Habakkuk 2
1 I will stand upon my watch, and seat myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
我要立在我的守望台上，置身於堡壘上窺探，看他對我說什麼，看他怎樣答覆我的怨訴。
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
上主回答我說：「你寫出這神視，清楚地刻在版上，使人能順利誦讀。
3 For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
因為這神視有一定的時期，最後必要實現，決無欺詐；若遲廷了，你應等待；它必再來，決不誤期。
4 Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up, is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
看，心術不正的，必然消逝；人必因他們的信賴而生活。
5 Yes also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire, as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth to him all nations, and collecteth to him all people: (Sheol h7585)
的確，財物使人失信，使人驕傲，不能仗人安息；它張開自己像陰府的咽喉，又如不知饜足的死亡，聚集萬民，匯合列國，歸屬自己。 (Sheol h7585)
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
那時，這些人民豈不都吟諷刺詩，以隱語嘲弄他說：禍哉，那只顧聚歛他人財物的人，堆積抵押於自己家中，要到何時﹖
7 Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall disturb thee, and thou shalt be for booties to them?
你的債豈不要忽然起來，追債者豈不要醒起，你必成為他們的掠物!
8 Because thou hast laid waste many nations, all the remnant of the people shall lay thee waste; because of men's blood, and [for] the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
因為你搶掠過許多民族，各民族的遺也必要搶掠你；因為你流了人的血，使地域、城市和其中所有的居民遭受了摧殘。
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
禍哉! 那取重利，而給自家遭禍，並在高處設置高巢，想避免災禍的人!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.
你消滅許多民族，正是為自家遭來羞恥，危害自己的性命，
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
因為石頭必由牆中呼喊，棟零樑必由屋脊應和。
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
禍哉，那以血債建造城市，以邪惡建立城鎮的人!
13 Behold, [is it] not from the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
這豈不要出於萬軍上主的意願：列國只為火而勤勞，萬民辛苦只是一場空﹖
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
因為大地要充滿對上主光榮的知識，就如水充滿海洋。
15 Woe to him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to [him], and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
禍哉，那以攙有毒物的給自己近人喝，使他酣醉，圖見他裸體的人!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned to thee, and shameful vomiting [shall be] on thy glory.
你必飽嘗恥辱，而毫無光榮。如今應該你喝，顯露你未割損之物。上主右手中的杯已輪到了你，恥辱要遮蓋你的光榮。
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, [which] made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
你加於黎巴嫩的摧殘，必臨於你；你施於走獸的虐待，必使你恐懼，因為 你流了人的血，使地域、城市和其中所有居民遭受了摧殘。
18 What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
彫像有何用處﹖竟使工匠彫刻它﹖鑄像，即撒謊之師，又有何用，竟值得製造它的人依賴它﹖他不要為自己製造了啞像﹖
19 Woe to him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.
禍哉，那對木頭說：「醒來，」對石頭說：「起來」的人! 這樣的東西豈能施救﹖看，它只是塗了一層金銀，內卻毫無氣息。
20 But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
但上主卻住在自己的聖殿內，整個大地在衪面前都應肅靜。
