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Habakkuk 1
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Habakkuk 1
King James Version
1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
8 Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
9 They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
15 They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
Habacuc 1
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Habacuc 1
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Castigo de Judá por medio de los caldeos
1 Profecía [a](A) que tuvo en visión el profeta Habacuc.
2 ¿Hasta cuándo, oh Señor, pediré ayuda,
y no escucharás(B),
clamaré a ti: ¡Violencia!
y no salvarás(C)?
3 ¿Por qué me haces ver la iniquidad(D),
y me haces mirar la opresión?
La destrucción y la violencia están delante de mí(E),
hay rencilla y surge discordia(F).
4 Por eso no se cumple[b] la ley(G)
y nunca prevalece[c] la justicia[d].
Pues el impío asedia al justo(H);
por eso sale pervertida la justicia[e](I).
5 Mirad entre las naciones, observad(J),
asombraos, admiraos(K);
porque haré[f] una obra en vuestros días
que no creeríais si se os contara(L).
6 Porque he aquí, yo levanto a los caldeos[g],
pueblo feroz[h] e impetuoso(M),
que marcha por la anchura de la tierra
para apoderarse de moradas ajenas(N).
7 Imponente y temible es(O);
de él mismo proceden su justicia[i] y su grandeza(P).
8 Sus caballos(Q) son más veloces que leopardos
y más astutos[j] que lobos al anochecer(R).
Al galope vienen sus jinetes[k],
sus jinetes vienen de lejos,
vuelan como águila(S) que se precipita a devorar.
9 Vienen todos ellos para hacer violencia,
su horda de rostros[l] avanza(T),
recoge cautivos como arena.
10 Se mofa de los reyes(U),
y los gobernantes le son motivo de risa;
se ríe de toda fortaleza(V),
amontona escombros para tomarla(W).
11 Entonces pasará como el viento(X) y seguirá,
y se le tendrá por culpable(Y),
porque hace de su poder(Z) su dios.
12 ¿No eres tú desde la eternidad,
oh Señor, Dios mío, Santo mío(AA)?
No moriremos.
Oh Señor, para juicio lo has puesto(AB);
tú, oh Roca(AC), lo has establecido para corrección.
13 Muy limpios son tus ojos para mirar el mal(AD),
y no puedes contemplar la opresión.
¿Por qué miras con agrado(AE)
a los que proceden pérfidamente(AF),
y callas(AG) cuando el impío traga(AH)
al que es más justo que él?
14 ¿Por qué[m] has hecho a los hombres como peces del mar,
como reptiles que no tienen jefe?
15 A todos los saca con anzuelo(AI) el pueblo invasor,
los arrastra con su red
y los junta en su malla(AJ).
Por eso se alegra y se regocija,
16 por eso ofrece sacrificio a su red
y quema incienso[n] a su malla,
pues gracias a ellas su pesca[o] es abundante[p](AK),
y suculenta[q] su comida.
17 ¿Vaciará, pues, su red(AL)
y seguirá matando sin piedad a las naciones(AM)?
Footnotes
- Habacuc 1:1 O, Carga
- Habacuc 1:4 Lit., está entumecida
- Habacuc 1:4 Lit., sale
- Habacuc 1:4 O, el derecho
- Habacuc 1:4 O, el derecho
- Habacuc 1:5 Así en la versión gr. (sept.); en el T.M., se hará
- Habacuc 1:6 O, babilonios
- Habacuc 1:6 Lit., amargo
- Habacuc 1:7 O, derecho
- Habacuc 1:8 O, más feroces
- Habacuc 1:8 O, piafan sus corceles
- Habacuc 1:9 O, la impetuosidad de sus rostros
- Habacuc 1:14 Lit., Y
- Habacuc 1:16 O, sacrifica
- Habacuc 1:16 Lit., porción
- Habacuc 1:16 Lit., grosura
- Habacuc 1:16 Lit., y grasosa
Habakkuk 1
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Habakkuk 1
New International Version
1 The prophecy(A) that Habakkuk the prophet received.
Habakkuk’s Complaint
2 How long,(B) Lord, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?(C)
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not save?(D)
3 Why do you make me look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate(E) wrongdoing?(F)
Destruction and violence(G) are before me;
there is strife,(H) and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law(I) is paralyzed,
and justice never prevails.
The wicked hem in the righteous,
so that justice(J) is perverted.(K)
The Lord’s Answer
5 “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.(L)
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.(M)
6 I am raising up the Babylonians,[a](N)
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth(O)
to seize dwellings not their own.(P)
7 They are a feared and dreaded people;(Q)
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8 Their horses are swifter(R) than leopards,
fiercer than wolves(S) at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
9 they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners(T) like sand.
10 They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.(U)
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps(V) they capture them.
11 Then they sweep past like the wind(W) and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”(X)
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
12 Lord, are you not from everlasting?(Y)
My God, my Holy One,(Z) you[c] will never die.(AA)
You, Lord, have appointed(AB) them to execute judgment;
you, my Rock,(AC) have ordained them to punish.
13 Your eyes are too pure(AD) to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.(AE)
Why then do you tolerate(AF) the treacherous?(AG)
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?(AH)
14 You have made people like the fish in the sea,
like the sea creatures that have no ruler.
15 The wicked(AI) foe pulls all of them up with hooks,(AJ)
he catches them in his net,(AK)
he gathers them up in his dragnet;
and so he rejoices and is glad.
16 Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and burns incense(AL) to his dragnet,
for by his net he lives in luxury
and enjoys the choicest food.
17 Is he to keep on emptying his net,
destroying nations without mercy?(AM)
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:6 Or Chaldeans
- Habakkuk 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Habakkuk 1:12 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition; Masoretic Text we
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