¹[Ny fandozana nataon'ny Kaldeana, ary ny fitarainan'ny mpaminany noho izany] Faminaniana ny loza hanjo, izay hitan'i Habakoka mpaminany.

¹The burden that Habakkuk the prophet hath seen:

²Jehovah ô, indrisy ny hahelan'ny efa nitarainako, Nefa tsy nohenoinao! Mitaraina aho hoe: Loza! Nefa tsy vonjenao ihany.

²Till when, O Jehovah, have I cried, And Thou dost not hear? I cry unto Thee — `Violence,` and Thou dost not save.

³Nahoana no ataonao mahita faharatsiana aho. Ary mijery fahoriana Hianao? Fa fandravana sy loza no eo anatrehako, Ary misy ady, sady miseho ny fifandirana.

³Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence [are] before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift [itself] up,

⁴Koa noho izany dia ngoly ny lalàna, Ary tsy mivoaka ny rariny; Fa irohonan'ny ratsy fanahy ny marina, Ka izany no ivoahan'ny fitsarana miangatra .[Heb. miolana]

⁴Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

⁵Jereo any amin'ny jentilisa, ka diniho, ary gagà dia gagà; Fa manao zavatra amin'ny andronareo Aho, Izay tsy hinoanareo, na dia holazaina aminareo aza.

⁵Look ye on nations, and behold and marvel greatly. For a work He is working in your days, Ye do not believe though it is declared.

⁶Fa, indro, atsangako ny Kaldeana, Dia ilay firenena masiaka sady mirehidrehitra, Izay mamaky eran'ny tany Hahazoany fonenana izay tsy azy.[Heb. mangidy]

⁶For, lo, I am raising up the Chaldeans, The bitter and hasty nation, That is going to the broad places of earth, To occupy tabernacles not its own.

⁷Mahatsiravina sy mahatahotra izy; Avy amin'ny tenany ihany ny fitsarany sy ny fahalehibiazany.

⁷Terrible and fearful it [is], From itself its judgment and its excellency go forth.

⁸Faingana noho ny leoparda ny soavaliny Sady masiaka noho ny amboadia hariva; Ny mpitaingin-tsoavaliny mampiriotra, eny, ny mpitaingin-tsoavaliny dia avy lavitra; Miezaka toy ny voromahery maika hihinana izy.[lopa]

⁸Swifter than leopards have been its horses, And sharper than evening wolves, And increased have its horsemen, Even its horsemen from afar come in, They fly as an eagle, hasting to consume.

⁹Hampidi-doza no ihavian'izy rehetra; Ny handroso ihany no atrehiny fatratra, Ka manangona sambotra toy ny fasika izy.[Na: atrehan'izy rehetra]

⁹Wholly for violence it doth come in, Their faces swallowing up the east wind, And it doth gather as the sand a captivity.

¹⁰Izy manakora ny mpanjaka, Ary ihomehezany ny mpanapaka; Ny tanàna mimanda rehetra dia ihomehezany, Ka dia manandratra tovon-tany izy ka mahafata azy.[Heb. vovoka]

¹⁰And at kings it doth scoff, And princes [are] a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.

¹¹Dia mihelina toy ny rivotra izy Ary mandroso ka mahazo heloka. Izany heriny izany no andriamaniny!

¹¹Then passed on hath the spirit, Yea, he doth transgress, And doth ascribe this his power to his god.

¹²Tsy hatrizay hatrizay va Hianao, Jehovah Andriamanitro, Iray Masiko? Tsy ho faty izahay; Ry Jehovah ô, ho famaizana no nanendrenao ireny, Ry Vatolampy ô, fananarana no nanangananao azy

¹²Art not Thou of old, O Jehovah, my God, my Holy One? We do not die, O Jehovah, For judgment Thou hast appointed it, And, O Rock, for reproof Thou hast founded it.

¹³Hianao, Izay madio maso ka tsy te-hitsinjo ny ratsy Ary tsy mahajery fahoriana, Nahoana Hianao no mijery izay mamitaka Ary mangina, raha ny ratsy fanahy mandrapaka ny marina noho izy,

¹³Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,

¹⁴Ary manao ny olona ho toy ny hazandrano any an-dranomasina, Sy ho toy ny biby mandady sy mikisaka, izay tsy mana-mpanapaka?

¹⁴And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him.

¹⁵Aingainy amin'ny fintana izy rehetra, Samboriny amin'ny haratony Ary sarihany amin'ny harato tarihiny; Ka dia faly sy ravoravo izy.

¹⁵Each of them with a hook he hath brought up, He doth catch it in his net, and gathereth it in his drag, Therefore he doth joy and rejoice.

¹⁶Koa izany no amonoany zavatra hatao fanatitra ho an'ny haratony sy andoroany ditin-kazo manitra ho an'ny harato tarihiny; Fa ireo no ahazoany hanina matsiro sy anjara matavy.Koa noho izany dia hanaisotra ny ao amin'ny tandrohony va izy Ary hamono firenena mandrakariva ka tsy hiantra?

¹⁶Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them [is] his portion fertile, and his food fat.

¹⁷Koa noho izany dia hanaisotra ny ao amin'ny tandrohony va izy Ary hamono firenena mandrakariva ka tsy hiantra?

¹⁷Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?