Revised Literal Translation

Habakkuk 1:5-10

5Beholdרְא֤וּre.'UH7200ye among the heathenבַגּוֹיִם֙va.go.YimH1471,and regardוְֽהַבִּ֔יטוּve.ha.Bi.tuH5027,and wonderוְהִֽתַּמְּה֖וּve.hit.ta.me.HuH8539marvellouslyתְּמָ֑הוּte.Ma.huH8539: for Iwill workפֹּעֵ֣לpo.'ElH6466a workפֹ֙עַל֙fo.'alH6467in your daysבִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.KhemH3117, whichye will not believeתַאֲמִ֖ינוּta.'a.Mi.nuH539,though it be toldיְסֻפָּֽר׃ye.su.ParH5608you.

6For, lo, I raise upמֵקִים֙me.KimH6965the Chaldeansהַכַּשְׂדִּ֔יםha.kas.DimH3778, thatbitterהַמַּ֣רha.MarH4751and hastyוְהַנִּמְהָ֑רve.ha.nim.HarH4116nationהַגּ֖וֹיha.GoyH1471,which shall marchהַֽהוֹלֵךְ֙ha.ho.leKhH1980through the breadthלְמֶרְחֲבֵי־le.mer.cha.vei-H4800of the landאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776,to possessלָרֶ֖שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423the dwellingplacesמִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹתmish.ka.NotH4908that are not theirs.

7They areterribleאָיֹ֥ם'a.YomH366and dreadfulוְנוֹרָ֖אve.no.Ra'H3372:their judgmentמִשְׁפָּט֥וֹmish.pa.ToH4941and their dignityוּשְׂאֵת֖וֹu.se.'e.ToH7613shall proceedיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318of themselves.

8Their horsesסוּסָ֗יוsu.SavH5483also are swifterוְקַלּ֨וּve.ka.LuH7043than the leopardsמִנְּמֵרִ֜יםmi.ne.me.RimH5246,and are more fierceוְחַדּוּ֙ve.cha.DuH2300than the eveningעֶ֔רֶב'E.revH6153wolvesמִזְּאֵ֣בֵיmi.ze.'E.veiH2061:and their horsemenפָּֽרָשָׁ֑יוpa.ra.ShavH6571shall spreadוּפָ֖שׁוּu.Fa.shuH6335themselves, and their horsemenוּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙u.fa.ra.ShavH6571shall comeיָבֹ֔אוּya.Vo.'uH935from farמֵרָח֣וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350;they shall flyיָעֻ֕פוּya.'U.fuH5774as the eagleכְּנֶ֖שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thathastethחָ֥שׁchashH2363to eatלֶאֱכֽוֹל׃le.'e.KholH398.

9They shall comeיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935all for violenceלְחָמָ֣סle.cha.MasH2555:their facesפְּנֵיהֶ֖םpe.nei.HemH6440shall sup upמְגַמַּ֥תme.ga.MatH4041asthe east windקָדִ֑ימָהka.Di.mahH6921,and they shall gatherוַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ףvai.ye.'e.SofH622the captivityשֶֽׁבִי׃She.viH7628as the sandכַּח֖וֹלka.CholH2344.

10And they shall scoffיִתְקַלָּ֔סyit.ka.LasH7046at the kingsבַּמְּלָכִ֣יםba.me.la.KhimH4428,and the princesוְרֹזְנִ֖יםve.ro.ze.NimH7336shall be a scornמִשְׂחָ֣קmis.ChakH4890unto them: they shall derideיִשְׂחָ֔קyis.ChakH7832every strong holdמִבְצָ֣רmiv.TzarH4013;for they shall heapוַיִּצְבֹּ֥רvai.yitz.BorH6651dustעָפָ֖ר'a.FarH6083,and takeוַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃Vai.yil.ke.DahH3920it.

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