Habakkuk 2

1 On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.

١ سَأَقِفُ عَلَى مَرْصَدِي وَأَنْتَصِبُ عَلَى الْحِصْنِ، وَأَتَرَقَّبُ لأَرَى مَاذَا يَقُولُ لِي الرَّبُّ، وَبِمَا يُجِيبُ عَنْ شَكْوَايَ.

2 And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.

٢ فَأَجَابَنِي الرَّبُّ: «اكْتُبِ الرُّؤْيَا بِوُضُوحٍ عَلَى الأَلْوَاحِ لِيَسْتَطِيعَ حَتَّى الرَّاكِضُ قِرَاءَتَهَا بِسُهُولَةٍ وَحَمْلَهَا لِلآخَرِينَ.

3 For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.

٣ لأَنَّ الرُّؤْيَا لَا تَتَحَقَّقُ إِلّا فِي مِيعَادِهَا، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا. إِنَّهَا لَا تَكْذِبُ وَإِنْ تَوَانَتْ فَانْتَظِرْهَا، لأَنَّهَا لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ وَلَنْ تَتَأَخَّرَ طَوِيلاً.»

4 Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.

٤ أَمَّا الرِّسَالَةُ فَهِيَ: «إِنَّ ذَا النَّفْسِ الْمُنْتَفِخَةِ غَيْرِ الْمُسْتَقِيمَةِ مَصِيرُهُ الْهَلاكُ، أَمَّا الْبَارُّ فَبِالإِيمَانِ يَحْيَا.

5 And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples, (Sheol h7585)

٥ وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْخَمْرَ غَادِرَةٌ، كَذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُ الْمُغْتَرَّ نَشْوَةُ الانْتِصَارِ فَلا يَسْتَكِينُ، فَإِنَّ جَشَعَهُ فِي سِعَةِ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وهُوَ كَالْمَوْتِ لَا يَشْبَعُ. لِهَذَا يَجْمَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ وَيَسْبِي جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ. (Sheol h7585)

6 Do not these — all of them — against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

٦ وَلَكِنْ لَا يَلْبَثُ أَنْ يَسْخَرَ مِنْهُ سَبَايَاهُ قَائِلِينَ:’وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يُكَوِّمُ لِنَفْسِهِ الأَسْلابَ، وَيَثْرَى عَلَى حِسَابِ مَا نَهَبَ. إِنَّمَا إِلَى مَتَى؟‘

7 Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?

٧ أَلا يَقُومُ عَلَيْكَ دَائِنُوكَ بَغْتَةً، أَوَ لَا يَثُورُونَ عَلَيْكَ وَيَمْلأُونَكَ رُعْباً، فَتُصْبِحَ لَهُمْ غَنِيمَةً؟

8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.

٨ لأَنَّكَ سَلَبْتَ أُمَماً كَثِيرَةً فَإِنَّ بَقِيَّةَ الشُّعُوبِ يَنْهَبُونَكَ ثَأْراً لِمَا سَفَكْتَ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ وَارْتَكَبْتَ مِنْ جَوْرٍ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَدَمَّرْتَ مُدُناً وَأَهْلَكْتَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

9 Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

٩ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَدَّخِرُ لِبَنِيهِ مَكْسَبَ ظُلْمٍ، وَيُشَيِّدُ مَسْكَنَهُ فِي مَقَامٍ حَصِينٍ لِيَكُونَ فِي مَأْمَنٍ مِنَ الْخَطَرِ.

10 Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy soul.

١٠ لَقَدْ لَطَّخَتْ مُؤَامَرَتُكَ بَيْتَكَ بِالْعَارِ حِينَ اسْتَأْصَلْتَ أُمَماً عَدِيدَةً وَجَلَبْتَ الدَّمَارَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.

11 For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

١١ حَتَّى حِجَارَةُ الْجُدْرَانِ تَصْرُخُ مِنْ شَرِّكَ، فَتُرَدِّدُ الدَّعَائِمُ الْخَشَبِيَّةُ أَصْدَاءَهَا.

12 Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

١٢ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَبْنِي مَدِينَةً بِالدِّمَاءِ، وَيُؤَسِّسُ قَرْيَةً بِالإِثْمِ.

13 Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?

١٣ أَلَمْ يَصْدُرِ الْقَضَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ أَنْ يَؤُولَ تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ إِلَى النَّارِ وَجَهْدُ الأُمَمِ إِلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟

14 For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover [the bottom of] a sea.

١٤ لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ سَتَمْتَلِئُ مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا تَغْمُرُ الْمِيَاهُ الْبَحْرَ.

15 Woe [to] him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.

١٥ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَسْقِي صَاحِبَهُ مِنْ كَأْسِ الْغَضَبِ إِلَى أَنْ يَسْكَرَ لِيَنْظُرَ إِلَى خِزْيِهِ.

16 Thou hast been filled — shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing [is] on thine honour.

١٦ فَأَنْتَ تَشْبَعُ خِزْياً عِوَضَ الْمَجْدِ، فَاشْرَبْ أَنْتَ، وَتَرَنَّحْ، فَإِنَّ كَأْسَ يَمِينِ الرَّبِّ تَدُورُ عَلَيْكَ وَيُجَلِّلُ الْعَارُ مَجْدَكَ.

17 For violence [to] Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.

١٧ لأَنَّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتَهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ فِي حَقِّ لُبْنَانَ يُغَطِّيكَ، وَمَا أَهْلَكْتَهُ مِنْ بَهَائِمَ يُرَوِّعُكَ. مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا سَفَكْتَهُ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ وَاقْتَرَفْتَهُ مِنْ جَوْرٍ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالْمُدُنِ وَالسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

18 What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation — to make dumb idols?

١٨ أَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ تِمْثَالٍ حَتَّى يَصُوغَهُ صَانِعٌ، أَوْ صَنَمٍ يُعَلِّمُ الْكَذِبَ لأَنَّ مَنْ يَصْنَعُهُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى مَا صَنَعَهُ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَصْنَعْ سِوَى أَصْنَامٍ بَكْمَاءَ.

19 Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid — gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

١٩ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَقُولُ لِمَنْحُوتٍ خَشَبِيٍّ:’اسْتَيْقِظْ‘أَوْ لِحَجَرٍ أَبْكَمَ:’انْهَضْ‘. أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ؟ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مُغَشّىً بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَخَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيَاةٍ.

20 And Jehovah [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

٢٠ أَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَفِي هَيْكَلِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، فَلْتَصْمُتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا فِي مَحْضَرِهِ».