1 — Abacuc

1The burden that Habacuc the prophet saw.Annunzio grave rivelato ad Habacuc profeta.THE burden that Habacuc the prophete saw.Onus quod vidit Habacuc propheta. 2How long, O Lord, shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear? shall I cry out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not save?Fino a quando, o Signore, griderò io, e tu non mi esaudirai? I getterò alte strida per le violenze, ch'io patisco, e tu non darai salute?How long ô Lord shal I crie, and thou wilt not heare? shal I crie out to thee suffering violence, and thou wilt not saue?Usquequo, Domine, clamabo, / et non exaudies ? / vociferabor ad te, vim patiens, / et non salvabis ? 3Why hast thou shewn me iniquity and grievance, to see rapine and injustice before me? and there is a judgment, but opposition is more powerful.Perchè mi fai tu vedere dinanzi a me iniquità, e dolori, rapine, e ingiustizie? E i contenziosi, e rissosi prevalgono.Why hast thou shewed me iniquitie and labour, to see praye and iniustice against me? and iudgement is made, & contradiction more mightie.Quare ostendisti mihi iniquitatem et laborem, / videre prædam et injustitiam contra me ? / Et factum est judicium, et contradictio potentior. 4Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.Per questo è straziata la legge, e non arriva al suo fine il giudizio; perocché l'empio ne può più, che il giusto; per questo i giudizj sono corrotti.For this cause is the law torne, & iudgement came not to the end: because the impious preuaileth agaynst the iust, therfore doth there come forth peruerse iudgement.Propter hoc lacerata est lex, / et non pervenit usque ad finem judicium; / quia impius prævalet adversus justum, / propterea egreditur judicium perversum. 5Behold ye among the nations, and see: wonder, and be astonished: for a work is done in your days, which no man will believe when it shall be told.Gettate gli occhi sopra le genti, e osservate: resterete ammirati, e stupefatti; perocché è avvenuta una cosa a' vostri giorni, la quale da nissuno sarà creduta, quando si annunzierà;Behold ye in the nations, and see: meruel, and be astonied: because a worke is done in your dayes, which no man wil beleue when it shal be told.Aspicite in gentibus, et videte; / admiramini, et obstupescite: / quia opus factum est in diebus vestris, / quod nemo credet cum narrabitur. 6For behold, I will raise up the Chaldeans, a bitter and swift nation, marching upon the breadth of the earth, to possess the dwelling places that are not their own.Perocché ecco che io farò muoversi i Caldei, gente cruda, e agile, che scorre tutta quanta la terra, per occupare le case altrui.Because loe I wil rayse vp the Chaldees, a bitter & swift nation, walking vpon the latitude of the earth, to possesse tabernacles not their owne.Quia ecce ego suscitabo Chaldæos, / gentem amaram et velocem, / ambulantem super latitudinem terræ, / ut possideat tabernacula non sua.

7They are dreadful, and terrible: from themselves shall their judgment, and their burden proceed.Ella è orribile, e tremenda: ella da se stessa semenziera, e gastigherà.It is horrible, and terrible: out of it self shal the iudgement, and the burden therof procede.Horribilis et terribilis est: / ex semetipsa judicium et onus ejus egredietur. 8Their horses are lighter than leopards, and swifter than evening wolves; and their horsemen shall be spread abroad: for their horsemen shall come from afar, they shall fly as an eagle that maketh haste to eat.I suoi cavalli son più leggeri dei pardi, e più veloci, che i lupi sul far della notte; e i suoi cavalli si spanderanno per ogni parte; i suoi cavalieri verranno da lungi, voleranno com' aquila a far suo pasto.His horses lighter then leopards, and swifter then euening wolues; and his horsemen shal be spred abrode, for his horsemen shal come from a far, they shal flie as an eagle hastening to eate.Leviores pardis equi ejus, / et velociores lupis vespertinis: / et diffundentur equites ejus: / equites namque ejus de longe venient; / volabunt quasi aquila festinans ad comedendum. 9They shall all come to the prey, their face is like a burning wind: and they shall gather together captives as the sand.Verranno tutti al bottino: la loro presenza è un vento, che arde: e metteranno insieme gli schiavi come l'arena.Al shal come to the praye, their faces a burning winde: & he shal gather together as the sand, captiuitie.Omnes ad prædam venient, / facies eorum ventus urens; / et congregabit quasi arenam captivitatem. 10And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it.E quegli trionferà dei regi, e si farà beffe de' potentati: egli si burlerà di tutte le fortezze, e alzerà la trinciera, e le espugnerà.And he shal triumph ouer kinges, & tyrants shal be his laughing flocke, and he shal laugh vpon euerie munition, and shal cast vp a mount, and shal take it.Et ipse de regibus triumphabit, / et tyranni ridiculi ejus erunt; / ipse super omnem munitionem ridebit, / et comportabit aggerem, et capiet eam. 11Then shall his spirit be changed, and he shall pass, and fall: this is his strength of his god.Allora si cangerà il suo spirito, e svanirà, e caderà: tale è la possanza di quel suo Dio.Then shal the spirit be changed, and he shal passe, & fal: this is his strength of his God.Tunc mutabitur spiritus, et pertransibit, et corruet: / hæc est fortitudo ejus dei sui.

