Habacuc 1

1 La visión que tuvo el profeta Habacuc.

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

2 ¿Hasta cuándo, Señor, tus oídos estarán cerrados a mi voz? Te reclamo por el comportamiento violento, pero no envías la salvación.

[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!

3 ¿Por qué me haces ver maldad, y por qué me haces ver la opresión? porque la destrucción y los actos violentos están delante de mí; hay peleas y argumentos amargos.

(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].

4 Por esta razón, la ley es débil y la justicia no prevalece; porque el hombre recto está rodeado de malhechores; por lo cual la justicia es pervertida.

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.”

5 Miren entre las naciones, y tomen nota, y sean maravillados, asómbrense; porque en sus días estoy haciendo un trabajo en el que no creerán, incluso si alguien les contara.

[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.

6 Porque he aquí, estoy enviando a los caldeos, esa nación amargada y veloz; quienes atraviesan los amplios espacios de la tierra para adueñarse de lugares de vida que no son de ellos.

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.

7 Imponente y terrible: su derecho y grandeza proviene de ellos mismos.

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.

8 Y sus caballos son más rápidos que los leopardos y sus jinetes más crueles que los lobos nocturnos; vienen de muy lejos, como un águila en vuelo que se apresura a comer.

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.

9 Vienen todos con fuerza para hacer violencia; la dirección de sus caras es hacia adelante, el número de sus prisioneros es como las arenas del mar.

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.

10 Se burlan de los reyes, los gobernantes son una burla para ellos; todos las fortalezas son para reírse; porque amontonarán rampas y las tomarán.

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.

11 Entonces su parecer será cambiado, pasará y será culpable; hará de su fuerza su dios.

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.”

12 ¿No eres eterno, oh Señor mi Dios, mi Santo? para ti no hay muerte. Oh Señor, él ha sido ordenado por ti para nuestro castigo; y por ti, les has dado fuerzas para corregirnos.

[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?

13 Muy limpio eres de ojos, y no puedes ver el pecado, ni puedes ver el mal? ¿Por qué, apruebas la maldad? ¿Por qué no dices nada cuando el malhechor destruye a alguien que es más recto que él?

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]?

14 Él ha hecho a los hombres como los peces del mar, como los gusanos que no tienen gobernante sobre ellos.

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

15 Los toma a todos con su anzuelo, los toma en su red y los reúne en su red de pesca: por lo cual está contento y lleno de alegría.

[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.

16 Por esta razón hace una ofrenda a su red, quemando perfume a su red de pesca; porque con ellos obtiene mucha comida y su carne es suculenta.

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.’

17 Por esta razón su red está siempre abierta, y su destrucción de las naciones no tiene fin.

[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]?”