Habacuc Propheta 1
1 Onus, quod vidit Habacuc propheta.
The burden, which Habakkuk the Prophet did see.
2 Usquequo Domine clamabo, et non exaudies? vociferabor ad te vim patiens, et non salvabis?
O Lord, howe long shall I crye, and thou wilt not heare! euen crye out vnto thee for violence, and thou wilt not helpe!
3 Quare ostendisti mihi iniquitatem, et laborem, videre praedam, et iniustitiam contra me? Quare respicis contemptores, et taces, conculcante impio iustiorem se? Et facies homines quasi pisces maris; et quasi reptilia non habentia ducem; et factum est iudicium, et contradictio potentior.
Why doest thou shewe mee iniquitie, and cause me to beholde sorowe? for spoyling, and violence are before me: and there are that rayse vp strife and contention.
4 Propter hoc lacerata est lex, et non pervenit usque ad finem iudicium: quia impius praevalet adversus iustum, propterea egreditur iudicium perversum.
Therefore the Lawe is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forth: for the wicked doeth compasse about the righteous: therefore wrong iudgement proceedeth.
5 Aspicite in gentibus, et videte: admiramini, et obstupescite: quia opus factum est in diebus vestris, quod nemo credet cum narrabitur.
Beholde among the heathen, and regarde, and wonder, and maruaile: for I will worke a worke in your dayes: yee will not beleeue it, though it be tolde you.
6 Quia ecce ego suscitabo Chaldaeos, gentem amaram et velocem, ambulantem super latitudinem terrae, ut possideat tabernacula non sua.
For lo, I raise vp the Caldeans, that bitter and furious nation, which shall goe vpon the breadth of the lande to possesse the dwelling places, that are not theirs.
7 Horribilis, et terribilis est: ex semetipsa iudicium, et onus eius egredietur.
They are terrible and fearefull: their iudgement and their dignitie shall proceede of theselues.
8 Leviores pardis equi eius, et velociores lupis vespertinis: et diffundentur equites eius: equites namque eius de longe venient, volabunt quasi aquila festinans ad comedendum.
Their horses also are swifter then the leopards, and are more fierce then the wolues in the euening: and their horsemen are many: and their horsemen shall come from farre: they shall flie as the eagle hasting to meate.
9 Omnes ad praedam venient, facies eorum ventus urens: et congregabit quasi arenam, captivitatem.
They come all to spoyle: before their faces shalbe an Eastwinde, and they shall gather the captiuitie, as the sand.
10 Et ipse de regibus triumphabit, et tyranni ridiculi eius erunt: ipse super omnem munitionem ridebit, et comportabit aggerem, et capiet eam.
And they shall mocke the Kings, and the princes shalbe a skorne vnto them: they shall deride euery strong holde: for they shall gather dust, and take it.
11 Tunc mutabitur spiritus, et pertransibit; et corruet: haec est fortitudo eius dei sui.
Then shall they take a courage, and transgresse and doe wickedly, imputing this their power vnto their god.
12 Numquid non tu a principio Domine Deus meus, sancte meus, et non moriemur? Domine in iudicium posuisti eum: et fortem ut corriperes, fundasti eum.
Art thou not of olde, O Lord my God, mine holy one? we shall not die: O Lord, thou hast ordeined them for iudgement, and O God, thou hast established them for correction.
13 Mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum, et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris. quare respicis super iniqua agentes, et taces devorante impio iustiorem se?
Thou art of pure eyes, and canst not see euill: thou canst not behold wickednesse: wherefore doest thou looke vpon the transgressors, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked deuoureth the man, that is more righteous then he?
14 Et facies homines quasi pisces maris, et quasi reptile non habens principem.
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
15 Totum in hamo sublevavit, traxit illud in sagena sua, et congregavit in rete suum. Super hoc laetabitur et exultabit.
They take vp all with the angle: they catch it in their net, and gather it in their yarne, whereof they reioyce and are glad.
16 propterea immolabit sagenae suae, et sacrificabit reti suo: quia in ipsis incrassata est pars eius, et cibus eius electus.
Therefore they sacrifice vnto their net, and burne incense vnto their yarne, because by them their portion is fat and their meat plenteous.
17 Propter hoc ergo expandit sagenam suam, et semper interficere Gentes non cessat.
Shall they therefore stretch out their net and not spare continually to slay the nations?
