabaho ang mga tao para sa apoy at pinapagod ng bansa ang kanilang mga sarili para sa wala?
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.
Kahit ganoon ang lupain ay mapupuno ng kaalaman ng kaluwalhatian ni Yahweh kagaya ng tubig na tinatakpan ang dagat.
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.
'Aba sa taong nagpapainom sa kaniyang kapit-bahay, ikaw na nagdadagdag ng iyong lason hanggang sa malasing mo (sila) upang makita mo ang kanilang kahubaran!'
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].
Mapupuno ka ng kahihiyan at hindi ng karangalan! Inumin mo rin ito, at ipakita ang iyong kahubaran! Ang saro ng kanang kamay ni Yahweh ay darating at babaling sa iyo, at tatakpan ng kahihiyan ang iyong karangalan.
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.
Tatakpan ka ng karahasang ginawa sa Lebanon, at kakikilabutan ka sa pagkawasak ng mga mababangis na hayop dahil sa dugo ng mga tao at dahil sa karahasang ginawa sa lupain, sa mga lungsod at sa lahat ng mga naninirahan doon.
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!
Ano ang pakinabang mo sa inukit na anyo? Sapagkat ang taong nag-ukit nito, o siyang gumawa ng anyo mula sa nilusaw na metal ay tagapagturo ng kasinungalingan; dahil nagtitiwala siya sa kaniyang sariling gawa nang ginawa niya ang mga piping diyos na ito.
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.
'Kaawa-awa sa taong nagsasabi sa mga kahoy, Gumising ka! O sa mga tahimik na bato, Bumangon ka!' Nagtuturo ba ang mga bagay na ito? Tingnan ninyo, ito ay nababalot ng ginto at pilak, ngunit wala itong hininga man lang.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
Ngunit si Yahweh ay nasa loob ng kaniyang banal na templo! Manahimik ka sa harapan niya, lahat ng lupain!”
