UHabakuki 1:2-5

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.