Habakkuk 1
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:
1Onus quod vidit Habacuc propheta.
2How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
2[Usquequo, Domine, clamabo, et non exaudies? vociferabor ad te, vim patiens, et non salvabis?
3Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
3Quare ostendisti mihi iniquitatem et laborem, videre prædam et injustitiam contra me? Et factum est judicium, et contradictio potentior.
4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
4Propter hoc lacerata est lex, et non pervenit usque ad finem judicium; quia impius prævalet adversus justum, propterea egreditur judicium perversum.
5“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
5Aspicite in gentibus, et videte; admiramini, et obstupescite: quia opus factum est in diebus vestris, quod nemo credet cum narrabitur.
6For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans — that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
6Quia ecce ego suscitabo Chaldæos, gentem amaram et velocem, ambulantem super latitudinem terræ, ut possideat tabernacula non sua.
7They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
7Horribilis et terribilis est: ex semetipsa judicium et onus ejus egredietur.
8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
8Leviores pardis equi ejus, et velociores lupis vespertinis: et diffundentur equites ejus: equites namque ejus de longe venient; volabunt quasi aquila festinans ad comedendum.
9All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.
9Omnes ad prædam venient, facies eorum ventus urens; et congregabit quasi arenam captivitatem.
10They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
10Et ipse de regibus triumphabit, et tyranni ridiculi ejus erunt; ipse super omnem munitionem ridebit, et comportabit aggerem, et capiet eam.
11Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
11Tunc mutabitur spiritus, et pertransibit, et corruet: hæc est fortitudo ejus dei sui.]
12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
12[Numquid non tu a principio, Domine, Deus meus, sancte meus, et non moriemur? Domine, in judicium posuisti eum, et fortem, ut corriperes, fundasti eum.
13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
13Mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum, et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris. Quare respicis super iniqua agentes, et taces devorante impio justiorem se?
14You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
14Et facies homines quasi pisces maris, et quasi reptile non habens principem.
15The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
15Totum in hamo sublevavit, traxit illud in sagena sua, et congregavit in rete suum. Super hoc lætabitur, et exsultabit.
16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
16Propterea immolabit sagenæ suæ, et sacrificabit reti suo, quia in ipsis incrassata est pars ejus, et cibus ejus electus.
17Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
17Propter hoc ergo expandit sagenam suam, et semper interficere gentes non parcet.]
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