¹Prohvet Habakuki nähtud ennustus:

¹The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

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

²Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save.

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

³Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up.

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

⁴Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

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

⁵See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for [I] work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared [to you].

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

⁶For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

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

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

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

⁸And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

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

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

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

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

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

¹¹Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his +god.

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.

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

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,

¹³[Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he?

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

¹⁴And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.

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

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

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

¹⁶therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.

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

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