¹ Utenga wamene Habakuku muneneli analandila, ² ''Yehova, nizalila kwantawi itali bwanji, mukalibe kuninvela? Nililila kuli imwe, 'Chiwawa!' koma simunani pulumuse. ³ Nichani mumaleka kuti nione uchimo naku langana pa vochita voipa? Chionongeko na chiwawa vili pamenso panga; kuli mukangano, nakuyambana kwanyamuka. ⁴ Mwaicho malamulo yapepusiwa, ndipo chiweluzo sichinkala pa ntawi ili yonse. pakuti boipa bazunguluka bolungama; mwaichi chiweluzo chaboza chichokelela. ''Yehova anamuyanka Habakuku ⁵ ''Langana ma ziko naku yayesa; nkala odabwa naku naku dawisiwa maningi! chifukwa nifuna kuchita chintu mumasiku yako chakuti suzakachikululupilila ukaenda ku chinvela. ⁶ Pakuti ona! Nifuna kunyamula ma Chaldeanis_ uja mutundu oyofya na wochela- baenda enda muziko yonse yamu munzi kupoka manyumba yamene siyanali yao. ⁷ Bayofya naku yopesa; chiweluzo na ulemelelo wao upitiliza kuchokela kuli bene bake. ⁸ Makavalo yao yamatanga manga maningi kuchila Nyalugwe, changu kuchila mimbulu yausiku. Mwaicho makavalo yao yapambana, naba pakavalo ba chokela kutali maningi- ba mbululuka monga nkwazi wamene atamangila kudya. ⁹ Bonse bamabwelela nkanza; kupaka kwao kuli maenda monga chimpepo mu chipululu, ndipo bama sonkanisa bakapolo ngati michenga.footnote The copies of the ancient Hebrew text are translated here, "their multitudes go like the desert wind" ; this is a difficult passage to translate, and it is translated in different ways in modern translations. ¹⁰ Mwaicho bama nyoza manfumu, bolamulila balimonga choseka kuli beve. Bamaseka chitetezo chili chonse, chifukwa bama faka pamozi ziko naku itenga. ¹¹ Chokonkapo chimpepo chizapitapo; chizaenda musanga kupitilila- bantu bochimwa, abo bamene kupambana ndiye mulungu wao.'' Habakuku afunsa Yehova funso inangu ¹² ''Nanga sindimwe bamu ntawi yakudala, Yehova Mulungu wanga, Oyela wanga? Sitizafa. Yehova anabaika kuti ba weluza, naiwe, mwala,vankazikisiwa pa kulungamisiwa. ¹³ Menso yako niyoyela maningi kuyangana pa choipa, ndipo sumkwanisa kulangana vochitika voipa na chisomo; Nichani kansi walangana nachisomo pali abo bamene baku pachikani? Nichani mwankalila zii koma boipa bamela abo bolungama kuchila beve? ¹⁴ Mupanga muntu monga nsomba mu nyanja, monga vintu vokwawa vilibe ovilamulila. ¹⁵ Ama leta vonse pamwamba na mbeza; naku faka bantu molobela nsomba; aba sonkanisa pamozi mumu koka wake; ndipo asangalala naku kondwela. ¹⁶ Mwaichi apeleka nsembe ku ukonda wake naku shoka vonunkiliza ku mikoka yake, pakuti mumu konda wake ankala bwino, nava kudya vake nivija vamutundu wolemela. ¹⁷ Nanga azapitiliza kuchosa vonse mu ukonda wake, nanga azapitiliza futi kucheka ma ziko kopanda chifundo?''