Habacuc 1

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1 Oráculo que tuvo en visión el profeta Habacuc.	1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 ¿Hasta cuándo, Yahveh, pediré auxilio, sin que tú escuches, clamaré a ti: «¡Violencia!» sin que tú salves?	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?
3 ¿Por qué me haces ver la iniquidad, y tú miras la opresión? ¡Ante mí rapiña y violencia, querella hay y discordia se suscita!	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.
4 Por eso la ley se desvirtúa, y no aparece el juicio. ¡Sí, el impío asedia al justo, por eso aparece el juicio pervertido!	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.
5 Mirad a las gentes, contemplad, quedad estupefactos, atónitos: voy a hacer yo una obra en vuestros días que no creeríais si se os contara.	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.
6 Pues he aquí que yo suscito a los caldeos, pueblo acerbo y fogoso, que recorre las anchuras de la tierra, para apoderarse de moradas ajenas.	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.
7 Espantoso es y terrible; de él solo salen su juicio y su grandeza;	7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.
8 más raudos son que leopardos sus caballos, más agudos que lobos de la tarde; sus jinetes galopan, vienen de lejos sus jinetes, vuelan como águila que se precipita a devorar.	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.
9 Llegan todos para hacer violencia, el ardor de sus rostros, como un viento del este, amontona cautivos como arena.	9 They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.
10 Y él se burla de los reyes, los soberanos le sirven de irrisión; se ríe de toda fortaleza, levanta un terraplén y la toma.	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.
11 Luego se cambia el viento y pasa, y él aparece culpable por hacer de su fuerza su dios.	11 Then his spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from his god.
12 ¿No eres tú desde antiguo, Yahveh, mi Dios, mi santo? ¡Tú no mueres! ¡Para juicio le pusiste tú, Yahveh, oh Roca, para castigar le estableciste!	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.
13 Muy limpio eres de ojos para mirar el mal, ver la opresión no puedes. ¿Por qué ves a los traidores y callas cuando el impío traga al que es más justo que él?	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?
14 Tú tratas a los hombres como a peces del mar, como a reptiles que no tienen amo.	14 And you will make men like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things that have no ruler.
15 A todos los saca él con anzuelo, los atrae en su red, en su traína los recoge. Por eso se alegra y regocija,	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.
16 por eso sacrifica a su red, e inciensa a su traína, porque gracias a ellas es pingüe su porción, y suculenta su comida.	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.
17 Por eso vacía sin cesar su red para matar naciones sin piedad.	17 Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.