Habakkuk, 2

1. I will stand firm during my watch, and fix my position over the fortification. And I will observe carefully, to see what might be said to me and what I might respond to my opponent.

1. Stat æu na stražu svoju, postavit se na bedem, paziti što æe mi reæi, kako odgovorit na moje tužbe.

2. And the Lord responded to me and said: Write the vision and explain it on tablets, so that he who reads it may run through it.

2. Tada Jahve odgovori i reèe: "Zapiši viðenje, ureži ga na ploèice, da ga èitaè lako èita."

3. For as yet the vision is far off, and it will appear in the end, and it will not lie. If it expresses any delay, wait for it. For it is arriving and it will arrive, and it will not be hindered.

3. Jer ovo je viðenje samo za svoje vrijeme: ispunjenju teži, ne vara; ako stiže polako, èekaj, jer odista æe doæi i neæe zakasniti!

4. Behold, he who is unbelieving, his soul will not be right within himself; but he who is just shall live in his faith.

4. Gle: propada onaj èija duša nije pravedna, a pravednik živi od svoje vjere.

5. And in the manner that wine deceives the heavy drinker, so will the arrogant man be deceived, and he will not be honored. He has enlarged his life like hellfire, and himself like death, and he is never fulfilled. And he will gather to himself all nations, and he will amass for himself all peoples.

5. Bogatstvo je odista podmuklo! Ohol je i ne može poèinuti tko ždrijelo razvaljuje k'o Podzemlje, tko je kao smrt nezasitan, tko sabire za se sve narode, tko kupi za se sva plemena!

6. Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, “Woe to him who increases what is not his own.” How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?

6. Zar mu se neæe svi podrugivati, rugalicu i zagonetku spjevat' protiv njega? Reæi æe: Jao onom tko množi što nije njegovo (a dokle æe?) i optereæuje se zalogama!

7. Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them?

7. Neæe li naglo ustat' vjerovnici tvoji, neæe li se probuditi ljuti tvoji tlaèitelji? Tada æeš im plijen biti!

8. Because you have despoiled many peoples, all those who are left of the people shall despoil you, because of the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth, of the city and all who dwell therein.

8. Jer si opljaèkao mnoge narode, sav ostatak naroda opljaèkat æe tebe, jer si prolio krv ljudsku, poharao zemlju, grad i sve mu žitelje.

9. Woe to him who gathers together an evil greed for his house, so that his nest may be exalted, and thinking that he might free himself from the hand of evil.

9. Jao onom tko otimaèinu zgræe nepravednu kuæi svojoj, da visoko svije gnijezdo svoje i otkloni ruku zla!

10. You have devised confusion for your house, you have cut to pieces many peoples, and your soul has sinned.

10. Nanese sramotu kuæi svojoj: zatiruæi mnoga plemena, griješiš protiv sebe.

11. For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wood that is between the joints of the building will respond.

11. Jer iz samih zidova kamen krièi, a krovna mu greda odgovara.

12. Woe to him who builds a town with blood and prepares a city by iniquity.

12. Jao onom tko grad diže krvlju i tvrðavu zasnuje na nepravdi!

13. Are not these things before the Lord of hosts? For the people will labor amid a great fire, and the nations will labor in emptiness, and they will fail.

13. Nije li to, gle, od Jahve nad Vojskama da se narodi za oganj trude, puci nizašto muèe?

14. For the earth shall be filled, that they might know the glory of the Lord, like the waters spreading over the sea.

14. Jer æe se zemlja napuniti znanja o slavi Jahvinoj kao što vode prekrivaju more.

15. Woe to anyone who gives a drink to a friend, releasing a drug and inebriating, so as to look upon their nakedness.

15. Jao onom tko bližnjeg navodi na piæe, ulijeva otrov dok on pije da bi promatrao njegovu nagost!

16. You are filled with disgrace in place of glory. So then, drink and fall fast asleep, for the cup of the right hand of the Lord will surround you, and a disgraceful vomit will cover your glory.

16. Ti si pijan od sramote, ne od slave! Pij samo i pokazuj kapicu. Dolazi ti pehar iz desnice Jahvine i sramota na slavu tvoju!

17. For the iniquity of Lebanon will cover you, and the devastation of animals which will deter them from the blood of men, and the iniquity of the earth and the city, and of all who dwell therein.

17. Nasilje nad Libanonom tebe æe prestraviti, pokolj zvijeri, jer si ljudsku krv prolio, poharao zemlju, grad i njegove žitelje.

18. Of what benefit is the graven image? For its maker has formed it, a molten and imaginary deception. For its maker has hoped in a figment of his own creation, so as to make a dumb likeness.

18. Èemu koristi tesan lik da ga umjetnik teše? Èemu lijevan lik, lažno proroštvo, da se tvorac njegov u nj pouzdaje oblikujuæ' nijeme kipove?

19. Woe to him who says to wood, “Awaken,” to the silent stone, “Arise.” Is it able to teach? Behold, it has been entirely covered with gold and silver; and there is no spirit at all in its inner workings.

19. Jao onom tko komadu drva kaže: "Probudi se!" Kamenu nijemom: "Preni se!" On da prorokuje? Optoèen može biti i zlatom i srebrom, ali nikakva daha životnog nema u njemu.

20. But the Lord is in his holy temple. May all the earth be silent before his face.

20. Ali je Jahve u svojem svetom Hramu: nek' zemlja sva zašuti pred njime!