Habackuk 1
1 Detta är den tunge, som Propheten Habacuc sett hafver.
[I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
2 Herre, huru länge skall jag ropa, och du vill icke höra? Huru länge skall jag ropa till dig för öfvervålds skull, och du vill icke hjelpa?
[I said, ] “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call [to you] for help before you respond? I cry out to you [for help], saying that [people are acting] violently [everywhere], but you do not rescue us!
3 Hvi låter du mig se mödo och arbete? Hvi hafver du låtit mig se rof och öfvervåld? Våld går öfver rätt.
(Must I/I do not want to) continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ]. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong [RHQ]? I see people destroying things and [acting] violently. There is fighting and quarreling [everywhere].
4 Derföre måste lagen blifva tillbaka, och ingen rätt kan till ända komma; ty den ogudaktige öfverfaller den rättfärdiga, derföre gå vrånga domar.
No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people [in the courts], with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
5 Ser ibland Hedningarna; ser till, och förundrer eder ty jag vill något göra i edrom tid, det i icke tro skolen, då man derom talar.
[Yahweh replied to me, ] “[I know that what you say is true, but] look around at [what is happening in] the other nations; [if you look, ] you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe [would happen], even if someone told you about it.
6 Ty si, jag vill uppväcka de Chaldeer, ett bittert och snart folk, hvilket draga skall så vidt som landet är, till att intaga de boningar som icke äro deras.
The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them [to become very powerful]; they will march across the world and conquer [many] other countries.
7 Och skall vara grufveligit och förfärligit; och skall bjuda och tvinga såsom det vill.
They are people whom [others] fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.
8 Deras hästar äro raskare än parder, så äro de ock ilsknare än ulfvar om aftonen; hans resenärer draga med storom hopom fjerranefter, lika som de flögo, såsom örnar hasta sig till ett as.
The horses [that pull their chariots] go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like [SIM] eagles that swoop down to [snatch and] kill small animals.
9 De komma allesamman till att göra skada ehvart de vilja; der gå de igenom, lika som ett östan väder, och samka fångar tillhopa, såsom sand.
As they ride along, [they are] determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as [numerous as grains of] sand.
10 De skola bespotta Konungar, och begabba Förstar; all fäste skola vara dem ett skämt; ty de skola göra der blåverk före, och vinna dem.
They make fun of kings and princes [of other countries], and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt [outside those walls] [in order to climb up] and capture those cities.
11 Då skola de taga sig ett nytt mod, fara framåt och synda; och så måste då deras seger höra deras gud till.
They rush past like the wind, and then they go [to attack other cities]. But they are very guilty, because [they think that] their own power is their god.”
12 Men du Herre, min Gud, min Helige, du som äst af evighet, låt oss icke dö; utan låt dem, Herre, allenast vara oss till ett straff; och låt dem, o vår tröst, allenast tukta oss.
[Then I said, ] “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So [why] have you appointed those men [from Babylonia] to judge and get rid of [us]? You are like [MET] a huge rock [under which we are protected/safe], so why have you sent them to punish us?
13 Din ögon äro ren, så att du icke orkar se det onda, och kan icke se uppå jämmer. Hvi ser du då på de öfverträdare, och tiger, att den ogudaktige uppslukar den, som frommare är än han?
You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, [so why] are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing [to punish] those wicked men [from Babylonia] who destroy people who are more righteous than they [are]?
14 Och låter menniskorna gå, lika som fiskar i hafvet; såsom matkar, de ingen herm hafva?
[Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
15 De dragat allt med krok, och fuskar med sin nät, och församlat med sin garn; dess fröjda de sig, och äro glade.
[The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish] [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.
16 Derföre offra de sinom nätom, och röka sinom garnom; efter det deras del är derigenom så fet, och deras mat så kräselig vorden.
If they catch us, they will [worship] their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! [They will say] ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’
17 Derföre kasta de sin nät ännu alltid ut, och vilja icke återvända att dräpa folk.
[Will you allow] them to continue [to conquer people] [MET] forever? [Will you allow] them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful [to anyone]?”
