Habakkuk 1

1 [I am] Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the [message that Yahweh] gave to me in a vision.

Ang pahayag na tinanggap ni propetang Habakuk:

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!

“Yahweh, hanggang kailan ako dapat humingi ng tulong, at hindi mo pakikinggan? Sumisigaw ako sa iyo dahil sa matinding takot, 'Karahasan!' ngunit hindi mo ako ililigtas!

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].

Bakit mo ipinapakita sa akin ang kasamaan at ipinamamasid ang maling gawain? Pagkawasak at karahasan ang nasa aking harapan; may alitan, at pagtatalong nabubuo!

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.”

Kaya ang kautusan ay humina, at ang katarungan ay hindi na umiiral. Dahil pinalibutan ng masama ang matuwid; kaya hindi totoong katarungan ang lumalabas.” Tumugon si Yahweh kay Habakuk.

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.

“Tingnan mo ang mga bansa at suriin ang mga ito; magtaka at mamangha! Sapagkat tinitiyak ko na mayroon akong gagawin sa mga araw mo na hindi mo paniniwalaan kapag ito ay ibinalita sa iyo.

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.

Sapagkat tingnan mo! Ibabangon ko ang mga Caldeo—ang malupit at marahas na bansa—sila ay lumalakad sa buong kaluwangan ng lupain upang sakupin ang mga tahanan na hindi sa kanila.

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.

(Sila) ay nakakasindak at nakakatakot; ang kanilang paghuhukom at karangyaan ay mula sa kanilang sarili!

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.

Ang kanilang mga kabayo ay mas matulin kaysa sa mga leopardo, mas mabilis kaysa sa mga lobo sa gabi! Ang kanilang mga mangangabayo ay mula sa malayo kaya ang kanilang mga kabayo ay mabilis tumakbo—lumilipad silang gaya ng agila na nagmamadaling manakmal!

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.

Dumating silang lahat para sa karahasan, ang karamihan sa kanila ay pumunta na tulad ng hangin ng disyerto at tinitipon nila ang mga bihag na tulad ng buhangin!

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.

Kaya kinukutya nila ang mga hari, at ang mga namumuno ay kakutyaan lang sa kanila! Tinatawanan nila ang bawat kutang tanggulan, dahil nagbubunton (sila) ng lupa at kinukuha ang mga ito!

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.”

At ang hangin ay mabilis na daraan; lalampas ito—mga taong may kasalanan, (sila) na ang kanilang diyos ay ang kanilang kapangyarihan!” Nagtanong si Habakuk kay Yahweh ng isa pang katanungan.

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?

“Hindi ba mula ka sa walang hanggan, Yahweh na aking Diyos, ang aking Banal? Hindi kami mamamatay. Itinalaga (sila) ni Yahweh para sa paghatol, at ikaw na Bato ang nagtatag sa kanila para sa pagtutuwid!

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]?

Ang iyong mga mata ay napakadalisay upang tumitig sa kasamaan, at hindi mo kayang tumingin sa maling gawain nang may pagsang-ayon; ngunit bakit ka tumingin nang may pagsang-ayon sa mga nagkakanulo? Bakit ka tahimik habang nilulunok ng mga taong masama ang mga higit na matuwid kaysa sa kanila?

14 [Do you consider that] we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler?

Ginawa mong gaya ng mga isda sa dagat ang mga tao, gaya ng mga bagay na gumagapang na walang namumuno sa kanila.

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.

Inangat silang lahat sa pamamagitan ng pamingwit, kinakaladkad nila palayo ang mga tao gamit ang mga lambat at iniipon (sila) sa kanilang lambat. Ito ang dahilan kaya (sila) ay nagagalak at sumisigaw nang masayang-masaya!

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.’

Kaya (sila) ay naghahandog sa kanilang lambat at nagsusunog ng insenso sa kanilang lambat, sapagkat ang mga pinatabang hayop ang kanilang bahagi, at ang matatabang karne ang kanilang pagkain!

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]?”

Kaya aalisin ba nila ang lahat ng laman ng kanilang lambat at ipagpapatuloy na patayin ang mga bansa, nang walang pagkahabag?”