3 — Abacuc

1A PRAYER OF HABACUC THE PROPHET FOR IGNORANCES.Orazione di Habacuc Profeta per le ignoranze.Oratio Habacuc prophetæ, pro ignorantiis. 2O Lord, I have heard thy hearing, and was afraid. O Lord, thy work, in the midst of the years bring it to life: In the midst of the years thou shalt make it known: when thou art angry, thou wilt remember mercy.Udii, o Signore, il tuo annunzio, e ne ebbi timore. Signore, a quell'opra tua dà esistenza nel mezzo degli anni. Nel mezzo degli anni tu la farai manifesta: quando ti sarai adirato, ti ricorderai della misericordia.LORD I heard thy hearing, and was afrayd. Lord thy worke in the middes of yeares, quicken it: In the middes of yeares shalt thou make it knowen: when thou art angrie, thou wilt remember mercie.Domine, audivi auditionem tuam, et timui. / Domine, opus tuum, in medio annorum vivifica illud; / in medio annorum notum facies: / cum iratus fueris, misericordiæ recordaberis. 3God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.Iddio verrà dall'Austro, e il santo dal monte di Pharan: La gloria di lui ricuopre i cieli, e delle sue lodi è ripiena la terra.God wil come from the South, and the holie one from mount Pharan: His glorie shal couer the heauens, and the earth is ful of his prayse.Deus ab austro veniet, / et Sanctus de monte Pharan: / operuit cælos gloria ejus, / et laudis ejus plena est terra. 4His brightness shall be as the light: horns are in his hands: There is his strength hid:Egli sarà splendente come la luce: nelle sue mani le corna: Ivi è ascosa la sua possanza.His brightnes shal be as the light, hornes in his handes: There is his strength hid.Splendor ejus ut lux erit, / cornua in manibus ejus: / ibi abscondita est fortitudo ejus. 5Death shall go before his face. And the devil shall go forth before his feet.Innanzi a lui anderà la morte, e il diavolo precederà i suoi passi.Before his face shal death goe. and the deuil shal goe forth before his feete.Ante faciem ejus ibit mors, / et egredietur diabolus ante pedes ejus. 6He stood and measured the earth. He beheld, and melted the nations: and the ancient mountains were crushed to pieces. The hills of the world were bowed down by the journeys of his eternity.Si stette, e misurò la terra. Mirò, e conquise le genti, e le vetuste montagne furono stritolate: Furon depressi i colli del mondo, allorché si messe in viaggio l'eterno.He stood and measured the earth. he beheld, and dissolued the Gentils: and the mountaines of the world were broken. The hilles of the world were bowed, by the wayes of his eternitie.Stetit, et mensus est terram; / aspexit, et dissolvit gentes, / et contriti sunt montes sæculi: / incurvati sunt colles mundi ab itineribus æterntatis ejus.

7I saw the tents of Ethiopia for their iniquity, the curtains of the land of Madian shall be troubled.Per ragion delle iniquità ho veduto le tende dell'Etiopia, e sconvolti i padiglioni di Madian.For iniquitie I saw the tents of Aethiopia, the skinnes of the land of Madian shal be trubled.Pro iniquitate vidi tentoria Æthiopiæ; / turbabuntur pelles terræ Madian. 8Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or was thy wrath upon the rivers? or thy indignation in the sea? Who will ride upon thy horses: and thy chariots are salvation.Forse contro le onde se' tu adirato, o Signore? o i tuoi furori son contro i flutti? o contro del mare si rivolge il tuo sdegno? Tu, che monti su' tuoi cavalli, e la tua quadriga è salvazione.Why, wast thou angrie with the riuers ô Lord? or was thy furie in the riuers? or thine indignation in the sea? Who wilt mount vpon thy horses, and thy chariots saluation.Numquid in fluminibus iratus es, Domine ? / aut in fluminibus furor tuus ? / vel in mari indignatio tua ? / Qui ascendes super equos tuos, et quadrigæ tuæ salvatio. 9Thou wilt surely take up thy bow: according to the oaths which thou hast spoken to the tribes. Thou wilt divide the rivers of the earth.Tu metterai fuora risolutamente il tuo arco, secondo i giuramenti fatti a quelle tribù: Tu dividerai i fiumi della terra:Raysing thou wilt rayse vp thy bow: the othe to the tribes which thou hast spoken. Thou wilt curte the riuers of the earth.Suscitans suscitabis arcum tuum, / juramenta tribubus quæ locutus es; / fluvios scindes terræ. 10The mountains saw thee, and were grieved: the great body of waters passed away. The deep put forth its voice: the deep lifted up its hands.Te videro le montagne, e tremarono; le gonfie fiumane si ritirarono; Gli abissi alzaron le voci loro, il profondo mare stese sue mani.The mountaines saw thee, and were sorie, the gulfe of water passed. The depth gaue his voice: the height lifted vp his handes.Viderunt te, et doluerunt montes; / gurges aquarum transiit: / dedit abyssus vocem suam; / altitudo manus suas levavit. 11The sun and the moon stood still in their habitation, in the light of thy arrows, they shall go in the brightness of thy glittering spear.Il sole, e la luna si stettero ai loro posti: se n'anderanno quelli al chiarore di tue saette, al lampeggiare dell'asta tua folgoreggiante.The sunne, and the moone stood in their habitation, in the light of thine arrowes, they shal goe in the brightnes of thy glittering speare.Sol et luna steterunt in habitaculo suo: / in luce sagittarum tuarum ibunt, / in splendore fulgurantis hastæ tuæ.

