< Habakuki 2 >
1 Nitasimama kwenye nguzo yangu ya ulinzi na kujiweka mwenyewe juu ya mnara wa mlinzi, na nitatazama kwa makini kuona yeye atasema nini kwangu na namna gani nitageuka kutoka kwenye lawama yangu.
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 Yahwe alinijibu na alisema, “Rekodi maono haya, na uandike dhahiri juu ya kibao ili kwamba anayesoma anaweza kukimbia.
And Jehovah answereth me and saith: 'Write a vision, and explain on the tables, That he may run who is reading it.
3 Sababu maono haya bado ni kwa wakati ujao na hatimaye atazungumza bila kuanguka. Ingawa inachelewa, isubiri. Sababu kwa hakika itatakuja na haitachelewa.
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! yule ambae hamu yake siyo sawa ndani yake anapumua kwa nguvu. Lakini mwenye haki ataishi kwa imani.
Lo, a presumptuous one! Not upright is his soul within him, And the righteous by his stedfastness liveth.
5 Sababu mvinyo ni msaliti wa kijana mwenye kiburi ili kwamba asistahimili, lakini hukuza tamaa yake kama kaburi na, kama kifo, haitaweza kuridhishwa. Yeye anajikusanyia kila taifa na anakusanya kwaajili yake watu wote. (Sheol )
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 )
6 Haya yote hayatatengeneza usemi kumdhihaki na wimbo wa dhihaka unaomhusu, 'ole wake yule aongezaye visivyo vya kwake! kwa muda gani utaongeza uzito wa dhamana uliyochukua?'
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 Wale wanao ngojea kwako hawatainuka ghafla? na wale wanaokutetemesha kuamka? Utakuwa mwathirika kwaajili yao.
Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them?
8 Kwasababu umeteka nyara watu wengi, mabaki yote ya watu, yatakuteka nyara wewe. Sababu umemwaga damu nyingi za watu na umetenda kwa uasi kinyume cha nchi, miji, na wote wanaokaa 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 kwa yule anayechonga mapato maovu kwaajili ya nyumba yake, hivyo anaweza kutengeneza kiota chake juu kumweka yeye salama mbali na mikono ya uovu.
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 Umebuni aibu kwa nyumba yako kwa kuwakata watu wengi, na umefanya dhambi dhidi yako mwenyewe.
Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful [is] thy soul.
11 Sababu jiwe litapaza sauti kutoka ukutani, na pao la mbao litawajibu,
For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.
12 'Ole wake yule ajengaye mji kwa damu, na anayeimarisha mji kwa katika uovu.
Woe [to] him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.
13 Hii haitoki kwa Yahwe wa majeshi kwamba watu wafanye kazi kwa moto na mataifa yote mengine yanachakaa menyewe bila kitu?
Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
14 Bado nchi itajaa maarifa ya utukufu wa Yahwe kama maji yanavyojaza 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 yule anayemfanya jirani yake alewe, wewe ambaye unaye ongeza sumu uwafanye walewe ili uweze kutazama uchi wao.
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 Utavimbiwa na aibu zaidi kuliko utukufu. Kunywa hiyo vilevile, na funua uchi wako mwenyewe. Kikombe cha mkono wa kuume wa Yahwe utakuja katika kukugeukia wewe, na aibu itafunika heshima yako.
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 Vurugu iliyofanywa kwa Lebanoni itakufunika na uharibifu wa wanyama utakuogopesha. Sababu umemwaga damu za watu na umetenda kwa uasi dhidi ya ile nchi, miji, na wote wanaokaa humo.
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 iliyochongwa inakufaidia nini? Sababu yule aliyeichonga hiyo, au ambaye kaisubu kwa kuiyeyusha metali, ni mwalimu wa uongo; Sababu anaiamini kazi ya mikono yake anapotengeneza miungu hii isiyoongea.
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 kwa yule anayeuambia ubao, Amka! Au kwa jiwe lisiloongea, Inuka!' Vitu hivi vinafundisha? Angalia, hiki juu kimefunikwa kwa dhahabu na fedha, lakini ndani yake hakipumui kabisa.
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 Yahwe yumo katika hekalu lake takatifu! Nchi yote iwe kimya mbele zake.
And Jehovah [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!