Habakkuk 1
1 Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ tí wòlíì Habakuku rí.
The word which Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 Olúwa, èmi yóò ti ké pẹ́ tó fún ìrànlọ́wọ́, ṣùgbọ́n ti ìwọ kò ni fetí sí mi? Tàbí kígbe sí ọ ní ti, “Ìwà ipá!” Ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ kò sì gbàlà?
How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.
3 Èéṣe tí ìwọ fi mú mi rí àìṣedéédéé? Èéṣe tí ìwọ sì fi ààyè gba ìwà ìkà? Ìparun àti ìwà ipá wà ní iwájú mi; ìjà ń bẹ, ìkọlù sì wà pẹ̀lú.
Why do you make me see evil-doing, and why are my eyes fixed on wrong? for wasting and violent acts are before me: and there is fighting and bitter argument.
4 Nítorí náà, òfin di ohun àìkàsí, ìdájọ́ òdodo kò sì borí. Àwọn ẹni búburú yí àwọn olódodo ká, nítorí náà ni ìdájọ́ òdodo ṣe yí padà.
For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.
5 “Ẹ wo inú àwọn kèfèrí, ki ẹ sí wòye, kí háà kí ó sì ṣe yin gidigidi. Nítorí èmi ó ṣe ohun kan ní ọjọ́ yín tí ẹ̀yin kò jẹ́ gbàgbọ́, bí a tilẹ̀ sọ fún yin.
See among the nations, and take note, and be full of wonder: for in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you.
6 Nítorí pé, èmi yóò gbé àwọn ara Babeli dìde, àwọn aláìláàánú àti onínú-fùfù ènìyàn tí ó rin gbogbo ilẹ̀ ayé já láti fi agbára gbà àwọn ibùgbé tí kì í ṣe tiwọn.
For see, I am sending the Chaldaeans, that bitter and quick-moving nation; who go through the wide spaces of the earth to get for themselves living-places which are not theirs.
7 Wọn jẹ́ ènìyàn ti a bẹ̀rù, tí a sì páyà, ìdájọ́ wọn, àti ọláńlá wọn, yóò máa ti inú wọn jáde.
They are greatly to be feared: their right comes from themselves.
8 Ẹṣin wọn yára ju ẹkùn lọ, wọ́n sì gbóná jú ìkookò àṣálẹ́ lọ àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣin wọn yóò sí tan ara wọn ká; wọn yóò sì wá láti ọ̀nà jíjìn réré, wọn yóò sí fò bí ẹyẹ igún tí ń wá láti jẹrun,
And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.
9 gbogbo wọn sì wà fún ìwà ipá ìwò ojú wọn yóò sì wá síwájú; wọn sì ko ìgbèkùn jọ bí iyanrìn.
They are coming all of them with force; the direction of their faces is forward, the number of their prisoners is like the sands of the sea.
10 Wọn ó si máa fi àwọn ọba ṣẹ̀sín wọn ó sì tún kẹ́gàn àwọn aládé. Wọn yóò sì fi gbogbo ìlú odi alágbára nì rẹ́rìn-ín; nítorí pé, wọn yóò ko erùpẹ̀ jọ, wọn yóò sì gbà á.
He makes little of kings, rulers are a sport to him; all the strong places are to be laughed at; for he makes earthworks and takes them.
11 Nígbà náà ni inú rẹ̀ yóò yípadà, yóò sì rékọjá, yóò si ṣẹ̀ ní kíka agbára rẹ̀ yìí sí iṣẹ́ òrìṣà rẹ̀.”
Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.
12 Olúwa, ǹjẹ́ láti ayérayé kọ ni ìwọ tí wà? Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi. Ẹni mímọ́ mi, àwa kì yóò kú Olúwa, ìwọ tí yàn wọn fún ìdájọ́; Ọlọ́run alágbára, ìwọ tí fi ẹsẹ̀ wọn múlẹ̀ fún ìbáwí.
Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.
13 Ojú rẹ mọ́ tónítóní láti wo ibi; ìwọ kò le gbà ìwà ìkà nítorí kí ni ìwọ ṣe gba àwọn alárékérekè láààyè? Nítorí kí ni ìwọ ṣe dákẹ́ nígbà tí ẹni búburú ń pa ẹni tí i ṣe olódodo ju wọn lọ run?
Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
14 Ìwọ sì tí sọ ènìyàn di bí ẹja inú Òkun, bí ohun tí ń rákò tí wọn ko ni alákòóso.
He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.
15 Àwọn ènìyàn búburú fi àwọ̀n wọn gbé wọn sókè ó sì kó wọn jọ nínú àwọ̀n ńlá rẹ̀; nítorí náà, ó dunnú, ó sì yọ̀ pẹ̀lú.
He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.
16 Nítorí náà, ó rú ẹbọ sí àwọ̀n rẹ̀, ó sì ń sun tùràrí fún àwọ̀n ńlá rẹ̀ nítorí pẹ̀lú àwọ̀n rẹ̀ ni ó fi ń gbé ní ìgbádùn tí ó sì ń gbádùn pẹ̀lú oúnjẹ tí ó bá wù ú.
For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.
17 Ǹjẹ́ wọn yóò ha máa pa àwọ̀n wọn mọ́ ní òfìfo bí, tí wọn yóò sì pa orílẹ̀-èdè run láìsí àánú?
For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.
