¹The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw.

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

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?

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

³Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

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

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

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]

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.

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.

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.

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

⁷They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

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

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.

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]

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

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

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.

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]

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

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

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.

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

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,

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,

¹⁴and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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