Habakuki 3
1 Maombi ya Habakuki nabii:
A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
2 Yahwe, nimesikia taarifa zako, na mimi naogopa. Yahwe, fufua kazi yako katikati wakati; katikati ya muda huu; fanya hiyo ijulikane; kumbuka kuwa na rehema katika ghadhabu yako.
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, [and] was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 Mungu alikuja kutoka Temani, na yule Mtakatifu kutoka Parani. (Sela) Utukufu wake umezifunika mbingu, na dunia ilikuwa imejaa utukufu wake.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. (Selah) His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4 Miali miwili ya mikono yake ilikuwa iking'aa kama mwanga, ambapo uweza wake ulifichwa.
And [his] brightness was as the light; he had horns [coming] out of his hand; and there [was] the hiding of his power.
5 Ugonjwa wa kuua ulitangulia mbele yake, na adha iliifuta miguu yake.
Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 Yeye alisimama na akaipima nchi; aliangalia na aliyatikisa mataifa. Hata milima ya milele iliharibiwa kabisa, na vilima vya milele vilianguka chini. Njia yake ni ya milele.
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
7 Niliona mahema ya Wakushi katika mateso, na vitambaa vya mahema katika Midiani vinatetema.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: [and] the curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
8 Yahwe alikuwa na hasira pale mtoni? Ghadhabu yako ilikuwa dhidi ya mito, au hasira yako dhidi ya bahari, unapopanda juu ya farasi wenye mikokoteni na wa ushindi wako?
Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? [was] thy anger against the rivers? [was] thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thy horses, [and] thy chariots of salvation?
9 Umeleta upinde wako bila mfuniko; unaweka mishale kwenye upinde wako! (Sela) uliigawa nchi na mito.
Thy bow was made quite naked, [according] to the oaths of the tribes, [even thy] word. (Selah) Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 Milima ilikuona wewe na kugeuka kwa huzuni. Maji yaliyomwagwa chini yalipita juu yao; kina cha bahari kilipaza sauti. Mawimbi yake yakainuka juu.
The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.
11 Jua na mwezi vilisimama imara juu mahali pake katika mwanga wa mishale yako na ilipaa, pale katika uangavu wa mwanga wa mikuki yako.
The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thy arrows they went, [and] at the shining of thy glittering spear.
12 Umetembea juu ya nchi kwa uchungu. Katika ghadhabu umepukuchua mataifa.
Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
13 Ulikwenda nje kwaajili ya wokovu wa watu wako, Kwaajili ya wokovu wa mteule wako. Wewe pondaponda kichwa cha nyumba ya mwovu kuweka wazi msingi wa shingo. (Sela)
Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, [even] for salvation with thy anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by uncovering the foundation to the neck. (Selah)
14 Umekichoma kichwa cha wapiganaji wake kwa mshale wake mwenyewe sababu walikuja kama upepo kututawanya sisi, wivu wao ulikuwa kama mtu ambaye anamteketeza masikini katika mahali pamaficho.
Thou didst strike through with his staffs the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing [was] as to devour the poor secretly.
15 Umesafiri juu ya bahari kwa farasi wako, na kuyapita maji makuu.
Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, [through] the mire of great waters.
16 Nilisikia, na ndani yangu nilitetemeka! midomo yangu ilitetemesha sauti. Uozo unakuja katika mifupa yangu, na chini yangu mwenyewe nilitetemeka kama nasubiri kwaajili ya siku ya kuhuzunisha ifike juu ya watu waliotushambulia sisi.
When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Ingawa mtini hauchipui na hauzai kutokana na mzababibu; na ingawa kuzaa kwa mti wa mzaituni hakuridhishi na mashamba hayatoi chakula; na ingawa kundi mifugo limetoweka na hakuna ng'ombe katika zizi, hiki ndicho nitakacho kifanya.
Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither [shall] fruit [be] in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and [there shall be] no herd in the stalls:
18 Bado, nitafurahia katika Yahwe. Nitakuwa nafuraha kwa sababu ya Mungu wa wokovu wangu.
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 Bwana Yahwe ni nguvu yangu na anaifanya miguu yangu kama ya kulungu. Ananifanya mimi niende mbele mahali pangu pa juu. - kufuata maelekezo ya muziki, katika vyombo vyangu vya nyuzi.
The Lord GOD [is] my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' [feet], and he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
