Habacuque 2
1 Sobre a minha guarda estarei, e sobre a fortaleza me apresentarei e vigiarei, para ver o que falaria em mim, e o que eu responderei, quando eu for arguido.
[After I said that, I said to myself, ] “I will climb up into my watchtower, and stand there at my guard post. I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say, what he will reply to what I have complained about.”
2 Então o Senhor me respondeu, e disse: Escreve a visão, e declara-á em tábuas, para que nelas leia o que correndo passa.
Then Yahweh replied to me, “Write plainly on tablets [what I am revealing to you in] this vision, [and then read it to a messenger] in order that he can run with it [to tell it to] other people.
3 Porque a visão ainda está para o tempo determinado, pois até ao fim falará, e não mentirá: se tardar, espera-o, porque certamente virá, nem tardará.
In this vision [I will be talking about things that will happen] in the future. Now is not the time when those things will happen, but they certainly will happen, and when they occur, they will occur quickly, and they will not be delayed. Now you [want those things to happen immediately, but] they are not happening. But wait patiently for them [to happen]!
4 Eis que de preguiça se retira, não é reta nele; mas o justo pela sua fé viverá.
Think about the proud [people of Babylonia]! They are certainly not doing what is righteous. But people who are righteous will live because they faithfully [do what I want them to do].
5 Quanto mais se é dado ao vinho mais desleal se é; aquele homem soberbo, que alarga como o sepulcro a sua alma, não permanecerá e é como a morte que não se farta, e ajunta a si todas as nações, e congrega a si todos os povos. (Sheol h7585)
If people [trust in their wealth], they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. [It is as though] the greedy people [of Babylonia open their mouths] as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like [the place where] dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS]. The [armies of Babylonia] conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. (Sheol h7585)
6 Não levantariam pois todos estes contra ele uma parábola e dito agudo com enigmas para ele? e se dirá: Ai daquele que multiplica o que não é seu! (até quando!) e daquele que carrega sobre si dívida!
But [soon] all those [whom they have captured] will ridicule [the soldiers from Babylonia]! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things [from other countries]! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. [But you certainly will not keep those things] for a long time [RHQ]!’
7 Porventura não se levantarão de repente os que te morderão? e não despertarão os que te abalarão? e não lhes servirás tu de despojo
Suddenly those whom you (oppressed/treated cruelly) will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.
8 Porquanto despojaste a muitas nações, todos os mais povos te despojarão a ti, por causa do sangue dos homens, e da violência acerca da terra da cidade, e de todos os que habitam nela.
You stole things from the people of many nations. You murdered [MTY] people of many people-groups, and you destroyed their land and their cities. So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you.
9 Ai daquele que ajunta bens para a sua casa, por uma avareza criminosa, para que ponha o seu ninho no alto, a fim de se livrar da mão do mal!
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who build big houses with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.
10 Vergonha maquinaste para a tua casa; destruindo tu a muitos povos, pecaste contra a tua alma.
But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.
11 Porque a pedra clamará da parede, e a trave lhe responderá do madeiramento.
[It is as though] the stones in the walls [of your houses] cry out to accuse you, and [it is as though] the beams [in your ceilings] also say the same things.
12 Ai daquele que edifica a cidade com sangue, e que funda a cidade com iniquidade!
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who kill people [MTY] in order to build cities, cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.
13 Eis que porventura não vem do Senhor dos exércitos que os povos trabalham pelo fogo e os homens se cançam em vão?
But the Commander of the armies of angels has [RHQ] declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that [will be destroyed by] fire; they will have worked hard uselessly.
14 Porque a terra sera cheia do conhecimento da glória do Senhor, como as águas cobrem o mar.
But [in contrast], like [SIM] the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with [people who] know that Yahweh is very great.
15 Ai daquele que dá de beber ao seu companheiro! tu, que lhe chegas o teu odre, e o embebedas, para ver a sua nudez!
Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins [until they are drunk and then they walk around] naked, in order that you can see that.
16 Também tu serás farto de ignomínia em lugar de honra: bebe tu também, e descobre o prepúcio: o cálice da mão direita do Senhor voltará a ti, e vômito ignominioso cairá sobre a tua glória.
But you are the ones who [soon] will be disgraced instead of being honored. [It will be as though you are forced to] drink [a lot of wine] in order that you will also stagger [around, drunk]. You will drink the wine [that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you], and he will cause you to be disgraced instead of being greatly respected [any more].
17 Porque a violência cometida contra o líbano te cobrirá, e a destruição das bestas os assombrará, por causa do sangue dos homens, e da violência feita à terra, à cidade, e a todos os moradores.
You did violent [PRS] things to [the people in] Lebanon, and you killed the wild animals [there], but you will be punished severely for doing that. You have killed [MTY] many people and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.
18 Que aproveitará a imagem de escultura, depois de que a esculpiu o seu artífice? ou a imagem de fundição, que ensina a mentira, para que o artífice confie na obra, fazendo ídolos mudos?
[You people of Babylonia need to know that your] idols are completely [RHQ] useless, because it is people who made them. Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you. Those who trust in idols are trusting in things that they themselves created, things that cannot speak!
19 Ai daquele que diz ao pau: Acorda; e à pedra muda: Desperta: porventura ensinará? eis que está coberto de ouro e de prata, mas no meio dele não há espírito algum.
Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood, ‘Wake up!’ Idols certainly cannot [RHQ] tell you what you should do; they [look nice/beautiful because] they are covered with silver and gold, but they are not alive.
20 Porém o Senhor está no seu santo templo: cale-se diante dele toda a terra.
But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”
