Habakkuk 1

KJV

1  The burden⁴⁸⁵³ which⁸³⁴ Habakkuk²²⁶⁵ the prophet⁵⁰³⁰ did see.²³⁷²

2  O LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ how long^{5704 575} shall I cry,⁷⁷⁶⁸ and thou wilt not³⁸⁰⁸ hear!⁸⁰⁸⁵ even cry out²¹⁹⁹ unto⁴¹³ thee of violence,²⁵⁵⁵ and thou wilt not³⁸⁰⁸ save!³⁴⁶⁷

3  Why⁴¹⁰⁰ dost thou show⁷²⁰⁰ me iniquity,²⁰⁵ and cause me to behold⁵⁰²⁷ grievance?⁵⁹⁹⁹ for spoiling⁷⁷⁰¹ and violence²⁵⁵⁵ are before⁵⁰⁴⁸ me: and there are¹⁹⁶¹ that raise up⁵³⁷⁵ strife⁷³⁷⁹ and contention.⁴⁰⁶⁶

4  Therefore^{5921 3651} the law⁸⁴⁵¹ is slacked,⁶³¹³ and judgment⁴⁹⁴¹ doth never^{3808 5331} go forth:³³¹⁸ for³⁵⁸⁸ the wicked⁷⁵⁶³ doth compass about^{3803 853} the righteous;⁶⁶⁶² therefore^{5921 3651} wrong⁶¹²⁷ judgment⁴⁹⁴¹ proceedeth.³³¹⁸

5  Behold⁷²⁰⁰ ye among the heathen,¹⁴⁷¹ and regard,⁵⁰²⁷ and wonder marvelously:^{8539 8539} for³⁵⁸⁸ I will work⁶⁴⁶⁶ a work⁶⁴⁶⁷ in your days,³¹¹⁷ which ye will not³⁸⁰⁸ believe,⁵³⁹ though³⁵⁸⁸ it be told⁵⁶⁰⁸ you.

6  For,³⁵⁸⁸ lo,²⁰⁰⁹ I raise up^{6965 853} the Chaldeans,³⁷⁷⁸ that bitter⁴⁷⁵¹ and hasty⁴¹¹⁶ nation,¹⁴⁷¹ which shall march¹⁹⁸⁰ through the breadth⁴⁸⁰⁰ of the land,⁷⁷⁶ to possess³⁴²³ the dwelling places⁴⁹⁰⁸ that are not³⁸⁰⁸ theirs.

7  They¹⁹³¹ are terrible³⁶⁶ and dreadful:³³⁷² their judgment⁴⁹⁴¹ and their dignity⁷⁶¹³ shall proceed³³¹⁸ of⁴⁴⁸⁰ themselves.

8  Their horses⁵⁴⁸³ also are swifter⁷⁰⁴³ than the leopards,^{4480 5246} and are more fierce²³⁰⁰ than the evening⁶¹⁵³ wolves:^{4480 2061} and their horsemen⁶⁵⁷¹ shall spread⁶³³⁵ themselves, and their horsemen⁶⁵⁷¹ shall come⁹³⁵ from far;^{4480 7350} they shall fly⁵⁷⁷⁴ as the eagle⁵⁴⁰⁴ that hasteth²³⁶³ to eat.³⁹⁸

9  They shall come⁹³⁵ all³⁶⁰⁵ for violence:²⁵⁵⁵ their faces⁶⁴⁴⁰ shall sup up⁴⁰⁴¹ as the east wind,⁶⁹²¹ and they shall gather⁶²² the captivity⁷⁶²⁸ as the sand.²³⁴⁴

10  And they¹⁹³¹ shall scoff⁷⁰⁴⁶ at the kings,⁴⁴²⁸ and the princes⁷³³⁶ shall be a scorn⁴⁸⁹⁰ unto them: they¹⁹³¹ shall deride⁷⁸³² every³⁶⁰⁵ stronghold;⁴⁰¹³ for they shall heap⁶⁶⁵¹ dust,⁶⁰⁸³ and take³⁹²⁰ it.

