< Habakkuk 1 >

1 The revelation which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Profet Habakkuk ni a coe e profet lawk teh,
2 LORD, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you not save?
Oe Cathut, na thai laipalah nâtotouh maw na kaw han vaw Na rungngang laipalah, kai ni hno kathout ka kâhmo laihoi nâtotouh maw na hmalah kahram han vaw
3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.
Bangkongmaw kamsoumhoehe naw hah na pâtue vaw. Bangkongmaw hno kathout naw na hmu sak vaw Bangkongmaw Lawpnae, thamanae na kâhmo sak vaw. Bangkongmaw tami reira khuet kâoun awh teh, khuet kâyue awh vaw.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.
Hatdawkvah kâlawk teh cungkeihoeh toe. Kamsoum lah lawkcengnae awm hoeh toe. Tami kahawihoehnaw ni tami kalannaw teh, kamsoum hoeh lah lawk a ceng awh.
5 “Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days which you will not believe though it is told you.
Lawkkam kacakhoehe taminaw khen nateh muenkângai awh haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmouh koe ayâ ni na patue haiyah na yuem thai awh hoeh e hah nangmae atueng dawk ka sak han.
6 For, behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation who march through the width of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
Ahue karang poung e Khaldean taminaw hah ka hroecoe toe. Amamae ram lah kaawm hoeh e ramnaw hah la hanelah kho tangkuem a cei awh han.
7 They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
Takithopoung e tami lah ao awh teh, ama ngai e patetlah lawk a ceng awh.
8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
Ahnie marang teh, kaisi hlak a rang. Karum lah kâva e Asuinaw hlak a huencawn awh. Marangransanaw ni ahlanae koehoi tho awh vaiteh, a coukdouk awh han. Moi kei hanlah karang poung e langta patetlah kamleng awh vaiteh a tho awh han.
9 All of them come for violence. Their hordes face forward. They gather prisoners like sand.
Hote taminaw teh rektap hanelah a tho awh. Hmalah dueng ka khen e ransa lah ao awh teh, a man awh e taminaw teh sadi yit touh a pha sak awh han.
10 Yes, they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision to them. They laugh at every stronghold, for they build up an earthen ramp and take it.
Siangpahrangnaw a dudam awh, khobawinaw hai banglahai noutna awh hoeh. Khopui rapanimnaw pueng hai panuikhai awh vaiteh, vaiphu a pâpawp awh vaiteh a tuk awh han.
11 Then they sweep by like the wind and go on. They are indeed guilty, whose strength is their god.”
Hathnukkhu ahnimanaw teh a pouknae a kâthung awh teh a sakpayon e phu teh a hmu awh han. Ahnimae a thaonae teh amamae cathut doeh toe.
12 Aren’t you from everlasting, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, you have appointed them for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
Oe, BAWIPA ka Cathut, nang teh kaie kathounge Cathut lah na o teh, a yungyoe na kangning e nahoehmaw. Hottelah pawiteh, kaimanaw teh duenae koehoi kahlout awh han doeh. Oe BAWIPA, kaimanaw lawkceng nahanelah ahnimanaw hah na hmoun toe. Oe Ka lungsong, yue sak hanelah ahnimanaw hah hmuen na poe toe.
13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Nang teh kahawihoehe hno hmu hanelah a mit teh a thoungpoung. Hno kathout a hmu navah, awm takhai thai hoeh. Hottelah pawiteh, lawkkam kacakhoehe naw hah bangkongmaw na khetyawt vaw. Tami kahawihoehe naw ni tami kalannaw a thei navah bangkongmaw duem na o takhai.
14 and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?
Nang ni, taminaw hah tuipui dawk e tanganaw patetlah, ukkung ka tawn hoeh e ahrinaw patetlah bangkongmaw na coung sak.
15 He takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
Taran ni hote taminaw pueng hah hradang hoi sawn vaiteh, tamlawk hoi heng vaiteh, tamlawk hoi a kalup teh a lung ouk ahawi awh.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious and his food is good.
Ama e tamlawk hah a thueng teh, amae tamlawk hanlah hmuitui hah hmai ouk a sawi. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hote hno hoiyah hnopai ouk a hmu teh kaboumlah ouk a kâkawk nah.
17 Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?
Hatdawkvah ahni ni tamlawk, tamlawk dawk e tanganaw hah a rabawk han na maw. Miphunnaw hah pasai laipalah pou a thei han na maw.

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