1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5 ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you . 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
12 ¶ Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Pravieša sūdzība
1 Vēstījums, ko redzēja pravietis Habakuks.
2 Cik ilgi, Kungs, man palīgā saukt,
ka tu nedzirdi?!
Es kliedzu tev: varmācība! –
bet tu neglāb!
3 Kādēļ tu liec man skatīt nekrietnību
un nolūkoties mokās?
Posts un varasdarbi ir manā priekšā,
un rodas tik strīdi un ķildas!
4 Tādēļ bauslībai spēka nav
un taisnu tiesu nemūžam neatrast,
jo ļaundaris pārmāc taisno –
taisnība sagrozīta!
Kunga atbilde
5 “Skatieties uz citām tautām un lūkojiet,
nenobrīnīties vien –
jūsu dienās paveiks ko tādu,
ka stāstītam jūs pat neticētu!
6 Jo, redzi, es likšu kaldiešiem celties,
tā ir rūgta un nikna tauta,
kas dodas zemes plašumos
iemantot mājvietas, kas tiem nepieder!
7 Baisi un draudīgi tie,
savu tiesu un taisnību visiem uztiepj!
8 Par leopardiem straujāki viņu zirgi,
naskāki nekā vilki naktī,
to jātnieki auļo,
to jātnieki no tālienes joņo,
knaši kā lijas tie laižas plosīt!
9 Tie visi uz varasdarbiem,
visi kopā uz priekšu! –
nu kā smilšu sagrābsies gūstekņu.
10 Par ķēniņiem viņi ņirgājas
un apsmej vadoņus,
par mūriem tie tikai pasmejas,
saber no zemēm valni – un iekšā!
11 Tad tie aizšalc kā vējš – un prom!
Grēcīgs, kam viņa spēks ir par dievu!”
Otra Habakuka sūdzība
12 Kungs, vai jau no senatnes
tu neesi mans svētais Dievs?!
Mēs nemirsim!
Kungs, tiesāt tu sūtījis viņus,
tu klints!
Par pārmācību tu nolicis tos!
13 Tavas acis ir šķīstas un neredz ļauna,
tās nevar raudzīties nelaimē –
kādēļ tu lūkojies uz krāpniekiem,
kādēļ tu klusē, kad ļaundaris aprij kādu,
kas taisnāks par viņu?!
14 Tu dari cilvēku līdzīgu jūras zivīm un rāpuļiem,
kam nav valdnieka.
15 Tos visus ar āķi viņš paceļ
un izvelk ar tīklu,
savāc tos savā murdā –
nu līksmo un gavilē!
16 Tagad viņš upurē savam tīklam
un kvēpina savam murdam,
jo tie dara treknu viņa daļu
un viņa maltīti dāsnu!
17 Vai viņš varēs tukšot savu tīklu
un vienmēr galēt tautas bez žēlastības?!