11  Then²²⁷ shall his mind⁷³⁰⁷ change,²⁴⁹⁸ and he shall pass over,⁵⁶⁷⁴ and offend,⁸¹⁶ imputing this²⁰⁹⁸ his power³⁵⁸¹ unto his god.⁴³³

12  Art thou⁸⁵⁹ not³⁸⁰⁸ from everlasting,^{4480 6924} O LORD³⁰⁶⁸ my God,⁴³⁰ mine Holy One?⁶⁹¹⁸ we shall not³⁸⁰⁸ die.⁴¹⁹¹ O LORD,³⁰⁶⁸ thou hast ordained⁷⁷⁶⁰ them for judgment;⁴⁹⁴¹ and, O mighty God,⁶⁶⁹⁷ thou hast established³²⁴⁵ them for correction.³¹⁹⁸

13  Thou art of purer²⁸⁸⁹ eyes⁵⁸⁶⁹ than to behold^{4480 7200} evil,⁷⁴⁵¹ and canst³²⁰¹ not³⁸⁰⁸ look⁵⁰²⁷ on⁴¹³ iniquity:⁵⁹⁹⁹ wherefore⁴¹⁰⁰ lookest⁵⁰²⁷ thou upon them that deal treacherously,⁸⁹⁸ and holdest thy tongue²⁷⁹⁰ when the wicked⁷⁵⁶³ devoureth¹¹⁰⁴ the man that is more righteous⁶⁶⁶² than⁴⁴⁸⁰ he?

14  And makest⁶²¹³ men¹²⁰ as the fishes¹⁷⁰⁹ of the sea,³²²⁰ as the creeping things,⁷⁴³¹ that have no³⁸⁰⁸ ruler⁴⁹¹⁰ over them?

15  They take up⁵⁹²⁷ all³⁶⁰⁵ of them with the angle,²⁴⁴³ they catch¹⁶⁴¹ them in their net,²⁷⁶⁴ and gather⁶²² them in their drag:⁴³⁶⁵ therefore^{5921 3651} they rejoice⁸⁰⁵⁵ and are glad.¹⁵²³

16  Therefore^{5921 3651} they sacrifice²⁰⁷⁶ unto their net,²⁷⁶⁴ and burn incense⁶⁹⁹⁹ unto their drag;⁴³⁶⁵ because³⁵⁸⁸ by them¹⁹⁹² their portion²⁵⁰⁶ is fat,⁸⁰⁸² and their meat³⁹⁷⁸ plenteous.¹²⁷⁷

17  Shall they therefore^{5921 3651} empty⁷³²⁴ their net,²⁷⁶⁴ and not³⁸⁰⁸ spare²⁵⁵⁰ continually⁸⁵⁴⁸ to slay²⁰²⁶ the nations?¹⁴⁷¹

Sep

1 τὸ λῆμμα ὃ εἶδεν Αμβακουμ ὁ προφήτης

2 ἕως τίνος κύριε κεκράξομαι καὶ οὐ μὴ εἰσακούσῃς βοήσομαι πρὸς σὲ ἀδικούμενος καὶ οὐ σώσεις

3 ἵνα τί μοι ἔδειξας κόπους καὶ πόνους ἐπιβλέπειν ταλαιπωρίαν καὶ ἀσέβειαν ἐξ ἐναντίας μου γέγονεν κρίσις καὶ ὁ κριτὴς λαμβάνει

4 διὰ τοῦτο διεσκέδασται νόμος καὶ οὐ διεξάγεται εἰς τέλος κρίμα ὅτι ὁ ἀσεβὴς καταδυναστεύει τὸν δίκαιον ἕνεκεν τούτου ἐξελεύσεται τὸ κρίμα διεστραμμένον

5 ἴδετε οἱ καταφρονηταί καὶ ἐπιβλέψατε καὶ θαυμάσατε θαυμάσια καὶ ἀφανίσθητε διότι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται

6 διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξεγείρω ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς τοὺς Χαλδαίους τοὺς μαχητάς τὸ ἔθνος τὸ πικρὸν καὶ τὸ ταχινὸν τὸ πορευόμενον ἐπὶ τὰ πλάτη τῆς γῆς τοῦ κατακληρονομῆσαι σκηνώματα οὐκ αὐτοῦ

7 φοβερὸς καὶ ἐπιφανής ἐστιν ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ ἔσται καὶ τὸ λῆμμα αὐτοῦ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται

8 καὶ ἐξαλοῦνται ὑπὲρ παρδάλεις οἱ ἵπποι αὐτοῦ καὶ ὀξύτεροι ὑπὲρ τοὺς λύκους τῆς Ἀραβίας καὶ ἐξιππάσονται οἱ ἱππεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁρμήσουσιν μακρόθεν καὶ πετασθήσονται ὡς ἀετὸς πρόθυμος εἰς τὸ φαγεῖν