12In thy anger thou wilt tread the earth under foot: in thy wrath thou wilt astonish the nations.Tu fremente conculcherai la terra, e nel tuo furore renderai stupide le nazioni.In freating thou wilt treade downe the earth: in furie thou wilt astonish the Gentils.In fremitu conculcabis terram; / in furore obstupefacies gentes. 13Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people: for salvation with thy Christ. Thou struckest the head of the house of the wicked: thou hast laid bare his foundation even to the neck.Ti movesti per salvare il tuo popolo, per salvarlo tu col tuo Cristo. Percuotesti il capo della casa dell'empio, discopristi i fondamenti di lei da imo a sommo.Thou wentst forth the saluation of thy people: saluation with thy Christ. Thou strokest the head out of the house of the impious, thou hast discouered the fundation euen to the neck.Egressus es in salutem populi tui, / in salutem cum christo tuo: / percussisti caput de domo impii, / denudasti fundamentum ejus usque ad collum. 14Thou hast cursed his sceptres, the head of his warriors, them that came out as a whirlwind to scatter me. Their joy was like that of him that devoureth the poor man in secret.Maledicesti il suo scettro, il capo de' suoi guerrieri, che venivan qual turbine per isperdermi. La loro burbanza come di chi si divora il povero nascostamente.Thou hast cursed his scepters, the head of his warriers, them that come as a whirlewinde to disperse me. Their exultation, as his that deuoureth the poore in secrete.Maledixisti sceptris ejus, / capiti bellatorum ejus, / venientibus ut turbo ad dispergendum me: / exsultatio eorum, sicut ejus qui devorat pauperem in abscondito. 15Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses, in the mud of many waters.Facesti strada nel mare a' tuoi cavalli, per mezzo al fango delle acque profonde.Thou madest a way in the sea for thy horses, in the middes of manie waters.Viam fecisti in mari equis tuis, / in luto aquarum multarum. 16I have heard and my bowels were troubled: my lips trembled at the voice. Let rottenness enter into my bones, and swarm under me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may go up to our people that are girded.Udii, e le mie viscere si commossero: a tal voce tremarono le mie labbra. Entri la putredine nelle mie ossa, e pulluli dentro di me; Perchè io abbia riposo nel giorno della tribolazione, e vada ad unirmi al nostro popolo accinto.I heard, and my bellie was trubled: at the voice my lippes trembled. let rottenes enter in my bones, & swarme vnder me. That I may rest in the day of tribulation: that I may ascend to our girded people.Audivi, et conturbatus est venter meus; / a voce contremuerunt labia mea. / Ingrediatur putredo in ossibus meis, / et subter me scateat: / ut requiescam in die tribulationis, / ut ascendam ad populum accinctum nostrum.

17For the fig tree shall not blossom: and there shall be no spring in the vines. The labour of the olive tree shall fail: and the fields shall yield no food: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.Perocché il fico non fiorirà, e la vigna non butterà: L'ulivo non manterrà fede col frutto, e le campagne non daranno da mangiare: Saran rapite dall'ovile le pecore, e le stalle saran senza armenti.For the figtree shal not florish: and there shal be no spring in the vines. The worke of the oliuetree shal deceiue: and the fields shal not yeld meate: the cattel shal be cut of from the fold, and there shal be no heard in the stalles.Ficus enim non florebit, / et non erit germen in vineis; / mentietur opus olivæ, / et arva non afferent cibum: / abscindetur de ovili pecus, / et non erit armentum in præsepibus. 18But I will rejoice in the Lord: and I will joy in God my Jesus.Ma io mi rallegrerò nel Signore, ed esulterò in Dio, mio Gesù.But I wil ioy in our Lord: and wil reioyce in God my IESVS.Ego autem in Domino gaudebo; / et exsultabo in Deo Jesu meo. 19The Lord God is my strength: and he will make my feet like the feet of harts: and he the conqueror will lead me upon my high places singing psalms.Il Signore Dio, mia fortezza: ed egli mi darà piedi come di cervo, Ed ei vincitore agli eccelsi luoghi miei mi condurrà cantante dei salmi.God our Lord is my strength: and he wil make my feete as of the harts. and vpon my high places he the conquerer wil lead me singing in psalmes.Deus Dominus fortitudo mea, / et ponet pedes meos quasi cervorum: / et super excelsa mea deducet me / victor in psalmis canentem.