Habakuka 1
1 O KA olelo, ka mea i hoikeia ia Habakuka ke kaula.
The burden that Habacuc the prophet saw.
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? shall I cry out to thee suffering 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 hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful.
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 torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
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.
Behold ye among the nations, and see: wonder, and be astonished: for a work is done in your days, which no man will believe when it shall be told.
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 will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own.
7 He mea weliweli a me ka makau oia; Nona iho kona kanawai, a me kona hanohano.
They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed.
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 are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat.
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 shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together 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 their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall 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 shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of 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.
Wast thou not from the beginning, O Lord my God, my holy one, and we shall not die? Lord, thou hast appointed him for judgment: and made him strong 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?
Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?
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 wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.
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 lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice.
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 will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made 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?
For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.
