Habacuc Propheta 2
1 Super custodiam meam stabo, et figam gradum super munitionem: et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi, et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.
I will stand firm during my watch, and fix my position over the fortification. And I will observe carefully, to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent.
2 Et respondit mihi Dominus, et dixit: Scribe visum, et explana eum super tabulas: ut percurrat qui legerit eum.
And the Lord responded to me and said: Write the vision and explain it on tablets, so that he who reads it may run through it.
3 Quia adhuc visus procul, et apparebit in finem, et non mentietur. si moram fecerit expecta illum: quia veniens veniet, et non tardabit.
For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.
4 Ecce qui incredulus est, non erit recta anima eius in semetipso: iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.
5 Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit: sic erit vir superbus, et non decorabitur: qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam: et ipse quasi mors, et non adimpletur: et congregavit ad se omnes gentes, et coacervavit ad se omnes populos. (Sheol h7585)
And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples. (Sheol h7585)
6 Numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument, et loquelam aenigmatum eius: et dicetur: Vae ei, qui multiplicat non sua? usquequo aggravat contra se densum lutum?
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, “Woe to him who increases what is not his own.” How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?
7 Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te: et suscitabuntur lacerantes te, et eris in rapinam eis?
Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them?
8 Quia tu spoliasti gentes multas, spoliabunt te omnes, qui reliqui fuerint de populis propter sanguinem hominis et iniquitatem terrae civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea.
Because you have despoiled many peoples, all those who are left of the people shall despoil you, because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth, of the city and all who dwell therein.
9 Vae qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suae, ut sit in excelso nidus eius, et liberari se putat de manu mali.
Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house, so that his nest may be exalted, and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.
10 Cogitasti confusionem domui tuae, concidisti populos multos, et peccavit anima tua.
You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.
11 Quia lapis de pariete clamabit: et lignum, quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est, respondebit.
For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.
12 Vae qui aedificat civitatem in sanguinibus, et praeparat urbem in iniquitate.
Woe to him who builds a town with blood and prepares a city by iniquity.
13 Numquid non haec sunt a Domino exercituum? Laborabunt enim populi in multo igne: et gentes in vacuum, et deficient.
Are not these things before the Lord of hosts? For the people will labor amid a great fire, and the nations will labor in emptiness, and they will fail.
14 Quia replebitur terra, ut cognoscant gloriam Domini, quasi aquae operientes mare.
For the earth shall be filled, that they might know the glory of the Lord, like the waters spreading over the sea.
15 Vae qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum, et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius.
Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.
16 Repletus es ignominia pro gloria: bibe tu quoque, et consopire: circumdabit te calix dexterae Domini, et vomitus ignominiae super gloriam tuam.
You are filled with disgrace in place of glory. So then, drink and fall fast asleep, for the cup of the right hand of the Lord will surround you, and a disgraceful vomit will cover your glory.
17 Quia iniquitas Libani operiet te, et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominis, et iniquitate terrae, et civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea.
For the iniquity of Lebanon will cover you, and the devastation of animals which will deter them from the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth and the city, and of all who dwell therein.
18 Quid prodest sculptile, quia sculpsit illud fictor suus, conflatile, et imaginem falsam? quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta.
Of what benefit is the graven image? For its maker has formed it, a molten and imaginary deception. For its maker has hoped in a figment of his own creation, so as to make a dumb likeness.
19 Vae qui dicit ligno: Expergiscere: Surge, lapidi tacenti: numquid ipse docere poterit? Ecce iste coopertus est auro, et argento: et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus eius.
Woe to him who says to wood, “Awaken,” to the silent stone, “Arise.” Is it able to teach? Behold, it has been entirely covered with gold and silver; and there is no spirit at all in its inner workings.
20 Dominus autem in templo sancto suo: sileat a facie eius omnis terra.
But the Lord is in his holy temple. May all the earth be silent before his face.
