¹The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

¹Prohvet Habakuki nähtud ennustus:

²O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save.

²'Kui kaua, Issand, pean ma appi hüüdma, ilma et sa kuuleksid? Või sulle kisendama vägivalla pärast, ilma et sa aitaksid?

³Why dost thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

³Miks sa lased mind näha nurjatust ja vaatad ise seda õnnetust pealt? Hävitus ja vägivald on mu ees - on tulnud riid ja tõusnud tüli.

⁴Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

⁴Seepärast on Seadus jõuetu ja õigus ei tule iial esile. Sest õel piirab õiget - nõnda tekib väänatud õigus.

⁵Behold ye among the nations, and look, and wonder marvellously; for I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

⁵Vaadake ringi paganate seas ja pange tähele, imestage ja hämmastuge! Sest teie päevil tehakse tegu, mida te ei usuks, kui sellest jutustataks.

⁶For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, that march through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

⁶Sest vaata, ma lasen tõusta kaldealased, kibeda ja tormaka rahva, kes käib maa laiuti läbi, et vallutada eluasemeid, mis pole tema omad.

⁷They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

⁷Ta on kardetav ja julm, temast enesest tuleb ta õigus ja vägi.

⁸Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

⁸Tema hobused on kiiremad kui pantrid, metsikumad kui hundid õhtul. Tema ratsud trambivad - kaugelt tulevad ta ratsanikud, lendavad nagu saagile sööstvad kotkad.

⁹They come all of them for violence; the set of their faces is forwards; and they gather captives as the sand.

⁹Kõik nad tulevad tegema vägivalda; nende näod vaatavad otse ette ja nad koguvad vange nagu liiva.

¹⁰Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him; he derideth every stronghold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

¹⁰Nad pilkavad kuningaid ja aukandjad on neile naerualuseks. Nad naeravad iga kindlust, kuhjavad kokku mulda ja vallutavad selle.

¹¹Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.

¹¹Siis nad tormavad kui tuul ja tõttavad edasi. Nad teevad omaenese jõu enestele jumalaks.

¹²Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction.

¹²Eks ole sina, Issand, muistsest ajast mu püha Jumal? Ära lase meil surra! Issand! Sina oled nad pannud meie üle kohut mõistma, sina, kalju, oled määranud nad meile nuhtlejaiks.

¹³Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

¹³Sinu silmad on liiga puhtad selleks, et näha kurja, ja sina ei või vaadata õnnetust. Mispärast sa vaatad uskmatute peale, vaikid, kui õel neelab selle, kes on temast õigem,

¹⁴and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

¹⁴teed inimesed mere kalade sarnaseks, otsekui roomajaiks, kellel pole valitsejat?

¹⁵He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.

¹⁵Need kõik tõmbavad nad õngega üles, veavad oma noota ja koguvad võrku; seepärast nad rõõmustavad ja hõiskavad.

¹⁶Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

¹⁶Seepärast ohverdavad nad oma noodale ja suitsutavad võrgule, sest nende abil on nende saak rasvane ja roog rammus.

¹⁷Shall he therefore empty his net, and spare not to slay the nations continually?

¹⁷Kas nad võivad nõnda lõpmatult tühjendada oma noota, rahvaid armuta tappes?