The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the 12 minor prophets of the Bible. It is attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, and was probably composed in the late 7th century BC. The original text was written in the Hebrew language.

1. UHabhakuki
ISAHLUKO 1
1 Isihlabo awasibonayo uHabhakuki umprofeti.
2 Kunini na, Yehova, ndizibika, ungeva; ndikhala
kuwe ndisithi, Ugonyamelo, ungasindisi;
3 Yini na ukuba undikhangelise ubutshinga,
ukondele okubi? ngokuba ukubhuqa
nogonyamelo luphambi kwam; kukho ingxabano
neengxabano.
4 Ngenxa yoko uyekelelwe umyalelo, ukuze
kungaveli naphakade okusesikweni; ngokuba
abangendawo bayawarhawula amalungisa;
ngenxa yoko ugwebo lugwenxa.
5 Khangelani phakathi kweentlanga, nondele,
ningakhulumi nokukhuluma; ngokuba ndiya
kusebenza umsebenzi ngemihla yenu, eningayi
kukholwa nguwo, nokuba niyawubaliselwa.
6 Kuba, yabonani, ndixhoxha amaKaledi, uhlanga
olulugcalagcala, oluyintshakavula;
7 Bayoyikeka, bayoyikeka; isigwebo sabo
nesidima sabo siyaphuma kubo.
8 Amahashe alo anamendu ngaphezu
kwamangwe, anoburhalarhume ngaphezu
kweengcuka zangokuhlwa; ziphaphazela
njengexhalanga elikhawulezayo ukudla.
9 bephela bephela besiza ngokugonyamela;
10 Bona bacukuceza ookumkani, nezidwangube
ziyintlekisa kubo; bona bayazihleka iinqaba
zonke; ngokuba baya kufumba uthuli,
baluthabathe.
11 Baya kwandula ke batshintshe intliziyo yabo,
badlule, bone;
12 Asinguwe na owasusela kwamandulo, Yehova
Thixo wam, ungoyiNgcwele wam? asiyi kufa.
Yehova, ubamisele ukuba bagwebe; wena Thixo
oligorha, ubaseke, ubaqeqeshe.
13 Wena ungomehlo ahlambulukileyo, ukuba
angayikhangeli into embi, ukuba ungabi
nakukondela okubi; ubondele ngani na ke
abanginizi, ukuba uthi cwaka njeongendawo
emginya olilungisa kunaye?
14 Ulwenze ke uluntu lwanjengeentlanzi
zaselwandle, njengezinambuzane
ezingenamlawuli kuzo?
15 Bonke bephela babanyusa ngeqherhu labo;
babaqweqwedisa ngomnatha wabo,
babahlanganise ngomnatha wabo; ngenxa yoko
bayavuya, bagcobe.
16 Ngenxa yoko babingelela kumnatha wabo,
baqhumisele kumnathakazi wabo; kuba sityebe
ngezo nto isahlulo sabo, nokudla kwabo kwaba
ngamanqatha ngazo.
17 Baya kuwukhuphela na ngenxa yoko umnatha
wabo, bahlale bebulala iintlanga, bangacongi na?
ISAHLUKO 2
1 Ndiya kuma emboniselweni yam, ndizibeke
phezu kwenqaba, ndibonisele, ukuba ndiyibone
into aya kuyithetha kum, nento endiya
kuphendula yona ngenxa yesimangalo sam.
2 Wandiphendula uYehova, wathi, Bhala umbono,
uwukrole emacwecweni, ukuba abaleke
owulesayo.
3 Kuba umbono usaya kuba ngowexesha
elimisiweyo, ukhawulezela ekupheleni,
angathethi wona amanga; ngokuba uya kuza,
awuyi kubuya umva.
4 Yabona, ugxalathelene, awuthe tye,
umphefumlo wakhe phakathi kwakhe;
5 Ewe kanjalo, ngenxa yokuba esona ngewayini,
uyindoda enekratshi, engahlali ekhaya, owandisa
umnqweno wakhe njengesihogo, kwaye
enjengokufa, enganeliswa, kodwa ahlanganisele
kuye zonke izizwe, kwaye abuthele kuye zonke.
abantu:
6 Aziyi kuwenza umzekeliso ngaye yini na,
zonke ezo ziphela, zimkwekwele,
zimntsonkothele, zisithi, Uha, lowo wandisa
okungekwakhe! ixesha elingakanani? nakulowo
uzithwalisa udongwe olungqingqwa!
7 Abakulume abayi kuvuka ngesiquphe na,
bavuke abakuqumbisayo, ube ngamaxhoba kubo?
8 Ekubeni wena ubhunyule iintlanga ezininzi, aya
kukubhunyula onke amasalela ezizwe; ngenxa
yamagazi oluntu, nangenxa yokuligonyamela
kwakho ilizwe, nomzi, nabemi bawo bonke.
9 Yeha, lowo uyinqwenelela kakubi indlu yakhe,
ukuba amise indlwane yakhe phezulu, ukuze
ahlangulwe esandleni sobubi!
