Habakuka 1
1 O KA olelo, ka mea i hoikeia ia Habakuka ke kaula.
The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 Pehea ka loihi o ko'u kahea ana, e Iehova, aole oe e hoolohe mai? A uwe aku hoi ia oe no ka hana ino, aole oe e hoopakele mai?
Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.
3 No keaha la, kou hoike ana mai ia'u i ke kaumaha, a me ka ehaeha? Aia no ka hana ino, a me ka hooluhi imua o'u; A ala mai ka hakaka a me ka paio.
Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
4 No ia mea, ua nawaliwali ke kanawai, aole e hele aku ka hoopono ana me ka oiaio; Aka, o ka mea hewa ke hoopuni i ka mea pono; Nolaila, ua hookahuliia ka pono.
Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.
5 E nana oukou iwaena o na lahuikanaka, a e ike pono, a e kahaha nui ka naau, No ka mea, e hana no au i ka hana i ko oukou mau la, Ka mea i manaoio ole ai oukou, ke haiia mai ia.
See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for [I] work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared [to you].
6 No ka mea, aia hoi, e hooku au i ko Kaledea, he lahuikanaka hana ino, a me ka huhu, Ka mea e hele i na wahi akea o ka honua, e imi i na noho ana, na mea aole no lakou.
For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
7 He mea weliweli a me ka makau oia; Nona iho kona kanawai, a me kona hanohano.
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
8 Ua oi ka mama o kona poe lio mamua o ka leopade, A ua oi ko lakou mama mamua o na iliohae i ke ahiahi; Holo haaheo kona poe hololio, E hele mai kona poe hoohololio mai kahi loihi mai; E lele lakou me he aeto la, e lalelale ana e ai.
And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
9 Hele mai lakou a pau no ka hao wale; A o ke ano o ko lakou maka, ua like me ka makani hikina; A hoakoakoa lakou i ka poe pio e like me ke one.
They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.
10 Hoomaewaewa aku no ia i na'lii, a lilo na haku i mea henehene nona: Ua akaaka no ia i na wahi paa a pau, a hana no ia i puu lepo, a lawepio no oia ia mea.
Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.
11 Alaila, e hoomahuahua oia i kona ikaika, a e hele aku, a e luku aku, e i aku, A o kona mana anei keia, o kona akua ia?
Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his god.
12 Aole anei oe mai ka kahiko mai, e Iehova, Kuu Akua, kuu Mea Hemolele? aole makou e make. O oe, e Iehova, i hoonoho ia ia, no ka hookolokolo ana, O oe e ka Pohaku, i kukulupaa ia ia no ka hoopai ana.
— Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction.
13 Ua maemae loa kou mau maka, aole oe e nana i ka hewa; Aole loa oe e ike mai i ka pono ole: No ke aha oe e nana mai i ka poe lawehala, a e noho ekemu ole, I ka manawa e luku mai ai ka mea hewa i ka mea ua oi ka pono mamua ona?
[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he?
14 Aka, ua hana oe i ke kanaka e like me na ia o ke kai, E like hoi me ka mea kolo, aohe mea e alii ana maluna ona.
And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
15 Huki no ia ia lakou iluna me ka makau, A hei iho ia lakou i kana upena, A houluulu ia lakou iloko o kana pahele; Nolaila, olioli no ia, a hauoli hoi.
He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:
16 No ia hoi, mohai aku no ia no kana upena iho, a kuni i ka mea ala no kana mea pahele, No ka mea, ma ia mau mea, ua waiwai kona noho ana, A ua momona kana ai.
therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.
17 Nolaila hoi, e ninini anei ia i kana upena, A e luku mau loa no hoi i na lahuikanaka?
Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
