Habakkuk 1 — parallel

1:1

Oracle révélé à Habacuc, le prophète.

This is the burden that Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision:

1:2

Jusqu’à quand, ô Éternel?… J’ai crié,

How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?

1:3

Pourquoi me fais-tu voir l’iniquité,

Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

1:4

Aussi la loi n’a point de vie,

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

1:5

Jetez les yeux parmi les nations, regardez,

“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.

1:6

Voici, je vais susciter les Chaldéens,

For behold, I am raising up —that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

1:7

Il est terrible et formidable;

They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

1:8

Ses chevaux sont plus rapides que les léopards,

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

1:9

Tout ce peuple vient pour se livrer au pillage;

All of them come bent on violence; their hordes advance like the east wind; they gather prisoners like sand.