Habakkuk 2

al-mishmarti e'emodah ve'etyatsevah al-matsor va'atsappeh lirot mah-yedabber-bi umah ashiv al-tokhakhti

I will stand on my watch, Take up my station at the post, And wait to see what [God] will say to me, What will be the reply to my complaint.

vayya'aneni Adonai vayyomer ketov khazon uva'er al-hallukhot lema'an yaruts qore vo

GOD answered me and said: Write the prophecy down, Inscribe it clearly on tablets, So that it can be read easily.

ki od khazon lammo'ed veyafeakh laqqets velo yekhazzev im-yitmahmah khakkeh-lo ki-vo yavo lo ye'akher

For there is yet a prophecy for a set term, A truthful witness for a time that will come. Even if it tarries, wait for it still; For it will surely come, without delay:

hinneh uppelah lo-yoshrah nafsho bo vetsaddiq be'emunato yikhyeh

Lo, their spirit within them is puffed up, not upright, But the righteous are rewarded with life For their fidelity.

ve'af ki-hayyayin boged gever yahir velo yinveh asher hirkhiv kishol nafsho vehu khammavet velo yisba vayye'esof elayw kol-haggoyim vayyiqbots elayw kol-ha'ammim

How much less then shall the defiant go unpunished, The treacherous, the arrogant Who have made their maw as wide as Sheol, Who are as insatiable as Death, Who have harvested all the nations And gathered in all the peoples!

halo-elleh khullam alayw mashal yissa'u umelitsah khidot lo veyomar hoy hammarbeh lo-lo ad-matay umakhbid alayw avtit

Surely all these shall pronounce a satire against them, A pointed epigram concerning them. They shall say: Ah, you who pile up what is not yours— How much longer?— And make ever heavier your load of indebtedness!

halo feta yaqumu noshekhekha veyiqtsu mezaze'ekha vehayita limshissot lamo

Right suddenly will your creditors arise, And those who remind you will awake, And you will be despoiled by them.

ki-attah shallota goyim rabbim yeshollukha kol-yeter ammim middeme adam vakhamas-erets qiryah vekhol-yosheve vah

Because you plundered many nations, All surviving peoples shall plunder you— For crimes against humans and wrongs against lands, Against cities and all their inhabitants.

hoy botsea betsa ra leveto lasum bammarom qinno lehinnatsel mikkaf-ra

Ah, you who have acquired gains To the detriment of your own house, Who have destroyed many peoples In order to set your nest on high To escape disaster!

ya'atsta boshet levetekha qetsot-ammim rabbim vekhote nafshekha

You have plotted shame for your own house, And guilt for yourself;

ki-even miqqir tizaq vekhafis me'ets ya'anennah

For a stone shall cry out from the wall, And a rafter shall answer it from the woodwork.

hoy boneh ir bedamim vekhonen qiryah be'avlah

Ah, you who have built a town with crime, And established a city with infamy,

halo hinneh me'et Adonai tseva'ot veyige'u ammim bede-esh ule'ummim bede-riq yi'afu

So that peoples have had to toil for the fire, And nations to weary themselves for naught! Behold, it is from GOD of Hosts:

ki timmale ha'arets lada'at et-kevod Adonai kammayim yekhassu al-yam

For the earth shall be filled With awe for GOD’s glory As water covers the sea.

hoy mashqeh re'ehu mesappeakh khamatekha ve'af shakker lema'an habbit al-me'orehem

Ah, you who make others drink to intoxication As you pour out your wrath, In order to gaze upon their nakedness!

savata qalon mikkavod sheteh gam-attah vehe'arel tissov alekha kos yemin Adonai veqiqalon al-kevodekha

You shall be sated with shame Rather than glory: Drink in your turn and stagger! The cup in GOD’s right hand Shall come around to you, And disgrace to your glory.

ki khamas levanon yekhassekka veshod behemot yekhitan middeme adam vakhamas-erets qiryah vekhol-yosheve vah

For the lawlessness against Lebanon shall cover you, The destruction of animals shall overwhelm you— For crimes against humans and wrongs against lands, Against cities and all their inhabitants.

mah-ho'il pesel ki fesalo yotsero massekhah umoreh shaqer ki vatakh yotser yitsro alayw la'asot elilim illemim

What has the carved image availed, That its maker has carved it For an image and a false oracle— That the one who makes an item has trusted in it, Producing dumb idols?

hoy omer la'ets haqitsah uri le'even dumam hu yoreh hinneh-hu tafus zahav vakhesef vekhol-ruakh en beqirbo

Ah, you who say, “Wake up” to wood, “Awaken,” to inert stone! Can that give an oracle? Why, it is encased in gold and silver, But there is no breath inside it.

va-Adonai behekhal qodsho has mippanayw kol-ha'arets

But GOD in the holy Abode— Be silent before [God], all the earth!