Habakkuk


Chapter 1
¹to lhmma o eiden ambakoum o profhths²ews tinos kurie kekraxomai kai ou mh eisakoushs bohsomai pros se adikoumenos kai ou swseis³ina ti moi edeixas kopous kai ponous epiblepein talaipwrian kai asebeian ex enantias mou gegonen krisis kai o kriths lambanei⁴dia touto dieskedastai nomos kai ou diexagetai eis telos krima oti o asebhs katadunasteuei ton dikaion eneken toutou exeleusetai to krima diestrammenon⁵idete oi katafronhtai kai epibleyate kai qaumasate qaumasia kai afanisqhte dioti ergon egw ergazomai en tais hmerais umwn o ou mh pisteushte ean tis ekdihghtai⁶dioti idou egw exegeirw ef� umas tous caldaious tous machtas to eqnos to pikron kai to tacinon to poreuomenon epi ta plath ths ghs tou kataklhronomhsai skhnwmata ouk autou⁷foberos kai epifanhs estin ex autou to krima autou estai kai to lhmma autou ex autou exeleusetai⁸kai exalountai uper pardaleis oi ippoi autou kai oxuteroi uper tous lukous ths arabias kai exippasontai oi ippeis autou kai ormhsousin makroqen kai petasqhsontai ws aetos proqumos eis to fagein⁹sunteleia eis asebeis hxei anqesthkotas proswpois autwn ex enantias kai sunaxei ws ammon aicmalwsian¹⁰kai autos en basileusin entrufhsei kai turannoi paignia autou kai autos eis pan ocurwma empaixetai kai balei cwma kai krathsei autou¹¹tote metabalei to pneuma kai dieleusetai kai exilasetai auth h iscus tw qew mou¹²ouci su ap� archs kurie o qeos o agios mou kai ou mh apoqanwmen kurie eis krima tetacas auton kai eplasen me tou elegcein paideian autou¹³kaqaros ofqalmos tou mh oran ponhra kai epiblepein epi ponous ou dunhsh ina ti epiblepeis epi katafronountas parasiwphsh en tw katapinein asebh ton dikaion¹⁴kai poihseis tous anqrwpous ws tous icquas ths qalasshs kai ws ta erpeta ta ouk econta hgoumenon¹⁵sunteleian en agkistrw anespasen kai eilkusen auton en amfiblhstrw kai sunhgagen auton en tais saghnais autou eneken toutou eufranqhsetai kai carhsetai h kardia autou¹⁶eneken toutou qusei th saghnh autou kai qumiasei tw amfiblhstrw autou oti en autois elipanen merida autou kai ta brwmata autou eklekta¹⁷dia touto amfibalei to amfiblhstron autou kai dia pantos apoktennein eqnh ou feisetai

Chapter 2
¹epi ths fulakhs mou sthsomai kai epibhsomai epi petran kai aposkopeusw tou idein ti lalhsei en emoi kai ti apokriqw epi ton elegcon mou²kai apekriqh pros me kurios kai eipen grayon orasin kai safws epi puxion opws diwkh o anaginwskwn auta³dioti eti orasis eis kairon kai anatelei eis peras kai ouk eis kenon ean usterhsh upomeinon auton oti ercomenos hxei kai ou mh cronish⁴ean uposteilhtai ouk eudokei h yuch mou en autw o de dikaios ek pistews mou zhsetai⁵o de katoinwmenos kai katafronhths anhr alazwn ouden mh peranh os eplatunen kaqws o adhs thn yuchn autou kai outos ws qanatos ouk empiplamenos kai episunaxei ep� auton panta ta eqnh kai eisdexetai pros auton pantas tous laous⁶ouci tauta panta parabolhn kat� autou lhmyontai kai problhma eis dihghsin autou kai erousin ouai o plhqunwn eautw ta ouk onta autou ews tinos kai barunwn ton kloion autou stibarws⁷oti exaifnhs anasthsontai daknontes auton kai eknhyousin oi epibouloi sou kai esh eis diarpaghn autois⁸dioti su eskuleusas eqnh polla skuleusousin se pantes oi upoleleimmenoi laoi di� aimata anqrwpwn kai asebeias ghs kai polews kai pantwn twn katoikountwn authn⁹w o pleonektwn pleonexian kakhn tw oikw autou tou taxai eis uyos nossian autou tou ekspasqhnai ek ceiros kakwn¹⁰ebouleusw aiscunhn tw oikw sou suneperanas laous pollous kai exhmarten h yuch sou¹¹dioti liqos ek toicou bohsetai kai kanqaros ek xulou fqegxetai auta¹²ouai o oikodomwn polin en aimasin kai etoimazwn polin en adikiais¹³ou tauta estin para kuriou pantokratoros kai exelipon laoi ikanoi en puri kai eqnh polla wligoyuchsan¹⁴oti plhsqhsetai h gh tou gnwnai thn doxan kuriou ws udwr katakaluyei autous¹⁵w o potizwn ton plhsion autou anatroph qolera kai mequskwn opws epibleph epi ta sphlaia autwn¹⁶plhsmonhn atimias ek doxhs pie kai su kai diasaleuqhti kai seisqhti ekuklwsen epi se pothrion dexias kuriou kai sunhcqh atimia epi thn doxan sou¹⁷dioti asebeia tou libanou kaluyei se kai talaipwria qhriwn ptohsei se dia aimata anqrwpwn kai asebeias ghs kai polews kai pantwn twn katoikountwn authn¹⁸ti wfelei glupton oti egluyan auto eplasan auto cwneuma fantasian yeudh oti pepoiqen o plasas epi to plasma autou tou poihsai eidwla kwfa¹⁹ouai o legwn tw xulw eknhyon exegerqhti kai tw liqw uywqhti kai auto estin fantasia touto de estin elasma crusiou kai arguriou kai pan pneuma ouk estin en autw²⁰o de kurios en naw agiw autou eulabeisqw apo proswpou autou pasa h gh

