Habackuk 3
1 Detta är Propheten Habacucs bön för de oskyldiga.
Yahweh, I have heard about you; I revere you because of [all the amazing] things that you have done. In our time, do again [some of] those things that you did long ago! Even when you are angry [with us], be merciful [to us]!
2 Herre, jag hafver hört ditt rykte, så att jag förskräcktes. Herre, du gör ditt verk lefvande midt i åren, och låter det kunnigt varda midt i åren. När bedröfvelse på färde är, så tänker du uppå barmhertighet.
3 Gud kom sunnanefter, och den Helge ifrå det berget Paran. (Sela) Af hans lof var himmelen full, och af hans äro var jorden full.
[In the vision, I saw] God, the Holy One, coming from the Teman [district in Edom]; [and I also saw] him coming from the Paran Hills [in the Sinai area]. His glory filled the sky, and the earth was full of [people who were] praising him.
4 Hans sken var såsom ett ljus, strimmor gingo af hans händer; der var hans magt hemliga.
His glory was like [SIM] a sunrise; rays flashed from his hands where he hides his power.
5 För honom gick pestilentie, och plåga gick ut, ehvart han gick.
He sent plagues in front of him, and [other] plagues came behind him.
6 Han stod, och mälte landet; han såg till, och förskingrade Hedningarna, så att verldenes berg förkrossad vordo, och sig bocka måste alle högar i verldene, då han gick uti verldene.
When he stopped, the earth shook. When he looked at the nations, [all the people] trembled. The hills and mountains that have existed for a very long time [HYP] collapsed and crumbled. Yahweh is the one who exists eternally/forever!
7 Jag såg de Ethiopers hyddor i vedermödo, och de Midianiters tjäll bedröfvad.
[In the vision] I saw the [people who live in] tents in the Cushan [region] being afflicted, and the people in the Midian [region] trembling.
8 Vast du icke, Herre, vred i flodene; och din grymhet i vattnom, och din ogunst i hafvena? då du redst på dina hästar, och dine vagnar hehöllo segren.
Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you were angry with them? Did the seas cause you to be furious, with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots that enabled you to defeat them?
9 Du drog fram bågan, såsom du slägterna svorit hade; (Sela) och delade strömmarna i landena.
[It was as though] you uncovered your bow, took arrows from your quiver, [and prepared to shoot them]. [Then with lightning] you split open the earth, and streams burst forth.
10 Bergen sågo dig, och vordo bedröfvad; vattuströmmen gick sin kos, djupet lät höra sig, höjden hof sina händer upp.
[It is as though] the mountains saw you [doing that], and they trembled. Floods rushed by; [it was as though] the deep ocean roared and caused its waves to rise up high.
11 Sol och måne stodo stilla. Dine pilar foro bortåt med ett sken, och din glafven med ljungelds blänkande.
The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky while your [lightning] flashed [past like] a swift arrow, and your glittering spear flashed.
12 Du nedertrampade landet i vrede, och söndertröskade Hedningarna i grymhet.
Being very angry [DOU], you walked across the earth and trampled the [armies of many] nations.
13 Du drog ut till att hjelpa dino folke, till att hjelpa dinom smorda; du sönderslogst hufvudet uti dens ogudaktigas huse, och blottade grunden allt intill halsen; (Sela)
But you [also] went to rescue us, your people, and to save the [king] (Or, [people]) whom you had chosen [MTY]. You struck down the leader [MTY] of those wicked people and stripped off his clothes, from his head to his feet.
14 O! att du ville banna hufvudens spiror, samt med dess byar, hvilke, såsom ett väder, komma till att förströ mig, och glädja sig, lika som de uppslukte de elända hemliga.
With his own spear you destroyed the leader of those soldiers who rushed like [SIM] a whirlwind to [attack and] scatter us, thinking that they could conquer us [Israelis] easily.
15 Dine hästar gå i hafvena, uti stor vattens träck.
You walked through the sea with your horses [to destroy our enemies], and caused the waves to surge.
16 Efter jag sådant hörer, så är min buk bedröfvad; mine läppar darra af rop var går i minom ben om; jag är bedröfvad vid mig. Ack! att jag hvila måtte i bedröfvelsens tid, då vi uppdrage till det folk, som emot oss strider.
When I saw that vision, my heart pounded and my lips quivered [because I became afraid]. My legs became weak and I shook, [because I was terrified]. But I will wait quietly for the people [of Babylonia], those who invaded our country, to experience disasters!
17 Ty fikonaträt skall icke grönskas, och der skall ingen frukt vara på vinträn; arbetet uppå oljoträt felar, och åkrarna bära ingen födo; och fåren skola ryckas utu fårahusen, och intet fä skall vara uti fähusen.
[Therefore, ] even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees, and there are no grapes on the grapevines, and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees, and there are no crops in the fields, and even if the flocks [of sheep and goats] die in the fields, and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns,
18 Men jag vill glädja mig af Herranom, och glad vara i Gudi, minom Frälsare.
I will rejoice because [I know] Yahweh. I will be joyful because Yahweh my God is the one who saves me!
19 Ty Herren Herren är min kraft, och han skall göra mina fötter lika som hjortafötter; och skall föra mig upp i höjdena, så att jag sjunger på min strängaspel.
Yahweh the Lord is the one who causes me to be strong; he enables me to climb [(safely/without falling)] in the [rocky] mountains, like [SIM] a deer does. (This message is for the choir director: [When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing] stringed instruments.)
