Habakuki 3
1 Sala ya nabii Habakuki iliyoimbwa kwa shigionothi.
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, [set] on 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 YHWH, I heard your report, I have been afraid, O YHWH, Your work! In midst of years revive it, In the midst of years You make known, In anger You remember mercy.
3 Mungu alitoka Temani, yeye Aliye Mtakatifu kutoka Mlima Parani. Utukufu wake ulifunika mbingu, na sifa zake zikaifunika dunia.
God comes from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. (Pause) His splendor has covered the heavens, And His praise has filled the earth.
4 Mngʼao wake ulikuwa kama jua lichomozalo; mionzi ilimulika kutoka mkononi mwake, ambako nguvu zake zilifichwa.
And the brightness is as the light, He has rays out of His hand, And there—the hiding of His strength.
5 Tauni ilimtangulia; maradhi ya kuambukiza yalifuata nyayo zake.
Before Him goes pestilence, And a burning flame goes forth 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.
He has stood, and He measures earth, He has seen, and He shakes off nations, And mountains of antiquity scatter themselves, The hills of old have bowed, The ways of old [are] His.
7 Niliona watu wa Kushani katika dhiki, na makazi ya Midiani katika maumivu makali.
Under sorrow I have seen tents of Cushan, Curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
8 Ee Bwana, uliikasirikia mito? Je, ghadhabu yako ilikuwa dhidi ya vijito? Je, ulighadhibikia bahari ulipoendesha farasi wako na magari yako ya ushindi?
Has YHWH been angry against rivers? Against rivers [is] Your anger? [Is] Your wrath against the sea? For You ride on Your horses—Your chariots of salvation.
9 Uliufunua upinde wako na kuita mishale mingi. Uliigawa dunia kwa mito;
You make Your bow utterly naked, The tribes have sworn, saying, (Pause) You cleave the earth [with] rivers.
10 milima ilikuona ikatetemeka. Mafuriko ya maji yakapita huko; vilindi vilinguruma na kuinua mawimbi yake juu.
Seen You—pained are mountains, An inundation of waters has passed over, The deep has given forth its voice, It has lifted up its hands high.
11 Jua na mwezi vilisimama kimya mbinguni katika mngʼao wa mishale yako inayoruka, na katika mngʼao wa mkuki wako umeremetao.
Sun—moon—has stood—a habitation, Your arrows go on at the light, At the brightness, the glittering of Your spear.
12 Kwa ghadhabu ulipita juu ya dunia, na katika hasira ulikanyaga mataifa.
In indignation You tread earth, In anger You thresh nations.
13 Ulikuja kuwaokoa watu wako, kumwokoa uliyemtia mafuta. Ulimponda kiongozi wa nchi ya uovu, ukamvua toka kichwani hadi wayo.
You have gone forth for the salvation of Your people, For salvation with Your Anointed, You have struck the head of the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation to the neck. (Pause)
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 pierced the head of his leaders with his own rods, They are tempestuous to scatter me, Their exultation [is] as to consume the poor in secret.
15 Ulikanyaga bahari kwa farasi wako, ukisukasuka maji makuu.
You have proceeded through the sea with Your horses—the clay of many 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.
I have heard, and my belly trembles, At the noise have my lips quivered, Rottenness comes into my bones, And in my place I tremble, That I rest for a day of distress, At the coming up of the people, he overcomes it.
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,
Though the fig tree does not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, The work of the olive has failed, And fields have not yielded food, The flock has been cut off from the fold, And there is no herd in the stalls,
18 hata hivyo nitashangilia katika Bwana, nitamfurahia Mungu Mwokozi wangu.
Yet I, in YHWH I exult, I am joyful 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.
YHWH the Lord [is] my strength, And He makes my feet like does, And causes me to tread on my high-places. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!
