Habacuc 1
1 Este es el mensaje que Habacuc vio en visión.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 Señor, ¿hasta cuándo tendré que clamar por tu ayuda sin que me escuches? Clamo a ti y digo: “¡Violencia!” pero tú no nos libras de ella.
[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 ¿Por qué me obligas a ver esta maldad y sufrimiento? ¿Por qué te quedas allí simplemente observando la destrucción y la violencia? ¡Hay riñas y pleitos frente ante mis propios ojos!
(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 Por eso es que la ley está paralizada, y nunca gana la justicia. Los malvados son más numerosos que los que hacen el bien, y por eso manipulan la justicia.
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 Mira a tu alrededor las naciones; observa y te sorprenderás. Sucederá algo en tu tiempo que no lo creerías al oírlo.
[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 ¡Mira! Yo levantaré a Babilonia, y serán un pueblo cruel y salvaje que andará por el mundo conquistando otras tierras.
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 Son temibles y espantosos, y están tan llenos de orgullo que solo siguen sus propias reglas.
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 Sus caballos son más rápidos que leopardos y más feroces que lobos hambrientos. Sus jinetes vienen a gran velocidad desde muy lejos. Son como águilas que descienden en picada para comerse a su presa.
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 Aquí vienen, con toda la intención de causar violencia. Sus ejércitos avanzan para atacar por el frente tan rápidamente como el viento del desierto, y son como la arena cuando salen a caprturar a los prisioneros.
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 Se ríen de los reyes se burlan en la cara de los gobernantes. Se ríen con desprecio de los castillos, y amontonan rampas de tierra para sitiarlos.
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 Luego desaparecen como el viento y se van. Son culpables porque han hecho de su propia fuerza su dios.
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 ¿No has existido desde la eternidad pasada? Tú eres el Señor mi Dios, mi Santo, y no mueres. Señor, tu los nombraste para dar juicio; Dios, nuestra Roca, tú los enviaste para castigarnos.
[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 Tus ojos son demasiado puros para ver el mal. No toleras ver el mal. ¿Por qué has soportado a personas infieles? ¿Por qué guardas silencio mientas los malvados destruyen a los que hacen menos mal que ellos?
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 Tú haces que las personas se vuelvan como peces en el mar, o como insectos que se arrastran, que no tienen quien los gobierne.
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 Ellos arrastran a todos con ganchos, los sacan con redes y los atrapan. Luego celebran felices.
[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 Adoran sus redes como si fueran sus dioses, hacienda sacrificios y quemando incienso para ellos, porque con sus redes pueden vivir en medio de lujos, comiendo comida rica.
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 ¿Seguirán acaso sacando sus espadas para siempre, matando a las naciones sin piedad?
[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]?”
