1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 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! 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. 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you. 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 theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. 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. 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. 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. 11 Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

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. 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? 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? 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. 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. 17 Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

1 哈巴谷先知所得的默示。

2 耶和华啊！ 我恳求， 你不垂听， 要到几时呢？我向你呼叫"有狂暴的事"， 你却不拯救。

3 你为什么使我看见恶行？有奸恶的事， 你为什么见而不理？毁灭和强暴在我面前， 纷争和相斗常常发生。

4 因此律法不能生效（"律法不能生效"原文作"律法松懈"）， 公理无法彰显。因为恶人把义人包围， 所以公理颠倒。

5 你们当看列国， 要定睛观看， 就会大大惊奇， 因为在你们的日子， 我要作一件事， 即使有人说了出来， 你们也不会相信。

6 就是要兴起迦勒底人， 那残忍凶暴的民； 他们遍行全地， 占领别人的家园。

7 他们恐怖可怕， 自以为义， 趾高气扬。

8 他们的马比豹更快， 比晚上的豺狼更猛。他们的骑兵奔驰， 自远而来； 他们如鹰飞翔， 迅速吞噬。

9 他们定着脸面向前， 齐来行暴， 掳获战俘多如尘沙。

10 他们戏弄君王， 以掌权的为笑柄； 他们嗤笑一切城堡， 筑垒攻取；

11 然后扫荡如风吹过。他们是有罪的， 因他们以自己的势力为神。

12 耶和华我的 神， 我的圣者啊！ 你不是自古就有的吗？我们不会死的。耶和华啊！ 你派他们行审判。磐石啊！ 你立他们施惩罚。

13 你的眼目纯洁， 不看邪恶， 不能坐视奸恶； 为什么见行诡诈的人而不理？恶人吞灭比自己公义的人， 你为什么缄默呢？

14 你竟使人像海里的鱼， 像无人管辖的爬虫类。

15 迦勒底人既用钩把他们钓起来， 用网拖走， 用鱼网收聚在一处， 就欢喜快乐，

16 向自己的网献祭， 对鱼网烧香， 因他们借此收获丰富， 饮食充裕。

17 这样， 他们倒空自己的网， 毫不留情地继续杀戮列国。