Habakkuk

先知哈巴谷所得的默示。

The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

他說：耶和華啊！我呼求你，你不應允，要到幾時呢？我因強暴哀求你，你還不拯救。

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! {even} cry out unto thee {of} violence, and thou wilt not save!

你為何使我看見罪孽？你為何看著奸惡而不理呢？毀滅和強暴在我面前，又起了爭端和相鬥的事。

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.

因此律法放鬆，公理也不顯明，惡人圍困義人，所以公理顯然顛倒。

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. {wrong: or, wrested}

耶和華說：你們要向列國中觀看，大大驚奇；因為在你們的時候，我行一件事，雖有人告訴你們，你們總是不信。

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for {I} will work a work in your days, {which} ye will not believe, though it be told {you}.

我必興起迦勒底人，就是那殘忍暴躁之民，通行遍地，佔據那不屬自己的住處。

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 theirs. {breadth: Heb. breadths}

他威武可畏，判斷和勢力都任意發出。

They {are} terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. {their judgment...: or, from them shall proceed the judgment of these, and the captivity of these}

他的馬比豹更快，比晚上的豺狼更猛。馬兵踴躍爭先，都從遠方而來；他們飛跑如鷹抓食，

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. {fierce: Heb. sharp}

都為行強暴而來，定住臉面向前，將擄掠的人聚集，多如塵沙。

They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up {as} the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. {their...: or, the supping up of their faces, etc: or, their faces shall look (Heb. the opposition of their faces) toward the east}

他們譏誚君王，笑話首領，嗤笑一切保障，築壘攻取。

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.

他以自己的勢力為神，像風猛然掃過，顯為有罪。

Then shall {his} mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, {imputing} this his power unto his god.

耶和華─我的神，我的聖者啊，你不是從亙古而有麼？我們必不致死。耶和華啊，你派定他為要刑罰人；磐石啊，你設立他為要懲治人。

{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. {mighty...: Heb. rock} {established: Heb. founded}

你眼目清潔，不看邪僻，不看奸惡；行詭詐的，你為何看著不理呢？惡人吞滅比自己公義的，你為何靜默不語呢？

{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? {iniquity: or, grievance}

你為何使人如海中的魚，又如沒有管轄的爬物呢？

And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, {that have} no ruler over them? {creeping: or, moving}

他用鉤鉤住，用網捕獲，用拉網聚集他們；因此，他歡喜快樂，

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. {drag: or, flue net}

就向網獻祭，向網燒香，因他由此得肥美的分和富裕的食物。

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion {is} fat, and their meat plenteous. {plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat}

他豈可屢次倒空網羅，將列國的人時常殺戮，毫不顧惜呢？

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?