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Habakkuk 1
New King James Version
Habakkuk 1
New King James Version
The Prophet Questions God’s Judgments
1 The [a]burden which the prophet Habakkuk saw.
The Prophet’s Question
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry,
(A)And You will not hear?
Even cry out to You, (B)“Violence!”
And You will (C)not save.
3 Why do You show me iniquity,
And cause me to see [b]trouble?
For plundering and violence are before me;
There is strife, and contention arises.
4 Therefore the law is powerless,
And justice never goes forth.
For the (D)wicked surround the righteous;
Therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
The Lord’s Reply
5 “Look(E) among the nations and watch—
Be utterly astounded!
For I will work a work in your days
Which you would not believe, though it were told you.
6 For indeed I am (F)raising up the Chaldeans,
A bitter and hasty (G)nation
Which marches through the breadth of the earth,
To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
7 They are terrible and dreadful;
Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
8 Their horses also are (H)swifter than leopards,
And more fierce than evening wolves.
Their [c]chargers [d]charge ahead;
Their cavalry comes from afar;
They fly as the (I)eagle that hastens to eat.
9 “They all come for violence;
Their faces are set like the east wind.
They gather captives like sand.
10 They scoff at kings,
And princes are scorned by them.
They deride every stronghold,
For they heap up earthen mounds and seize it.
11 Then his [e]mind changes, and he transgresses;
He commits offense,
(J)Ascribing this power to his god.”
The Prophet’s Second Question
12 Are You not (K)from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, (L)You have appointed them for judgment;
O Rock, You have marked them for (M)correction.
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
14 Why do You make men like fish of the sea,
Like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
15 They take up all of them with a hook,
They catch them in their net,
And gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad.
16 Therefore (N)they sacrifice to their net,
And burn incense to their dragnet;
Because by them their share is [f]sumptuous
And their food plentiful.
17 Shall they therefore empty their net,
And continue to slay nations without pity?
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 1:1 oracle, prophecy
- Habakkuk 1:3 Or toil
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. horsemen
- Habakkuk 1:8 Lit. spring about
- Habakkuk 1:11 Lit. spirit or wind
- Habakkuk 1:16 Lit. fat
哈巴谷书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
哈巴谷书 1
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
先知首次疑問
1 哈巴谷先知所得的默示。
2 耶和華啊！
我懇求，你不垂聽，
要到幾時呢？
我向你呼叫“有狂暴的事”，你卻不拯救。
3 你為甚麼使我看見惡行？
有奸惡的事，你為甚麼見而不理？
毀滅和強暴在我面前，
紛爭和相鬥常常發生。
4 因此律法不能生效（“律法不能生效”原文作“律法鬆懈”），
公理無法彰顯。
因為惡人把義人包圍，所以公理顛倒。
耶和華的回答
5 你們當看列國，要定睛觀看，就會大大驚奇，
因為在你們的日子，我要作一件事，
即使有人說了出來，你們也不會相信。
6 就是要興起迦勒底人，那殘忍兇暴的民；
他們遍行全地，佔領別人的家園。
7 他們恐怖可怕，自以為義，趾高氣揚。
8 他們的馬比豹更快，比晚上的豺狼更猛。
他們的騎兵奔馳，自遠而來；
他們如鷹飛翔，迅速吞噬。
9 他們定著臉面向前，齊來行暴，
擄獲戰俘多如塵沙。
10 他們戲弄君王，以掌權的為笑柄；
他們嗤笑一切城堡，築壘攻取；
11 然後掃蕩如風吹過。
他們是有罪的，因他們以自己的勢力為神。
先知第二次的疑問
12 耶和華我的 神，我的聖者啊！
你不是自古就有的嗎？我們不會死的。
耶和華啊！你派他們行審判。
磐石啊！你立他們施懲罰。
13 你的眼目純潔，不看邪惡，
不能坐視奸惡；
為甚麼見行詭詐的人而不理？
惡人吞滅比自己公義的人，你為甚麼緘默呢？
14 你竟使人像海裡的魚，
像無人管轄的爬行的動物。
15 迦勒底人既用鈎把他們釣起來，用網拖走，
用魚網收聚在一處，就歡喜快樂，
16 向自己的網獻祭，對魚網燒香，
因他們藉此收穫豐富，飲食充裕。
17 這樣，他們倒空自己的網，
毫不留情地繼續殺戮列國。
哈巴谷書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
哈巴谷書 1
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
1 以下是哈巴谷先知得到的啟示。
哈巴谷的抱怨
2 耶和華啊，
我要向你呼救到何時，
你才垂聽呢？
暴虐橫行，我向你呼求，
你卻不拯救。
3 你為何讓我目睹罪惡？
你為何容忍邪惡？
我眼前盡是毀滅和暴力，
到處是紛爭和衝突。
4 因此律法失效，
正義不彰，
惡人包圍義人，
正義被扭曲。
耶和華的答覆
5 耶和華說：「你們環顧列國，
仔細察看，
必驚奇不已，
因為我要在你們的時代行一件事，
即使你們聽說了也不會相信。
6 我要使兇殘、暴虐的迦勒底人興起。
他們要席捲天下，
強佔別人的家園。
7 他們任意妄為，
令人膽戰心驚。
8 「他們的馬比豹子還快，
比夜狼還猛。
他們的騎兵從遠方飛馳而來，
如鷹撲食。
9 他們殘暴成性，
像狂風一樣撲來，
抓獲的俘虜多如塵沙。
10 他們嘲笑君王，譏諷首領，
對一切堅城嗤之以鼻，
修築高臺將其攻取。
11 他們如狂風橫掃而過，
這些有罪的人把自己的力量奉為神明。」
哈巴谷再次抱怨
12 耶和華，
我的上帝，我的聖者啊，
你從亙古就存在，
你永不消逝[a]。
耶和華啊，你派迦勒底人來審判；
磐石啊，你立他們作施罰者。
13 你的眼目極為清潔，
見不得邪惡，
也不能容忍罪惡。
但你為何容忍奸惡之人呢？
惡人吞滅比他們公義的人，
你為何默然不語呢？
14 你為何使人像海裡的魚，
像沒有首領的爬蟲呢？
15 迦勒底人用鉤子鉤住他們，
用漁網網住他們，
用拖網把他們聚在一起，
並因此而歡喜快樂。
16 迦勒底人向漁網獻祭，
向漁網燒香，
因為他們靠漁網而富裕，
食物充足。
17 難道他們要無休止地撒網，
無情地毀滅列國嗎？
Footnotes
- 1·12 「你永不消逝」另有希伯來文抄本作「我們不會死」。
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
Habakkuk 1
King James Version
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?
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