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 take my stand on my watch-tower, and station myself on a turret. I will watch to see what the Lord will say to me, what answer he will make to my complaint.
2 et respondit mihi Dominus et dixit scribe visum et explana eum super tabulas ut percurrat qui legerit eum
Then the Lord answered me and said: Inscribe the vision plainly on tablets, so that even someone running by could read it.
3 quia adhuc visus procul et apparebit in finem et non mentietur si moram fecerit expecta illum quia veniens veniet et non tardabit
Though the vision waits for the time set, it hastens to fulfilment and will not fail; Though it linger long, wait for it. For it surely will come and will not be delayed.
4 ecce qui incredulus est non erit recta anima eius in semet ipso iustus autem in fide sua vivet
The strength of the proud fails, but the upright lives by their faithfulness.
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 congregabit ad se omnes gentes et coacervabit ad se omnes populos (Sheol h7585)
Wealth is treacherous, the arrogant never have enough. They make their desire as wide as Sheol, are like death, unsatisfied, For they gather to themselves all the nations, bring together to themselves all peoples. (Sheol h7585)
6 numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument et loquellam enigmatum eius et dicetur vae ei qui multiplicat non sua usquequo et adgravat contra se densum lutum
Shouldn’t everyone mock them? sing a taunt-song against them, and say: Woe to the person who amasses what is not theirs, and loads them self down with goods taken in pledge!
7 numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te et suscitabuntur lacerantes te et eris in rapinam eis
Won’t your creditors suddenly rise, and those who will overthrow you awake, and you become their prey?
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
For as you have plundered many peoples, the survivors will prey upon you. You have shed blood and committed violence to the earth, peoples and their cities.
9 vae qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suae ut sit in excelso nidus eius et liberari se putat de manu mali
Woe to you who seeks unjust gain for your dynasty, who sets your nest on high to be safe from the reach of misfortune!
10 cogitasti confusionem domui tuae concidisti populos multos et peccavit anima tua
You have planned only shame for your dynasty. You have destroyed many peoples, and brought guilt upon yourself;
11 quia lapis de pariete clamabit et lignum quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est respondebit
the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber will answer it.
12 vae qui aedificat civitatem in sanguinibus et praeparat urbem in iniquitate
Woe to the person who builds a city by bloodshed, and founds a town by crime
13 numquid non haec a Domino sunt exercituum laborabunt enim populi in multo igni et gentes in vacuum et deficient
while the peoples toil for what fires will consume, and the nations weary themselves for nothing! This the Lord of hosts has said,
14 quia replebitur terra ut cognoscat gloriam Domini quasi aquae operientes mare
and the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the seas are full of water.
15 vae qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius
Woe to him who in fury gives drink to his neighbor to make him drunk, and see him naked.
16 repletus est ignominia pro gloria bibe tu quoque et consopire circumdabit te calix dexterae Domini et vomitus ignominiae super gloriam tuam
You are filled with shame, not glory; drink yourself and be uncovered. The cup from the Lord’s hand will pass in turn to you, and shame 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 violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, the destruction of animals will terrify you, because you shed people’s blood on the earth, destroyed people and their cities.
18 quid prodest sculptile quia sculpsit illud fictor suus conflatile et imaginem falsam quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta
What use is an idol? A human made it, a metal image. It cannot speak, it cannot teach truth, Why does its maker trust it?
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 the person who says to a block, awake! to a dumb stone, arise! What can it teach? It may be set with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all within it.
20 Dominus autem in templo sancto suo sileat a facie eius omnis terra
The Lord is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!
