Ambacum 1
1 The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
O KA olelo, ka mea i hoikeia ia Habakuka ke kaula.
2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not listen? [how long] shall I cry out to you being injured, and you will not save?
Pehea ka loihi o ko'u kahea ana, e Iehova, aole oe e hoolohe mai? A uwe aku hoi ia oe no ka hana ino, aole oe e hoopakele mai?
3 Therefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
No keaha la, kou hoike ana mai ia'u i ke kaumaha, a me ka ehaeha? Aia no ka hana ino, a me ka hooluhi imua o'u; A ala mai ka hakaka a me ka paio.
4 Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly [man] prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.
No ia mea, ua nawaliwali ke kanawai, aole e hele aku ka hoopono ana me ka oiaio; Aka, o ka mea hewa ke hoopuni i ka mea pono; Nolaila, ua hookahuliia ka pono.
5 Behold, you despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which you will in no wise believe, though a man declare [it to you].
E nana oukou iwaena o na lahuikanaka, a e ike pono, a e kahaha nui ka naau, No ka mea, e hana no au i ka hana i ko oukou mau la, Ka mea i manaoio ole ai oukou, ke haiia mai ia.
6 Therefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.
No ka mea, aia hoi, e hooku au i ko Kaledea, he lahuikanaka hana ino, a me ka huhu, Ka mea e hele i na wahi akea o ka honua, e imi i na noho ana, na mea aole no lakou.
7 He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.
He mea weliweli a me ka makau oia; Nona iho kona kanawai, a me kona hanohano.
8 And his horses shall bound [more swiftly] than leopards, and [they are] fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.
Ua oi ka mama o kona poe lio mamua o ka leopade, A ua oi ko lakou mama mamua o na iliohae i ke ahiahi; Holo haaheo kona poe hololio, E hele mai kona poe hoohololio mai kahi loihi mai; E lele lakou me he aeto la, e lalelale ana e ai.
9 Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Hele mai lakou a pau no ka hao wale; A o ke ano o ko lakou maka, ua like me ka makani hikina; A hoakoakoa lakou i ka poe pio e like me ke one.
10 And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
Hoomaewaewa aku no ia i na'lii, a lilo na haku i mea henehene nona: Ua akaaka no ia i na wahi paa a pau, a hana no ia i puu lepo, a lawepio no oia ia mea.
11 Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, [saying], This strength [belongs] to my god.
Alaila, e hoomahuahua oia i kona ikaika, a e hele aku, a e luku aku, e i aku, A o kona mana anei keia, o kona akua ia?
12 [Are] not you from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, you have established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten [with] his correction.
Aole anei oe mai ka kahiko mai, e Iehova, Kuu Akua, kuu Mea Hemolele? aole makou e make. O oe, e Iehova, i hoonoho ia ia, no ka hookolokolo ana, O oe e ka Pohaku, i kukulupaa ia ia no ka hoopai ana.
13 [His] eye is too pure to behold evil [doings], and to look upon grievous afflictions: therefore do you look upon despisers? will you be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
Ua maemae loa kou mau maka, aole oe e nana i ka hewa; Aole loa oe e ike mai i ka pono ole: No ke aha oe e nana mai i ka poe lawehala, a e noho ekemu ole, I ka manawa e luku mai ai ka mea hewa i ka mea ua oi ka pono mamua ona?
14 And will you make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
Aka, ua hana oe i ke kanaka e like me na ia o ke kai, E like hoi me ka mea kolo, aohe mea e alii ana maluna ona.
15 He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
Huki no ia ia lakou iluna me ka makau, A hei iho ia lakou i kana upena, A houluulu ia lakou iloko o kana pahele; Nolaila, olioli no ia, a hauoli hoi.
16 Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.
No ia hoi, mohai aku no ia no kana upena iho, a kuni i ka mea ala no kana mea pahele, No ka mea, ma ia mau mea, ua waiwai kona noho ana, A ua momona kana ai.
17 Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to kill the nations continually.
Nolaila hoi, e ninini anei ia i kana upena, A e luku mau loa no hoi i na lahuikanaka?
