Habacuc 2
1 Sobre mi guarda estaré, y sobre la fortaleza afirmaré el pie, y atalayaré para ver qué hablará en mí, y qué tengo de responder a mi pregunta.
[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 Jehová me respondió, y dijo: Escribe la visión, y declárala en tablas, para que corra el que leyere en ella.
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 la visión aun tardará por tiempo: mas al fin hablará, y no mentirá. Si se tardare, espéralo: que sin duda vendrá, 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 He aquí que se enorgullece aquel cuya alma no es derecha en él: mas el justo en su fe vivirá.
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 Cuanto mas que el dado al vino, traspasador, hombre soberbio, no permanecerá: que ensanchó como un osario su alma, y es como la muerte que no se hartará: mas congregó a sí todas las naciones, y amontonó a sí todos los pueblos. (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 ¿No han de levantar todos estos sobre él parábola, y adivinanzas de él? y dirán: ¡Ay del que multiplicó de lo que no era suyo! ¿Y hasta cuándo había de amontonar sobre sí espeso lodo?
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 ¿No se levantarán de repente los que te han de morder, y se despertarán los que te han de quitar de tu lugar, y serás a ellos por 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 tú despojaste muchas naciones, todos los otros pueblos te despojarán, a causa de las sangres humanas, y robos de la tierra, de las ciudades, y de todos los que moraban en ellas.
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 codicia la mala codicia para su casa, por poner en alto su nido, por escaparse del poder del 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 Tomaste consejo vergonzoso para tu casa, asolaste 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 Porque la piedra del muro clamará, y la tabla del maderado 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 sangres, y del que funda la villa 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 ¿Esto, no es de Jehová de los ejércitos? por tanto pueblos trabajarán en el fuego, y gentes se fatigarán 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 de conocimiento de la gloria de Jehová, como las aguas cubren la 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 compañero, del que allegas cerca tu odre, y emborrachas para mirar después sus desnudeces!
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 Háste hartado de deshonra más que de honra: bebe tú también; y serás descubierto: el cáliz de la mano derecha de Jehová volverá sobre ti, y vómito de afrenta caerá sobre tu gloria.
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 la rapiña del Líbano caerá sobre ti, y la destrucción de las fieras lo quebrantará, a causa de las sangres humanas, y del robo de la tierra, de las ciudades, y de todos los que moraban en ellas.
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 esculpió el que la hizo; y el vaciadizo que enseña mentira, que confíe el hacedor en su obra haciendo imágenes mudas?
[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 palo: Despiértate; y a la piedra muda: Recuerda! ¿El ha de enseñar? He aquí que él está cubierto de oro y plata, y no hay espíritu dentro de 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 Mas Jehová 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.”
