Habakkuk 1

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	JERUSALEM
1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.	1 L'oracle que reçut en vision Habaquq le prophète.
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 Jusques à quand, Yahvé, appellerai-je au secours sans que tu écoutes, crierai-je vers toi: "A laviolence!" 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'iniquité et regardes-tu l'oppression? Je ne vois que rapine et violence,c'est la dispute, et la discorde sévit!
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 Aussi la loi se meurt, plus jamais le droit ne paraît! Oui, l'impie traque le juste, aussi ne paraît plusqu'un droit fléchi!
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 parmi les peuples, voyez, soyez stupides et stupéfaits! Car j'accomplis de vos jours uneoeuvre que vous ne croiriez pas si on la racontait.
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 je suscite les Chaldéens, ce peuple farouche et fougueux, celui qui parcourt devastes étendues de pays pour s'emparer des demeures d'autrui.
7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.	7 Il est terrible et redoutable, sa force fait son droit, sa grandeur!
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 sont plus rapides que panthères, plus mordants que loups du soir; ses cavaliersbondissent, ses cavaliers arrivent de loin, ils volent comme l'aigle qui fond pour dévorer.
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, la face ardente comme un vent d'est; ils ramassent les captifs commedu 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, il tourne les princes en dérision. Il se rit de toutes forteresses: ilentasse de la terre et les prend!
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 a tourné et s'en est allé... Criminel qui fait de sa force son Dieu!
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 Dès les temps lointains n'es-tu pas Yahvé, mon Dieu, mon Saint, qui ne meurs pas? Tu l'avaisétabli, Yahvé, pour exercer le droit, tel un rocher, pour châtier, tu l'avais affermi!
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 Tes yeux sont trop purs pour voir le mal, tu ne peux regarder l'oppression. Pourquoi regardes-tules gens perfides, gardes-tu le silence quand l'impie engloutit 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 humains comme les poissons de la mer, comme la gent qui frétille, sans 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 Il les prend tous à l'hameçon, les tire avec son filet, il les ramasse avec son épervier, et le voilàdans la joie, dans l'allégresse!
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 Aussi sacrifie-t-il à son filet, fait-il fumer des offrandes devant son épervier, car ils lui procurentde grasses portions et des mets plantureux.
17 Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.	17 Videra-t-il donc sans trêve son filet, massacrant les peuples sans pitié?