Habakkuk 2

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	Biblia Sagrada
1 I will stand firm during my watch, and fix my position over the fortification. And I will observe carefully, to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent.	1 Aguantaré de pie en mi guardia, | me mantendré erguido en la muralla | y observaré a ver qué me responde, | cómo replica a mi demanda.
2 And the Lord responded to me and said: Write the vision and explain it on tablets, so that he who reads it may run through it.	2 Me respondió el Señor: | Escribe la visión y grábala | en tablillas, que se lea de corrido;
3 For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.	3 pues la visión tiene un plazo, | pero llegará a su término sin defraudar. | Si se atrasa, espera en ella, | pues llegará y no tardará.
4 Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.	4 Mira, el altanero no triunfará; | pero el justo por su fe vivirá.
5 And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples.	5 ¡Cuánto más el orgulloso | se portará como traidor y fanfarrón, | saliéndose de sus límites! | Ese que abre sus fauces como el Abismo | es como la muerte y no se sacia; | juntó para sí a todos los pueblos | y reunió para sí a todas las naciones.
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, “Woe to him who increases what is not his own.” How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?	6 ¿Y no pregonarán todos estos un poema, | una adivinanza, un enigma a su costa? Dirán: | ¡Ay del que acumula | lo que no es suyo! | ¿Hasta cuándo amontonará | para él prendas empeñadas?
7 Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them?	7 ¿No se levantarán de pronto tus acreedores, | se despertarán los que te asustan | y te saquearán en su provecho?
8 Because you have despoiled many peoples, all those who are left of the people shall despoil you, because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth, of the city and all who dwell therein.	8 Puesto que expoliaste incontables pueblos, | te expoliarán todos los demás, | por la sangre humana y la violencia | en el país, sus ciudades y sus habitantes.
9 Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house, so that his nest may be exalted, and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.	9 ¡Ay del que enriquece su casa | con pérfidas ganancias, | poniendo bien alto su nido | para protegerse así de la adversidad!
10 You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.	10 La vergüenza de tu casa has planeado | y has pecado al exterminar tantas naciones;
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.	11 las piedras de los muros gritan, | las vigas de madera claman.
12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood and prepares a city by iniquity.	12 ¡Ay del que construye su ciudad con sangre | y la asienta en el crimen!
13 Are not these things before the Lord of hosts? For the people will labor amid a great fire, and the nations will labor in emptiness, and they will fail.	13 ¿No es voluntad del Señor del universo | que se afanen las naciones para el fuego | y los pueblos trabajen en vano?
14 For the earth shall be filled, that they might know the glory of the Lord, like the waters spreading over the sea.	14 Pues se llenará la tierra | del conocimiento de la gloria del Señor, | como las aguas cubren el mar.
15 Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.	15 ¡Ay del que hace beber a su compañero, | mezclando su bebida hasta embriagarlo | y ver así su desnudez!
16 You are filled with disgrace in place of glory. So then, drink and fall fast asleep, for the cup of the right hand of the Lord will surround you, and a disgraceful vomit will cover your glory.	16 Te saciaste de vergüenza, no de gloria, | bebe también tú, y enseña tu prepucio. | Que el Señor te haga beber | la copa de su cólera, | y cambie tu gloria en vergüenza.
17 For the iniquity of Lebanon will cover you, and the devastation of animals which will deter them from the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth and the city, and of all who dwell therein.	17 Pues la violencia hecha al Líbano caerá sobre ti | y el exterminio de sus fieras te aterrará, | por la sangre humana y la violencia en el país, | en sus ciudades y en todos sus habitantes.
18 Of what benefit is the graven image? For its maker has formed it, a molten and imaginary deception. For its maker has hoped in a figment of his own creation, so as to make a dumb likeness.	18 ¿Para qué sirve un ídolo | si es ídolo de artesano, | una imagen fundida, un oráculo engañoso? | ¿Cómo confía el artesano en su producto, | si fabrica dioses mudos?
19 Woe to him who says to wood, “Awaken,” to the silent stone, “Arise.” Is it able to teach? Behold, it has been entirely covered with gold and silver; and there is no spirit at all in its inner workings.	19 ¡Ay del que dice a la madera: ¡levántate!, | y a la piedra muda: ¡despierta! | ¿Es ella quien enseña? | Ahí está, chapada de oro y plata, | pero sin rastro de espíritu en su seno.
20 But the Lord is in his holy temple. May all the earth be silent before his face.	20 Pero el Señor está en su santo templo: | ¡Silencio ante él toda la tierra!