حَبَقُّوق 2

١ 1 سَأَقِفُ عَلَى مَرْصَدِي وَأَنْتَصِبُ عَلَى الْحِصْنِ، وَأَتَرَقَّبُ لأَرَى مَاذَا يَقُولُ لِي الرَّبُّ، وَبِمَا يُجِيبُ عَنْ شَكْوَايَ.

I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

٢ 2 فَأَجَابَنِي الرَّبُّ: «اكْتُبِ الرُّؤْيَا بِوُضُوحٍ عَلَى الأَلْوَاحِ لِيَسْتَطِيعَ حَتَّى الرَّاكِضُ قِرَاءَتَهَا بِسُهُولَةٍ وَحَمْلَهَا لِلآخَرِينَ.

And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision, and [that] plainly on a tablet, that he that reads it may run.

٣ 3 لأَنَّ الرُّؤْيَا لَا تَتَحَقَّقُ إِلّا فِي مِيعَادِهَا، وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى نِهَايَتِهَا. إِنَّهَا لَا تَكْذِبُ وَإِنْ تَوَانَتْ فَانْتَظِرْهَا، لأَنَّهَا لابُدَّ أَنْ تَتَحَقَّقَ وَلَنْ تَتَأَخَّرَ طَوِيلاً.»

For the vision [is] yet for a time, and it shall shoot forth at the end, and not in vain: though he should tarry, wait for him; for he will surely come, and will not tarry.

٤ 4 أَمَّا الرِّسَالَةُ فَهِيَ: «إِنَّ ذَا النَّفْسِ الْمُنْتَفِخَةِ غَيْرِ الْمُسْتَقِيمَةِ مَصِيرُهُ الْهَلاكُ، أَمَّا الْبَارُّ فَبِالإِيمَانِ يَحْيَا.

If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just shall live by my faith.

٥ 5 وَكَمَا أَنَّ الْخَمْرَ غَادِرَةٌ، كَذَلِكَ تَأْخُذُ الْمُغْتَرَّ نَشْوَةُ الانْتِصَارِ فَلا يَسْتَكِينُ، فَإِنَّ جَشَعَهُ فِي سِعَةِ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وهُوَ كَالْمَوْتِ لَا يَشْبَعُ. لِهَذَا يَجْمَعُ لِنَفْسِهِ كُلَّ الأُمَمِ وَيَسْبِي جَمِيعَ الشُّعُوبِ. (Sheol h7585)

But the arrogant man and the scorner, the boastful man, shall not finish anything; who has enlarged his desire as the grave, and like death he is never satisfied, and he will gather to himself all the nations, and will receive to himself all the peoples. (Sheol h7585)

٦ 6 وَلَكِنْ لَا يَلْبَثُ أَنْ يَسْخَرَ مِنْهُ سَبَايَاهُ قَائِلِينَ:’وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يُكَوِّمُ لِنَفْسِهِ الأَسْلابَ، وَيَثْرَى عَلَى حِسَابِ مَا نَهَبَ. إِنَّمَا إِلَى مَتَى؟‘

Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke.

٧ 7 أَلا يَقُومُ عَلَيْكَ دَائِنُوكَ بَغْتَةً، أَوَ لَا يَثُورُونَ عَلَيْكَ وَيَمْلأُونَكَ رُعْباً، فَتُصْبِحَ لَهُمْ غَنِيمَةً؟

For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.

٨ 8 لأَنَّكَ سَلَبْتَ أُمَماً كَثِيرَةً فَإِنَّ بَقِيَّةَ الشُّعُوبِ يَنْهَبُونَكَ ثَأْراً لِمَا سَفَكْتَ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ وَارْتَكَبْتَ مِنْ جَوْرٍ فِي الأَرْضِ، فَدَمَّرْتَ مُدُناً وَأَهْلَكْتَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left shall spoil [thee], because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.

