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Habakkuk 2
New International Version
Habakkuk 2
New International Version
2 I will stand at my watch(A)
and station myself on the ramparts;(B)
I will look to see what he will say(C) to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.[a](D)
The Lord’s Answer
2 Then the Lord replied:
“Write(E) down the revelation
and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald[b] may run with it.
3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(F)
it speaks of the end(G)
and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(H) for it;
it[c] will certainly come
and will not delay.(I)
4 “See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person(J) will live by his faithfulness[d](K)—
5 indeed, wine(L) betrays him;
he is arrogant(M) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
and like death is never satisfied,(N)
he gathers to himself all the nations
and takes captive(O) all the peoples.
6 “Will not all of them taunt(P) him with ridicule and scorn, saying,
“‘Woe to him who piles up stolen goods
and makes himself wealthy by extortion!(Q)
How long must this go on?’
7 Will not your creditors suddenly arise?
Will they not wake up and make you tremble?
Then you will become their prey.(R)
8 Because you have plundered many nations,
the peoples who are left will plunder you.(S)
For you have shed human blood;(T)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.(U)
9 “Woe to him who builds(V) his house by unjust gain,(W)
setting his nest(X) on high
to escape the clutches of ruin!
10 You have plotted the ruin(Y) of many peoples,
shaming(Z) your own house and forfeiting your life.
11 The stones(AA) of the wall will cry out,
and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed(AB)
and establishes a town by injustice!
13 Has not the Lord Almighty determined
that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire,(AC)
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?(AD)
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory(AE) of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.(AF)
15 “Woe to him who gives drink(AG) to his neighbors,
pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies!
16 You will be filled with shame(AH) instead of glory.(AI)
Now it is your turn! Drink(AJ) and let your nakedness be exposed[e]!(AK)
The cup(AL) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory.
17 The violence(AM) you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
and your destruction of animals will terrify you.(AN)
For you have shed human blood;(AO)
you have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.
18 “Of what value(AP) is an idol(AQ) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(AR) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(AS)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(AT)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(AU)
there is no breath in it.”(AV)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:1 Or and what to answer when I am rebuked
- Habakkuk 2:2 Or so that whoever reads it
- Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faith
- Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger
Habakuk 2
Ang Biblia, 2001
Habakuk 2
Ang Biblia, 2001
Ang Sagot ng Panginoon kay Habakuk
2 Ako'y tatayo upang magbantay,
at magbabantay ako sa ibabaw ng tore,
at tatanaw upang makita ko kung ano ang kanyang sasabihin sa akin,
at kung ano ang aking isasagot tungkol sa aking daing.
2 At ang Panginoon ay sumagot sa akin:
“Isulat mo ang pangitain,
at gawin mong malinaw sa mga tapyas na bato,
upang ang makabasa niyon ay makatakbo.
3 Sapagkat(A) ang pangitain ay naghihintay pa ng panahon nito;
at nagsasalita tungkol sa wakas—hindi ito magsisinungaling.
Kung ito'y parang mabagal ay hintayin mo;
ito'y tiyak na darating, hindi ito maaantala.
4 Masdan(B) mo ang palalo!
Hindi tapat sa kanya ang kaluluwa niya,
ngunit ang matuwid ay mabubuhay sa pamamagitan ng kanyang pananampalataya.
5 Bukod dito ang alak[a] ay mandaraya;
ang taong hambog ay hindi mamamalagi sa kanyang tahanan.
Ang kanyang nasa ay parang Sheol,
at siya'y parang kamatayan na hindi masisiyahan.
Kanyang tinitipon para sa kanya ang lahat ng bansa
at tinitipon para sa kanya ang lahat ng bayan.”
6 Hindi ba ang lahat ng ito ay magsasalita ng kanilang pagtuya at panlilibak laban sa kanya, at kanilang sabihin,
“Kahabag-habag siya na nagpaparami ng di kanya—
Hanggang kailan ka magpapasan ng mga bagay na mula sa sangla?”
7 Hindi ba biglang tatayo ang iyong mga nagpapautang,
at magigising ang mga naniningil sa iyo?
Kung gayon ay magiging samsam ka nila.
8 Sapagkat iyong sinamsaman ang maraming bansa,
sasamsaman ka ng lahat ng nalabi sa mga tao,
dahil sa dugo ng mga tao at sa karahasang ginawa sa lupain,
sa mga lunsod at sa lahat ng naninirahan doon.
9 Kahabag-habag siya na may masamang pakinabang para sa kanyang sambahayan,
upang kanyang mailagay ang kanyang pugad sa itaas,
upang maligtas sa abot ng kapahamakan!
10 Ikaw ay nagbalak ng kahihiyan sa iyong sambahayan,
sa pamamagitan ng pagpatay ng maraming tao,
ikaw ay nagkasala laban sa iyong sarili.
11 Sapagkat ang bato ay daraing mula sa pader,
at ang biga mula sa mga kahoy ay sasagot.
12 Kahabag-habag siya na nagtatayo ng lunsod sa pamamagitan ng dugo,
at nagtatatag ng bayan sa pamamagitan ng kasamaan!
13 Hindi ba mula sa Panginoon ng mga hukbo
na ang mga tao ay gumagawa lamang para sa apoy,
at ang mga bansa ay nagpapakapagod sa walang kabuluhan?
14 Sapagkat(C) ang lupa ay mapupuno
ng kaalaman ng kaluwalhatian ng Panginoon,
gaya ng tubig na tumatakip sa dagat.
15 Kahabag-habag siya na nagpapainom sa kanyang kapwa,
na idinadagdag ang iyong kamandag at nilalasing sila,
upang iyong mamasdan ang kanilang kahubaran!
16 Ikaw ay mapupuno ng kahihiyan sa halip na kaluwalhatian.
Uminom ka, ikaw, at ilantad ang iyong kahubaran!
Ang kopa sa kanang kamay ng Panginoon
ay darating sa iyo,
at ang kahihiyan ang papalit sa iyong kaluwalhatian!
17 Ang karahasang ginawa sa Lebanon ay tatabon sa iyo,
ang pagkawasak sa mga hayop na tumakot sa kanila,
dahil sa dugo ng mga tao at sa karahasan sa lupain,
sa mga lunsod at sa lahat ng naninirahan doon.
18 Anong pakinabang sa diyus-diyosan
pagkatapos na anyuan ito ng gumawa niyon,
isang metal na larawan, na tagapagturo ng mga kasinungalingan?
Sapagkat ang manggagawa ay nagtitiwala sa kanyang sariling nilalang
kapag siya'y gumagawa ng mga piping diyus-diyosan!
19 Kahabag-habag siya na nagsasabi sa kahoy, Gumising ka;
sa piping bato, Bumangon ka!
Makakapagturo ba ito?
Tingnan ninyo, nababalot ito ng ginto at pilak,
at walang hininga sa loob niyon.
20 Ngunit ang Panginoon ay nasa kanyang templong banal;
tumahimik ang buong lupa sa harapan niya!
Footnotes
- Habakuk 2:5 Sa ibang kasulatan ay kayamanan .
Habakkuk 2
King James Version
Habakkuk 2
King James Version
2 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
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