Књига пророка Авакума 1
1 Бреме које виде пророк Авакум.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 Докле ћу, Господе, вапити а Ти нећеш да чујеш? Докле ћу Ти викати: Насиље! А Ти нећеш да избавиш?
[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 Зашто пушташ да видим безакоње, и да гледам муку и грабеж и насиље пред собом, и како подижу свађу и распру?
(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 Зато се оставља закон, и суд не излази никада, јер безбожник оптече праведника, зато суд излази изопачен.
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 Погледајте по народима и видите, и чудите се и дивите се, јер ћу учинити дело у ваше дане ког нећете веровати кад се стане приповедати.
[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 Јер, ево, ја ћу подигнути Халдејце, народ љут и нагао, који ће ићи по земљи широм да освоји насеља која нису његова.
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 Жесток је и страшан, суд његов и власт његова од њега излази.
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 Коњи ће му бити бржи од рисова и љући од вукова увече, велико ће мноштво бити коњика његових, и идући издалека коњици његови долетеће као орао кад хити на лов.
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 Сви ће доћи на грабеж, с лица ће бити као источни ветар, покупиће робље као песак.
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 И царевима ће се ругати и кнезови ће им бити подсмех, смејаће се сваком граду, насуће земље, и узеће га.
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 Тада ће му се променити дух, проћи ће и скривиће; та ће му сила његова бити од Бога његовог.
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 Ниси ли Ти од века, Господе Боже мој, Свече мој? Нећемо умрети; Ти си га, Господе, одредио за суд; и утврдио си га, Стено, за карање.
[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 Чисте су очи твоје да не можеш гледати зло, и безакоње не можеш гледати; зашто гледаш безаконике? Ћутиш, кад безбожник прождире правијег од себе?
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 И хоћеш ли оставити људе као рибе морске, као бубине, које немају господара?
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 Извлачи их све удицом, хвата их у мрежу своју, и згрће их пређом својом, зато се весели и радује.
[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 Зато приноси жртву својој мрежи, и кади својој пређи; јер је тиме део његов претио и храна му изабрана.
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 Хоће ли зато извлачити мрежу своју и једнако убијати народе немилице?
[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]?”
