¹Prohvet Habakuki nähtud ennustus:

¹The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

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

² Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you “Violence!” and will you 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 do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

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

⁴Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

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

⁵“Look among the nations, watch, and wonder marvelously; for I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe though it is told 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 hasty nation, that march 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 feared and dreaded. 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.

⁸Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

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

⁹All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.

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

¹⁰Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

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

¹¹Then he sweeps by like the wind, and goes on. He is indeed guilty, whose strength is 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.

¹²Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.

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,

¹³You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

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

¹⁴and make men like the fish of the sea, like 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 takes up all of them with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his dragnet. Therefore he rejoices and is glad.

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

¹⁶Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet, because by them his life is luxurious, and his food is good.

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

¹⁷Will he therefore continually empty his net, and kill the nations without mercy?