Habakuki 2
1 Nitasimama katika zamu yangu, na kujiweka mwenyewe juu ya maboma; nitatazama nione atakaloniambia, na ni jibu gani nitakalotoa kuhusu lalamiko hili.
On my charge I stand, and I station myself on a bulwark, and I watch to see what He doth speak against me, and what I do reply to my reproof.
2 Kisha Bwana akajibu: “Andika ufunuo huu, na ukaufanye wazi juu ya vibao, ili mpiga mbiu akimbie nao.
And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
3 Kwa kuwa ufunuo huu unasubiri wakati uliokubalika; unazungumzia mambo ya mwisho, na kamwe hautakosea. Iwapo utakawia, wewe usubiri; kwa hakika utakuja na hautachelewa.
For yet the vision [is] for a season, And it breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
4 “Tazama, amejaa majivuno; anavyovitamani si vya unyofu: lakini mwenye haki ataishi kwa imani yake:
Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
5 hakika mvinyo humsaliti; ni mwenye kiburi na hana amani. Kwa sababu ni mlafi kama kuzimu na kama kifo kamwe hatosheki; anajikusanyia mataifa yote na kuchukua watu wote mateka. (Sheol h7585)
And also, because the wine [is] treacherous, A man is haughty, and remaineth not at home, Who hath enlarged as sheol his soul, And is as death that is not satisfied, And doth gather unto itself all the nations, And doth assemble unto itself all the peoples, (Sheol h7585)
6 “Je, watu wote hawatamsuta kwa dhihaka na kumbeza, wakisema, “‘Ole wake yeye akusanyaye bidhaa zilizoibwa na kujifanyia utajiri kwa kutoza kwa nguvu! Ataendelea hivi kwa muda gani?’
Do not these — all of them — against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?
7 Je, wadai wako hawatainuka ghafula? Je, hawataamka na kukufanya utetemeke? Kisha utakuwa mhanga kwao.
Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?
8 Kwa kuwa umeteka nyara mataifa mengi, watu waliobaki watakuteka nyara wewe. Kwa kuwa umemwaga damu ya mtu; umeharibu nchi na miji, na kila mmoja ndani yake.
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.
9 “Ole wake yeye ajengaye milki yake kwa mapato ya udhalimu, awekaye kiota chake juu, ili kukimbia makucha ya uharibifu!
Woe [to] him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
10 Umefanya shauri la maangamizi ya watu wengi, ukiaibisha nyumba yako mwenyewe, na kupotewa na maisha yako.
Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy soul.
11 Mawe ya kuta yatapiga kelele, na mihimili ya kazi ya mbao itarudisha mwangwi wake.
For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
12 “Ole wake yeye ajengaye mji kwa kumwaga damu na kuusimamisha mji kwa uhalifu!
Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
13 Je, Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote hakuonyesha kwamba kazi ya wanadamu ni mafuta tu kwa ajili ya moto, na kwamba mataifa yanajichosha bure?
Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
14 Kwa kuwa dunia itajazwa na maarifa ya utukufu wa Bwana, kama maji yaifunikavyo bahari.
For full is the earth of the knowledge of the honour of Jehovah, As waters cover [the bottom of] a sea.
15 “Ole wake yeye awapaye jirani zake kileo, akiimimina kutoka kwenye kiriba cha mvinyo mpaka wamelewa, ili apate kutazama miili yao iliyo uchi.
Woe [to] him who is giving drink to his neighbour, Pouring out thy bottle, and also making drunk, In order to look on their nakedness.
16 Utajazwa na aibu badala ya utukufu. Sasa ni zamu yako! Kunywa na ujifunue! Kikombe kutoka kwenye mkono wa kuume wa Bwana kinakujia, na aibu itafunika utukufu wako.
Thou hast been filled — shame without honour, Drink thou also, and be uncircumcised, Turn round unto thee doth the cup of the right hand of Jehovah, And shameful spewing [is] on thine honour.
17 Ukatili ulioifanyia Lebanoni utakufunika, na uharibifu uliowafanyia wanyama utakutisha. Kwa sababu umemwaga damu ya mtu; umeharibu nchi na miji na kila mmoja aliyeko ndani yake.
For violence [to] Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence [to] the land, [To] the city, and [to] all dwelling in it.
18 “Sanamu ina thamani gani, kwani mwanadamu ndiye alichonga? Ama kinyago kinachofundisha uongo? Kwa kuwa yeye aliyekitengeneza hutegemea kazi ya mikono yake mwenyewe; hutengeneza sanamu zisizoweza kuzungumza.
What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation — to make dumb idols?
19 Ole wake yeye auambiaye mti, ‘Uwe hai!’ Ama asemaye na jiwe lisilo na uhai, ‘Amka!’ Je, linaweza kuongoza? Limefunikwa kwa dhahabu na fedha; hakuna pumzi ndani yake.
Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid — gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.
20 Lakini Bwana yuko katika Hekalu lake takatifu; dunia yote na inyamaze mbele yake.”
And Jehovah [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!
