Habakkuk 1
1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Inilah pesan yang dinyatakan oleh TUHAN kepada Nabi Habakuk.
2 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not heed? Shall I shout to you while suffering violence, and you will not save?
Ya TUHAN, sampai kapan aku harus berseru meminta pertolongan? Kapan Engkau akan mendengar dan menyelamatkan kami dari penindasan?
3 Why have you revealed to me iniquity and hardship, to see plunder and injustice opposite me? And there has been judgment, but the opposition is more powerful.
Mengapa Kaubiarkan aku melihat begitu banyak kejahatan? Masakan Engkau tahan melihat begitu banyak pelanggaran? Di mana-mana ada kehancuran dan kekerasan, perkelahian dan perselisihan.
4 Because of this, the law has been torn apart, and judgment does not persevere to its conclusion. For the impious prevail against the just. Because of this, a perverse judgment is issued.
Hukum diremehkan dan keadilan tak pernah ditegakkan. Orang jahat menjadi unggul atas orang yang jujur, maka keadilan diputarbalikkan.
5 Gaze among the nations, and see. Admire, and be astounded. For a work has been done in your days, which no one will believe when it is told.
Kemudian TUHAN berkata kepada umat-Nya, "Perhatikanlah bangsa-bangsa di sekitarmu, maka kamu akan heran dan tercengang. Sebab pada zamanmu Aku akan melakukan sesuatu, yang tidak kamu percayai kalau hanya diceritakan kepadamu.
6 For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift people, marching across the width of the earth, to possess tabernacles not their own.
Bangsa Babel yang galak dan ganas itu akan Kujadikan bangsa yang berkuasa. Mereka berbaris keluar dari negerinya dan menjelajahi seluruh dunia untuk menaklukkan bangsa-bangsa lain.
7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.
Di mana-mana mereka menimbulkan ketakutan; dengan sombong mereka menolak semua hukum kecuali yang sesuai dengan keinginan mereka.
8 Their horses are more nimble than leopards and swifter than wolves in the evening; their horsemen will spread out. And then their horsemen will approach from far away; they will fly like the eagle, hurrying to devour.
Kudanya lebih cepat daripada macan tutul, dan lebih ganas daripada serigala yang sedang lapar. Pasukan berkudanya datang dari negeri-negeri jauh; mereka datang seperti burung elang yang menyambar mangsanya.
9 They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.
Tentaranya menyerbu untuk melakukan kekerasan, semua orang gentar melihat kedatangan mereka. Tawanan mereka tidak terhitung jumlahnya.
10 And concerning kings, he will triumph, and sovereign rulers will be his laughingstock, and he will laugh over every fortress, and he will transport a rampart and seize it.
Mereka mengejek raja-raja dan menertawakan pegawai-pegawai tinggi. Dianggapnya remeh setiap benteng, dan ditimbunnya tanah lalu direbutnya benteng itu.
11 Then his spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from his god.
Lalu secepat angin berangkatlah orang-orang yang mendewakan kekuatannya sendiri itu."
12 Have you not existed from the beginning, Lord my God, my holy one, and so we shall not die? Lord, you have stationed him for judgment, and you have established that his strength will be swept away.
TUHAN, sejak dahulu Engkau adalah Allah. Engkau Allahku yang suci dan kekal. TUHAN, Allahku dan pelindungku, bangsa Babel itu Kaupilih dan Kaubuat perkasa untuk menghukum kami.
13 Your eyes are pure, you do not behold evil, and you cannot look towards iniquity. Why do you look upon the agents of iniquity, and remain silent, while the impious is devouring one who is more just than himself?
Tetapi bagaimana Engkau tahan melihat orang-orang jahat yang kejam itu? Bukankah Engkau terlalu suci untuk memandang kejahatan? Bukankah Engkau merasa muak melihat ketidakadilan? Jadi, mengapa Engkau diam saja ketika orang yang saleh dihancurkan oleh pendurhaka?
14 And you will make men like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things that have no ruler.
Mengapa manusia Kauanggap seperti ikan di laut, dan seperti serangga yang tak ada pemimpinnya?
15 He lifted up everything with his hook. He drew them in with his dragnet, and gathered them into his netting. Over this, he will rejoice and exult.
Bangsa Babel menangkap orang-orang dengan kail, seolah-olah mereka itu ikan. Orang-orang itu diseret dalam jala-jala dan bangsa Babel bersenang-senang dengan hasil mereka.
16 For this reason, he will offer victims to his dragnet, and he will sacrifice to his netting. For through them, his portion has been made fat, and his meals elite.
Kemudian jala itu mereka sembah dan mereka beri persembahan kurban, sebab dengan jala itu mereka telah mendapat rejeki berlimpah-limpah dan menjadi makmur.
17 Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.
Masakan mereka akan terus menghunus pedangnya dan membunuh bangsa-bangsa, tanpa ampun?
