1 S higionoth tells of this prayer of Habakkuk, the man of God.

هَذِهِ صَلاةُ حَبَقُّوقَ النَّبِيِّ بِحَسَبِ الرؤيا الَّتي رآها:

2 O Lord, I have heard of what You have done, and I am filled with fear. O Lord, do again in our times the great things which You have done before. Remember to show loving-kindness, even when You are angry.

يا اللهُ ، سَمِعْتُ صِيتَكَ الذّائِعَ. سَمِعْتُ فَارْتَعْتُ مِنْ أعمالِكَ يا اللهُ. لَكِنْ خِلالَ سِنينِ حَياتِنا أحْيِ ذِكرَكَ، خِلالَ سِنينِ حَياتِنا. وَإذا غَضِبْتَ مِنّا، تَذَكَّرْ رَحْمَتَكَ. سِلاهْ

3 G od comes from Teman. The Holy One comes from Mount Paran. His shining-greatness covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise.

اللهُ يَأتِي مِنْ تِيمانَ، القُدُّوسُ مِنْ جَبَلِ فارانَ. سِلاهْ مَجْدُهُ يُغَطِّي السَّماءَ، وَالأرْضُ مُمتَلِئَةٌ بِتَرانِيمِ التَّسبِيحِ لَهُ.

4 H e is as bright as the sun. He has light shining from His hand, where His power is hidden.

يَأتِي اللَّمَعانُ كَالبَرقِ، وَمَعَهُ شُعاعُ بَرقٍ فِي يَدِهِ لَهُ شُعبَتانِ. يُخفِي قُوَّتَهُ.

5 D isease goes before Him, and much trouble comes after Him.

يَسِيرُ الوَباءُ أمامَهُ، وَالحُمَّى تَخرُجُ عِندَ قَدَمَيهِ.

6 H e stood and looked over the earth. He looked and shook the nations. The lasting mountains were broken to pieces, and the old hills fell down. His ways last forever.

وَقَفَ وَهَزَّ الأرْضَ، نَظَرَ فَاهتَزَّتِ الأُمَمُ مُرتَعِبَةً. تَحَطَّمَتِ الجِبالُ القَدِيمَةُ، وَالتِّلالُ العَتِيقَةُ هَبَطَتْ. يَسلُكُ السُّبُلَ الَّتِي سَلَكَها قَدِيماً.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in trouble. The tent curtains of the land of Midian were shaking.

بَدَلاً مِنَ الظُّلمِ الَّذِي رَأيتُهُ، تَرتَجِفُ خِيامُ كُوشانَ، وَسَتائِرُ خِيامِ أِرضِ مِدْيانَ كَذَلِكَ.

8 W ere You angry with the rivers, O Lord? Was Your anger against the rivers? Or were You angry with the sea? You rode on Your horses. You rode on Your war-wagons saving people.

يا اللهُ ، هَلِ اشتَعَلَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى الأنهارِ؟ هَلْ حَمِيَ غَضَبُكَ عَلَى الأنهارِ، وَسَخَطُكَ عَلَى البَحْرِ؟ ألِهَذا تَركَبُ عَلَى خُيُولٍ وَمَركَباتٍ لِأجلِ الانْتِصارِ؟

9 Y ou took the covering off Your bow and put the arrows to the string. You divided the earth with rivers.

تُخرِجُ قَوسَكَ مِنْ كِنانَتِهِ، وَتَملأُهُ بِسِهامٍ لا تُحْصَى. سِلاهْ تَشُقُّ الأرْضَ بِالأودِيَةِ.

10 T he mountains saw You and shook. The flood of waters flowed by. The sea made its noise and its waves rose high.

رَأتْكَ الجِبالُ فَتَلَوَّتْ مِنَ الألَمِ. سَكَبَتِ الغُيُومُ الثَّقِيلَةُ مِياهَها، وَأعماقُ المُحِيطاتِ زَمْجَرَتْ حِينَ رَفَعَتْ أيدِيها لِلإحاطَةِ بِاليابِسَةِ.

