Habacuc 2

1 Me pondré sobre mi torre de vigilante. Me plantaré en mi muro y observaré desde arriba para ver lo que Él me dice y qué responde a mi queja.

[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 Y Yavé me respondió: Escribe la visión y escúlpela en tablillas, para que cualquiera la pueda leer con rapidez.

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 aún es visión para el tiempo señalado. Ella se apresura hacia la meta y no fallará. Aunque demore, espérala, porque ciertamente vendrá y no 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 Mira, aquel cuya alma no es recta está envanecido, pero el justo vivirá por su fe.

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 Además, el vino traiciona al arrogante, de manera que no se queda en casa. Ensancha su apetito como el Seol, y es como la muerte que nunca está satisfecha. Además, reúne a todos los pueblos y apila a todas las naciones para él. (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 ¿Todos ellos no levantarán refranes y sarcasmos contra él? Dirán: ¡Ay del que multiplica lo que no es suyo! ¿Hasta cuándo acumula prenda tras prenda?

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 ¿Sus acreedores no se levantarán de pronto? ¿No se despertarán los burladores, los que lo oprimen con violencia? Será objeto de su rapiña.

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 Porque despojaste a muchas naciones, las demás naciones te despojarán, por causa de la sangre humana derramada y de la violencia hecha a la tierra, a la ciudad y a sus habitantes.

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 ¡Ay del que obtiene ganancia injusta para su casa y pone en alto su nido para escapar de la calamidad!

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 Tomaste consejo vergonzoso para tu casa, aniquilaste a muchos pueblos y pecaste contra tu vida.

But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.

11 Por eso la piedra clamará desde el muro, y la viga del enmaderado le responderá.

[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 ¡Ay del que edifica la ciudad con derramamiento de sangre, y del que funda una ciudad con iniquidad!

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 ¿No procede esto de Yavé de las huestes? Los pueblos trabajan para el fuego y las naciones se fatigan en vano.

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 la tierra será llena del conocimiento de la gloria de Yavé como las aguas cubren el 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 ¡Ay del que da de beber a su prójimo, y le añade su veneno, y lo embriaga para recrearse en su desnudez!

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 Te llenaste de deshonra más que de honra. ¡Bebe tú también, y deja al descubierto tu prepucio! La copa de la mano derecha de Yavé se volverá contra ti, y lo fétido caerá sobre tu resplandor.

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 te cubrirá la violencia hecha al Líbano, la matanza de las bestias aterrorizadas, la sangre humana derramada y la violencia hecha a la tierra, a la ciudad y a todos los que viven en ella.

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 ¿De qué sirve la escultura que talla el artífice, si es una imagen, un maestro de mentiras? ¿De qué sirve al artífice confiar en su obra, cuando hace 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 Ay del que dice al leño: ¡Despierta! Y a la piedra muda: ¡Levántate! ¿Podrá el ídolo enseñar? Ciertamente está recubierto de oro y plata, pero no hay espíritu en él.

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 Pero Yavé está en su santo Templo: ¡Calle delante de Él toda la tierra!

But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”