Kniha proroka Habakuka

1 (KJV) A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
1 (KAT) Modlitba proroka Habakuka. Na spôsob žalospevu.

2 (KJV) O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
2 (KAT) Pane, počul som tvoju správu, bál som sa, oživ, Pane, svoje dielo uprostred rokov, uprostred rokov daj vedieť; v hneve si pripomeň milosrdenstvo!

3 (KJV) God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
3 (KAT) Boh prichádza z Temanu a Svätý z vrchu Faran; - jeho veleba zakrýva nebesá a zem je plná jeho chvály.

4 (KJV) And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
4 (KAT) A žiari ako svetlo, lúče mu vyrážajú z rúk, tam je schránka jeho sily.

5 (KJV) Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
5 (KAT) Pred jeho tvárou kráča mor a vzápätí mu tiahne plameň.

6 (KJV) He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
6 (KAT) Zastane a premeria zem, pozrie a zatrasie národmi; i rozpoltia sa večné vrchy a sklonia sa kopce odveké; má večné chodníky.

7 (KJV) I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
7 (KAT) V trápení som videl stany Kušanu, trasú sa šiatre madiánskej krajiny.

8 (KJV) Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
8 (KAT) Či sa Pán hnevá na rieky? Či proti riekam nesie sa tvoj hnev? Či proti moru je tvoj zápal, že jazdíš na svojich paripách? Tvoje vozy znamenajú spásu.

9 (KJV) Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
9 (KAT) Tvoja kuša je pripravená podľa prísahy, ktorú si dal kmeňom. Riekami si poprerýval zem,

10 (KJV) The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
10 (KAT) zazreli ťa, zvíjali sa vrchy, prevalila sa záplava vôd, priepasť vydala svoj hukot, vysoko dvíhala ruky.

11 (KJV) The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
11 (KAT) Slnko a mesiac ostali doma, pred svetlom tvojich šípov ušli, pred žiarou tvojho bleskového oštepu.

12 (KJV) Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
12 (KAT) V zápale pošliapeš zem, v hneve rozmlátiš národy.

13 (KJV) Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
13 (KAT) Vytiahol si zachrániť svoj ľud, zachrániť svojho pomazaného; rozdrvil si hlavu bezbožníkovho domu, obnažil si mu základy až dospodu.

14 (KJV) Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
14 (KAT) Ich vlastnou berlou si prevŕtal hlavu jeho vojvodcov, keď sa rútili rozprášiť ma; ich jasanie znelo, akoby šli zhltnúť v skrýši bedára.

15 (KJV) Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
15 (KAT) Na svojich koňoch cválaš po mori, cez bahno veľkých vôd.

16 (KJV) When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
16 (KAT) Počul som a chvelo sa mi vnútro, pri hrmote triasli sa mi pery, rozklad mi vnikal do kostí a nohy sa mi chveli. Spokojný budem v deň úzkosti, až príde národ, ktorý na nás útočí.

17 (KJV) Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
17 (KAT) Figovník síce nerodí a niet ovocia na viničoch, sklamala úroda olív a pole nedodalo pokrm; stratili sa ovce z košiara a v maštaliach nieto dobytka.

18 (KJV) Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
18 (KAT) Ja však budem plesať v Pánovi, jasať budem v Bohu svojej spásy.

19 (KJV) The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
19 (KAT) Jahve, Pán, je moja sila, dal mi nohy ako jeleniciam a dá mi vykračovať po mojich výšinách. Zbormajstrovi. Na strunový nástroj.