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Habakkuk 1
English Standard Version
Habakkuk 1
English Standard Version
1 (A)The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw.
Habakkuk's Complaint
2 O Lord, (B)how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not hear?
Or cry to you (C)“Violence!”
and you will not save?
3 (D)Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction (E)and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.
4 (F)So the law is paralyzed,
and justice never goes forth.
(G)For the wicked surround the righteous;
so justice goes forth perverted.
The Lord's Answer
5 (H)“Look among the nations, and see;
wonder and be astounded.
(I)For I am doing a work in your days
that you would not believe if told.
6 For behold, (J)I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation,
(K)who march through the breadth of the earth,
(L)to seize dwellings not their own.
7 They are dreaded and fearsome;
(M)their justice and dignity go forth from themselves.
8 (N)Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than (O)the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
(P)they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
9 They all come (Q)for violence,
all their faces forward.
They gather captives (R)like sand.
10 At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
(S)They laugh at every fortress,
for (T)they pile up earth and take it.
11 Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
(U)guilty men, (V)whose own might is their god!”
Habakkuk's Second Complaint
12 Are you not (W)from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
(X)We shall not die.
O Lord, (Y)you have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O (Z)Rock, have established them for reproof.
13 You who are (AA)of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
(AB)why do you idly look at traitors
and (AC)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
14 You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
15 (AD)He[a] brings all of them up (AE)with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
16 (AF)Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,[b]
and his food is rich.
17 Is he then to keep on emptying his net
(AG)and mercilessly killing nations forever?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:15 That is, the wicked foe
- Habakkuk 1:16 Hebrew his portion is fat
Habackuk 1
Svenska Folkbibeln
Habackuk 1
Svenska Folkbibeln
1 Den profetia som profeten Habackuk skådade.
Profetens klagan över folkets ondska
2 Herre, hur länge skall jag ropa på hjälp,
utan att du hör,
ropa högt till dig över våld,
utan att du räddar?
3 Varför låter du mig se ondska,
och hur kan du själv se på sådant elände?
Fördärv och våld är inför mig,
split och kiv uppstår.
4 Därför blir lagen utan kraft,
och rätten kommer aldrig fram.
Den ogudaktige omringar den rättfärdige
och rätten blir förvrängd.
Herrens svar
5 Se er omkring bland hednafolken, ja, skåda!
Häpna, ja, häpna!
Ty en gärning utför jag i era dagar,
som ni inte kommer att tro när man berättar den.
6 Ty se, jag skall uppväcka kaldeerna,
det vilda och snabba folket,
som drar ut vida omkring på jorden
för att ta i besittning
boplatser som inte är deras.
7 De är fruktansvärda och hemska,
de avgör själva vad som är lag och rätt.
8 Deras hästar är snabbare än leoparder
och vildare än vargar om aftonen.
Deras ryttare spränger fram,
de kommer fjärran ifrån.
De flyger i väg likt örnen,
som störtar sig över sitt rov.
9 Alla kommer de för att utöva våld,
stridslystna rycker de fram
och samlar fångar som sand.
10 De gör kungar till åtlöje,
furstar hånar de.
De hånskrattar åt alla befästningar,
de kastar upp jordvallar och intar dem.
11 Så drar de vidare som vinden,
de fortsätter framåt
och ådrar sig skuld.
Deras egen styrka är deras gud.
Frågor om Guds rättfärdighet
12 Har inte du, Herre, alltid varit till,
du min Gud, min Helige?
Vi skall inte dö!
Herre, till en dom har du satt dem,
till en tillrättavisning har du berett dem,
du vår klippa.
13 Dina ögon är för rena för att se på det onda.
Du som inte står ut med att se någon orätt,
hur kan du då se på de trolösa
och tiga när den ogudaktige slukar
den som är mer rättfärdig än han?
14 Du gör människorna lika fiskarna i havet,
lika kräldjuren som inte har någon herre.
15 De drar upp dem alla med sin krok
och fångar dem i sitt nät.
De samlar dem i sitt garn,
därför jublar de och är glada.
16 Därför offrar de åt sitt nät
och tänder rökelse åt sitt garn.
Genom dem blir deras andel fet
och deras mat välsmakande.
17 Men skall de då få vittja sitt nät
och ständigt dräpa folken utan förskoning?
Habakkuk 1
New International Version
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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