Livre de Habacuc 2

BIBLES DES PEUPLES	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Je veux rester à mon poste de garde, debout sur le rempart, en éveil; je verrai ce que me dit Yahvé, ce qu’il répondra à mes reproches.	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 Alors Yahvé m’a répondu, il m’a dit: “Écris cette vision, grave-la sur des tablettes, qu’elle se lise facilement.	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 Cette vision attend son heure, elle arrivera à son terme et ne décevra pas. Si elle tarde, attends-la, car elle viendra sûrement et ne prendra pas de retard.	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 Voici: Celui qui vacille n’aura jamais ma faveur, mais le juste par sa fidélité vivra.	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 En vérité, la richesse est trompeuse; l’homme est un insensé, il ne gagne rien s’il a son appétit vaste comme le gouffre, s’il devient insatiable autant que la mort, s’il engloutit toutes les nations et ramasse chez lui tous les peuples.	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 Un jour on le donnera en exemple et tous se moqueront de lui. On lui chantera cette chanson: “Malheur à celui qui amasse ce qui n’est pas à lui: il ne cesse d’accumuler les dettes.	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 Soudain apparaîtront tes créanciers, certains vont s’éveiller qui te prendront tout.	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 Toi qui as dépouillé beaucoup de nations, tu seras dépouillé par ce qui reste de peuples. Car tu as versé du sang humain, tu as fait violence à la terre, à la cité, à tous ses habitants.	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 Malheur à qui gagne pour les siens des biens mal acquis, pour placer bien haut son repaire, espérant ainsi échapper au malheur:	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 c’est la honte que tu as amenée sur ta maison. Quand tu détruisais tant de peuples, tu attentais à ta propre vie.	10 You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.
11 Oui, la pierre crie dans ton mur, et de ta charpente le bois lui répond.	11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.
12 Malheur à celui qui bâtit une ville avec le sang, qui fonde une cité sur l’injustice.	12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood and prepares a city by iniquity.
13 Yahvé Sabaot l’a voulu ainsi: que les peuples se fatiguent pour de la fumée, que les nations s’épuisent pour du rien.	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 NO TEXT	14 For the earth shall be filled, that they might know the glory of the Lord, like the waters spreading over the sea.
15 Malheur à qui fait boire à ses voisins le poison, jusqu’à l’enivrer, pour s’amuser ensuite de sa nudité.	15 Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.
16 Tu seras rassasié maintenant, de honte et non de gloire; bois donc à ton tour et sois pris d’ivresse! La main de Yahvé retournera sur toi la coupe, et la honte couvrira ta gloire.	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 Oui, la violence que tu as faite au Liban avec ses bêtes massacrées retombera sur toi et tu connaîtras la terreur, à cause du sang des hommes et de la violence que tu as faite à la terre, à la cité et à tous ceux qui l’habitent.	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 2:19 Malheur à celui qui dit à un morceau de bois: “Éveille-toi”, et à la pierre silencieuse: “Réveille-toi”. Elle est plaquée d’or et d’argent mais elle n’aura pas de souffle.	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 2:18 À quoi sert une idole, pour qu’on en fabrique ainsi? Image de métal fondu, objet menteur. Comment celui qui la fabrique peut-il mettre en elle sa confiance? Ce ne sont que des idoles muettes.	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 Mais Yahvé habite dans son Temple saint: terre entière, fais silence devant lui!	20 But the Lord is in his holy temple. May all the earth be silent before his face.