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 upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
2 Et respondit mihi Dominus, et dixit: Scribe visum, et explana eum super tabulas: ut percurrat qui legerit eum.
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth 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 the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
4 Ecce qui incredulus est, non erit recta anima eius in semetipso: iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him: but the just shall live by 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)
Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer, a haughty man, and that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as hell, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him 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 a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!
7 Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te: et suscitabuntur lacerantes te, et eris in rapinam eis?
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto 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 thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that 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 that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
10 Cogitasti confusionem domui tuae, concidisti populos multos, et peccavit anima tua.
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11 Quia lapis de pariete clamabit: et lignum, quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est, respondebit.
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 Vae qui aedificat civitatem in sanguinibus, et praeparat urbem in iniquitate.
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Numquid non haec sunt a Domino exercituum? Laborabunt enim populi in multo igne: et gentes in vacuum, et deficient.
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
14 Quia replebitur terra, ut cognoscant gloriam Domini, quasi aquae operientes mare.
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
15 Vae qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum, et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius.
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that addest thy venom [thereto], and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Repletus es ignominia pro gloria: bibe tu quoque, et consopire: circumdabit te calix dexterae Domini, et vomitus ignominiae super gloriam tuam.
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised: the cup of the LORD’S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy 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 violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that 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.
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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 unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 Dominus autem in templo sancto suo: sileat a facie eius omnis terra.
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