10 Uyicebele ihlazo indlu yakho, ngokunqamla
izizwe ezininzi; wonile kumphefumlo wakho.
11 Kuba ilitye eliseludongeni liya kukhala,
nomqadi womthi usabele kulo.
12 Yeha, owakha umzi ngamagazi, owuzinzisayo
umzi ngobugqwetha!
13 Yabona, akuphumi kuYehova wemikhosi na
ukuthi izizwe zizixhamlele umlilo, izizwe
zizityhafisele okulambathayo?

2. 14 Kuba ihlabathi liya kuzala kukwazi
ubuqaqawuli bukaYehova, njengamanzi
egubungele ulwandle.
15 Yeha, wena useza ummelwane wakho,
usongezelela ubushushu bakho kuye, umnxilisa
nokumnxilisa, ukuze ubondele ubuze bakhe!
16 Uya kuhluthiswa ngocukucezo, ngenxa
yozuko; sela nawe, kubonakale ukungaluki
kwakho. Iya kujikela kuwe indebe yesokunene
sikaYehova, ucukucezo lube phezu kozuko
lwakho.
17 Ngokuba ukuyigonyamela kwakho iLebhanon
kokugubungela;
18 Unceda ntoni na umfanekiso oqingqiweyo,
ukuba awuqingqe nje umenzi wawo? Umfanekiso
otyhidiweyo, nomyali wobuxoki, ukuba umyili
wento engento akholose ngayo nje, ukuze enze
izinto ezingento, ezizizidenge?
19 Yeha, othi enkuni, Vuka; athi kwilitye elithe
cwaka, Suk' ume! nalo, lifakwe egolideni
nasesilivereni; akukho nto ingumoya phakathi
kwalo.
20 UYehova ke yena usetempileni yakhe
engcwele; malithi tu ebusweni bakhe lonke
ihlabathi.
ISAHLUKO 3
1 Umthandazo kaHabhakuki umprofeti, ophuma
eShigionoti.
2 Yehova, ndikuvile intetho yakho, ndoyika;
Unomsindo, khumbula inceba.
3 Weza uThixo evela kwaTeman, OyiNgcwele
evela ezintabeni zaseParan. Selah. Ubuqaqawuli
bakhe bagubungela amazulu, yaye umhlaba
wazala yindumiso yakhe.
4 Ubumhlophe bakhe busuke baba
njengokukhanya; iimpondo ziphuma esandleni
sakhe, kufihlakele khona amandla akhe.
5 Phambi kwakhe kuhamba indyikitya yokufa,
kulandele amalahle avuthayo ezinyaweni zakhe.
6 Umi, walilinganisa ihlabathi; Zaba
nkumenkume iintaba zanini, zasibekeka iinduli
zasephakadeni;
7 Ndibone iintente zakwaKushan
zisenkathazweni, namalengalenga elizwe
lakwaMidiyan enyikima.
8 Ngaba uYehova wayenoburhalarhume
yimilambo? Ngaba umsindo wakho
wawukwimilambo na? Uburhalarhume bakho
bululwandle na, le nto ukhwele emahasheni akho,
kwiinqwelo zakho zokulwa zosindiso?
9 Sizihlubile sazihluba isaphetha sakho;
Zifungelwe ngokwelizwi lakho ngokwelizwi
lakho. Selah. Walicanda ilizwe ngemilambo.
10 Iintaba zakubona, ziyanyikima, Kudlule
isiphango samanzi;
11 Ilanga nenyanga zema ekhayeni lazo,
Ngokukhanya kweentolo zakho zahamba,
Ngokubengezela komkhonto wakho.
12 Ulicanda ilizwe ucaphuka, Ubhule iintlanga
unomsindo.
13 Waphuma ukuba usindise abantu bakho,
Usindise umthanjiswa wakho; Uphaluse intloko
endlwini yongendawo, Usihlube isiseko sakhe,
ude use entanyeni. Selah.
14 Wayihlaba ngeentonga zakhe intloko
yamagxamesi akhe, ziphuma njengomoya
ovuthuzayo, zisiza kundichitha;
15 Wanyathela elwandle ngamahashe akho,
Imfumba yamanzi amaninzi;
16 Ndithe ndakuva, saxuxuzela isisu sam;
Umlomo wam wabebezela lilizwi, impehla
emathanjeni am, ndazothuthumela ngaphakathi
kwam, ukuze ndiphumle ngemini yembandezelo;
17 Nokuba umkhiwane awuyi kutyatyamba,
Kungabikho siqhamo emdiliyeni; Ukuxelenga
komnquma kuya kuphela, namasimi angavelisi
kudla; iya kunqunyulwa impahla emfutshane
esidleleni, kungabikho nkomo ezibayeni;
18 Mna ke ndiya kudlamka ndikuYehova,
Ndigcobe ndikuThixo umsindisi wam.
19 UYehova uThixo ungamandla am, Uzenza
iinyawo zam, zibe njengezamaxhama,
andihambise emimangweni yam. Kumongameli
wokubethelwa izinto ezineentambo.