Habakkuk 2
1 I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the watchtower, and I will watch carefully to see what he will say to me and how I should turn from my complaint.
Nitasimama katika zamu yangu, na kujiweka mwenyewe juu ya maboma; nitatazama nione atakaloniambia, na ni jibu gani nitakalotoa kuhusu lalamiko hili.
2 Yahweh answered me and said, “Record this vision, and write plainly on the tablets so that the one reading them might run.
Kisha Bwana akajibu: “Andika ufunuo huu, na ukaufanye wazi juu ya vibao, ili mpiga mbiu akimbie nao.
3 For the vision is yet for a future time and will finally speak and not fail. Though it delays, wait for it. For it will surely come and will not tarry.
Kwa kuwa ufunuo huu unasubiri wakati uliokubalika; unazungumzia mambo ya mwisho, na kamwe hautakosea. Iwapo utakawia, wewe usubiri; kwa hakika utakuja na hautachelewa.
4 Look! The one whose desires are not right within him is puffed up. But the righteous will live by his faith.
“Tazama, amejaa majivuno; anavyovitamani si vya unyofu: lakini mwenye haki ataishi kwa imani yake:
5 For wine is a betrayer of the arrogant young man so that he will not abide, but enlarges his desire like the grave and, like death, is never satisfied. He gathers to himself every nation and gathers up for himself all of the peoples. (Sheol h7585)
hakika mvinyo humsaliti; ni mwenye kiburi na hana amani. Kwa sababu ni mlafi kama kuzimu na kama kifo kamwe hatosheki; anajikusanyia mataifa yote na kuchukua watu wote mateka. (Sheol h7585)
6 Will not all these create a saying to ridicule him and a taunting song about him, saying, 'Woe to the one increasing what is not his! For how long will you increase the weight of the pledges you have taken?'
“Je, watu wote hawatamsuta kwa dhihaka na kumbeza, wakisema, “‘Ole wake yeye akusanyaye bidhaa zilizoibwa na kujifanyia utajiri kwa kutoza kwa nguvu! Ataendelea hivi kwa muda gani?’
7 Will the ones biting at you not rise up suddenly, and the ones terrifying you awaken? You will become a victim for them.
Je, wadai wako hawatainuka ghafula? Je, hawataamka na kukufanya utetemeke? Kisha utakuwa mhanga kwao.
8 Because you have plundered many peoples, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you. For you have shed human blood and acted with violence against the land, the cities, and all who live in them.
Kwa kuwa umeteka nyara mataifa mengi, watu waliobaki watakuteka nyara wewe. Kwa kuwa umemwaga damu ya mtu; umeharibu nchi na miji, na kila mmoja ndani yake.
9 'Woe to the one who carves out evil gains for his house, so he can set his nest on high to keep himself safe from the hand of evil.'
“Ole wake yeye ajengaye milki yake kwa mapato ya udhalimu, awekaye kiota chake juu, ili kukimbia makucha ya uharibifu!
10 You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against yourself.
Umefanya shauri la maangamizi ya watu wengi, ukiaibisha nyumba yako mwenyewe, na kupotewa na maisha yako.
11 For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters of timber will answer them,
Mawe ya kuta yatapiga kelele, na mihimili ya kazi ya mbao itarudisha mwangwi wake.
12 'Woe to the one who builds a city with blood, and who establishes a town in iniquity.'
“Ole wake yeye ajengaye mji kwa kumwaga damu na kuusimamisha mji kwa uhalifu!
13 Is it not from Yahweh of hosts that peoples labor for fire and all the other nations weary themselves for nothing?
Je, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote hakuonyesha kwamba kazi ya wanadamu ni mafuta tu kwa ajili ya moto, na kwamba mataifa yanajichosha bure?
14 Yet the land will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Yahweh as the waters cover the sea.
Kwa kuwa dunia itajazwa na maarifa ya utukufu wa Bwana, kama maji yaifunikavyo bahari.
15 'Woe to the one who forces his neighbors to drink— you express your anger over and you make them drunk in order to look at their nakedness.'
“Ole wake yeye awapaye jirani zake kileo, akiimimina kutoka kwenye kiriba cha mvinyo mpaka wamelewa, ili apate kutazama miili yao iliyo uchi.
16 You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink, and you will expose your uncircumcised foreskin! The cup in Yahweh's right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.
Utajazwa na aibu badala ya utukufu. Sasa ni zamu yako! Kunywa na ujifunue! Kikombe kutoka kwenye mkono wa kuume wa Bwana kinakujia, na aibu itafunika utukufu wako.
17 The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you and the destruction of animals will terrify you. For you have shed human blood and you have acted with violence against the land, the cities, and all who live in them.
Ukatili ulioifanyia Lebanoni utakufunika, na uharibifu uliowafanyia wanyama utakutisha. Kwa sababu umemwaga damu ya mtu; umeharibu nchi na miji na kila mmoja aliyeko ndani yake.
18 What does the carved figure profit you? For the one who has carved it, or who casts a figure from molten metal, is a teacher of lies; for he trusts his own handiwork when he makes these mute gods.
“Sanamu ina thamani gani, kwani mwanadamu ndiye alichonga? Ama kinyago kinachofundisha uongo? Kwa kuwa yeye aliyekitengeneza hutegemea kazi ya mikono yake mwenyewe; hutengeneza sanamu zisizoweza kuzungumza.
19 'Woe to the one saying to the wood, Wake up! Or to the silent stone, Arise!' Do these things teach? See, it is overlaid with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all within it.
Ole wake yeye auambiaye mti, ‘Uwe hai!’ Ama asemaye na jiwe lisilo na uhai, ‘Amka!’ Je, linaweza kuongoza? Limefunikwa kwa dhahabu na fedha; hakuna pumzi ndani yake.
20 But Yahweh is in his holy temple! Be silent before him, all the land.”
Lakini Bwana yuko katika Hekalu lake takatifu; dunia yote na inyamaze mbele yake.”