11 T he sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the light of Your arrows, at the shining of Your spear.

الشَّمْسُ وَالقَمَرُ وَقَفا فِي مَسكَنِهِما المُرتَفِعِ. النُّورُ الوَحِيدُ هُوَ نُورُ سِهامِكَ الطّائِرَةِ، بَرِيقُ رُمحِكَ يُنِيرُ السَّماءَ.

12 Y ou walked over the earth in Your anger. In anger You crushed the nations under foot.

تَدُوسُ الأرْضَ بِسَخَطٍ، وَتَسْحَقُ الأُمَمَ بِغَضَبٍ.

13 Y ou went to save Your people, to save Your chosen ones. You crushed the leader of the land of the sinful and laid him open from thighs to neck.

خَرَجْتَ لِتُنقِذَ شَعبَكَ، لِتُنقِذَ المَلِكَ الَّذِي مَسَحْتَهُ. ضَرَبْتَ قائِدَ الأشرارِ، وَنَزَعْتَ جِلْدَهُ مِنْ أسفَلِ ظَهرِهِ إلَى عُنُقِهِ. سِلاهْ

14 W ith his own spear You cut through the head of his soldiers. They came like a storm to send us everywhere, finding joy as if they were destroying in secret those who had it very hard.

طَعَنْتَ بِسِهامِهِ قائِدَ جُنُودِهِ الَّذِينَ هَجَمُوا عَلَيْنا كَعاصِفَةٍ لِيُبَدِّدُونا. احتَفَلُوا كَمَنْ يَفرَحُ بِالتِهامِ مِسكِينٍ فِي الخَفاءِ.

15 Y ou stepped on the sea with Your horses, on the waves of many waters.

دُسْتَ عَلَى البَحرِ بِخَيلِكَ فَهَيَّجْتَ المِياهَ العَظِيمَةَ.

16 I heard and my body shook. My lips shook at the sound. My bones began to waste away and my legs shook. Yet I will be quiet and wait for the day of trouble to come upon the people who fight against us.

سَمِعْتُ هَذا، فَارتَعَبَتْ أحشائِي. ارتَجَفَتْ شَفَتايَ عِندَ سَماعِ الصَّوتِ. شَعَرْتُ كَأنَّ النَّخْرَ يَدخُلُ إلَى عِظامِي، ارتَجَفَتْ رِجلايَ تَحتِي. سَأنتَظِرُ بِصَبْرٍ مَجِيءَ وَقتِ الضِّيقِ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يُهاجِمُونَنا.

17 E ven if the fig tree does not grow figs and there is no fruit on the vines, even if the olives do not grow and the fields give no food, even if there are no sheep within the fence and no cattle in the cattle-building,

فِإنْ كانَ شَجَرُ التِّينِ لا يُزْهِرُ، وَلا تُنتِجُ الكُرُومُ عِنَباً، وَإنْ ذَبُلَ شَجَرُ الزَّيتُونِ، وَلَمْ تُعطِ الحُقُولُ طَعاماً، وَإنْ فَرَغَتْ حَظِيرةُ الغَنَمِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَقَرٌ فِي الزَّرائِبِ،

18 y et I will have joy in the Lord. I will be glad in the God Who saves me.

فَإنَّنِي سَأفرَحُ بِاللهِ ، وَأبْتَهِجُ بِاللهِ الّذِي يُخَلِّصُنِي.

19 T he Lord God is my strength. He has made my feet like the feet of a deer, and He makes me walk on high places. This is for the song leader, on my different kinds of harps.

اللهُ رَبِّي هُوَ قُوَّتِي. يَجعَلُ قَدَمَيَّ كَقَدَمَي غَزالٍ، فَأمشِيَ عَلَى المُرتَفَعاتِ. لِقائِدِ التَّسبِيحِ، عَلَى الآلاتِ الوَتَرِيَّةِ.