hab 1:1

הַנָּבִֽיאחֲבַקּ֖וּקאֲשֶׁ֣רחָזָ֔ההַמַּשָּׂא֙
ha-na-ba-ya
chaba-qwqh
aasha-rcha-za-ha
ha-ma-sha-a
hanabiy'
habaqwq
'aserhazah
hamasa'
the prophet
Habakkuk
that received in a vision:
[This is] the oracle
1-1. The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.

hab 1:2

תֹושִֽׁיעַוְלֹ֥אאֵלֶ֛יךָחָמָ֖סאֶזְעַ֥קתִשְׁמָ֑עוְלֹ֣אשִׁוַּ֖עְתִּייְהוָ֛האָ֧נָהעַד
tha-wsha-y'a
wa-la-a
aa-la-yka-cha-ma-sh
aa-za-'a-qh
tha-sha-ma-'
wa-la-a
sha-wa-'a-tha-ya
ya-hwa-ha
aa-na-ha
'a-d
towsiy'a
welo'
'eleykahamas
'eze'aq
tisema'
welo'
siwa'etiy
yehwah
'anah
'ad
save?
but You do not
to You, “Violence!”
or cry out
hear,
but You do not
must I call for help
O LORD,
How long,
1-2. O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!

hab 1:3

יִשָּֽׂאוּמָדֹ֖וןרִ֦יבוַיְהִ֧ילְנֶגְדִּ֑יוְחָמָ֖סוְשֹׁ֥דתַּבִּ֔יטוְעָמָ֣לאָ֨וֶן֙תַרְאֵ֤נִילָ֣מָּה
ya-sha-a
wma-da-wn
ra-yb
wa-ya-ha-ya
la-na-ga-da-ya
wa-cha-ma-sh
wa-sha-d
tha-ba-yt
wa-'a-ma-l
aa-wa-n
tha-ra-aa-na-ya
la-ma-ha
yisa'
wmadown
riyb
wayehiy
lenegediy
wehamas
wesod
tabiyt
we'amal
'awen
tare'eniy
lamah
abounds.
and conflict
Strife
is ongoing,
[are] before me.
and violence
Destruction
Why do You tolerate
wrongdoing?
iniquity?
do You make me see
Why
1-3. 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.

hab 1:4

מְעֻקָּֽלמִשְׁפָּ֖טיֵצֵ֥אכֵּ֛ןעַלהַצַּדִּ֔יקאֶתמַכְתִּ֣ירכִּ֤ירָשָׁע֙מִשְׁפָּ֑טלָנֶ֖צַחיֵצֵ֥אוְלֹֽאתֹּורָ֔התָּפ֣וּגכֵּן֙עַל
ma-'uqa-l
ma-sha-pa-t
ya-sa-a
ka-n
'a-l
ha-sa-da-yqh
aa-tha
ma-ka-tha-yr
ka-yra-sha-'
ma-sha-pa-t
la-na-sa-cha
ya-sa-a
wa-la-a
tha-wra-ha
tha-pwgh
ka-n
'a-l
me'uqal
misepat
yese'
ken
'al
hasadiyq
'et
maketiyr
kiyrasa'
misepat
lanesah
yese'
welo'
towrah
tapwg
ken
'al
perverted.
justice
is
therefore,
the righteous;
hem in
For the wicked
and justice
goes forth.
never
the law
is paralyzed,
Therefore
1-4. Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

hab 1:5

כִּ֥ייְסֻפָּֽרתַאֲמִ֖ינוּלֹ֥אבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םפֹּעֵ֣לכִּיפֹ֨עַל֙תְּמָ֑הוּוְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּוְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּבַגֹּויִם֙רְא֤וּ
ka-yya-supa-r
tha-aama-ynwa
la-a
ba-yma-yka-m
pa-'a-l
ka-ypa-'a-l
tha-ma-hwa
wa-ha-tha-ma-hwa
wa-ha-ba-ytwa
ba-ga-wya-m
ra-awa
kiyyesupar
ta'amiynw
lo'
biymeykem
po'el
kiypo'al
temahw
wehitamehw
wehabiytw
bagowyim
re'w
even if you were told.
believe
that you would never
in your days
[I am] doing
For a work
be utterly astounded!
and observe—
at the nations
Look
1-5. 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.

hab 1:6

לֹּאמִשְׁכָּנֹ֥ותלָרֶ֖שֶׁתאֶ֔רֶץלְמֶרְחֲבֵיהַֽהֹולֵךְ֙וְהַנִּמְהָ֑רהַמַּ֣רהַגֹּ֖ויהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםאֶתמֵקִים֙כִּֽיהִנְנִ֤י
la-a
ma-sha-ka-na-wtha
la-ra-sha-tha
aa-ra-tz
la-ma-ra-chaba-ya
ha-ha-wla-ka
wa-ha-na-ma-ha-r
ha-ma-r
ha-ga-wya
ha-ka-sha-da-ym
aa-tha
ma-qa-ym
ka-yha-na-na-ya
lo'
misekanowt
lareset
'eres
lemerehabey
hahowleke
wehanimehar
hamar
hagowy
hakasediym
'et
meqiym
kiyhineniy
not
dwelling places
to seize
of the earth
through the breadth
that marches
and and impetuous
that ruthless
nation
the Chaldeans—
I am raising up
For behold,
1-6. 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.