9 συντέλεια εἰς ἀσεβεῖς ἥξει ἀνθεστηκότας προσώποις αὐτῶν ἐξ ἐναντίας καὶ συνάξει ὡς ἄμμον αἰχμαλωσίαν

10 καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν βασιλεῦσιν ἐντρυφήσει καὶ τύραννοι παίγνια αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς πᾶν ὀχύρωμα ἐμπαίξεται καὶ βαλεῖ χῶμα καὶ κρατήσει αὐτοῦ

11 τότε μεταβαλεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ διελεύσεται καὶ ἐξιλάσεται αὕτη ἡ ἰσχὺς τῷ θεῷ μου

12 οὐχὶ σὺ ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κύριε ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἅγιός μου καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν κύριε εἰς κρίμα τέταχας αὐτόν καὶ ἔπλασέν με τοῦ ἐλέγχειν παιδείαν αὐτοῦ

13 καθαρὸς ὀφθαλμὸς τοῦ μὴ ὁρᾶν πονηρά καὶ ἐπιβλέπειν ἐπὶ πόνους οὐ δυνήσῃ ἵνα τί ἐπιβλέπεις ἐπὶ καταφρονοῦντας παρασιωπήσῃ ἐν τῷ καταπίνειν ἀσεβῆ τὸν δίκαιον

14 καὶ ποιήσεις τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ὡς τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ὡς τὰ ἑρπετὰ τὰ οὐκ ἔχοντα ἡγούμενον

15 συντέλειαν ἐν ἀγκίστρῳ ἀνέσπασεν καὶ εἵλκυσεν αὐτὸν ἐν ἀμφιβλήστρῳ καὶ συνήγαγεν αὐτὸν ἐν ταῖς σαγήναις αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν τούτου εὐφρανθήσεται καὶ χαρήσεται ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ

16 ἕνεκεν τούτου θύσει τῇ σαγήνῃ αὐτοῦ καὶ θυμιάσει τῷ ἀμφιβλήστρῳ αὐτοῦ ὅτι ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐλίπανεν μερίδα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ βρώματα αὐτοῦ ἐκλεκτά

17 διὰ τοῦτο ἀμφιβαλεῖ τὸ ἀμφίβληστρον αὐτοῦ καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἀποκτέννειν ἔθνη οὐ φείσεται

Tan

‎1 ‏הַמַּשָּׂא֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָזָ֔ה חֲבַקּ֖וּק הַנָּבִֽיא׃

‎2 ‏עַד־אָ֧נָה יְהוָ֛ה שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע אֶזְעַ֥ק אֵלֶ֛יךָ חָמָ֖ס וְלֹ֥א תוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

‎3 ‏לָ֣מָּה תַרְאֵ֤נִי אָ֙וֶן֙ וְעָמָ֣ל תַּבִּ֔יט וְשֹׁ֥ד וְחָמָ֖ס לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וַיְהִ֧י רִ֦יב וּמָד֖וֹן יִשָּֽׂא׃

‎4 ‏עַל־כֵּן֙ תָּפ֣וּג תּוֹרָ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יֵצֵ֥א לָנֶ֖צַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֤י רָשָׁע֙ מַכְתִּ֣יר אֶת־הַצַּדִּ֔יק עַל־כֵּ֛ן יֵצֵ֥א מִשְׁפָּ֖ט מְעֻקָּֽל׃

‎5 ‏רְא֤וּ בַגּוֹיִם֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּ וְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּ תְּמָ֑הוּ כִּי־פֹ֙עַל֙ פֹּעֵ֣ל בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם לֹ֥א תַאֲמִ֖ינוּ כִּ֥י יְסֻפָּֽר׃

‎6 ‏כִּֽי־הִנְנִ֤י מֵקִים֙ אֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים הַגּ֖וֹי הַמַּ֣ר וְהַנִּמְהָ֑ר הַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ לְמֶרְחֲבֵי־אֶ֔רֶץ לָרֶ֖שֶׁת מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת לֹּא־לֽוֹ׃

‎7 ‏אָיֹ֥ם וְנוֹרָ֖א ה֑וּא מִמֶּ֕נּוּ מִשְׁפָּט֥וֹ וּשְׂאֵת֖וֹ יֵצֵֽא׃

‎8 ‏וְקַלּ֨וּ מִנְּמֵרִ֜ים סוּסָ֗יו וְחַדּוּ֙ מִזְּאֵ֣בֵי עֶ֔רֶב וּפָ֖שׁוּ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ מֵרָח֣וֹק יָבֹ֔אוּ יָעֻ֕פוּ כְּנֶ֖שֶׁר חָ֥שׁ לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃

