Habakkuk 2
1 I will stand upon my watch, and station myself upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Super custodiam meam stabo, et figam gradum super munitionem: et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi, et quid respondeam ad arguentem me.
2 And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
Et respondit mihi Dominus, et dixit: Scribe visum, et explana eum super tabulas: ut percurrat qui legerit eum.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Quia adhuc visus procul, et apparebit in finem, et non mentietur. Si moram fecerit expecta illum: quia veniens veniet, et non tardabit.
4 Behold, his soul who is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Ecce qui incredulus est, non erit recta anima eius in semetipso: iustus autem in fide sua vivet.
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth to him all nations, and heapeth to him all people: (Sheol h7585)
Et quomodo vinum potantem decipit: sic erit vir superbus, et non decorabitur: qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam: et ipse quasi mors, et non adimpletur: et congregabit ad se omnes gentes, et coacervabit ad se omnes populos. (Sheol h7585)
6 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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument, et loquelam ænigmatum eius? et dicetur: Væ ei, qui multiplicat non sua. Usquequo et aggravat contra se densum lutum?
7 Shall they not rise suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall oppress thee, and thou shalt be for booty to them?
Numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te: et suscitabuntur lacerantes te, et eris in rapinam eis?
8 Because thou hast laid waste many nations, all the remnant of the people shall lay thee waste; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it.
Quia tu spoliasti gentes multas, spoliabunt te omnes, qui reliqui fuerint de populis propter sanguinem hominis et iniquitatem terræ civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea.
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Væ qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suæ, ut sit in excelso nidus eius, et liberari se putat de manu mali.
10 Thou gavest shameful counsel to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Cogitasti confusionem domui tuæ, concidisti populos multos, et peccavit anima tua.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Quia lapis de pariete clamabit: et lignum, quod inter iuncturas ædificiorum est, respondebit.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by iniquity!
Væ qui ædificat civitatem in sanguinibus, et præparat urbem in iniquitate.
13 Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour only for fire, and the people shall weary themselves for nothing?
Numquid non hæc sunt a Domino exercituum? Laborabunt enim populi in multo igne: et gentes in vacuum, et deficient.
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Quia replebitur terra, ut cognoscant gloriam Domini, quasi aquæ operientes mare.
15 Woe to him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunk also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Væ qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum, et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius.
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy shame come upon thee: the cup of the LORD’S right hand shall be turned to thee, and utter shame shall be on thy glory.
Repletus es ignominia pro gloria: bibe tu quoque, et consopire: circumdabit te calix dexteræ Domini, et vomitus ignominiæ super gloriam tuam.
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell in it.
Quia iniquitas Libani operiet te, et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominum, et iniquitate terræ, et civitatis, et omnium habitantium in ea.
18 What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath engraved it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth in it, to make dumb idols?
Quid prodest sculptile, quia sculpsit illud fictor suus, conflatile, et imaginem falsam? quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta.
19 Woe to him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.
Væ qui dicit ligno: Expergiscere: Surge, lapidi tacenti: numquid ipse docere poterit? Ecce iste coopertus est auro, et argento: et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus eius.
20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Dominus autem in templo sancto suo: sileat a facie eius omnis terra.
