Habakuku 2
1 Nĩngũrũgama handũ hakwa ha kũrangĩra, na njikare o hau rũthingo igũrũ. Njetereire njigue ũrĩa ekũnjĩĩra, nĩguo menye ũrĩa ingĩcookia nĩ ũndũ wa iteta rĩĩrĩ.
On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He speaks against me, and what I reply to my reproof.
2 Nake Jehova akĩnjookeria atĩrĩ, “Andĩka ũguũrio ũyũ, ũwandĩke wega ihengere-inĩ na ndemwa nene, nĩgeetha ũthomeke wega, o na mũndũ angĩkorwo atengʼerete.
And YHWH answers me and says: “Write a vision, and explain on the tablets, That he may run who is reading it.
3 Nĩgũkorwo ũguũrio ũyũ wetereire ihinda rĩrĩa rĩtuĩtwo; waragia ũhoro wa matukũ ma mũthia, na ndũngĩtuĩka wa maheeni. O na ũngĩikara mũno-rĩ, weterere. Ti-itherũ nĩũkahingio, na ndũgatĩĩrio.
For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breathes for the end, and does not lie, If it lingers, wait for it, For surely it comes, it is not late.
4 “Atĩrĩrĩ, mũndũ mwĩtĩĩi-rĩ, merirĩria maake ti marũngĩrĩru; no mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu agatũũra muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia gwake;
Behold, a presumptuous one! His soul is not upright within him, And the righteous lives by his faith.
5 ti-itherũ, mũndũ ũcio mwĩtĩĩi nĩakunyanagĩrwo nĩ ndibei; nĩ mwĩtĩĩi na ndarĩ hĩndĩ ahurũkaga. Tondũ akorokete ta mbĩrĩra, na o ta ũrĩa gĩkuũ gĩtaiganagia, o nake ndaiganagia; acookanagĩrĩria ndũrĩrĩ ciothe harĩ we, na agataha andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe. (Sheol h7585)
And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and does not remain at home, Who has enlarged his soul as Sheol, And is as death that is not satisfied, And gathers to itself all the nations, And assembles to itself all the peoples, (Sheol h7585)
6 “Githĩ andũ othe matikamũthekerera makĩmũnyũrũragia, na mamũnyarare, makiugaga atĩrĩ, “‘Kaĩ mũndũ ũrĩa wĩigagĩra indo cia ũici, na agetongia na indo cia ũtunyani arĩ na haaro-ĩ! Egũtũũra ekaga ũguo nginya-rĩ?’
Are these not—all of them—an allegory taken up against him, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Until when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
7 Andũ arĩa ũrĩ na thiirĩ wao githĩ matigagũũkĩrĩra o rĩmwe? Githĩ matikaarahũka, na matũme ũinaine, macooke makũnyamarie?
Do your usurers not instantly rise up, And those shaking you awake, And you have been a spoil to them?
8 Tondũ nĩũtahĩte ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ indo ciao, matigari ma ndũrĩrĩ icio, nĩmagagũtaha indo o nawe. Nĩ ũndũ nĩũitĩte thakame ya andũ, na ũkaananga mabũrũri, na matũũra manene, o na arĩa othe marĩ kuo.
Because you have spoiled many nations, All the remnant of the peoples spoil you, Because of man’s blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.
9 “Mũndũ ũrĩa wakaga wathani wake, na agetongia na uumithio ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto, nĩgeetha aake nyũmba yake handũ igũrũ nĩguo ehonokie ndakanyiitwo nĩ mwanangĩko, kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
10 Wee wanaciirĩra kũniinwo kwa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, ũgaconorithia nyũmba yaku mwene, na ũkoorwo nĩ muoyo waku.
You have counseled a shameful thing to your house, To cut off many peoples, and your soul [is] sinful.
11 Mahiga ma rũthingo nĩmakanĩrĩra, na mĩgamba ya mbaũ nĩĩkamũkĩria.
For a stone cries out from the wall, And a beam from the wood answers it.
12 “Mũndũ ũrĩa wakithagia itũũra inene na ũiti wa thakame, na akahaanda itũũra na njĩra cia ũmaramari, kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
13 Githĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ndatuĩte atĩ wĩra wa andũ no ngũ cia gwakĩrĩria mwaki, na atĩ ndũrĩrĩ ciĩnogagia o tũhũ?
Behold, is it not from YHWH of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
14 Nĩgũkorwo thĩ nĩĩkaiyũrwo nĩ ũmenyo wa riiri wa Jehova, o ta ũrĩa maaĩ maiyũrĩte iria-inĩ.
For the earth is full of the knowledge of the glory of YHWH, As the waters cover over a sea.
15 “Mũndũ ũrĩa ũheaga andũ a itũũra rĩake njoohi, akamatahĩria mondo-inĩ ya rũũa ya ndibei nginya makarĩĩo, nĩgeetha erorere njaga yao, kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe [to] him who is giving drink to his neighbor, Pouring out your bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.
16 Ũkaiyũrwo nĩ thoni, handũ ha kũgĩa na riiri. Rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ihinda rĩaku! Nyua, ũrĩĩo, nayo njaga yaku yoneke! Gĩkombe kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa ũrĩo kwa Jehova nĩkĩragũkora, na njono nĩikũhumbĩra riiri waku.
You have been filled—shame without honor, Drink also, and be uncircumcised, Turn around to you does the cup of the right hand of YHWH, And shameful spewing [is] on your glory.
17 Haaro ĩrĩa ũrutĩire Lebanoni-rĩ, nĩĩgakũhubĩkania, na wanangi waku wa nyamũ-rĩ, nĩũgakũmakia mũno. Nĩ ũndũ nĩũitĩte thakame ya andũ, na ũkaananga mabũrũri, na matũũra manene, na arĩa othe marĩ kuo.
For violence [done to] Lebanon covers you, And spoil of beasts frightens them, Because of man’s blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.
18 “Mũhianano mũicũhie nĩ wa bata ũrĩkũ mũndũ aarĩkia kũwacũhia? O naguo mũhianano wa gũtwekio ũrĩa ũtũmaga andũ maheeneke nĩ wa bata ũrĩkũ? Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa ũũthondekaga ehokaga kĩrĩa ombĩte; athondekaga mĩhianano ĩtaaragia.
What profit has a carved image given That its former has hewn it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That the former has trusted on his own formation—to make mute idols?
19 Mũndũ ũrĩa wĩraga rũbaũ atĩrĩ, ‘Gĩa na muoyo!’ Kana akeera ihiga rĩtarĩ muoyo atĩrĩ, ‘Arahũka!’ Kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ! Indo ta icio ciakĩhota kuonia mũndũ njĩra? Ihumbĩtwo thahabu na betha; no itirĩ na mĩhũmũ thĩinĩ wacio.
Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, Awake, To a mute stone, Stir up, It [is] a teacher! Behold, it is overlaid—gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.
20 No rĩrĩ, Jehova arĩ hekarũ-inĩ yake theru; thĩ yothe nĩĩkire ki ĩrĩ mbere yake.”
And YHWH [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!”
