Oukolokoshi nowii woiwana
1 Exunganeko, omuxunganeki Habakuk e li mona.
2 Akutu Omwene, fiyo naini ame ndi nokwiingida ekwafo, ndelenee Ove ito udu ko? Handi ku ingidile: Oukolokoshi! Ndelenee Ove ito kwafa? 3 Oshike Ove ho talifa nge osho inashi yuka, ndele ndi nokutala eshunduko? Heeno, owii noukolokoshi u li koshipala shange. Ope nondubo neemhata.
4 Omhango osho tai kanifa eenghono dayo. Neyukifo ihali holoka nande vali. Osheshi omudinikalunga ota dingilile omuyuki, osho hano ouyuki tau endamekwa.
Oye ta xweenenwa nokudengwa kOvakaldea
5 Taleni, mu tale, oiwana nye mu didilike ndele kaleni mwa mwena. Osheshi pomafiku eni ohandi ka longa oshilonga, eshi nye itamu ke shi itavela nande mu shi lombwelwe. 6 Osheshi tala, ohandi ka pendula Ovakaldea, oshiwana osho shidjuu shihe nolukeno, tashi taulula oumbwalangadja wedu, ndele tashi nyeka eenhele deenghalelo dihe fi dasho. 7 Osho oshitilifi tashi tumhaukifa omaxwilili, musho vene tamu va dile eyukifo noukulunhu. 8 Eenghambe dasho ohadi tondoka di dule eengwe, nodi nonhapo i dule yomambungu onguloshi. Novalondi veenghambe vasho tave di lotokifa neenghono ndee hava di kokule ndele hava tuka ngaashi onhwa tai foonyokele koshihakanwa shayo. 9 Ovo aveshe tave uya okutinha. Oipala yavo ya yukilila komesho. Tava ongele eenghwate ngaashi eheke. 10 Otava sheke yo eehamba, nomalenga otave a ningi oiyolifa kuvo. Otava yolo ohotekuma keshe. Otava ongele eheke ndele tave i teya. 11 Opo tava endelele ngaashi okafudaela nokweehena komesho, ndelenee tava pewa etimba, vo, eenghono davo da ninga oshikalunga shavo.
Eilikano nekemo lomuxunganeki
12 Hamba haave Omwene, Kalunga kange omuyapuki okudja omafimbo onalenale? Fye itatu ka fya. Omwene, owe va ninga etokolo. Oove emanya, we va ninga oshihanyenifo. 13 Omesho oye okuyela, itaa shiiva okutala owii, ndele ito shiiva okutala oulunde. Oshike hano ho tale ovaliteeki, Ove ho mwena, ngeenge omudinikalunga ta pona po omuyuki? 14 Osho ngaha to faafanifa ovanhu neeshi domefuta noilipwedi ei ihe nomwene. 15 Ye ote i shili mo nongona, te i yulu mo noiyulifo yaye, ndee te i ongele meendjadja daye. Onghee ye ota hafe nokukuwilila. 16 Onghee hano ye ota yambele ondjadja yaye, ndele ta twiminine oikwatifo yaye, osheshi molwayo oshipewa shaye oshinene neendja daye da ondoka. 17 Ota itavelwa tuu molwayo okupimha oshiyulifo shaye naalushe okudipaa oiwana ehe nonghenda?
1 I am Habakkuk the prophet. And this is the message that the Lord gave me.
Habakkuk Complains to the Lord
2 Our Lord, how long must I beg
for your help
before you listen?
How long before you save us
from all this violence?
3 Why do you make me watch
such terrible injustice?
Why do you allow violence,
lawlessness, crime, and cruelty
to spread everywhere?
4 Laws cannot be enforced;
justice is always the loser;
criminals crowd out honest people
and twist the laws around.
The Lord Answers Habakkuk
5 Look and be amazed
at what's happening
among the nations!
Even if you were told,
you would never believe
what's taking place now.
6 I am sending the Babylonians.
They are fierce and cruel—
marching across the land,
conquering cities and towns.
7 How fearsome and frightening.
Their only laws and rules
are the ones they make up.
8 Their cavalry troops are faster
than leopards,
more ferocious than wolves
hunting at sunset,
and swifter than hungry eagles
suddenly swooping down.
9 They are eager to destroy,
and they gather captives
like handfuls of sand.
10 They make fun of rulers
and laugh at fortresses,
while building dirt mounds
so they can capture cities.
11 Then suddenly they disappear
like a gust of wind—
those sinful people who worship
their own strength.
Habakkuk Complains Again
12 Holy Lord God, mighty rock,
you are eternal,
and we are safe from death.
You are using those Babylonians
to judge and punish others.
13 But you can't stand sin or wrong.
So don't sit by in silence
while they gobble up people
who are better than they are.
14 The people you put on this earth
are like fish or reptiles
without a leader.
15 Then an enemy comes along
and takes them captive
with hooks and nets.
It makes him so happy
16 that he offers sacrifices
to his fishing nets,
because they make him rich
and provide choice foods.
17 Will he keep hauling in his nets
and destroying nations
without showing mercy?