Chapter 3
¹proseuch ambakoum tou profhtou meta wdhs²kurie eisakhkoa thn akohn sou kai efobhqhn katenohsa ta erga sou kai exesthn en mesw duo zwwn gnwsqhsh en tw eggizein ta eth epignwsqhsh en tw pareinai ton kairon anadeicqhsh en tw taracqhnai thn yuchn mou en orgh eleous mnhsqhsh³o qeos ek qaiman hxei kai o agios ex orous kataskiou daseos diayalma ekaluyen ouranous h areth autou kai ainesews autou plhrhs h gh⁴kai feggos autou ws fws estai kerata en cersin autou kai eqeto agaphsin krataian iscuos autou⁵pro proswpou autou poreusetai logos kai exeleusetai en pedilois oi podes autou⁶esth kai esaleuqh h gh epebleyen kai dietakh eqnh dieqrubh ta orh bia etakhsan bounoi aiwnioi⁷poreias aiwnias autou anti kopwn eidon skhnwmata aiqiopwn ptohqhsontai kai ai skhnai ghs madiam⁸mh en potamois wrgisqhs kurie h en potamois o qumos sou h en qalassh to ormhma sou oti epibhsh epi tous ippous sou kai h ippasia sou swthria⁹enteinwn enteneis to toxon sou epi ta skhptra legei kurios diayalma potamwn raghsetai gh¹⁰oyontai se kai wdinhsousin laoi skorpizwn udata poreias autou edwken h abussos fwnhn auths uyos fantasias auths¹¹ephrqh o hlios kai h selhnh esth en th taxei auths eis fws bolides sou poreusontai eis feggos astraphs oplwn sou¹²en apeilh oligwseis ghn kai en qumw kataxeis eqnh¹³exhlqes eis swthrian laou sou tou swsai tous cristous sou ebales eis kefalas anomwn qanaton exhgeiras desmous ews trachlou diayalma¹⁴diekoyas en ekstasei kefalas dunastwn seisqhsontai en auth dianoixousin calinous autwn ws esqwn ptwcos laqra¹⁵kai epebibasas eis qalassan tous ippous sou tarassontas udwr polu¹⁶efulaxamhn kai eptohqh h koilia mou apo fwnhs proseuchs ceilewn mou kai eishlqen tromos eis ta osta mou kai upokatwqen mou etaracqh h exis mou anapausomai en hmera qliyews tou anabhnai eis laon paroikias mou¹⁷dioti sukh ou karpoforhsei kai ouk estai genhmata en tais ampelois yeusetai ergon elaias kai ta pedia ou poihsei brwsin exelipon apo brwsews probata kai ouc uparcousin boes epi fatnais¹⁸egw de en tw kuriw agalliasomai carhsomai epi tw qew tw swthri mou¹⁹kurios o qeos dunamis mou kai taxei tous podas mou eis sunteleian epi ta uyhla epibiba me tou nikhsai en th wdh autou