12Wast thou not from the beginning, O Lord my God, my holy one, and we shall not die? Lord, thou hast appointed him for judgment: and made him strong for correction.Ma non se' tu fin da principio, o Signore Dio mio, mio Santo, e noi non morremo? Signore tu hai destinato costui a far vendetta, e per correzione nostra lo hai fondato in possanza.Why wast thou not from the beginning ô Lord my God, my holie one, & we shal not dye? Lord thou hast appoynted him for iudgement: and strong to chastise, thou hast founded him.Numquid non tu a principio, / Domine, Deus meus, sancte meus, / et non moriemur ? / Domine, in judicium posuisti eum, / et fortem, ut corriperes, fundasti eum. 13Thy eyes are too pure to behold evil, and thou canst not look on iniquity. Why lookest thou upon them that do unjust things, and holdest thy peace when the wicked devoureth the man that is more just than himself?Gli occhi tuoi son mondi, né tu puoi vedere il male, e tu non potrai mirare in faccia l'iniquità. Perchè volgi tu lo sguardo a que', che fanno del male, e taci allorché l'empio divorasi chi è più giusto di lui?Thine eyes are cleane, from seing euil, & thou canst not looke toward iniquitie. Why lookest thou not vpon them that doe vniust thinges, & holdest thy peace when the impious deuoureth him that is more iust then him self?Mundi sunt oculi tui, ne videas malum, / et respicere ad iniquitatem non poteris. / Quare respicis super iniqua agentes, / et taces devorante impio justiorem se ? 14And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.E tu fai degli uomini, come de' pesci del mare, e come degli insetti, che non hanno re.And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, & as the creeping beast not hauing a prince.Et facies homines quasi pisces maris, / et quasi reptile non habens principem. 15He lifted up all them with his hook, he drew them in his drag, and gathered them into his net: for this he will be glad and rejoice.Quegli ogni cosa ha tratto fuora coll'amo, tira colla sua sagena, e ammassa colla sua rete. Di questo egli si goderà, ed esulterà:He lifted vp al in the hooke, he drew it in his traine, and gathered it into his nette: vpon this he wil be glad and reioyce.Totum in hamo sublevavit, / traxit illud in sagena sua, / et congregavit in rete suum. / Super hoc lætabitur, et exsultabit. 16Therefore will he offer victims to his drag, and he will sacrifice to his net: because through them his portion is made fat, and his meat dainty.Per questo offerirà vittime alla sua sagena, e sagrifizj alla sua rete, perchè per mezzo di queste si è accresciuta la sua porzione, e il suo cibo gradito.Therfore wil he immolate to his trayne, and he wil sacrifice do his nette: because by them his portion is fatte, and his meate chosen.Propterea immolabit sagenæ suæ, / et sacrificabit reti suo, / quia in ipsis incrassata est pars ejus, / et cibus ejus electus.

17For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.Per questo stende la sua sagena, e non si resta giammai dal fare strage de' popoli.For this cause therfore spreddeth he his trayne, and alwayes to kil the nations he wil not spare.Propter hoc ergo expandit sagenam suam, / et semper interficere gentes non parcet.