Habacuc 2

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Me pondré en mi puesto de guardia y me apostaré sobre el muro; vigilaré para ver qué me dice el Señor, y qué responde a mi reproche.	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.
2 El Señor me respondió y dijo: Escribe la visión, grábala sobre unas tablas para que se la pueda leer de corrido.	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.
3 Porque la visión aguarda el momento fijado, ansía llegar a término y no fallará; si parece que se demora, espérala, porque vendrá seguramente, y no tardará.	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.
4 El que no tiene el alma recta, sucumbirá, pero el justo vivirá por su fidelidad.	4 Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.
5 ¡Ciertamente, la riqueza es traidora, y el hombre presuntuoso no subsistirá, el que dilata su garganta como el Abismo y es insaciable como la Muerte, el que reúne para sí a todas las naciones y acapara para él a todos los pueblos!	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.
6 ¿No entonarán todos estos contra él sátiras, sarcasmos y enigmas? Ellos dirán: ¡Ay del que acumula lo que no le pertenece –¿hasta cuándo?– y se carga de objeto prendados!	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?
7 ¿No se levantarán de repente tus acreedores, y no se despertarán tus expoliadores? ¡Tú serás una buena presa para ellos!	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?
8 Por haber despojado a numerosas naciones, lo que resta de esos pueblos te despojará a ti, a causa de la sangre humana derramada y de la violencia contra el país, contra la ciudad y todos sus habitantes.	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.
9 ¡Ay del que acumula para su casa ganancias deshonestas, a fin de establecer en lo alto su nido y escapar a los golpes de la desgracia!	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.
10 Hiciste un proyecto vergonzoso para tu casa: al diezmar a numerosos pueblos, atentas contra tu propia vida.	10 You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.
11 Porque la piedra gritará desde el muro y desde el armazón le responderá la viga.	11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.
12 ¡Ay del que edifica una ciudad con sangre y la funda sobre la injusticia!	12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood and prepares a city by iniquity.
13 ¿No proviene del Señor de los ejércitos que sólo para el fuego se fatiguen los pueblos y las naciones se extenúen por nada?	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.
14 Porque la tierra se llenará del conocimiento de la gloria del Señor, como las aguas cubren el mar.	14 For the earth shall be filled, that they might know the glory of the Lord, like the waters spreading over the sea.
15 ¡Ay del que hace beber a su prójimo! ¡Tú derramas tu veneno hasta embriagarlo, para contemplar su desnudez!	15 Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.
16 Te has saciado de ignominia, no de gloria; ¡bebe tú también y muestra tu prepucio! El cáliz de la mano del Señor se volverá sobre ti, y tu gloria se convertirá en ignominia.	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.
17 Porque la violencia hecha al Líbano te cubrirá y la matanza de los animales te aterrará, a causa de la sangre humana derramada y de la violencia contra el país, contra la ciudad y todos sus habitantes.	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.
18 ¿De qué sirve una imagen esculpida, para que el artista la talle, o una imagen de metal fundido, un oráculo falso, para que el artista ponga su confianza en ella, fabricando ídolos mudos?	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.
19 ¡Ay del que dice al madero: «Despierta», y a la piedra muda: «Levántate»! ¿Puede eso pronunciar un oráculo? ¡Sin duda, está recubierto de oro y plata, pero no hay soplo de vida en su interior!	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.
20 El Señor reside en su santo Templo, ¡guarde silencio toda la tierra delante de él!	20 But the Lord is in his holy temple. May all the earth be silent before his face.