Habakkuk 2

super custodiam meam stabo et figam gradum super munitionem et contemplabor ut videam quid dicatur mihi et quid respondeam ad arguentem me

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

et respondit mihi Dominus et dixit scribe visum et explana eum super tabulas ut percurrat qui legerit eum

And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

quia adhuc visus procul et apparebit in finem et non mentietur si moram fecerit expecta illum quia veniens veniet et non tardabit

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

ecce qui incredulus est non erit recta anima eius in semet ipso iustus autem in fide sua vivet

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

et quomodo vinum potantem decipit sic erit vir superbus et non decorabitur qui dilatavit quasi infernus animam suam et ipse quasi mors et non adimpletur et congregabit ad se omnes gentes et coacervabit ad se omnes populos

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:

numquid non omnes isti super eum parabolam sument et loquellam enigmatum eius et dicetur vae ei qui multiplicat non sua usquequo et adgravat contra se densum lutum

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

numquid non repente consurgent qui mordeant te et suscitabuntur lacerantes te et eris in rapinam eis

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

quia tu spoliasti gentes multas spoliabunt te omnes qui reliqui fuerint de populis propter sanguinem hominis et iniquitatem terrae civitatis et omnium habitantium in ea

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

vae qui congregat avaritiam malam domui suae ut sit in excelso nidus eius et liberari se putat de manu mali

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

cogitasti confusionem domui tuae concidisti populos multos et peccavit anima tua

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.

quia lapis de pariete clamabit et lignum quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est respondebit

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

vae qui aedificat civitatem in sanguinibus et praeparat urbem in iniquitate

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

numquid non haec a Domino sunt exercituum laborabunt enim populi in multo igni et gentes in vacuum et deficient

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

quia replebitur terra ut cognoscat gloriam Domini quasi aquae operientes mare

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

vae qui potum dat amico suo mittens fel suum et inebrians ut aspiciat nuditatem eius

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

repletus est ignominia pro gloria bibe tu quoque et consopire circumdabit te calix dexterae Domini et vomitus ignominiae super gloriam tuam

Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

quia iniquitas Libani operiet te et vastitas animalium deterrebit eos de sanguinibus hominis et iniquitate terrae et civitatis et omnium habitantium in ea

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

quid prodest sculptile quia sculpsit illud fictor suus conflatile et imaginem falsam quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

vae qui dicit ligno expergiscere surge lapidi tacenti numquid ipse docere poterit ecce iste coopertus est auro et argento et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus eius

Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

Dominus autem in templo sancto suo sileat a facie eius omnis terra

But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.