Abacuc 1

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Oraculum, quod vidit Habacuc propheta.	1 The burden that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
2 Usquequo, Domine, clamabo, et non exaudis? Vociferabor ad te: “ Violentia! ”, et non salvas?	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 Quare ostendisti mihi iniquitatem et malitiam vides? Et vastitas et violentia est coram me, et facta est contentio, et iurgium exoritur.	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 Propter hoc languet lex, et non pervenit usque ad finem iudicium. Quia impius praevalet adversus iustum, propterea egreditur iudicium perversum.	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 “ Aspicite in gentibus et videte, admiramini et obstupescite, quia opus facio in diebus vestris, quod nemo credet, cum narrabitur.	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 Quia ecce ego suscitabo Chaldaeos, gentem amaram et velocem, ambulantem super latitudinem terrae, ut possideat tabernacula non sua.	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 Horribilis et terribilis est, ex semetipsa iudicium eius et maiestas eius egredietur.	7 It is dreadful and terrible. From themselves, judgment and their burden will issue.
8 Leviores pardis equi eius et saeviores lupis deserti; et accurrunt equites eius: equites namque eius de longe venient, volabunt quasi aquila festinans ad comedendum.	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 Omnes, ut violentiam faciant, venient, omnes facies eorum ventus urens; et congregabunt quasi arenam captivos.	9 They will all approach towards the prey; their face is like a burning wind. And they will gather captives together like sand.
10 Et ipsa reges subsannabit, tyrannis illudet; ipsa super omnem munitionem ridebit et comportabit aggerem et capiet eam.	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 Tunc ultra progrediens quasi ventus pertransibit et constituet fortitudinem suam deum suum ”.	11 Then his spirit will be altered, and he will cross over and fall. Such is his strength from his god.
12 Numquid non tu a principio, Domine, Deus meus, sanctus meus, qui non morieris? Domine, ad iudicium posuisti eam; petra mea, ad corripiendum fundasti eam.	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 Mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum; et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris. Quare respicis super inique agentes et taces, devorante impio iustiorem se?	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 Fecisti homines quasi pisces maris, quasi reptile non habens principem super se.	14 And you will make men like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things that have no ruler.
15 Omnes in hamo sublevat, trahit eos in sagena sua et congregat in rete suo; super hoc laetatur et exsultat.	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 Propterea immolat sagenae suae et sacrificat reti suo, quia in ipsis incrassata est portio eius, et cibus eius pinguis.	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 Propter hoc ergo evaginabit gladium suum semper, ut interficiat gentes sine misericordia?	17 Because of this, therefore, he expands his dragnet and will not be lenient in continually putting to death the peoples.