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.
super custodiam meam stabo et figam gradum super munitionem et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi et quid respondeam ad arguentem me
2 And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
et respondit mihi Dominus et dixit scribe visum et explana eum super tabulas ut percurrat qui legerit eum
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.
quia adhuc visus procul et apparebit in finem et non mentietur si moram fecerit expecta illum quia veniens veniet et non tardabit
4 Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
ecce qui incredulus est non erit recta anima eius in semet ipso iustus autem in fide sua vivet
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)
et quomodo vinum potantem decipit sic erit vir superbus et non decorabitur qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam et ipse quasi mors et non adimpletur et congregabit ad se omnes gentes et coacervabit ad se omnes populos (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?
numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument et loquellam enigmatum eius et dicetur vae ei qui multiplicat non sua usquequo et adgravat contra se densum lutum
7 Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?
numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te et suscitabuntur lacerantes te et eris in rapinam eis
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.
quia tu spoliasti gentes multas spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis propter sanguinem hominis et iniquitatem terrae civitatis et omnium habitantium in ea
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,
vae qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suae ut sit in excelso nidus eius et liberari se putat de manu mali
10 Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy soul.
cogitasti confusionem domui tuae concidisti populos multos et peccavit anima tua
11 For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
quia lapis de pariete clamabit et lignum quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est respondebit
12 Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
vae qui aedificat civitatem in sanguinibus et praeparat urbem in iniquitate
13 Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
numquid non haec a Domino sunt exercituum laborabunt enim populi in multo igni et gentes in vacuum et deficient
14 For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover [the bottom of] a sea.
quia replebitur terra ut cognoscat gloriam Domini quasi aquae operientes mare
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.
vae qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius
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.
repletus est ignominia pro gloria bibe tu quoque et consopire circumdabit te calix dexterae Domini et vomitus ignominiae super gloriam tuam
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.
quia iniquitas Libani operiet te et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominis et iniquitate terrae et civitatis et omnium habitantium in ea
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?
quid prodest sculptile quia sculpsit illud fictor suus conflatile et imaginem falsam quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta
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.
vae qui dicit ligno expergiscere surge lapidi tacenti numquid ipse docere poterit ecce iste coopertus est auro et argento et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus eius
20 And Jehovah [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!
Dominus autem in templo sancto suo sileat a facie eius omnis terra