‎9 ‏כֻּלֹּה֙ לְחָמָ֣ס יָב֔וֹא מְגַמַּ֥ת פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם קָדִ֑ימָה וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף כַּח֖וֹל שֶֽׁבִי׃

‎10 ‏וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק ל֑וֹ ה֚וּא לְכָל־מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃

‎11 ‏אָ֣ז חָלַ֥ף ר֛וּחַ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר וְאָשֵׁ֑ם ז֥וּ כֹח֖וֹ לֵאלֹהֽוֹ׃

‎12 ‏הֲל֧וֹא אַתָּ֣ה מִקֶּ֗דֶם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהַ֛י קְדֹשִׁ֖י לֹ֣א נָמ֑וּת יְהוָה֙ לְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט שַׂמְתּ֔וֹ וְצ֖וּר לְהוֹכִ֥יחַ יְסַדְתּֽוֹ׃

‎13 ‏טְה֤וֹר עֵינַ֙יִם֙ מֵרְא֣וֹת רָ֔ע וְהַבִּ֥יט אֶל־עָמָ֖ל לֹ֣א תוּכָ֑ל לָ֤מָּה תַבִּיט֙ בּֽוֹגְדִ֔ים תַּחֲרִ֕ישׁ בְּבַלַּ֥ע רָשָׁ֖ע צַדִּ֥יק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

‎14 ‏וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא־מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽוֹ׃

‎15 ‏כֻּלֹּה֙ בְּחַכָּ֣ה הֵֽעֲלָ֔ה יְגֹרֵ֣הוּ בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּ בְּמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֖ן יִשְׂמַ֥ח וְיָגִֽיל׃

‎16 ‏עַל־כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ כִּ֤י בָהֵ֙מָּה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן חֶלְק֔וֹ וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ בְּרִאָֽה׃

‎17 ‏הַ֥עַל כֵּ֖ן יָרִ֣יק חֶרְמ֑וֹ וְתָמִ֛יד לַהֲרֹ֥ג גּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א יַחְמֽוֹל׃ ס

Vul

1 Onus quod vidit Habacuc propheta.

2 [Usquequo, Domine, clamabo,
et non exaudies?
vociferabor ad te, vim patiens,
et non salvabis?

3 Quare ostendisti mihi iniquitatem et laborem,
videre prædam et injustitiam contra me?
Et factum est judicium, et contradictio potentior.

4 Propter hoc lacerata est lex,
et non pervenit usque ad finem judicium;
quia impius prævalet adversus justum,
propterea egreditur judicium perversum.

5 Aspicite in gentibus, et videte;
admiramini, et obstupescite:
quia opus factum est in diebus vestris,
quod nemo credet cum narrabitur.

6 Quia ecce ego suscitabo Chaldæos,
gentem amaram et velocem,
ambulantem super latitudinem terræ,
ut possideat tabernacula non sua.

7 Horribilis et terribilis est:
ex semetipsa judicium et onus ejus egredietur.

8 Leviores pardis equi ejus,
et velociores lupis vespertinis:
et diffundentur equites ejus:
equites namque ejus de longe venient;
volabunt quasi aquila festinans ad comedendum.

9 Omnes ad prædam venient,
facies eorum ventus urens;
et congregabit quasi arenam captivitatem.

10 Et ipse de regibus triumphabit,
et tyranni ridiculi ejus erunt;
ipse super omnem munitionem ridebit,
et comportabit aggerem, et capiet eam.

11 Tunc mutabitur spiritus, et pertransibit, et corruet:
hæc est fortitudo ejus dei sui.]

12 [Numquid non tu a principio,
Domine, Deus meus, sancte meus,
et non moriemur?
Domine, in judicium posuisti eum,
et fortem, ut corriperes, fundasti eum.

13 Mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum,
et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris.
Quare respicis super iniqua agentes,
et taces devorante impio justiorem se?

14 Et facies homines quasi pisces maris,
et quasi reptile non habens principem.

15 Totum in hamo sublevavit,
traxit illud in sagena sua,
et congregavit in rete suum.
Super hoc lætabitur, et exsultabit.

16 Propterea immolabit sagenæ suæ,
et sacrificabit reti suo,
quia in ipsis incrassata est pars ejus,
et cibus ejus electus.

17 Propter hoc ergo expandit sagenam suam,
et semper interficere gentes non parcet.]