Habacuc 2

1 Tomaré mi posición y estaré de guardia, colocándome en mi torre, mirando para ver qué me dirá y qué respuesta dará a mi queja.

[After I said that, I said to myself, ] “I will climb up into my watchtower, and stand there at my guard post. I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say, what he will reply to what I have complained about.”

2 Y el Señor me dio una respuesta, y dijo: Escribe la visión por escrito y déjala en claro, para que el lector pueda leer rápidamente.

Then Yahweh replied to me, “Write plainly on tablets [what I am revealing to you in] this vision, [and then read it to a messenger] in order that he can run with it [to tell it to] other people.

3 Porque la visión es para un tiempo señalado, y al fin hablará y no mentira; incluso si tarda en llegar, sigue esperándola; porque ciertamente vendrá, no tardará.

In this vision [I will be talking about things that will happen] in the future. Now is not the time when those things will happen, but they certainly will happen, and when they occur, they will occur quickly, and they will not be delayed. Now you [want those things to happen immediately, but] they are not happening. But wait patiently for them [to happen]!

4 En cuanto al hombre de orgullo, mi alma no tiene placer en él; pero el hombre justo tendrá vida a través de su buena fe.

Think about the proud [people of Babylonia]! They are certainly not doing what is righteous. But people who are righteous will live because they faithfully [do what I want them to do].

5 Él vino traiciona al hombre lleno de orgullo, que nunca tiene suficiente, de modo que no se queda en casa ¡Quién hace sus deseos tan anchos como él sepulcro! él es como la muerte; nunca está satisfecha, pero hace que todas las naciones vengan a ella, recogiendo a todos los pueblos para sí. (Sheol h7585)

If people [trust in their wealth], they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. [It is as though] the greedy people [of Babylonia open their mouths] as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like [the place where] dead people go never has enough dead people [PRS]. The [armies of Babylonia] conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. (Sheol h7585)

6 ¡Todos ellos no tomarán una parábola, sátira, burla y un dicho amargo contra él?, dirán: Una maldición sobre el que sigue tomando lo que no es suyo y hasta cuándo seguirás haciéndote rico con préstamos!

But [soon] all those [whom they have captured] will ridicule [the soldiers from Babylonia]! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things [from other countries]! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. [But you certainly will not keep those things] for a long time [RHQ]!’

7 ¿No se moverán repentinamente contra ti tus acreedores, y los que te atormentan se levantarán de su sueño, y serás para ellos como botín tomado en la guerra?

Suddenly those whom you (oppressed/treated cruelly) will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them.

8 Porque has tomado sus bienes de las grandes naciones, todos los demás pueblos te quitarán tus bienes; por la sangre de los hombres y los actos violentos contra la tierra y el pueblo y todos los que viven en él.

You stole things from the people of many nations. You murdered [MTY] people of many people-groups, and you destroyed their land and their cities. So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you.

9 ¡Ay de ti que obtiene malas ganancias para tu familia, para poner su nido en lo alto y estar a salvo de la mano del malhechor!

Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who build big houses with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them.

10 Has sido una causa de vergüenza para tu casa destruyendo a varios pueblos y pecado contra tu alma.

But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family [MTY] to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed.

11 Porque la piedra dará un grito desde la pared, y será respondida por la tabla que sale de la madera.

[It is as though] the stones in the walls [of your houses] cry out to accuse you, and [it is as though] the beams [in your ceilings] also say the same things.

12 ¡Ay! del que está construyendo un lugar con sangre y estableciendo un pueblo en él mal!

Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who kill people [MTY] in order to build cities, cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes.

13 He aquí, ¿no es esto del Señor de los ejércitos que los pueblos están trabajando para el fuego y fatigarse en vano?

But the Commander of the armies of angels has [RHQ] declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that [will be destroyed by] fire; they will have worked hard uselessly.

14 Porque la tierra estará llena del conocimiento de la gloria del Señor, como las aguas cubren el mar.

But [in contrast], like [SIM] the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with [people who] know that Yahweh is very great.

15 Ay! del que le da a su prójimo el vino de su odre, haciéndolo beber con una bebida fuerte, ¡con el propósito de ver su desnudez!

Terrible things will happen to you [people of Babylonia] who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins [until they are drunk and then they walk around] naked, in order that you can see that.

16 Estás lleno de vergüenza en lugar de gloria: toma parte en la bebida y tú prepucio será descubierto; la copa de la diestra del Señor se volverá a ti y vómito de afrenta tu gloria se cubrirá.

But you are the ones who [soon] will be disgraced instead of being honored. [It will be as though you are forced to] drink [a lot of wine] in order that you will also stagger [around, drunk]. You will drink the wine [that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you], and he will cause you to be disgraced instead of being greatly respected [any more].

17 Porque los actos violentos contra el Líbano vendrán sobre ti, y la destrucción del ganado será motivo de temor para ti, a causa de la sangre derramada de los hombres y los actos violentos contra la tierra y la ciudad y todos los habitantes.

You did violent [PRS] things to [the people in] Lebanon, and you killed the wild animals [there], but you will be punished severely for doing that. You have killed [MTY] many people and you have destroyed their lands and their cities.

18 ¿De qué sirve la escultura que esculpió el que la hizo? y en cuanto a la imagen de metal, que enseña mentira, ¿por qué su creador pone su fe en ella, haciendo dioses falsos sin voz?

[You people of Babylonia need to know that your] idols are completely [RHQ] useless, because it is people who made them. Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you. Those who trust in idols are trusting in things that they themselves created, things that cannot speak!

19 Ay! del que le dice a un pedazo de madera: ¡Levántate! a la piedra muda, ¡Levántate! Será esto tu maestro! Mira, está plateado con oro y plata, y no hay aliento alguno en su interior.

Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood, ‘Wake up!’ Idols certainly cannot [RHQ] tell you what you should do; they [look nice/beautiful because] they are covered with silver and gold, but they are not alive.

20 Pero el Señor está en su templo santo; que toda la tierra guarde silencio delante de él.

But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.”