Habakkuk 1
1 [I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.
Carga que vio Habacuc profeta.
2 [I said, ] “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call [to you] for help before you respond? I cry out to you [for help], saying that [people are acting] violently [everywhere], but you do not rescue us!
¿Hasta cuándo, Yahvé, he de clamar sin que Tú me escuches? ¿Hasta cuándo daré voces a Ti por la violencia sin que me salves?
3 (Must I/I do not want to) continue seeing people doing what is unjust [RHQ]. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong [RHQ]? I see people destroying things and [acting] violently. There is fighting and quarreling [everywhere].
¿Por qué me haces ver la iniquidad y contemplas lo que sufro? Devastación y violencia están ante mis ojos; hay pleitos y surgen contiendas.
4 No one obeys laws [PRS], and judges [PRS] never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people [in the courts], with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.”
Por eso se embota la ley, y nunca sale sentencia justa; el inicuo rodea al justo, y así sale torcido el derecho.
5 [Yahweh replied to me, ] “[I know that what you say is true, but] look around at [what is happening in] the other nations; [if you look, ] you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe [would happen], even if someone told you about it.
Mirad a las naciones y observad; admiraos y llenaos de espanto; pues voy a hacer una obra en vuestros días, que no creeríais si alguien la contase.
6 The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them [to become very powerful]; they will march across the world and conquer [many] other countries.
Pues he aquí que suscitaré a los caldeos, ese pueblo cruel e impetuoso que recorre las anchuras de la tierra, para ocupar moradas que no son suyas.
7 They are people whom [others] fear very much [DOU], and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries.
Es horrible y espantoso, y crea él mismo su derecho y su grandeza.
8 The horses [that pull their chariots] go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like [SIM] eagles that swoop down to [snatch and] kill small animals.
Sus caballos son más ligeros que el leopardo y más feroces que el lobo nocturno. Se lanza la caballería, sus jinetes llegan de lejos; vuelan cual águila que se da prisa para devorar.
9 As they ride along, [they are] determined to act violently. They advance like [SIM] a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as [numerous as grains of] sand.
Vienen todos ellos para hacer violencia; viento abrasador va delante de ellos; toman cautivos tan numerosos como la arena.
10 They make fun of kings and princes [of other countries], and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt [outside those walls] [in order to climb up] and capture those cities.
(Es un pueblo) que se burla de los reyes, y se ríe de los príncipes; se mofa de todas las fortalezas, alza terraplenes y las toma.
11 They rush past like the wind, and then they go [to attack other cities]. But they are very guilty, because [they think that] their own power is their god.”
Luego, como el huracán, cambia de rumbo y pasa, y se acarrea culpa (imputando) su fuerza a su dios.
12 [Then I said, ] “Yahweh, you have certainly [RHQ] always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So [why] have you appointed those men [from Babylonia] to judge and get rid of [us]? You are like [MET] a huge rock [under which we are protected/safe], so why have you sent them to punish us?
¿No eres Tú, oh Yahvé, desde la eternidad, el Dios mío, mi Santo? No moriremos, porque Tú, Yahvé, hiciste (aquel pueblo) para ejercer tu justicia; Tú, oh Roca, le has establecido para aplicar castigos.
13 You [SYN] are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, [so why] are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing [to punish] those wicked men [from Babylonia] who destroy people who are more righteous than they [are]?
Tus ojos son demasiado puros para mirar el mal, y no puedes ver la injusticia. ¿Por qué, pues, soportas a los pérfidos y callas cuando el inicuo devora al que es más justo que él?
14 [Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?
¿Por qué hiciste a los hombres como los peces del mar, como los reptiles que no tienen quien los gobierne?
15 [The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish] [RHQ] for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate.
A todos ellos los pesca aquel con el anzuelo; los arrastra con su red, y los reúne en su barredera; por eso se goza y está alegre.
16 If they catch us, they will [worship] their weapons [MET] with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! [They will say] ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’
Y por eso ofrece sacrificios a su red, e incienso a su barredera; pues gracias a ellos es pingüe su porción, y suculenta su comida.
17 [Will you allow] them to continue [to conquer people] [MET] forever? [Will you allow] them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful [to anyone]?”
¿Es posible que siga vaciando su red, y continúe destrozando sin piedad a los pueblos?