٩ 9 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَدَّخِرُ لِبَنِيهِ مَكْسَبَ ظُلْمٍ، وَيُشَيِّدُ مَسْكَنَهُ فِي مَقَامٍ حَصِينٍ لِيَكُونَ فِي مَأْمَنٍ مِنَ الْخَطَرِ.

Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.

١٠ 10 لَقَدْ لَطَّخَتْ مُؤَامَرَتُكَ بَيْتَكَ بِالْعَارِ حِينَ اسْتَأْصَلْتَ أُمَماً عَدِيدَةً وَجَلَبْتَ الدَّمَارَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ.

Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.

١١ 11 حَتَّى حِجَارَةُ الْجُدْرَانِ تَصْرُخُ مِنْ شَرِّكَ، فَتُرَدِّدُ الدَّعَائِمُ الْخَشَبِيَّةُ أَصْدَاءَهَا.

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.

١٢ 12 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَبْنِي مَدِينَةً بِالدِّمَاءِ، وَيُؤَسِّسُ قَرْيَةً بِالإِثْمِ.

Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

١٣ 13 أَلَمْ يَصْدُرِ الْقَضَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ الْقَدِيرِ أَنْ يَؤُولَ تَعَبُ الشُّعُوبِ إِلَى النَّارِ وَجَهْدُ الأُمَمِ إِلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟

Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.

١٤ 14 لأَنَّ الأَرْضَ سَتَمْتَلِئُ مِنْ مَعْرِفَةِ مَجْدِ الرَّبِّ كَمَا تَغْمُرُ الْمِيَاهُ الْبَحْرَ.

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water.

١٥ 15 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَسْقِي صَاحِبَهُ مِنْ كَأْسِ الْغَضَبِ إِلَى أَنْ يَسْكَرَ لِيَنْظُرَ إِلَى خِزْيِهِ.

Woe to him that gives his neighbour to drink the thick lees [of wine], and intoxicates [him], that he may look upon their secret parts.

١٦ 16 فَأَنْتَ تَشْبَعُ خِزْياً عِوَضَ الْمَجْدِ، فَاشْرَبْ أَنْتَ، وَتَرَنَّحْ، فَإِنَّ كَأْسَ يَمِينِ الرَّبِّ تَدُورُ عَلَيْكَ وَيُجَلِّلُ الْعَارُ مَجْدَكَ.

Drink thou also [thy] fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon thee, and dishonour has gathered upon thy glory.

١٧ 17 لأَنَّ مَا ارْتَكَبْتَهُ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ فِي حَقِّ لُبْنَانَ يُغَطِّيكَ، وَمَا أَهْلَكْتَهُ مِنْ بَهَائِمَ يُرَوِّعُكَ. مِنْ أَجْلِ مَا سَفَكْتَهُ مِنْ دِمَاءٍ وَاقْتَرَفْتَهُ مِنْ جَوْرٍ فِي الأَرْضِ وَالْمُدُنِ وَالسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا.

For the ungodliness of Libanus shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.

١٨ 18 أَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ تِمْثَالٍ حَتَّى يَصُوغَهُ صَانِعٌ، أَوْ صَنَمٍ يُعَلِّمُ الْكَذِبَ لأَنَّ مَنْ يَصْنَعُهُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى مَا صَنَعَهُ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَصْنَعْ سِوَى أَصْنَامٍ بَكْمَاءَ.

What profit it the graven image, that they have graven it? [one] has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.

١٩ 19 وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ يَقُولُ لِمَنْحُوتٍ خَشَبِيٍّ:’اسْتَيْقِظْ‘أَوْ لِحَجَرٍ أَبْكَمَ:’انْهَضْ‘. أَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ؟ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مُغَشّىً بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ وَخَالٍ مِنْ كُلِّ حَيَاةٍ.

Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Be thou exalted! whereas it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and silver, and there is no breath in it.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَفِي هَيْكَلِهِ الْمُقَدَّسِ، فَلْتَصْمُتِ الأَرْضُ كُلُّهَا فِي مَحْضَرِهِ».

But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth fear before him.