Habakkuk 1
1 [I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
Ucapan ilahi dalam penglihatan nabi Habakuk.
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!
Berapa lama lagi, TUHAN, aku berteriak, tetapi tidak Kaudengar, aku berseru kepada-Mu: "Penindasan!" tetapi tidak Kautolong?
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].
Mengapa Engkau memperlihatkan kepadaku kejahatan, sehingga aku memandang kelaliman? Ya, aniaya dan kekerasan ada di depan mataku; perbantahan dan pertikaian terjadi.
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.”
Itulah sebabnya hukum kehilangan kekuatannya dan tidak pernah muncul keadilan, sebab orang fasik mengepung orang benar; itulah sebabnya keadilan muncul terbalik.
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.
Lihatlah di antara bangsa-bangsa dan perhatikanlah, jadilah heran dan tercengang-cengang, sebab Aku melakukan suatu pekerjaan dalam zamanmu yang tidak akan kamu percayai, jika diceriterakan.
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.
Sebab, sesungguhnya, Akulah yang membangkitkan orang Kasdim, bangsa yang garang dan tangkas itu, yang melintasi lintang bujur bumi untuk menduduki tempat kediaman, yang bukan kepunyaan mereka.
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.
Bangsa itu dahsyat dan menakutkan; keadilannya dan keluhurannya berasal dari padanya sendiri.
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.
Kudanya lebih cepat dari pada macan tutul, dan lebih ganas dari pada serigala pada waktu malam; pasukan berkudanya datang menderap, dari jauh mereka datang, terbang seperti rajawali yang menyambar mangsa.
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.
Seluruh bangsa itu datang untuk melakukan kekerasan, serbuan pasukan depannya seperti angin timur, dan mereka mengumpulkan tawanan seperti banyaknya pasir.
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.
Raja-raja dicemoohkannya dan penguasa-penguasa menjadi tertawaannya. Ditertawakannya tiap tempat berkubu, ditimbunkannya tanah dan direbutnya tempat itu.
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.”
Maka berlarilah mereka, seperti angin dan bergerak terus; demikianlah mereka bersalah dengan mendewakan kekuatannya.
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?
Bukankah Engkau, ya TUHAN, dari dahulu Allahku, Yang Mahakudus? Tidak akan mati kami. Ya TUHAN, telah Kautetapkan dia untuk menghukumkan; ya Gunung Batu, telah Kautentukan dia untuk menyiksa.
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]?
Mata-Mu terlalu suci untuk melihat kejahatan dan Engkau tidak dapat memandang kelaliman. Mengapa Engkau memandangi orang-orang yang berbuat khianat itu dan Engkau berdiam diri, apabila orang fasik menelan orang yang lebih benar dari dia?
14 [Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
Engkau menjadikan manusia itu seperti ikan di laut, seperti binatang-binatang melata yang tidak ada pemerintahnya?
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.
Semuanya mereka ditariknya ke atas dengan kail, ditangkap dengan pukatnya dan dikumpulkan dengan payangnya; itulah sebabnya ia bersukaria dan bersorak-sorai.
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.’
Itulah sebabnya dipersembahkannya korban untuk pukatnya dan dibakarnya korban untuk payangnya; sebab oleh karena alat-alat itu pendapatannya mewah dan rezekinya berlimpah-limpah.
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]?”
Sebab itukah ia selalu menghunus pedangnya dan membunuh bangsa-bangsa dengan tidak kenal belas kasihan?
