Habacuc 1
1 La profecía que vio el profeta Habacuc. Diálogo de reclamo.
The oracle of which Habakkuk the prophet, had vision:
2 ¿Hasta cuándo, oh Yavé, clamaré y no escuchas? Grito a Ti: ¡Violencia! Pero no salvas.
How long, O Yahweh, have I called out, and thou wouldst not hear me? Have I kept crying unto thee of violence, and thou wouldst not save?
3 ¿Por qué me muestras iniquidad y haces que mire la perversidad? Destrucción y violencia hay delante de mí, y surge lucha y contención.
Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, —and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?
4 Por eso la Ley no tiene poder y la justicia no prevalece. El perverso encierra al justo, de modo que la justicia resulta pervertida.
For which cause, benumbed is the law, and there is never any going forth of justice, —for, the lawless, doth circumvent the righteous, for which cause, justice doth go forth perverted?
5 Miren las naciones y observen. Sean asombrados, porque Yo haré una obra en sus días que, aun cuando se la cuenten, no la creerían.
Behold ye, among the nations, and look around, Yea stand stock still—stare, —for, a work, is being wrought in your days, ye will not believe, when it is recounted.
6 Ciertamente levanto a los caldeos, pueblo cruel e impetuoso que marcha por la anchura de la tierra para poseer poblaciones ajenas.
For, behold me! raising up the Chaldeans, the bitter and headlong nation, —that marcheth to the breadths of the earth, to take possession of habitations, not his.
7 Terribles y temibles, de ellos mismos procede su justicia y su dignidad.
Awful and fearful, is he, —from himself, his decision and his uprising, proceed.
8 Sus caballos son más veloces que leopardos y más feroces que lobos nocturnos. Su caballería galopa y viene. Sus jinetes vienen de lejos. Vuelan como un águila cuando se precipita sobre la presa.
Then, swifter than leopards, are his horses, and, more sharply they attack, than evening wolves, and forward have leapt his chargers, —Yea, his chargers, from afar, will come in, they will fly as an eagle hath hastened to devour.
9 Todos ellos vienen a hacer violencia. Sus caras están vueltas con afán hacia adelante. Recogen cautivos como arena.
Solely for violence, will he come, the intent of their faces, is—To the east! And he hath gathered, as the sand, a captive host;
10 Se burlan de los reyes, se mofan de sus jefes y se ríen de toda fortaleza. Levantan terraplén y la conquistan.
And, he, over kings, will make merry, and, nobles, will be a scorn to him: he, at any fortress, will laugh, once he hath heaped up dust, he hath captured it!
11 Luego ellos pasarán como huracán y ofenderán al atribuir su fuerza a su ʼeloha.
Then, hath he become arrogant in spirit, and hath committed excess, and so is guilty, —this his violence, is due to his god.
12 ¡Oh Yavé, ʼElohim mío y Santo mío! No moriremos. Tú, Oh Yavé, los escogiste para juzgar, y Tú, oh Roca, los estableciste para corregir.
Art not, thou, from of old, O Yahweh, my God, my Holy One? Thou diest not! O Yahweh, to judgment, hast thou appointed him, and, O Rock, to correction, hast thou devoted him:
13 Tus ojos son demasiado puros para aprobar el mal y no puedes contemplar la perversidad. ¿Por qué guardas silencio cuando el perverso destruye al que es más justo que él?
[Thou] whose eyes are too pure to look with approval on wrong, to respect oppression, canst not endure, —Wherefore, shouldst thou respect the treacherous? Be silent, when the lawless, swalloweth up, one more righteous than he?
14 ¿Por qué tratas a los hombres como a los peces del mar, como reptiles que no tienen amo?
So wouldst thou have made Men, like the fishes of the sea, —like the creeping thing that hath no ruler over it:
15 A todos ellos los sacan con anzuelo, los atrapan en su red y los juntan con su red barredera, por lo cual se alegran y se regocijan.
All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net, —
16 Por esto hacen sacrificio a su red y ofrendan a su red barredera, porque por ellas su porción es abundante y suculenta su comida.
On which account, he is glad and exulteth: on which account, he sacrificeth to his Net, and burneth incense to his Drag; because, thereby, rich, is his portion, and his food—fatness!
17 ¿Por tanto, seguirá vaciando su red sin cesar? ¿Seguirá aniquilando a las naciones sin compasión?
Shall he, on this account, empty his net? And, the continual slaying of nations, deem to be no pity?
