ハバクク書 3
1 シギヨノテの調べによる、預言者ハバククの祈。
Yahweh, I have heard about you; I revere you because of [all the amazing] things that you have done. In our time, do again [some of] those things that you did long ago! Even when you are angry [with us], be merciful [to us]!
2 主よ、わたしはあなたのことを聞きました。主よ、わたしはあなたのみわざを見て恐れます。この年のうちにこれを新たにし、この年のうちにこれを知らせてください。怒る時にもあわれみを思いおこしてください。
3 神はテマンからこられ、聖者はパランの山からこられた。その栄光は天をおおい、そのさんびは地に満ちた。 (セラ)
[In the vision, I saw] God, the Holy One, coming from the Teman [district in Edom]; [and I also saw] him coming from the Paran Hills [in the Sinai area]. His glory filled the sky, and the earth was full of [people who were] praising him.
4 その輝きは光のようであり、その光は彼の手からほとばしる。かしこにその力を隠す。
His glory was like [SIM] a sunrise; rays flashed from his hands where he hides his power.
5 疫病はその前に行き、熱病はその後に従う。
He sent plagues in front of him, and [other] plagues came behind him.
6 彼は立って、地をはかり、彼は見て、諸国民をおののかせられる。とこしえの山は散らされ、永遠の丘は沈む。彼の道は昔のとおりである。
When he stopped, the earth shook. When he looked at the nations, [all the people] trembled. The hills and mountains that have existed for a very long time [HYP] collapsed and crumbled. Yahweh is the one who exists eternally/forever!
7 わたしが見ると、クシャンの天幕に悩みがあり、ミデアンの国の幕は震う。
[In the vision] I saw the [people who live in] tents in the Cushan [region] being afflicted, and the people in the Midian [region] trembling.
8 主よ、あなたが馬に乗り、勝利の戦車に乗られる時、あなたは川に向かって怒られるのか。川に向かって憤られるのか。あるいは海に向かって立腹されるのか。
Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you were angry with them? Did the seas cause you to be furious, with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots that enabled you to defeat them?
9 あなたの弓は取り出された。矢は、弦につがえられた。[セラ あなたは川をもって地を裂かれた。
[It was as though] you uncovered your bow, took arrows from your quiver, [and prepared to shoot them]. [Then with lightning] you split open the earth, and streams burst forth.
10 山々はあなたを見て震い、荒れ狂う水は流れいで、淵は声を出して、その手を高くあげた。
[It is as though] the mountains saw you [doing that], and they trembled. Floods rushed by; [it was as though] the deep ocean roared and caused its waves to rise up high.
11 飛び行くあなたの矢の光のために、電光のようにきらめく、あなたのやりのために、日も月もそのすみかに立ち止まった。
The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky while your [lightning] flashed [past like] a swift arrow, and your glittering spear flashed.
12 あなたは憤って地を行きめぐり、怒って諸国民を踏みつけられた。
Being very angry [DOU], you walked across the earth and trampled the [armies of many] nations.
13 あなたはあなたの民を救うため、あなたの油そそいだ者を救うために出て行かれた。あなたは悪しき者の頭を砕き、彼を腰から首まで裸にされた。 (セラ)
But you [also] went to rescue us, your people, and to save the [king] (Or, [people]) whom you had chosen [MTY]. You struck down the leader [MTY] of those wicked people and stripped off his clothes, from his head to his feet.
14 あなたはあなたのやりで将軍の首を刺しとおされた。彼らはわたしを散らそうとして、つむじ風のように来、貧しい者をひそかに、のみ滅ぼすことを楽しみとした。
With his own spear you destroyed the leader of those soldiers who rushed like [SIM] a whirlwind to [attack and] scatter us, thinking that they could conquer us [Israelis] easily.
15 あなたはあなたの馬を使って、海と大水のさかまくところを踏みつけられた。
You walked through the sea with your horses [to destroy our enemies], and caused the waves to surge.
16 わたしは聞いて、わたしのからだはわななき、わたしのくちびるはその声を聞いて震える。腐れはわたしの骨に入り、わたしの歩みは、わたしの下によろめく。わたしはわれわれに攻め寄せる民の上に悩みの日の臨むのを静かに待とう。
When I saw that vision, my heart pounded and my lips quivered [because I became afraid]. My legs became weak and I shook, [because I was terrified]. But I will wait quietly for the people [of Babylonia], those who invaded our country, to experience disasters!
17 いちじくの木は花咲かず、ぶどうの木は実らず、オリブの木の産はむなしくなり、田畑は食物を生ぜず、おりには羊が絶え、牛舎には牛がいなくなる。
[Therefore, ] even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees, and there are no grapes on the grapevines, and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees, and there are no crops in the fields, and even if the flocks [of sheep and goats] die in the fields, and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns,
18 しかし、わたしは主によって楽しみ、わが救の神によって喜ぶ。
I will rejoice because [I know] Yahweh. I will be joyful because Yahweh my God is the one who saves me!
19 主なる神はわたしの力であって、わたしの足を雌じかの足のようにし、わたしに高い所を歩ませられる。これを琴に合わせ、聖歌隊の指揮者によって歌わせる。
Yahweh the Lord is the one who causes me to be strong; he enables me to climb [(safely/without falling)] in the [rocky] mountains, like [SIM] a deer does. (This message is for the choir director: [When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing] stringed instruments.)
