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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
Habakkuk 2
New King James Version
Habakkuk 2
New King James Version
The Just Shall Live by Faith
2 I will (A)stand my watch
And set myself on the rampart,
And watch to see what He will say to me,
And what I will answer when I am corrected.
The Just Live by Faith
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:
(B)“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For (C)the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will (D)not lie.
Though it tarries, (E)wait for it;
Because it will (F)surely come,
It will not tarry.
4 “Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the (G)just shall live by his faith.
Woe to the Wicked
5 “Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,
He is a proud man,
And he does not stay at home.
Because he (H)enlarges his desire as [a]hell,
And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,
He gathers to himself all nations
And heaps up for himself all peoples.
6 “Will not all these (I)take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
‘Woe to him who increases
What is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with [b]many pledges’?
7 Will not [c]your creditors rise up suddenly?
Will they not awaken who oppress you?
And you will become their booty.
8 (J)Because you have plundered many nations,
All the remnant of the people shall plunder you,
Because of men’s [d]blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
9 “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may (K)set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the [e]power of disaster!
10 You give shameful counsel to your house,
Cutting off many peoples,
And sin against your soul.
11 For the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the beam from the timbers will answer it.
12 “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who establishes a city by iniquity!
13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts
That the peoples labor [f]to feed the fire,
And nations weary themselves in vain?
14 For the earth will be filled
With the knowledge of the glory of the Lord,
As the waters cover the sea.
15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor,
[g]Pressing him to your (L)bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on [h]his nakedness!
16 You are filled with shame instead of glory.
You also—drink!
And [i]be exposed as uncircumcised!
The cup of the Lord’s right hand will be turned against you,
And utter shame will be on your glory.
17 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover you,
And the plunder of beasts which made them afraid,
Because of men’s blood
And the violence of the land and the city,
And of all who dwell in it.
18 “What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.
20 “But(M) the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth keep silence before Him.”
Footnotes
- Habakkuk 2:5 Or Sheol
- Habakkuk 2:6 Syr., Vg. thick clay
- Habakkuk 2:7 Lit. those who bite you
- Habakkuk 2:8 Or bloodshed
- Habakkuk 2:9 Lit. hand of evil
- Habakkuk 2:13 Lit. for what satisfies fire, for what is of no lasting value
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. Attaching or Joining
- Habakkuk 2:15 Lit. their
- Habakkuk 2:16 DSS, LXX reel!; Syr., Vg. fall fast asleep!
ハバクク書 2
Japanese Living Bible
ハバクク書 2
Japanese Living Bible
2 今、私は見張り台に立ち、
神が私の訴えにどう答えるか待っていましょう。
主の答え
2 すると主はこう言いました。
「板に、わたしの答えを書き記せ。
だれでもひと目で読んで
ほかの者にすぐ伝えることができるように、
大きな字で、はっきり書きなさい。
3 だが、わたしが計画しているこのことは、
今すぐには起こらない。
ゆっくりと、着実に、確かに、
幻が実現する時が近づいている。
遅いように思えても、失望してはならない。
これらのことは必ず起こる。
忍耐していなさい。
ただの一日も遅れることはない。
4 今から言うことをよく聞いておけ。
このカルデヤ人たちがそうするように、
悪者は自分だけを信頼して失敗する。
だが正しい人は、わたしを信頼して生きる。
5 そのうえ、このおごり高ぶったカルデヤ人は、
自分たちのぶどう酒によって裏切られる。
ぶどう酒は人を欺くものだからだ。
彼らは貪欲で、多くの国をかき集めてきたが、
まるで死や地獄のように、決して満足しない。
6 捕らえられた者たちが彼らをあざける時が
こようとしている。
『強盗ども。とうとう年貢の納め時だ。
人を虐げ、ゆすり取った当然の報いを受けろ』と。」
7 「突然、おまえに借りのある者たちが怒って刃向かい、
おまえの持ち物を奪い取る。
その時、おまえはなすすべもなく立ち尽くし、
震える。
8 おまえは多くの国を破滅させた。
今度はおまえが破滅する番だ。
人殺しめ。
おまえは田舎とすべての町を無法状態にした。
9 邪悪な手段で富を得ながら、
危険を逃れて生きようとしているおまえは災いだ。
10 殺人を犯すことで自分の名を辱め、
いのちさえ失っている。
11 まさに、自分の家の壁の石がおまえを訴え、
天井の梁がそれに同調している。
12 殺人と強奪で得た金で町を築くおまえは災いだ。
13 主に逆らう国々の利益は
彼らの手の中で灰になると、主は定めていなかったか。
彼らがどんなに精を出しても、すべてが水の泡だ。
14 （海が水で満たされているように、
全地が主の栄光を知ることで満たされる時がくる。）
15 酔っぱらいをこづくように、
近隣の国々をよろめかせ、
その裸と恥を眺めて楽しんでいるおまえは災いだ。
16 やがておまえの全盛期は終わり、辱められる。
神のさばきの杯を飲み干すがいい。
よろめいて倒れよ。
17 おまえはレバノンの森を切り倒した。
今度はおまえが切り倒される。
おまえは罠で捕らえた野獣を恐ろしい目に会わせた。
今度はおまえが恐ろしい目に会う。
至るところの町々で、殺人と暴虐を行ったからだ。
18 人間が造った偶像を拝んで、何の得があったのか。
そんな物が助けになるなど、全く愚かなうそだ。
自分で造った物を信頼していたとは、
なんと愚かな者か。
19 いのちのない木の偶像に、
起きて自分たちを救えと命じる者、物言わぬ石に、
何をすべきか教えてほしいと呼びかける者は災いだ。
偶像は、神の代わりに語ることができるのか。
金銀で覆われているが、その中にいのちは全くない。
20 しかし主は、ご自分の聖なる神殿にいる。
全地はその御前に静まれ。」
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