| 1 اَلْوَحْيُ الَّذِي رَآهُ حَبَقُّوقُ النَّبِيُّ. | 1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. |
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| 2 حَتَّى مَتَى يَا رَبُّ أَدْعُو وَأَنْتَ لاَ تَسْمَعُ؟ أَصْرُخُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَأَنْتَ لاَ تُخَلِّصُ؟ | 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! |
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| 3 لِمَ تُرِينِي إِثْمًا، وَتُبْصِرُ جَوْرًا؟ وَقُدَّامِي اغْتِصَابٌ وَظُلْمٌ وَيَحْدُثُ خِصَامٌ وَتَرْفَعُ الْمُخَاصَمَةُ نَفْسَهَا. | 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. |
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| 4 لِذلِكَ جَمَدَتِ الشَّرِيعَةُ وَلاَ يَخْرُجُ الْحُكْمُ بَتَّةً، لأَنَّ الشِّرِّيرَ يُحِيطُ بِالصِّدِّيقِ، فَلِذلِكَ يَخْرُجُ الْحُكْمُ مُعْوَجًّا. | 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. |
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| 5 «اُنْظُرُوا بَيْنَ الأُمَمِ، وَأَبْصِرُوا وَتَحَيَّرُوا حَيْرَةً. لأَنِّي عَامِلٌ عَمَلاً فِي أَيَّامِكُمْ لاَ تُصَدِّقُونَ بِهِ إِنْ أُخْبِرَ بِهِ. | 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. |
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6 فَهأَنََذَا مُقِيمٌ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ الأُمَّةَ الْمُرَّةَ الْقَاحِمَةَ السَّالِكَةَ فِي رِحَابِ الأَرْضِ لِتَمْلِكَ مَسَاكِنَ لَيْسَتْ لَهَا.  | 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. |
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| 7 هِيَ هَائِلَةٌ وَمَخُوفَةٌ. مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهَا يَخْرُجُ حُكْمُهَا وَجَلاَلُهَا. | 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. |
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| 8 وَخَيْلُهَا أَسْرَعُ مِنَ النُّمُورِ، وَأَحَدُّ مِنْ ذِئَابِ الْمَسَاءِ. وَفُرْسَانُهَا يَنْتَشِرُونَ، وَفُرْسَانُهَا يَأْتُونَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَيَطِيرُونَ كَالنَّسْرِ الْمُسْرِعِ إِلَى الأَكْلِ. | 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. |
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| 9 يَأْتُونَ كُلُّهُمْ لِلظُّلْمِ. مَنْظَرُ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَى قُدَّامٍ، وَيَجْمَعُونَ سَبْيًا كَالرَّمْلِ. | 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. |
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| 10 وَهِيَ تَسْخَرُ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ، وَالرُّؤَسَاءُ ضُحْكَةٌ لَهَا. وَتَضْحَكُ عَلَى كُلِّ حِصْنٍ، وَتُكَوِّمُ التُّرَابَ وَتَأْخُذُهُ. | 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. |
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| 11 ثُمَّ تَتَعَدَّى رُوحُهَا فَتَعْبُرُ وَتَأْثَمُ. هذِهِ قُوَّتُهَا إِلهُهَا». | 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. |
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| 12 أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ مُنْذُ الأَزَلِ يَا رَبُّ إِلهِي قُدُّوسِي؟ لاَ نَمُوتُ. يَا رَبُّ لِلْحُكْمِ جَعَلْتَهَا، وَيَا صَخْرُ لِلتَّأْدِيبِ أَسَّسْتَهَا. | 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. |
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| 13 عَيْنَاكَ أَطْهَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تَنْظُرَا الشَّرَّ، وَلاَ تَسْتَطِيعُ النَّظَرَ إِلَى الْجَوْرِ، فَلِمَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَى النَّاهِبِينَ، وَتَصْمُتُ حِينَ يَبْلَعُ الشِّرِّيرُ مَنْ هُوَ أَبَرُّ مِنْهُ؟ | 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? |
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| 14 وَتَجْعَلُ النَّاسَ كَسَمَكِ الْبَحْرِ، كَدَبَّابَاتٍ لاَ سُلْطَانَ لَهَا. | 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? |
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| 15 تُطْلِعُ الْكُلَّ بِشِصِّهَا، وَتَصْطَادُهُمْ بِشَبَكَتِهَا وَتَجْمَعُهُمْ فِي مِصْيَدَتِهَا، فَلِذلِكَ تَفْرَحُ وَتَبْتَهِجُ. | 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. |
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| 16 لِذلِكَ تَذْبَحُ لِشَبَكَتِهَا، وَتُبَخِّرُ لِمِصْيَدَتِهَا، لأَنَّهُ بِهِمَا سَمِنَ نَصِيبُهَا، وَطَعَامُهَا مُسَمَّنٌ. | 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. |
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| 17 أَفَلأَجْلِ هذَا تَفْرَغُ شَبَكَتُهَا وَلاَ تَعْفُو عَنْ قَتْلِ الأُمَمِ دَائِمًا؟ | 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? |
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