Habakkuk 1
1 Pa inge mwe fahkak su LEUM GOD El akkalemye nu sin mwet palu Habakkuk.
This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:
2 O LEUM GOD, lusa kac pacl nga ac pang in suk kasru na kom fah lohngyu, ac nga ac tung putaka na kom fah molikutla liki mwe keok?
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
3 Efu ku kom oru ngan liye kain in mwe lokoalok inge? Efu ku kom ku in muteng kain orekma sufal inge? Mwe kunausla ac mwe keok rauniyuyak, ac oasr amei ac anwuk orek yen nukewa.
Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
4 Ma sap uh munasla ac wanginla sripa, ac nununku suwohs tiana orek. Mwet koluk uh kutangla mwet wo, ouinge nununku suwohs ikilyukelik.
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
5 Na LEUM GOD El fahk nu sin mwet lal, “Suiyana mutunfacl su raunikowosyak, ac kowos fah fwefela ke ma kowos liye. Nga ac oru sie ma, ac kowos ac tia lulalfongi ke kowos ac lohngak uh.
“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
6 Nga ac sang ku nu sin mwet Babylonia tuh elos in leumi mutunfacl uh. Mwet inge mwet na sulallal ac irpit. Elos oatula som sasla faclu in kutangla acn saya.
For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
7 Elos akyokyelik sangeng ac tuninfong, ac in nunak fulat lalos elos tiana akilen kutena ma sap sayen ma elos lungse oru.
They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
8 “Horse natulos uh mui liki kosro leopard, ac sulallal liki wolf masrinsralla uh. Mwet kasrusr fin horse lalos tuku yen loesla me. Horse natulos kihling infohk uh. Elos pwesroulme oana luman won eagle ke elos putati in sruokya ma nalos.
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
9 “Mwet mweun lalos sikla ac sulallal in anwuk, ac mwet e nukewa elos tuninfongla ke elos ac sikme uh. Pisen mwet elos sruokya uh pukanten oana puhk uh.
All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
10 Elos aklusrongtenye tokosra uh ac isrun mwet leum. Wangin pot ku ac ku in sikululosi — elos ac yolsani fohk uh nu pe pot uh, fanyak kac ac eisla acn uh.
They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
11 Na elos ac tuhyak oana eng uh sasla som. Mwet inge oru mu ku lalos uh pa god lalos.”
Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
12 O LEUM GOD, nuna kom na pa God oe ke mutawauk ah me. Kom God luk, su mutal ac moul ma pahtpat. LEUM GOD luk ac Mwet Lango luk, kom sulela mwet Babylonia ac sang ku nu selos elos in mau ku in kalyei kut.
Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
13 Tusruktu, efu ku kom ku in muteng orekma lun mwet koluk inge? Motom arulana mutalla in liye ma koluk, ac kom arulana srunga liye ke mwet uh oru ma koluk. Ke ma inge efu ku kom mislana ke elos kunausla mwet su arulana suwohs lukelos?
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
14 Efu ku kom ku in oru mwet uh oana ik uh, ku oana ma orakrak ma wangin leum lalos?
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
15 Mwet Babylonia orekmakin ka in sruokya mwet uh, oana ik uh. Elos amakunulos in nwek natulos, ac sasa ke engankinyen ma elos sruokya!
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
16 Elos alyalu pacna nu ke nwek natulos ac orek kisa nu kac, mweyen nwek natulos uh pa sang mwe insewowo nu selos.
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
17 Ya elos ac orekmakinna cutlass natulos nwe tok, ac nuna kunausna mutanfahl uh ac tia pakomuta?
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
