Micah 1
1 [I am] Micah. I am from [the town of] Moresheth [in Judah]. Yahweh gave me these [messages in] visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, [and then] Ahaz, and [then] Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah.
La Palabra de Yavé que vino a Miqueas de Moreset, en días de Jotam, Acaz y Ezequías, reyes de Judá, lo que vio sobre Samaria y Jerusalén.
2 You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple [in heaven].
¡Escuchen, pueblos todos! Atiende, oh tierra, y lo que hay en ti. Sea ʼAdonay Yavé Testigo contra ustedes, desde su santo Templo.
3 He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
Porque miren: Yavé sale de su lugar, descenderá y caminará sobre las alturas de la tierra.
4 [It will be as though] the mountains will melt under his [feet] like [SIM] wax [melts] in front of a fire, and like [SIM] water [disappears] when it rushes/flows down into a valley.
Las montañas se derretirán debajo de Él como cera junto al fuego. Los valles se hendirán como agua derramada sobre una pendiente.
5 Those things will happen because of the terrible sins [DOU] that the people [MTY] of Israel, [the descendants of] Jacob, have committed. But it was [RHQ] [the people of] Samaria [city who persuaded all the people of] Israel to sin, and it was [RHQ] because the people of Jerusalem [set up altars to worship their gods] that [the other people of] Judah [were persuaded to worship idols on] their hilltops.
Todo esto sucederá por la transgresión de Jacob y por los pecados de la Casa de Israel. ¿Cuál es la rebelión de Jacob? ¿No es Samaria? ¿Y cuál es el lugar alto de Judá? ¿No es Jerusalén?
6 So Yahweh will cause Samaria to become a heap [of rubble/ruins]; [it will be only] a field for planting vineyards. He will cause the stones of its [buildings] to roll down into the valley, and the foundations [of the buildings] will be uncovered.
Pues convertiré a Samaria en una pila de ruinas en el campo abierto, tierra para plantar viñas. Rodaré sus piedras hacia el valle y dejaré sus cimientos al descubierto.
7 All the idols in Samaria will be smashed, and the gifts [given to prostitutes at the temples of their idols] will be destroyed in a fire. And because people paid prostitutes there, [their enemies will take away those idols and sell them] to get money to pay to prostitutes [in other countries].
Todos sus ídolos serán destrozados, y todas sus ofrendas quemadas. Arrasaré todos sus ídolos porque los obtuvo como regalos de prostitutas, y volverán a regalos de prostitutas.
8 Because [Samaria will be destroyed], I will weep and wail. I will walk around (barefoot/without any sandals on my feet) and naked. I will howl like a jackal/wolf and screech like an owl,
Por eso tengo que lamentar y gemir, andar descalzo y desnudo y hacer un lamento como los chacales y un quejido como los avestruces.
9 because Samaria will be completely destroyed [MET]; nothing can save that city. But the same thing will happen to Judah! [It is as though the enemy army] has [already] reached the city gates of Jerusalem, [the main city where] my people [live].
Porque su llaga es incurable. Llegó a Judá porque llegó hasta la puerta de mi pueblo, a Jerusalén.
10 Do not tell that to [our enemies] in Gath [city in Philistia]! Do not cry, [lest the people there find out what is happening]! [Instead, just] roll in the dirt in Beth-Leaphrah [because the name of that town means ‘house of dust].’
No lo anuncien en Gat, ni se entreguen al llanto. ¡Revuélcate en el polvo en Bet-le-afrá!
11 You people who live in Shaphir [town, whose name means ‘beautiful],’ naked and ashamed, you will be taken [to another country]. [You people in] Beth-Ezel [town] should mourn, [because] no one from Zaanan [town, whose name means ‘one who goes out],’ will go out to help you.
¡Pasa en vergonzosa desnudez, oh habitante de Safir! El habitante de Saanán no sale. Bet-esel llora y te quita su apoyo.
12 [The name of] Maroth [town sounds like ‘bitterness];’ everyone there is anxiously waiting for good things to happen to them, but good things will not happen to them; instead, terrible things are about to happen to them, and it will soon happen at the gates of Jerusalem.
El habitante de Marot anhela ansiosamente el bien, pues de parte de Yavé bajó el mal hasta la puerta de Jerusalén.
13 You people of Lachish [city, whose name sounds like ‘team],’ hitch your horses to pull the chariots [in which you can ride to flee from your enemies]. The Israeli people rebelled against Yahweh, and you (imitated them/did the same evil things that they did), and that caused the people of Jerusalem [IDM] to start sinning, too.
¡Ata el carruaje a veloces corceles, oh habitante de Laquis! Allí comenzó el pecado de la hija de Sion. Allí se hallaron las transgresiones de Israel.
14 [You people of Judah], send a farewell gift to [the people] of Moresheth [town], [because their enemies will soon destroy it]. [The name of the town Aczib means ‘deception],’ and the kings of Israel [will soon find out that the people of that town] will deceive them.
Por tanto, ustedes darán regalos a Moreset-gat, pues la casa de Aczib defraudó a los reyes de Israel.
15 [The name of your town of] Mareshah [means ‘conqueror],’ and Yahweh will [soon] send someone to conquer your town. [It will be necessary for] the great/glorious leaders of Israel to go [and hide in the cave at] Adullam [city].
Además, oh habitante de Maresa, traeré sobre ti al que toma posesión, y la nobleza de Israel se refugiará en Adulam.
16 [You people of Judah], shave your heads [while you will be mourning], because your children whom you love will [soon] be (exiled/forced to leave you and go to another country).
¡Rápate y trasquílate por los hijos de tus delicias! Ensancha tu calva como la del buitre, porque se irán de ti en cautiverio.
