Habakkuk 1

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1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.	1 Voici l’oracle qu’a reçu le prophète Habaquq dans une vision:
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?	2 Jusqu’à quand, Yahvé, appellerai-je au secours sans que tu écoutes? Jusqu’à quand vais-je crier: “Violence!” sans que tu sauves?
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.	3 Pourquoi me fais-tu voir l’injustice? Tes yeux supportent-ils l’oppression? Je ne vois que pillage et violence; on vit de disputes et de querelles.
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.	4 Du coup la loi a disparu, et la justice jamais n’arrive; tant que le méchant opprime le juste, la sentence est faussée.
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.	5 Regardez, traîtres, observez: vous en serez abasourdis, car j’accomplirai de vos jours ce que vous ne croiriez pas si on vous le disait.
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.	6 Oui, voici que j’amène les Kaldéens, ce peuple farouche et brutal qui parcourt les étendues et s’empare de demeures qui ne sont pas à lui.
7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.	7 Il est terrible et redoutable, il ne connaît de droit que le sien.
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.	8 Ses chevaux courent plus vite que le léopard, sont plus tenaces que les chacals du soir; ses cavaliers bondissent, de loin ils accourent, semblables à l’aigle qui fond sur sa proie.
9 They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.	9 Tous arrivent pour le pillage, les yeux rivés sur ce qu’ils convoitent; ils ramassent les captifs comme grains de sable.
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.	10 Ce peuple se moque des rois et n’a que faire des princes; il se joue des forteresses: il monte un remblai de terre et s’en empare.
11 Then his spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from his god.	11 Puis le vent change, il est passé… en criminel qui n’a de Dieu que sa force.
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 establish that his strength will be swept away.	12 N’es-tu plus le Yahvé d’autrefois, mon Dieu et mon Saint qui ne peux mourir? As-tu fait de ce peuple, ô Yahvé, l’instrument de ta justice? L’as-tu choisi, ô mon Rocher, pour nous corriger?
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?	13 Tu as les yeux trop purs pour souffrir le mal, tu ne peux regarder la souffrance; pourquoi regardes-tu les traîtres sans rien dire, quand un méchant dévore un plus juste que lui?
14 And you will make men like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things that have no ruler.	14 Tu traites les hommes comme les poissons de la mer, comme les serpents qui n’ont pas de maître;
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.	15 l’hameçon du Kaldéen les prend tous, il les tire dans son filet, il les ramasse dans sa nasse. Pour lui c’est la joie et la fête;
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.	16 il offre un sacrifice à son filet, et de l’encens à sa nasse, car il leur doit la meilleure part, les aliments de premier choix.
17 Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.	17 Il ne cessera donc pas de tirer l’épée et de massacrer les hommes sans pitié?