Habakkuk’s Prayer
1A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.3:1 Probably a literary or musical term
2Lord, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.
Repeat them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.
3God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.3:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the middle of verse 9 and at the end of verse 13.
His glory covered the heavens
and his praise filled the earth.
4His splendor was like the sunrise;
rays flashed from his hand,
where his power was hidden.
5Plague went before him;
pestilence followed his steps.
6He stood, and shook the earth;
he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled
and the age-old hills collapsed—
but he marches on forever.
7I saw the tents of Cushan in distress,
the dwellings of Midian in anguish.
8Were you angry with the rivers, Lord?
Was your wrath against the streams?
Did you rage against the sea
when you rode your horses
and your chariots to victory?
9You uncovered your bow,
you called for many arrows.
You split the earth with rivers;
10the mountains saw you and writhed.
Torrents of water swept by;
the deep roared
and lifted its waves on high.
11Sun and moon stood still in the heavens
at the glint of your flying arrows,
at the lightning of your flashing spear.
12In wrath you strode through the earth
and in anger you threshed the nations.
13You came out to deliver your people,
to save your anointed one.
You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,
you stripped him from head to foot.
14With his own spear you pierced his head
when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though about to devour
the wretched who were in hiding.
15You trampled the sea with your horses,
churning the great waters.
16I heard and my heart pounded,
my lips quivered at the sound;
decay crept into my bones,
and my legs trembled.
Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity
to come on the nation invading us.
17Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,
18yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.
19The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.
Maombi Ya Habakuki
1Sala ya nabii Habakuki iliyoimbwa kwa shigionothi.3:1 Ni kifaa cha uimbaji chenye nyuzi; pia maombi kutumia kifaa hiki.
23:2 Ay 26:14; Za 119:120; 90:16; 44:1; 85:6; Isa 54:8Bwana, nimezisikia sifa zako;
nami naogopa kwa matendo yako, Ee Bwana.
Fufua kazi yako katikati ya miaka,
katikati ya miaka tangaza habari yako;
katika ghadhabu kumbuka rehema.
33:3 Mwa 36:11, 15; Isa 31:1; Hes 10:12; Za 48:10Mungu alitoka Temani,
yeye Aliye Mtakatifu kutoka Mlima Parani.
Utukufu wake ulifunika mbingu,
na sifa zake zikaifunika dunia.
43:4 Isa 18:4; Ay 9:6Mngʼao wake ulikuwa kama jua lichomozalo;
mionzi ilimulika kutoka mkononi mwake,
ambako nguvu zake zilifichwa.
53:5 Law 26:25Tauni ilimtangulia;
maradhi ya kuambukiza yalifuata nyayo zake.
63:6 Za 46:2; 114:1-6; 18:7; Kut 19:18; 23:31; Kum 32:8; Hes 21:24, 34; Mwa 49:26; 21:33Alisimama, akaitikisa dunia;
alitazama, na kuyafanya mataifa yatetemeke.
Milima ya zamani iligeuka mavumbi
na vilima vilivyozeeka vikaanguka.
Njia zake ni za milele.
73:7 Mwa 25:2; Hes 25:15; Amu 7:24-25; Kut 15:14Niliona watu wa Kushani katika dhiki,
na makazi ya Midiani katika maumivu makali.
83:8 Kut 7:20; 14:21, 22; 2Fal 2:11; Za 77:16; 68:17Ee Bwana, uliikasirikia mito?
Je, ghadhabu yako ilikuwa dhidi ya vijito?
Je, ulighadhibikia bahari
ulipoendesha farasi wako
na magari yako ya ushindi?
93:9 Kum 32:23; Za 7:12-13Uliufunua upinde wako
na kuita mishale mingi.
Uliigawa dunia kwa mito;
103:10 Za 77:16; 98:7; 93:3milima ilikuona ikatetemeka.
Mafuriko ya maji yakapita huko;
vilindi vilinguruma
na kuinua mawimbi yake juu.
113:11 Yos 10:13; Za 18:14; 144:6; Zek 9:14Jua na mwezi vilisimama kimya mbinguni
katika mngʼao wa mishale yako inayoruka,
na katika mngʼao wa mkuki wako umeremetao.
123:12 Za 44:2, 3; Mik 4:13; Isa 41:15Kwa ghadhabu ulipita juu ya dunia,
na katika hasira ulikanyaga mataifa.
133:13 Kut 13:21; Za 20:6; 28:8; 68:21; 2Sam 5:20; 23:1Ulikuja kuwaokoa watu wako,
kumwokoa uliyemtia mafuta.
Ulimponda kiongozi wa nchi ya uovu,
ukamvua toka kichwani hadi wayo.
143:14 Amu 7:22; Za 64:2-5Kwa mkuki wake mwenyewe ulitoboa kichwa chake
wakati mashujaa wake walifurika nje kwa kishindo kututawanya,
wakifurahi kama walio karibu kutafuna
wale wanyonge waliokuwa mafichoni.
153:15 Ay 9:8; Kut 15:8Ulikanyaga bahari kwa farasi wako,
ukisukasuka maji makuu.
163:16 Ay 4:14; Za 37:7Nilisikia na moyo wangu ukagonga kwa nguvu,
midomo yangu ikatetemeka kwa hofu niliposikia sauti;
uchakavu ukanyemelea mifupa yangu,
na miguu yangu ikatetemeka.
Hata hivyo nitasubiri kwa uvumilivu siku ya maafa
kuyajilia mataifa yaliyotuvamia.
173:17 Yoe 1:10-18; 2Kor 4:8, 9; Yer 5:17Ingawa mtini hauchanui maua
na hakuna zabibu juu ya mizabibu,
ingawaje mzeituni hauzai,
na hata mashamba hayatoi chakula,
iwapo hakuna kondoo katika banda,
wala ngʼombe katika zizi,
183:18 Za 42:5; 97:12; Isa 61:10; Kut 15:2; Lk 1:47; Flp 4:4hata hivyo nitashangilia katika Bwana,
nitamfurahia Mungu Mwokozi wangu.
193:19 Kum 32:13; 33:29; Za 27:1; 46:1-5; 18:33Bwana Mwenyezi ni nguvu yangu;
huifanya miguu yangu kama miguu ya ayala,
huniwezesha kupita juu ya vilima.
Kwa kiongozi wa uimbaji. Kwa vinanda vyangu vya nyuzi.
