Habakkuk 1
1 Àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ tí wòlíì Habakuku rí.
The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:
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?
Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee — 'Violence,' and Thou dost 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 dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence [are] before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift [itself] up,
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.
Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.
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.
Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.
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, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.
7 Wọn jẹ́ ènìyàn ti a bẹ̀rù, tí a sì páyà, ìdájọ́ wọn, àti ọláńlá wọn, yóò máa ti inú wọn jáde.
Terrible and fearful it [is], From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.
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,
Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.
9 gbogbo wọn sì wà fún ìwà ipá ìwò ojú wọn yóò sì wá síwájú; wọn sì ko ìgbèkùn jọ bí iyanrìn.
Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.
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 at kings it doth scoff, And princes [are] a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth 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 passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to 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.
Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.
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?
Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
14 Ìwọ sì tí sọ ènìyàn di bí ẹja inú Òkun, bí ohun tí ń rákò tí wọn ko ni alákòóso.
And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him.
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.
Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.
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.
Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them [is] his portion fertile, and his food fat.
17 Ǹjẹ́ wọn yóò ha máa pa àwọ̀n wọn mọ́ ní òfìfo bí, tí wọn yóò sì pa orílẹ̀-èdè run láìsí àánú?
Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?
