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?
How long, O LORD, shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt 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 show me iniquity, and beholdest mischief? And why are spoiling and violence before me? so that there is strife, and contention ariseth.
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 slacked, and right doth never go forth; for the wicked doth beset the righteous; therefore right 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.
Look ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for, behold, a work shall be wrought in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told 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, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, that march 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 law and their majesty 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.
Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the wolves of the desert; and their horsemen spread themselves; yea, their horsemen come from far, they fly as a vulture 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; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; 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.
And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take 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 their spirit doth pass over and transgress, and they become guilty: even they who impute their might unto their 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 not Thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them 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 that art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and that canst not look on mischief, wherefore lookest Thou, when they deal treacherously, and holdest Thy peace, when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is 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 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.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they rejoice and exult.
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 they sacrifice unto their net, and offer unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.
17 Nolaila hoi, e ninini anei ia i kana upena, A e luku mau loa no hoi i na lahuikanaka?
Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
