Habakuka 1
1 Spriedums, ko pravietis Habakuks redzējis.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 Cik ilgi, ak Kungs, es kliegšu un Tu nepaklausi? Cik ilgi es Tevi piesaukšu par varas darbu, un Tu neizglābi?
[I said, ] “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call [to you] for help before you respond? I cry out to you [for help], saying that [people are acting] violently [everywhere], but you do not rescue us!
3 Kāpēc Tu man lieci redzēt netaisnību un skaties uz varas darbu? Jo posts un varas darbs ir manā priekšā, un ķildas rodas un bāršanās ceļas.
(Must I/I do not want to) continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ]. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong [RHQ]? I see people destroying things and [acting] violently. There is fighting and quarreling [everywhere].
4 Tāpēc bauslība paliek bez spēka un tiesa nekad nenāk gaismā, jo bezdievīgie apstāj taisno, tādēļ tiesa tiek pārgrozīta.
No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people [in the courts], with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
5 Skatāties uz tautām un ņemat vērā un brīnīdamies brīnaties, jo Es daru darbu jūsu dienās, ko jūs neticēsiet, kad to stāstīs.
[Yahweh replied to me, ] “[I know that what you say is true, but] look around at [what is happening in] the other nations; [if you look, ] you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe [would happen], even if someone told you about it.
6 Jo redzi, Es atvedīšu Kaldejus, rūgtu un čaklu tautu, kas izplētīsies pār zemi un iemantos mājas vietas, kas viņai nepieder.
The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them [to become very powerful]; they will march across the world and conquer [many] other countries.
7 Šī ir briesmīga un bijājama(tauta), viņas tiesa un augstība iziet no viņas pašas.
They are people whom [others] fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.
8 Jo viņas zirgi ir čaklāki nekā pardeļi un žiglāki nekā vilki vakarā. Un viņas jātnieki skraida, viņas jātnieki nāk no tālienes un atskrien kā ērglis, kas steidzās uz barību.
The horses [that pull their chariots] go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like [SIM] eagles that swoop down to [snatch and] kill small animals.
9 Tie visi nāk uz varas darbu; kurp tie savu vaigu griež, tur tie laužās cauri kā rīta vējš un sagrābj cietumniekus kā smiltis.
As they ride along, [they are] determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as [numerous as grains of] sand.
10 Un viņš apmēda ķēniņus, un valdnieki tam par apsmieklu, viņš apsmej visas stiprās pilis un saber pīšļus un tās uzņem.
They make fun of kings and princes [of other countries], and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt [outside those walls] [in order to climb up] and capture those cities.
11 Tad viņš griežas kā vējš un aizskrien un noziedzās, turēdams savu spēku par savu dievu.
They rush past like the wind, and then they go [to attack other cities]. But they are very guilty, because [they think that] their own power is their god.”
12 Vai Tu neesi no iesākuma Tas Kungs, mans Dievs, mans Svētais? Mēs nemirsim. Tu, Kungs, viņu esi iecēlis par sodību, un viņu apstiprinājis, Tu akmens kalns, par pārmācību.
[Then I said, ] “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So [why] have you appointed those men [from Babylonia] to judge and get rid of [us]? You are like [MET] a huge rock [under which we are protected/safe], so why have you sent them to punish us?
13 Tavas acis ir šķīstas, ka nevar ieredzēt ļaunumu, un grūtumu Tu nevari uzlūkot. Kāpēc Tu gribi skatīties uz atkāpējiem un klusu ciest, kad bezdievīgais to aprij, kas taisnāks nekā viņš?
You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, [so why] are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing [to punish] those wicked men [from Babylonia] who destroy people who are more righteous than they [are]?
14 Un kāpēc Tu cilvēkus gribi darīt kā zivis jūrā, kā līdējus tārpus, kam valdnieka nav?
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 Viņš visus izvelk ar makšķeri, viņš tos sakrāj savā tīklā, un tos sapulcina savos valgos, tāpēc viņš priecājās un līksmojās.
[The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish] [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.
16 Tādēļ viņš upurē savam tīklam un kvēpina saviem valgiem, jo caur tiem viņa tiesa ir palikusi tauka un viņa barība garda.
If they catch us, they will [worship] their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! [They will say] ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’
17 Vai viņš tad tāpēc iztukšos savu tīklu? Vai viņš arvien tautas apkaus bez žēlastības?
[Will you allow] them to continue [to conquer people] [MET] forever? [Will you allow] them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful [to anyone]?”
