Habakkuk 1
1 Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ tí wòlíì Habakuku rí.
The burden that 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, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save?
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 have you revealed to me iniquity and hardship, to see plunder and injustice opposite me? And there has been judgment, but the opposition is more powerful.
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.
Because of this, the law has been torn apart, and judgment does not persevere to its conclusion. For the impious prevail against the just. Because of this, a perverse judgment is issued.
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.
Gaze among the nations, and see. Admire, and be astounded. For a work has been done in your days, which no one will believe when it is told.
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 behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift people, marching across the width of the earth, to possess tabernacles not their own.
7 Wọn jẹ́ ènìyàn ti a bẹ̀rù, tí a sì páyà, ìdájọ́ wọn, àti ọláńlá wọn, yóò máa ti inú wọn jáde.
It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.
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,
Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.
9 gbogbo wọn sì wà fún ìwà ipá ìwò ojú wọn yóò sì wá síwájú; wọn sì ko ìgbèkùn jọ bí iyanrìn.
They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.
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.
And concerning kings, he will triumph, and sovereign rulers will be his laughingstock, and he will laugh over every fortress, and he will transport a rampart and seize it.
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 spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from 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.
Have you not existed from the beginning, Lord my God, my holy one, and so we shall not die? Lord, you have stationed him for judgment, and you have established that his strength will be swept away.
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?
Your eyes are pure, you do not behold evil, and you cannot look towards iniquity. Why do you look upon the agents of iniquity, and remain silent, while the impious is devouring one who is more just than himself?
14 Ìwọ sì tí sọ ènìyàn di bí ẹja inú Òkun, bí ohun tí ń rákò tí wọn ko ni alákòóso.
And you will make men like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things that have no ruler.
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 lifted up everything with his hook. He drew them in with his dragnet, and gathered them into his netting. Over this, he will rejoice and exult.
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 will offer victims to his dragnet, and he will sacrifice to his netting. For through them, his portion has been made fat, and his meals elite.
17 Ǹjẹ́ wọn yóò ha máa pa àwọ̀n wọn mọ́ ní òfìfo bí, tí wọn yóò sì pa orílẹ̀-èdè run láìsí àánú?
Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.
