Habakkuk 1
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Reina-Valera 1909
1THE BURDEN which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
1LA carga que vió Habacuc profeta.
2How long, O LORD, shall I cry, and Thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto Thee of violence, and Thou wilt not save.
2¿Hasta cuándo, oh Jehová, clamaré, y no oirás; y daré voces á ti á causa de la violencia, y no salvarás?
3Why dost Thou show me iniquity, and beholdest mischief? And why are spoiling and violence before me? so that there is strife, and contention ariseth.
3¿Por qué me haces ver iniquidad, y haces que mire molestia, y saco y violencia delante de mí, habiendo además quien levante pleito y contienda?
4Therefore the law is slacked, and right doth never go forth; for the wicked doth beset the righteous; therefore right goeth forth perverted.
4Por lo cual la ley es debilitada, y el juicio no sale verdadero: por cuanto el impío asedia al justo, por eso sale torcido el juicio.
5Look ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for, behold, a work shall be wrought in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.
5Mirad en las gentes, y ved, y maravillaos pasmosamente; porque obra será hecha en vuestros días, que aun cuando se os contare, no la creeréis.
6For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.
6Porque he aquí, yo levanto los Caldeos, gente amarga y presurosa, que camina por la anchura de la tierra para poseer las habitaciones ajenas.
7They are terrible and dreadful; their law and their majesty proceed from themselves.
7Espantosa es y terrible: de ella misma saldrá su derecho y su grandeza.
8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the wolves of the desert; and their horsemen spread themselves; yea, their horsemen come from far, they fly as a vulture that hasteth to devour.
8Y serán sus caballos más ligeros que tigres, y más agudos que lobos de tarde; y sus jinetes se multiplicarán: vendrán de lejos sus caballeros, y volarán como águilas que se apresuran á la comida.
9They come all of them for violence; their faces are set eagerly as the east wind; and they gather captives as the sand.
9Toda ella vendrá á la presa: delante de sus caras viento solano; y juntará cautivos como arena.
10And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take it.
10Y escarnecerá de los reyes, y de los príncipes hará burla: reiráse de toda fortaleza, y amontonará polvo, y la tomará.
11Then their spirit doth pass over and transgress, and they become guilty: even they who impute their might unto their god.
11Luego mudará espíritu, y pasará adelante, y ofenderá atribuyendo esta su potencia á su dios.
12Art not Thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.
12¿No eres tú desde el principio, oh Jehová, Dios mío, Santo mío? No moriremos. Oh Jehová, para juicio lo pusiste; y tú, oh Roca, lo fundaste para castigar.
13Thou that art of eyes too pure to behold evil, and that canst not look on mischief, wherefore lookest Thou, when they deal treacherously, and holdest Thy peace, when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
13Muy limpio eres de ojos para ver el mal, ni puedes ver el agravio: ¿por qué ves los menospreciadores, y callas cuando destruye el impío al más justo que él,
14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
14Y haces que sean los hombres como los peces de la mar, como reptiles que no tienen señor?
15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag; therefore they rejoice and exult.
15Sacará á todos con anzuelo, cogerálos con su red, y juntarálos en su aljerife: por lo cual se holgará y hará alegrías.
16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and offer unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.
16Por esto hará sacrificios á su red, y ofrecerá sahumerios á su aljerife: porque con ellos engordó su porción, y engrasó su comida.
17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?
17¿Vaciará por eso su red, ó tendrá piedad de matar gentes continuamente?
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