hab 1:7

יֵצֵֽאוּשְׂאֵתֹ֖ומִשְׁפָּטֹ֥ומִמֶּ֕נּוּה֑וּאוְנֹורָ֖אלֹֽואָיֹ֥ם
ya-sa-a
wsha-aa-tha-wa
ma-sha-pa-ta-wa
ma-ma-nwa
hwa
wa-na-wra-a
la-waa-ya-m
yese'
wse'etow
misepatow
mimenw
hw'
wenowra'
low'ayom
proceed
and sovereignty
their justice
from themselves.
They
and feared;
their own. are dreaded
1-7. They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.

hab 1:8

לֶאֱכֹֽולחָ֥שׁנֶ֖שֶׁרכְּיָעֻ֕פוּיָבֹ֔אוּרָחֹ֣וקמֵוּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יווּפָ֖שׁוּעֶ֔רֶבזְּאֵ֣בֵימִוְחַדּוּ֙סוּסָ֗יונְּמֵרִ֜יםמִוְקַלּ֨וּ
la-au-ka-wl
cha-sha
na-sha-r
ka
ya-'upwa
ya-ba-awa
ra-cha-wqh
ma
wpa-ra-sha-ywa
pa-ra-sha-ywa
wpa-shwa
'a-ra-b
za-aa-ba-ya
ma
wa-cha-dwa
swsa-ywa
na-ma-ra-ym
ma
wa-qa-lwa
le'ekowl
has
neser
ke
ya'upw
yabo'w
rahowq
me
wparasayw
parasayw
wpasw
'ereb
ze'ebey
mi
wehadw
swsayw
nemeriym
mi
weqalw
to devour.
swooping down
like a vulture,
They fly
comes
afar.
from
and their cavalry
Their horsemen
charge ahead,
of the night.
than wolves
fiercer
Their horses
than leopards,
are swifter
1-8. 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.

hab 1:9

שֶֽׁבִיחֹ֖ולכַּוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףקָדִ֑ימָהפְּנֵיהֶ֖םמְגַמַּ֥תיָבֹ֔ואלְחָמָ֣סכֻּלֹּה֙
sha-ba-ya
cha-wl
ka
wa-ya-au-sa-ph
qa-da-yma-ha
pa-na-yha-m
ma-ga-ma-tha
ya-ba-wa
la-cha-ma-sh
kula-ha
sebiy
howl
ka
waye'esop
qadiymah
peneyhem
megamat
yabow'
lehamas
kuloh
prisoners
like sand.
they gather
[advance like] the east [wind];
their hordes
bent
of them come
on violence;
All
1-9. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

hab 1:10

וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּעָפָ֖רוַיִּצְבֹּ֥ריִשְׂחָ֔קמִבְצָ֣רלְכָללֹ֑וה֚וּאמִשְׂחָ֣קוְרֹזְנִ֖יםיִתְקַלָּ֔סבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםוְהוּא֙
wa-ya-la-ka-da-ha
'a-pa-r
wa-ya-sa-ba-r
ya-sha-cha-qh
ma-ba-sa-r
la-ka-l
la-whwa
ma-sha-cha-qh
wa-ra-za-na-ym
ya-tha-qa-la-sh
ba-ma-la-ka-ym
wa-hwa
wayilekedah
'apar
wayisebor
yisehaq
mibesar
lekal
lowhw'
misehaq
werozeniym
yiteqalas
bamelakiym
wehw'
to seize it.
siege ramps
and build up
laugh
fortress
at every
They
an object of scorn.
and {make} rulers
scoff at
kings
They
1-10. 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.

hab 1:11

לֵאלֹהֹֽוז֥וּכֹחֹ֖ווְאָשֵׁ֑םוַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖רר֛וּחַחָלַ֥ףאָ֣ז
la-ala-ha-wa
zwka-cha-wa
wa-aa-sha-m
wa-ya-'aba-r
rwcha
cha-la-ph
aa-z
le'lohow
zwkohow
we'asem
waya'abor
rwha
halap
'az
is their god.
They their own strength
are guilty;
and pass on through.
like the wind
they sweep by
Then
1-11. Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

hab 1:12

יְסַדְתֹּֽולְהֹוכִ֥יחַוְצ֖וּרשַׂמְתֹּ֔ולְמִשְׁפָּ֣טיְהוָה֙נָמ֑וּתלֹ֣אקְדֹשִׁ֖יאֱלֹהַ֛ייְהוָ֧הקֶּ֗דֶםמִאַתָּ֣הלֹ֧ואהֲ
ya-sa-da-tha-wa
la-ha-wka-ycha
wa-swr
sha-ma-tha-wa
la-ma-sha-pa-t
ya-hwa-ha
na-mwtha
la-a
qa-da-sha-ya
au-la-ha-ya
ya-hwa-ha
qa-da-m
ma
aa-tha-ha
la-wa
ha
yesadetow
lehowkiyha
weswr
sametow
lemisepat
yehwah
namwt
lo'
qedosiy
'elohay
yehwah
qedem
mi
'atah
low'
ha
You have established them
for correction.
O Rock,
You have appointed them
to execute judgment;
O LORD,
We will not die.
my Holy One?
my God,
O LORD,
everlasting,
from
Are You
not
1-12. 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.

