Habakkuk 1
1 [I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
Vision d'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!
Jusques à quand, Seigneur, crierai-je sans que Tu m'écoutes? Jusques à quand Te crierai-je que l'on me fait violence? N'en me sauveras-Tu 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 m'as-Tu affligé et m'as-Tu donné la douleur de voir la misère et l'impiété? Je suis en procès, et le juge reçoit des présents.
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.”
À cause de cela, la loi a été déchirée, et le jugement n'arrivera pas à bonne fin, parce que l'impie opprime le juste, et la sentence sera torturée.
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.
Voyez, contempteurs de la loi, regardez et admirez ces merveilles, et soyez anéantis: car, de vos jours, Je vais faire une œuvre que vous ne croirez pas, quoiqu'on vous l'annonce.
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.
Voilà que Je vais susciter les Chaldéens, nation cruelle et rapide, qui marche sur les plaines de la terre, pour prendre possession de tentes qui ne sont point les siennes.
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.
Redoutable et fameuse, c'est d'elle que le jugement procédera; tout son butin proviendra d'elle-même.
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.
Et ses chevaux s'élanceront plus agiles que le léopard; ils courront plus rapides que les loups de l'Arabie. Et ses cavaliers sortiront à cheval, et ils prendront de loin leur élan, et ils se déploieront comme l'aigle ardent à dévorer sa proie.
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.
La perdition tombera sur les impies qui leur feront face, et leur tiendront tête; et l'envahisseur emmènera des captifs aussi nombreux que les grains de 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.
Et il se raillera des rois, et les tyrans seront pour lui des jouets, et il rira de chaque forteresse, et il l'entourera de levées de terre, et il la prendra de force.
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.”
Alors son esprit changera, et il se transformera, et il fera pitié; telle est la force de mon 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?
Seigneur, mon Dieu et mon Saint, n'es-Tu pas dès le commencement? Est-ce que nous mourrons? Tu as établi ces choses pour le jugement, et Tu m'as formé, Seigneur, pour annoncer Ton châtiment.
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]?
L'œil du Seigneur est trop dur pour regarder le mal et s'arrêter sur les labeurs de l'affliction. Pourquoi, Seigneur, considères-Tu ceux qui Te méprisent? Pourquoi gardes-Tu le silence quand l'impie dévore le juste?
14 [Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
Traites-Tu les hommes comme les poissons de la mer, ou comme les reptiles qui n'ont point de guide?
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 a pris toute l'espèce à l'hameçon; il en a tiré un avec le filet; il en a enfermé un autre dans sa nasse. À cause de cela, il sera plein d'allégresse, et se réjouira en son cœur.
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.’
À cause de cela, il sacrifiera à sa nasse, il encensera son filet, parce qu'avec leur aide il aura engraissé sa part, et recueilli des aliments de choix.
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]?”
Et, à cause de cela, il jettera encore son filet, et ne se fera jamais faute de tuer les nations.
