Habakuki 3
1 Sala ya nabii Habakuki iliyoimbwa kwa shigionothi.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, put to Shigionoth.
2 Bwana, nimezisikia sifa zako; nami naogopa kwa matendo yako, Ee Bwana. Fufua kazi yako katikati ya miaka, katikati ya miaka tangaza habari yako; katika ghadhabu kumbuka rehema.
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.
3 Mungu alitoka Temani, yeye Aliye Mtakatifu kutoka Mlima Parani. Utukufu wake ulifunika mbingu, na sifa zake zikaifunika dunia.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. (Selah) The heavens were covered with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 Mngʼao wake ulikuwa kama jua lichomozalo; mionzi ilimulika kutoka mkononi mwake, ambako nguvu zake zilifichwa.
He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.
5 Tauni ilimtangulia; maradhi ya kuambukiza yalifuata nyayo zake.
Before him went disease, and flames went out at his feet.
6 Alisimama, akaitikisa dunia; alitazama, na kuyafanya mataifa yatetemeke. Milima ya zamani iligeuka mavumbi na vilima vilivyozeeka vikaanguka. Njia zake ni za milele.
From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.
7 Niliona watu wa Kushani katika dhiki, na makazi ya Midiani katika maumivu makali.
The curtains of Cushan were troubled, and the tents of Midian were shaking.
8 Ee Bwana, uliikasirikia mito? Je, ghadhabu yako ilikuwa dhidi ya vijito? Je, ulighadhibikia bahari ulipoendesha farasi wako na magari yako ya ushindi?
Was your wrath burning against the rivers? were you angry with the sea, that you went on your horses, on your war-carriages of salvation?
9 Uliufunua upinde wako na kuita mishale mingi. Uliigawa dunia kwa mito;
Your bow was quite uncovered. (Selah) By you the earth was cut through with rivers.
10 milima ilikuona ikatetemeka. Mafuriko ya maji yakapita huko; vilindi vilinguruma na kuinua mawimbi yake juu.
The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.
11 Jua na mwezi vilisimama kimya mbinguni katika mngʼao wa mishale yako inayoruka, na katika mngʼao wa mkuki wako umeremetao.
At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.
12 Kwa ghadhabu ulipita juu ya dunia, na katika hasira ulikanyaga mataifa.
You went stepping through the land in wrath, crushing the nations in your passion.
13 Ulikuja kuwaokoa watu wako, kumwokoa uliyemtia mafuta. Ulimponda kiongozi wa nchi ya uovu, ukamvua toka kichwani hadi wayo.
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. (Selah)
14 Kwa mkuki wake mwenyewe ulitoboa kichwa chake wakati mashujaa wake walifurika nje kwa kishindo kututawanya, wakifurahi kama walio karibu kutafuna wale wanyonge waliokuwa mafichoni.
You have put your spears through his head, his horsemen were sent in flight like dry stems; they had joy in driving away the poor, in making a meal of them secretly.
15 Ulikanyaga bahari kwa farasi wako, ukisukasuka maji makuu.
The feet of your horses were on the sea, on the mass of great waters.
16 Nilisikia na moyo wangu ukagonga kwa nguvu, midomo yangu ikatetemeka kwa hofu niliposikia sauti; uchakavu ukanyemelea mifupa yangu, na miguu yangu ikatetemeka. Hata hivyo nitasubiri kwa uvumilivu siku ya maafa kuyajilia mataifa yaliyotuvamia.
Hearing it, my inner parts were moved, and my lips were shaking at the sound; my bones became feeble, and my steps were uncertain under me: I gave sounds of grief in the day of trouble, when his forces came up against the people in bands.
17 Ingawa mtini hauchanui maua na hakuna zabibu juu ya mizabibu, ingawaje mzeituni hauzai, na hata mashamba hayatoi chakula, iwapo hakuna kondoo katika banda, wala ngʼombe katika zizi,
For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:
18 hata hivyo nitashangilia katika Bwana, nitamfurahia Mungu Mwokozi wangu.
Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.
19 Bwana Mwenyezi ni nguvu yangu; huifanya miguu yangu kama miguu ya ayala, huniwezesha kupita juu ya vilima. Kwa kiongozi wa uimbaji. Kwa vinanda vyangu vya nyuzi.
The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes' feet, guiding me on my high places. For the chief music-maker on corded instruments.
