UHabakuki 1:1-11

Isiprofetho esabonwa umprofethi uHabakuki. O Jehova, koze kube nini ngikhala, kodwa ungezwa! ngisho nakubizela ebudloveni, kodwa ngeke ukhulule! Kungani umemezela ububi bami futhi ungenze ngibone isikhalo? ngokuba impango nobudlova kuphambi kwami, futhi kukhona abavusa ukuxabana nokuxabana. Ngakho-ke umthetho uxegisiwe, nokwahlulelwa akuphumi; ngokuba ababi bahaqa olungileyo; ngakho-ke ukwahlulela okungalungile kuyaqhubeka. Bhekani phakathi kwabezizwe, nibone, nimangale ngokumangalisayo, ngokuba ngiyakwenza umsebenzi ezinsukwini zenu eningayikukholwa, noma niwutsheliwe. Ngokuba bhekani, ngiyakuvusa amaKaledi, isizwe esibabayo nesisheshayo, esidabula ububanzi bezwe, ukuba sidle izindawo zokuhlala ezingezona ezaso. Bayesabeka, besabeka; ukwahlulela kwabo nesithunzi sabo kuvela kubo. Amahhashi aso anejubane kunezingwe, anolaka kunezimpisi zasebusuku; bayondiza njengokhozi oludla ngokuphangisa. Bonke bayakuza ngobudlova; ubuso babo buyomunca njengomoya wasempumalanga, futhi bayobutha abadingisiwe njengesihlabathi. Bayoklolodela amakhosi, nezikhulu zibe yinhlekisa kubo; bayoklolodela zonke izinqaba; ngoba bayobutha uthuli futhi baluthathe. Khona-ke ingqondo yakhe iyoshintsha, futhi iyodlula futhi ithukuthele ngokubeka amandla akhe kunkulunkulu wayo.