Habakuku 2
1 Nĩngũrũgama handũ hakwa ha kũrangĩra, na njikare o hau rũthingo igũrũ. Njetereire njigue ũrĩa ekũnjĩĩra, nĩguo menye ũrĩa ingĩcookia nĩ ũndũ wa iteta rĩĩrĩ.
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.
2 Nake Jehova akĩnjookeria atĩrĩ, “Andĩka ũguũrio ũyũ, ũwandĩke wega ihengere-inĩ na ndemwa nene, nĩgeetha ũthomeke wega, o na mũndũ angĩkorwo atengʼerete.
And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
3 Nĩgũkorwo ũguũrio ũyũ wetereire ihinda rĩrĩa rĩtuĩtwo; waragia ũhoro wa matukũ ma mũthia, na ndũngĩtuĩka wa maheeni. O na ũngĩikara mũno-rĩ, weterere. Ti-itherũ nĩũkahingio, na ndũgatĩĩrio.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
4 “Atĩrĩrĩ, mũndũ mwĩtĩĩi-rĩ, merirĩria maake ti marũngĩrĩru; no mũndũ ũrĩa mũthingu agatũũra muoyo nĩ ũndũ wa gwĩtĩkia gwake;
Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
5 ti-itherũ, mũndũ ũcio mwĩtĩĩi nĩakunyanagĩrwo nĩ ndibei; nĩ mwĩtĩĩi na ndarĩ hĩndĩ ahurũkaga. Tondũ akorokete ta mbĩrĩra, na o ta ũrĩa gĩkuũ gĩtaiganagia, o nake ndaiganagia; acookanagĩrĩria ndũrĩrĩ ciothe harĩ we, na agataha andũ a ndũrĩrĩ ciothe. (Sheol h7585)
Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples. (Sheol h7585)
6 “Githĩ andũ othe matikamũthekerera makĩmũnyũrũragia, na mamũnyarare, makiugaga atĩrĩ, “‘Kaĩ mũndũ ũrĩa wĩigagĩra indo cia ũici, na agetongia na indo cia ũtunyani arĩ na haaro-ĩ! Egũtũũra ekaga ũguo nginya-rĩ?’
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges!
7 Andũ arĩa ũrĩ na thiirĩ wao githĩ matigagũũkĩrĩra o rĩmwe? Githĩ matikaarahũka, na matũme ũinaine, macooke makũnyamarie?
Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?
8 Tondũ nĩũtahĩte ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ indo ciao, matigari ma ndũrĩrĩ icio, nĩmagagũtaha indo o nawe. Nĩ ũndũ nĩũitĩte thakame ya andũ, na ũkaananga mabũrũri, na matũũra manene, o na arĩa othe marĩ kuo.
Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
9 “Mũndũ ũrĩa wakaga wathani wake, na agetongia na uumithio ũtarĩ wa kĩhooto, nĩgeetha aake nyũmba yake handũ igũrũ nĩguo ehonokie ndakanyiitwo nĩ mwanangĩko, kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
10 Wee wanaciirĩra kũniinwo kwa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, ũgaconorithia nyũmba yaku mwene, na ũkoorwo nĩ muoyo waku.
Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11 Mahiga ma rũthingo nĩmakanĩrĩra, na mĩgamba ya mbaũ nĩĩkamũkĩria.
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 “Mũndũ ũrĩa wakithagia itũũra inene na ũiti wa thakame, na akahaanda itũũra na njĩra cia ũmaramari, kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Githĩ Jehova Mwene-Hinya-Wothe ndatuĩte atĩ wĩra wa andũ no ngũ cia gwakĩrĩria mwaki, na atĩ ndũrĩrĩ ciĩnogagia o tũhũ?
Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
14 Nĩgũkorwo thĩ nĩĩkaiyũrwo nĩ ũmenyo wa riiri wa Jehova, o ta ũrĩa maaĩ maiyũrĩte iria-inĩ.
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.
15 “Mũndũ ũrĩa ũheaga andũ a itũũra rĩake njoohi, akamatahĩria mondo-inĩ ya rũũa ya ndibei nginya makarĩĩo, nĩgeetha erorere njaga yao, kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ!
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, [to thee] that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Ũkaiyũrwo nĩ thoni, handũ ha kũgĩa na riiri. Rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ihinda rĩaku! Nyua, ũrĩĩo, nayo njaga yaku yoneke! Gĩkombe kuuma guoko-inĩ kwa ũrĩo kwa Jehova nĩkĩragũkora, na njono nĩikũhumbĩra riiri waku.
Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah’s right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.
17 Haaro ĩrĩa ũrutĩire Lebanoni-rĩ, nĩĩgakũhubĩkania, na wanangi waku wa nyamũ-rĩ, nĩũgakũmakia mũno. Nĩ ũndũ nĩũitĩte thakame ya andũ, na ũkaananga mabũrũri, na matũũra manene, na arĩa othe marĩ kuo.
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.
18 “Mũhianano mũicũhie nĩ wa bata ũrĩkũ mũndũ aarĩkia kũwacũhia? O naguo mũhianano wa gũtwekio ũrĩa ũtũmaga andũ maheeneke nĩ wa bata ũrĩkũ? Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa ũũthondekaga ehokaga kĩrĩa ombĩte; athondekaga mĩhianano ĩtaaragia.
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19 Mũndũ ũrĩa wĩraga rũbaũ atĩrĩ, ‘Gĩa na muoyo!’ Kana akeera ihiga rĩtarĩ muoyo atĩrĩ, ‘Arahũka!’ Kaĩ arĩ na haaro-ĩ! Indo ta icio ciakĩhota kuonia mũndũ njĩra? Ihumbĩtwo thahabu na betha; no itirĩ na mĩhũmũ thĩinĩ wacio.
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 No rĩrĩ, Jehova arĩ hekarũ-inĩ yake theru; thĩ yothe nĩĩkire ki ĩrĩ mbere yake.”
But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
