KLV - Habakkuk - 2

2:1  jIH DichDaq Qam Daq wIj watch, je cher jIH'egh Daq the ramparts, je DichDaq legh pa' Daq legh nuq ghaH DichDaq jatlh Daq jIH, je nuq jIH DichDaq jang concerning wIj complaint.

2:2  joH'a' jangta' jIH, “Write the leghtaHghach, je chenmoH 'oH plain Daq tablets, vetlh ghaH 'Iv qettaH may read 'oH.

2:3  vaD the leghtaHghach ghaH yet vaD the wIv poH, je 'oH hurries toward the pItlh, je won't prove false. 'a' 'oH takes poH, loS vaD 'oH; because 'oH DichDaq DIch ghoS. 'oH won't delay.

2:4  yIlegh, Daj qa' ghaH puffed Dung. 'oH ghaH ghobe' upright Daq ghaH, 'ach the QaQtaHghach DichDaq yIn Sum Daj HartaHghach.

2:5  HIja', moreover, HIq ghaH treacherous. A haughty loD 'Iv ta'be' stay Daq home, 'Iv enlarges Daj neH as Sheol { Note: Sheol ghaH the Daq vo' the Heghpu'. } , je ghaH ghaH rur Hegh, je ta'laHbe' taH satisfied, 'ach gathers Daq himself Hoch tuqpu', je heaps Daq himself Hoch ghotpu'.

2:6  Won't Hoch Dochvammey tlhap Dung a parable Daq ghaH, je a taunting proverb Daq ghaH, je jatlh, ‘Woe Daq ghaH 'Iv increases vetlh nuq ghaH ghobe' Daj, je 'Iv enriches himself Sum extortion! chay' tIq?'

2:7  Won't lIj debtors Hu' Dung suddenly, je wake Dung chaH 'Iv chenmoH SoH tremble, je SoH DichDaq taH chaj victim?

2:8  Because SoH ghaj plundered law' tuqpu', Hoch the chuv vo' the ghotpu' DichDaq plunder SoH, because vo' men's 'Iw, je vaD the violence ta'pu' Daq the puH, Daq the veng je Daq Hoch 'Iv yIn Daq 'oH.

2:9  Woe Daq ghaH 'Iv gets an mIghtaHghach gain vaD Daj tuq, vetlh ghaH may cher Daj nest Daq jen, vetlh ghaH may taH toDta' vo' the ghop vo' mIghtaHghach!

2:10  SoH ghaj devised tuH Daq lIj tuq, Sum cutting litHa' law' ghotpu', je ghaj yempu' Daq lIj qa'.

2:11  vaD the nagh DichDaq SaQ pa' vo' the reD, je the beam pa' vo' the woodwork DichDaq jang 'oH.

2:12  Woe Daq ghaH 'Iv builds a vengHom tlhej 'Iw, je establishes a veng Sum He'taHghach!

2:13  yIlegh, 'oHbe' 'oH vo' joH'a' vo' Armies vetlh the ghotpu' labor vaD the qul, je the tuqpu' Doy' themselves vaD vanity?

2:14  vaD the tera' DichDaq taH tebta' tlhej the Sov vo' the batlh vo' joH'a', as the bIQmey So' the biQ'a'.

2:15  “Woe Daq ghaH 'Iv nob Daj jIl tlhutlh, pouring lIj inflaming HIq until chaH 'oH drunk, vaj vetlh SoH may gaze Daq chaj naked porghmey!

2:16  SoH 'oH tebta' tlhej tuH, je ghobe' batlh. SoH DichDaq je tlhutlh, je taH exposed! The HIvje' vo' joH'a' nIH ghop DichDaq ghoS around Daq SoH, je disgrace DichDaq So' lIj batlh.

2:17  vaD the violence ta'pu' Daq Lebanon DichDaq overwhelm SoH, je the QIH vo' the Ha'DIbaH, nuq chenmoHta' chaH vIp; because vo' men's 'Iw, je vaD the violence ta'pu' Daq the puH, Daq Hoch veng je Daq chaH 'Iv yIn Daq chaH.

2:18  “ nuq value ta'taH the engraved image ghaj, vetlh its maker ghajtaH engraved 'oH; the molten image, 'ach the teacher vo' lies, vetlh ghaH 'Iv fashions its form trusts Daq 'oH, Daq chenmoH mute idols?

2:19  Woe Daq ghaH 'Iv jatlhtaH Daq the wood, ‘Awake!' joq Daq the mute nagh, ‘ Hu'!' DIchDaq vam ghojmoH? yIlegh, 'oH ghaH overlaid tlhej SuD baS je baS chIS, je pa' ghaH ghobe' breath Daq Hoch Daq its midst.

2:20  'ach joH'a' ghaH Daq Daj le' lalDan qach. chaw' Hoch the tera' taH tam qaSpa' ghaH!”