Habakkuk 1
1 [I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
Prophétie révélée à 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!
Jusqu'à quand, ô Éternel, crierai-je sans que tu écoutes? Jusqu'à quand crierai-je à toi: Violence! sans que tu sauves?
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 me fais-tu voir l'iniquité, et regardes-tu la perversité? L'oppression et la violence sont devant moi; il y a des querelles, et la discorde s'élève.
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.”
Aussi la loi est impuissante, et le jugement n'est jamais rendu selon la vérité; le méchant environne le juste, c'est pourquoi l'on rend des jugements iniques.
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 parmi les nations, et soyez étonnés, soyez stupéfaits! Car je vais faire en vos jours une œuvre que vous ne croiriez pas si on vous la racontait.
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.
Car voici, je vais susciter les Caldéens, ce peuple cruel et impétueux, qui parcourt de vastes étendues de terre, pour s'emparer de demeures qui ne sont pas à lui.
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.
Il est redoutable et terrible; c'est de lui-même que procèdent sa loi et sa grandeur.
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.
Ses chevaux sont plus légers que les léopards, plus ardents que les loups du soir, et ses cavaliers s'avancent fièrement; ses cavaliers viennent de loin, ils volent comme l'aigle qui fond sur 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.
Tous ils viennent pour la violence, leurs faces sont tendues en avant; ils amassent les prisonniers comme du 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.
Ce peuple se moque des rois, et les princes sont l'objet de ses railleries; il se rit de toutes les forteresses; il amoncelle de la terre, et il s'en empare.
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 il traverse comme le vent, il passe outre et se rend coupable, car sa force est son 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?
N'es-tu pas de toute éternité, ô Éternel mon Dieu, mon Saint! Nous ne mourrons point! Éternel, tu as mis ce peuple pour exercer un jugement; ô mon rocher, tu l'as établi pour châtier.
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]?
Tu as les yeux trop purs pour voir le mal, et tu ne peux pas regarder l'iniquité. Pourquoi regarderais-tu les perfides, et te tairais-tu, quand le méchant dévore celui qui est plus juste que lui?
14 [Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
Aurais-tu fait les hommes comme les poissons de la mer, comme les reptiles qui n'ont point de maître?
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 les fait tous monter avec l'hameçon, il les enlève dans son filet, il les assemble dans ses rets; c'est pourquoi il se réjouit et triomphe;
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.’
C'est pourquoi il sacrifie à son filet, et il offre le parfum à ses rets, car par leur moyen sa portion est grasse, et sa nourriture succulente.
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]?”
Videra-t-il pour cela son filet, pour égorger toujours les nations sans pitié?
