Habakuki 3
1 Maombi ya Habakuki nabii:
A prayer of Habakkuk, the prophet, set to victorious music.
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.
Yahweh, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Yahweh. Renew your work in the middle of the years. In the middle of the years make it known. In wrath, you 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, the Holy One from Mount Paran. (Selah) His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
4 Miali miwili ya mikono yake ilikuwa iking'aa kama mwanga, ambapo uweza wake ulifichwa.
His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.
5 Ugonjwa wa kuua ulitangulia mbele yake, na adha iliifuta miguu yake.
Plague went before him, and pestilence followed 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 shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
7 Niliona mahema ya Wakushi katika mateso, na vitambaa vya mahema katika Midiani vinatetema.
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings 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 Yahweh displeased with the rivers? Was your anger against the rivers, or your wrath against the sea, that you rode on your horses, on your chariots of salvation?
9 Umeleta upinde wako bila mfuniko; unaweka mishale kwenye upinde wako! (Sela) uliigawa nchi na mito.
You uncovered your bow. You called for your sworn arrows. (Selah) You split 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 you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its 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 the sky at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
12 Umetembea juu ya nchi kwa uchungu. Katika ghadhabu umepukuchua mataifa.
You marched through the land in wrath. You threshed the nations 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)
You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the land of wickedness. You stripped them head to foot. (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.
You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
15 Umesafiri juu ya bahari kwa farasi wako, na kuyapita maji makuu.
You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty 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.
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
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.
For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls,
18 Bado, nitafurahia katika Yahwe. Nitakuwa nafuraha kwa sababu ya Mungu wa wokovu wangu.
yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful 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.
Yahweh, the Lord, is my strength. He makes my feet like deer’s feet, and enables me to go in high places. For the music director, on my stringed instruments.
