The pronouncement which Habakkuk the prophet saw:

How long, Lord, have I called for help,And You do not hear?I cry out to You, “Violence!”Yet You do not save.

Why do You make me see disaster,And make me look at destitution?Yes, devastation and violence are before me;Strife exists and contention arises.

Therefore the Law is ignored,And justice is never upheld.For the wicked surround the righteous;Therefore justice comes out confused.

“Look among the nations! Watch!Be horrified! Be frightened speechless!For I am accomplishing a work in your days—You would not believe it even if you were told!

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,That grim and impetuous peopleWho march throughout the earth,To take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.

They are terrifying and feared;Their justice and authority originate with themselves.

Their horses are faster than leopards,And quicker than wolves in the evening.Their horsemen charge along,Their horsemen come from afar;They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

All of them come for violence.Their horde of faces moves forward.They gather captives like sand.

They make fun of kings,And dignitaries are an object of laughter to them.They laugh at every fortress,Then heap up dirt and capture it.

Then they fly along like the wind and pass on.But they will be held guilty,They whose strength is their god.”

선지자 하박국이 묵시로 받은 경고라

The pronouncement which Habakkuk the prophet saw:

여호와여 내가 부르짖어도 주께서 듣지 아니하시니 어느 때까지리이까 내가 강포로 말미암아 외쳐도 주께서 구원하지 아니하시나이다

How long, Lord, have I called for help,And You do not hear?I cry out to You, “Violence!”Yet You do not save.

어찌하여 내게 죄악을 보게 하시며 패역을 눈으로 보게 하시나이까 겁탈과 강포가 내 앞에 있고 변론과 분쟁이 일어났나이다

Why do You make me see disaster,And make me look at destitution?Yes, devastation and violence are before me;Strife exists and contention arises.

이러므로 율법이 해이하고 정의가 전혀 시행되지 못하오니 이는 악인이 의인을 에워쌌으므로 정의가 굽게 행하여짐이니이다

Therefore the Law is ignored,And justice is never upheld.For the wicked surround the righteous;Therefore justice comes out confused.

여호와께서 이르시되 너희는 여러 나라를 보고 또 보고 놀라고 또 놀랄지어다 너희의 생전에 내가 한 가지 일을 행할 것이라 누가 너희에게 말할지라도 너희가 믿지 아니하리라

“Look among the nations! Watch!Be horrified! Be frightened speechless!For I am accomplishing a work in your days—You would not believe it even if you were told!

보라 내가 사납고 성급한 백성 곧 땅이 넓은 곳으로 다니며 자기의 소유가 아닌 거처들을 점령하는 갈대아 사람을 일으켰나니

For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,That grim and impetuous peopleWho march throughout the earth,To take possession of dwelling places that are not theirs.

그들은 두렵고 무서우며 당당함과 위엄이 자기들에게서 나오며

They are terrifying and feared;Their justice and authority originate with themselves.

그들의 군마는 표범보다 빠르고 저녁 이리보다 사나우며 그들의 마병은 먼 곳에서부터 빨리 달려오는 마병이라 마치 먹이를 움키려 하는 독수리의 날음과 같으니라

Their horses are faster than leopards,And quicker than wolves in the evening.Their horsemen charge along,Their horsemen come from afar;They fly like an eagle swooping down to devour.

그들은 다 강포를 행하러 오는데 앞을 향하여 나아가며 사람을 사로잡아 모으기를 모래 같이 많이 할 것이요

All of them come for violence.Their horde of faces moves forward.They gather captives like sand.

왕들을 멸시하며 방백을 조소하며 모든 견고한 성들을 비웃고 흉벽을 쌓아 그것을 점령할 것이라

They make fun of kings,And dignitaries are an object of laughter to them.They laugh at every fortress,Then heap up dirt and capture it.

그들은 자기들의 힘을 자기들의 신으로 삼는 자들이라 이에 바람 같이 급히 몰아 지나치게 행하여 범죄하리라

Then they fly along like the wind and pass on.But they will be held guilty,They whose strength is their god.”