hab 1:13

מִמֶּֽנּוּצַדִּ֥יקרָשָׁ֖עבְּבַלַּ֥עתַּחֲרִ֕ישׁבֹּֽוגְדִ֔יםתַבִּיט֙לָ֤מָּהתוּכָ֑ללֹ֣אאֶלעָמָ֖לוְהַבִּ֥יטרָ֔ערְאֹ֣ותמֵעֵינַ֨יִם֙טְהֹ֤ור
ma-ma-nwa
sa-da-yqh
ra-sha-'
ba-ba-la-'
tha-chara-ysha
ba-wga-da-ym
tha-ba-yt
la-ma-ha
thwka-l
la-a
aa-l'a-ma-l
wa-ha-ba-yt
ra-'
ra-aa-wtha
ma
'a-yna-ya-m
ta-ha-wr
mimenw
sadiyq
rasa'
bebala'
tahariys
bowgediym
tabiyt
lamah
twkal
lo'
'el'amal
wehabiyt
ra'
re'owt
me
'eynayim
tehowr
those more righteous than themselves?
while the wicked
swallow up
Why are You silent
the faithless?
do You tolerate
So why
and You cannot
wrongdoing.
tolerate
evil,
look on
to
Your eyes
are too pure
1-13. 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?

hab 1:14

מֹשֵׁ֥ללֹארֶ֖מֶשׂכְּהַיָּ֑םדְגֵ֣יכִּאָדָ֖םוַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה
ma-sha-l
la-a
ra-ma-sha
ka
ha-ya-m
da-ga-ya
ka
aa-da-m
wa-tha-'asha-ha
mosel
lo'
remes
ke
hayam
degey
ki
'adam
wata'aseh
ruler.
with no
like sea creatures
of the sea,
like the fish
men
You have made
1-14. And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

hab 1:15

וְיָגִֽיליִשְׂמַ֥חכֵּ֖ןעַלבְּמִכְמַרְתֹּ֑ווְיַאַסְפֵ֖הוּבְחֶרְמֹ֔ויְגֹרֵ֣הוּהֵֽעֲלָ֔הבְּחַכָּ֣הבֹּֽוכֻּלֹּה֙
wa-ya-ga-yl
ya-sha-ma-cha
ka-n
'a-l
ba-ma-ka-ma-ra-tha-wa
wa-ya-aa-sa-pa-hwa
ba-cha-ra-ma-wa
ya-ga-ra-hwa
ha-'ala-ha
ba-cha-ka-ha
ba-wkula-ha
weyagiyl
yisemah
ken
'al
bemikemaretow
weya'asepehw
beheremow
yegorehw
he'alah
behakah
bowkuloh
and rejoice.
they are glad
so
in their dragnet;
and gather them
in their net,
they catch them
up
with a hook;
[The Chaldeans] bring all of them
1-15. 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.

hab 1:16

בְּרִאָֽהוּמַאֲכָלֹ֖וחֶלְקֹ֔ושָׁמֵ֣ןכִּ֤יבָהֵ֨מָּה֙לְמִכְמַרְתֹּ֑ווִֽיקַטֵּ֖רלְחֶרְמֹ֔ויְזַבֵּ֣חַכֵּן֙עַל
ba-ra-aa-ha
wma-aaka-la-wa
cha-la-qa-wa
sha-ma-n
ka-yba-ha-ma-ha
la-ma-ka-ma-ra-tha-wa
wa-yqa-ta-r
la-cha-ra-ma-wa
ya-za-ba-cha
ka-n
'a-l
beri'ah
wma'akalow
heleqow
samen
kiybahemah
lemikemaretow
wiyqater
leheremow
yezabeha
ken
'al
is rich.
and their food
things their portion
is sumptuous
for for by these
to their fishing net,
and burn incense
to their dragnet
they sacrifice
Therefore
1-16. Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

hab 1:17

יַחְמֹֽוללֹ֥אגֹּויִ֖םלַהֲרֹ֥גוְתָמִ֛ידחֶרְמֹ֑ויָרִ֣יקכֵּ֖ןעַלהַ֥
ya-cha-ma-wl
la-a
ga-wya-m
la-hara-gh
wa-tha-ma-yd
cha-ra-ma-wa
ya-ra-yqh
ka-n
'a-l
ha
yahemowl
lo'
gowyim
laharog
wetamiyd
heremow
yariyq
ken
'al
ha
mercy?
without
nations
to slay
and continue
their net
empty
therefore,
Will they,
1-17. Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?