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.
Mɛgyina mʼahwɛeɛ na mawɛn. Mɛbɔ nsra na mahwɛ deɛ ɔbɛka akyerɛ me, ne mʼanoyie a mede bɛma nkurobɔ yi.
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make [it] plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Afei, Awurade buaa sɛ, “Twerɛ adiyie yi wɔ abopono so ma emu nna hɔ pefee ama ɔkenkanfoɔ ate aseɛ.
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.
Adiyisɛm no retwɛn hyɛberɛ bi; ɛka awieeɛ ho asɛm na ɛbɛba mu. Ɛwom sɛ ɛrekyɛre deɛ, nanso twɛn, ɛrenkyɛre, ɛbɛba mu.
4 Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up, is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
“Hwɛ, wama ne ho so; nʼapɛdeɛ ntene, nanso ɔteneneeni firi gyidie mu bɛnya nkwa.
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)
Nokorɛm, nsã ayi no ama wayɛ ahantan na ɔnni ahotɔ. Esiane sɛ ɔyɛ adifudepɛ sɛ damena na ɔte sɛ owuo a hwee mmee no enti ɔfom aman no nyinaa na ɔfa amanfoɔ no nyinaa nnommum. (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!
“Nnommumfoɔ yi nyinaa bɛdi ne ho fɛ asere no aka sɛ, “‘Nnome nka deɛ ɔboaboa korɔnodeɛ ano, na ɔnam apoobɔ so nya ne ho! Yei nkɔ so nkɔsi da bɛn?’
7 Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall disturb thee, and thou shalt be for booties to them?
Wɔn a wode wɔn ka no bɛsɔre mpofirim so. Wɔbɛsɔre ama wo ho apopo na wɔbɛtwi afa wo so.
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.
Esiane sɛ woafo aman bebree enti, wɔn a wɔaka no bɛfo wo bi. Ɛfiri sɛ woahwie nnipa mogya agu; woasɛe nsase, nkuropɔn ne wɔn a wɔtete mu.
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!
“Nnome nka deɛ ɔde korɔnodeɛ kyekyere ne ɔman, a ɔyɛ ne pirebuo wɔ sorɔnsorɔmmea, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛyi ne ho afiri ɔsɛeɛ mu.
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.
Woatu nnipa bebree sɛeɛ ho agyina, de agu wo fie anim ase, na wode wo nkwa atwa so.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Aboɔ a ɛhyehyɛ afie afasuo mu no bɛteam na ɛbɛgyegye wɔ mpunan a wɔahyehyɛ no mu.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
“Nnome nka deɛ ɔnam mogya hwieguo so kyekyere kuropɔn na ɔnam awudie so kyekyere kuro.
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?
Asafo Awurade ahyɛ sɛ, nnipa no adwumayɛ bɛyɛ ogya a wɔhye. Aman no brɛ gu kwa.
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Na Awurade animuonyam ho nimdeɛ bɛhyɛ asase nyinaa ma, sɛdeɛ nsuo hyɛ ɛpo ma no.
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!
“Due! Wo a woma wo mfɛfoɔ nsã, Wohwie ma wɔnom kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛboro, na afei woahwɛ wɔn adagya.
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.
Worennya animuonyam biara. Wʼani bɛwu. Afei aduru wo so. Nom na tɔ ntintan. Kuruwa a ɛfiri Awurade nsa nifa reba wo so, Aniwuo bɛkata wʼanimuonyam so
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.
Awurukasɛm a wode adi Lebanon no bɛmene wo, ɔsɛeɛ a wosɛee mmoa nso bɛbɔ wo hu. Woaka nnipa mogya agu; woasɛe nsase, nkuropɔn ne nnipa a wɔwɔ mu.
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?
“Ɛdeɛn mfasodeɛ na monya firi ahoni a onipa ayɛ mu? Anaa nsɛsodeɛ a ɛkyerɛkyerɛ atorɔ? Deɛ ɔyɛ ohoni no de ne ho to ɔno ankasa nsa ano adwuma so; na ɔyɛ anyame a wɔntumi nkasa.
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.
Nnome nka deɛ ɔka kyerɛ dua sɛ, ‘Nya nkwa!’ Anaa ɔka kyerɛ ɛboɔ a ɛnni nkwa sɛ, ‘Nyane!’ Ɛbɛtumi ama akwankyerɛ? Wɔde sika kɔkɔɔ ne dwetɛ adura ho; nanso ahomeɛ nni mu.”
20 But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Nanso Awurade wɔ nʼasɔrefie kronkron mu. Momma asase nyinaa nyɛ komm wɔ nʼanim.
