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Habackuk 2
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Habackuk 2
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
2 (A) Jag ska stå på min vaktpost
och ställa mig i tornet.
Jag vill spana för att se
vad han ska tala till mig,
vilket svar jag ska få
på min klagan.
Herrens svar
2 (B) Herren svarade mig och sade:
Skriv ner synen
och gör den tydlig på tavlor
så att den lätt kan läsas[a],
3 (C) för synen väntar ännu på sin tid.
Han[b] skyndar mot slutet[c]
och sviker inte.
Om han dröjer,
så vänta på honom,
för han kommer helt visst,
han uteblir inte.
4 (D) Se, hans själ är uppblåst
och oärlig i honom.[d]
Men den rättfärdige ska leva
genom sin tro[e].[f]
5 (E) Ja, vinet bedrar.
Han är en högmodig man
och kommer inte till ro.
Han spärrar upp sitt gap
som dödsriket,
han är som döden
och blir inte mätt.
Han samlar alla hednafolk till sig,
han drar till sig alla folkslag.
Ve över förtryckaren
6 Ska de inte alla stämma upp
en visa om honom,
en smädesång med gåtfulla ord
och säga:
Ve dig som samlar
vad som inte är ditt
– hur länge till? –
och tynger dig med pantsatt gods!
7 Ska inte dina fordringsägare
plötsligt resa sig?
De som får dig att darra ska vakna,
och du blir deras byte.
8 (F) Du har plundrat många hednafolk,
därför ska de andra folken[g]
plundra dig,
på grund av blodsdåd
mot människor
och våld mot land och stad
och alla som bor där.
9 (G) Ve den som skaffar
oärlig vinst åt sitt hus
för att bygga sitt näste högt
och rädda sig undan
olyckans våld!
10 Du har planerat,
till skam för ditt hus,
att förgöra många folk
och syndar så mot dig själv,
11 (H) för stenarna i muren ska ropa
och bjälkarna i trävirket
ska svara dem.
12 (I) Ve den som bygger en stad
med blodsdåd
och grundar en stad
med orättfärdighet!
13 (J) Se, kommer det inte
från Herren Sebaot
att folken sliter
för det som bränns upp
och tröttar ut sig till ingen nytta?
14 (K) Jorden ska fyllas av kunskap
om Herrens härlighet,
så som vattnet täcker havets djup.
15 (L) Ve dig som ger din nästa
att dricka,
som blandar i ditt gift
och berusar dem
för att få se deras nakenhet.
16 (M) Du blir mättad med skam
och inte med ära.
Drick också du
och visa att du är oomskuren!
Bägaren i Herrens högra hand
ska vändas mot dig,
vanära ska drabba din härlighet.
17 (N) Ja, våldet mot Libanon[h]
och skövlingen
som skrämde dess djur
ska täcka dig,
på grund av blodsdåd
mot människor
och våld mot land och stad
och alla som bor där.
18 (O) Vad nytta gör en avgud
som en människa har snidat,
eller en gjuten avgud
som är en falsk lärare?
Den som gör den
litar till sitt eget verk.
Han gör avgudar som inte kan tala.
19 Ve den som säger till träbiten:
”Vakna!”
och till en stum sten: ”Res dig!”
Kan den undervisa?
Den är överdragen
med guld och silver,
men det finns ingen ande i den.
20 (P) Men Herren är i sitt heliga tempel.
Var stilla inför honom, hela jorden!
Footnotes
- 2:2 att den lätt kan läsas Annan översättning: ”att läsaren/utroparen kan springa med den” (antingen skrivtavlan eller budskapet, efter att ha läst det).
- 2:3 Han Profetia om Messias enligt judisk tradition, citeras i Hebr 10:37. Annan översättning: ”Den” (synen).
- 2:3 skyndar mot slutet Annan översättning: ”vittnar om slutet”.
- 2:4 Se, hans själ är uppblåst och oärlig i honom Andra handskrifter (Septuaginta): ”Drar han sig undan, har min själ ingen glädje i honom”. Citeras så i Hebr 10:38.
- 2:4 sin tro Andra handskrifter (Septuaginta): ”min trohet”.
- 2:4 Citeras av Paulus i Rom 1:17 och Gal 3:11 för att visa rättfärdigheten genom tron.
- 2:8 de andra folken Meder, perser, elamiter och andra folk i nuvarande Iran som under Koresh besegrade Babel år 539 f Kr (se Dan 5:28f).
- 2:17 våldet mot Libanon Enligt Nebukadnessars kungliga krönika röjde han en timmerväg och förde cedrarna till Babel för att bygga sitt palats och Marduks tempel.
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
Habakkuk 2
English Standard Version
Habakkuk 2
English Standard Version
2 I will (A)take my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and (B)look out to see (C)what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
The Righteous Shall Live by His Faith
2 And the Lord answered me:
(D)“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still (E)the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (F)wait for it;
(G)it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but (H)the righteous shall live by his faith.[a]
5 “Moreover, wine[b] is (I)a traitor,
an arrogant man who is never at rest.[c]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
like death (J)he has never enough.
(K)He gathers for himself all nations
and collects as his own all peoples.”
Woe to the Chaldeans
6 Shall not all these (L)take up their taunt against him, with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,
(M)“Woe to him (N)who heaps up what is not his own—
for (O)how long?—
and (P)loads himself with pledges!”
7 (Q)Will not your debtors suddenly arise,
and those awake who will make you tremble?
Then you will be spoil for them.
8 (R)Because you have plundered many nations,
all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you,
(S)for the blood of man and (T)violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
9 (U)“Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house,
(V)to (W)set his nest on high,
to be safe from the reach of harm!
10 You have devised shame for your house
(X)by cutting off many peoples;
you have forfeited your life.
11 For (Y)the stone will cry out from the wall,
and the beam from the woodwork respond.
12 (Z)“Woe to him (AA)who builds a town with blood
and founds a city on iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts
that (AB)peoples labor merely for fire,
and nations weary themselves for nothing?
14 (AC)For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of (AD)the glory of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.
15 (AE)“Woe to him (AF)who makes his neighbors drink—
you pour out your wrath and make them drunk,
in order to gaze (AG)at their nakedness!
16 You will have your fill (AH)of shame instead of glory.
(AI)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
(AJ)The cup in the Lord's right hand
will come around to you,
and (AK)utter shame will come upon your glory!
17 (AL)The violence (AM)done to Lebanon will overwhelm you,
as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them,
(AN)for the blood of man and violence to the earth,
to cities and all who dwell in them.
18 (AO)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (AP)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (AQ)speechless idols!
19 (AR)Woe to him (AS)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and (AT)there is no breath at all in it.
20 But (AU)the Lord is in his holy temple;
(AV)let all the earth keep silence before him.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:4 Or faithfulness
- Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
- Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain
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