Habakuk 1
1 Inilah pesan yang dinyatakan oleh TUHAN kepada Nabi Habakuk.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 Ya TUHAN, sampai kapan aku harus berseru meminta pertolongan? Kapan Engkau akan mendengar dan menyelamatkan kami dari penindasan?
[I said, ] “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call [to you] for help before you respond? I cry out to you [for help], saying that [people are acting] violently [everywhere], but you do not rescue us!
3 Mengapa Kaubiarkan aku melihat begitu banyak kejahatan? Masakan Engkau tahan melihat begitu banyak pelanggaran? Di mana-mana ada kehancuran dan kekerasan, perkelahian dan perselisihan.
(Must I/I do not want to) continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ]. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong [RHQ]? I see people destroying things and [acting] violently. There is fighting and quarreling [everywhere].
4 Hukum diremehkan dan keadilan tak pernah ditegakkan. Orang jahat menjadi unggul atas orang yang jujur, maka keadilan diputarbalikkan.
No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people [in the courts], with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
5 Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Perhatikanlah bangsa-bangsa di sekitarmu, maka kamu akan heran dan tercengang. Sebab pada zamanmu Aku akan melakukan sesuatu, yang tidak kamu percayai kalau hanya diceritakan kepadamu.
[Yahweh replied to me, ] “[I know that what you say is true, but] look around at [what is happening in] the other nations; [if you look, ] you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe [would happen], even if someone told you about it.
6 Bangsa Babel yang galak dan ganas itu akan Kujadikan bangsa yang berkuasa. Mereka berbaris keluar dari negerinya dan menjelajahi seluruh dunia untuk menaklukkan bangsa-bangsa lain.
The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them [to become very powerful]; they will march across the world and conquer [many] other countries.
7 Di mana-mana mereka menimbulkan ketakutan; dengan sombong mereka menolak semua hukum kecuali yang sesuai dengan keinginan mereka.
They are people whom [others] fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.
8 Kudanya lebih cepat daripada macan tutul, dan lebih ganas daripada serigala yang sedang lapar. Pasukan berkudanya datang dari negeri-negeri jauh; mereka datang seperti burung elang yang menyambar mangsanya.
The horses [that pull their chariots] go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like [SIM] eagles that swoop down to [snatch and] kill small animals.
9 Tentaranya menyerbu untuk melakukan kekerasan, semua orang gentar melihat kedatangan mereka. Tawanan mereka tidak terhitung jumlahnya.
As they ride along, [they are] determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as [numerous as grains of] sand.
10 Mereka mengejek raja-raja dan menertawakan pegawai-pegawai tinggi. Dianggapnya remeh setiap benteng, dan ditimbunnya tanah lalu direbutnya benteng itu.
They make fun of kings and princes [of other countries], and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt [outside those walls] [in order to climb up] and capture those cities.
11 Lalu secepat angin berangkatlah orang-orang yang mendewakan kekuatannya sendiri itu."
They rush past like the wind, and then they go [to attack other cities]. But they are very guilty, because [they think that] their own power is their god.”
12 TUHAN, sejak dahulu Engkau adalah Allah. Engkau Allahku yang suci dan kekal. TUHAN, Allahku dan pelindungku, bangsa Babel itu Kaupilih dan Kaubuat perkasa untuk menghukum kami.
[Then I said, ] “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So [why] have you appointed those men [from Babylonia] to judge and get rid of [us]? You are like [MET] a huge rock [under which we are protected/safe], so why have you sent them to punish us?
13 Tetapi bagaimana Engkau tahan melihat orang-orang jahat yang kejam itu? Bukankah Engkau terlalu suci untuk memandang kejahatan? Bukankah Engkau merasa muak melihat ketidakadilan? Jadi, mengapa Engkau diam saja ketika orang yang saleh dihancurkan oleh pendurhaka?
You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, [so why] are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing [to punish] those wicked men [from Babylonia] who destroy people who are more righteous than they [are]?
14 Mengapa manusia Kauanggap seperti ikan di laut, dan seperti serangga yang tak ada pemimpinnya?
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 Bangsa Babel menangkap orang-orang dengan kail, seolah-olah mereka itu ikan. Orang-orang itu diseret dalam jala-jala dan bangsa Babel bersenang-senang dengan hasil mereka.
[The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish] [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.
16 Kemudian jala itu mereka sembah dan mereka beri persembahan kurban, sebab dengan jala itu mereka telah mendapat rejeki berlimpah-limpah dan menjadi makmur.
If they catch us, they will [worship] their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! [They will say] ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’
17 Masakan mereka akan terus menghunus pedangnya dan membunuh bangsa-bangsa, tanpa ampun?
[Will you allow] them to continue [to conquer people] [MET] forever? [Will you allow] them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful [to anyone]?”
