< Micah 3 >

1 Then I said, “You Israeli [MTY] leaders, listen [to what I say]! You should certainly [RHQ] know what things are right [to do] [and what things are wrong],
Y dije: Oíd ahora, príncipes de Jacob, y cabezas de la casa de Israel: ¿No pertenecía a vosotros saber el derecho?
2 but you hate what is good and you love what is evil. [You act like butchers]: [it is as though] you strip the skin off my people and [tear] the flesh from their bones.
Que aborrecen lo bueno, y aman lo malo: que les roban su cuero, y su carne de sobre sus huesos.
3 [It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a pot.
Y que comen la carne de mi pueblo, y les desuellan su cuero de sobre ellos, y les quebrantan sus huesos, y los rompen como para echar en caldero, y como carnes en olla.
4 Then, [when you have troubles], you plead to Yahweh [to help you], but he will not answer you. At that time, he will turn away from you because of the evil things that you have done.”
Entonces clamarán a Jehová, y no les responderá: antes esconderá de ellos su rostro en aquel tiempo, como ellos hicieron malas obras.
5 This is what Yahweh says about your [false] prophets who are deceiving the people: “If someone gives them food, those prophets say that things will go well for him. But they declare war against anyone who does not give them food.
Así dijo Jehová de los profetas, que hacen errar mi pueblo, que muerden con sus dientes, y claman paz; y al que no les diere que coman, aplazan contra él batalla.
6 So [now it is as though] [MET] night will descend on you prophets; you will not receive any [more] visions. [It is as though] [MET] the sun will set for you; the time [when you are greatly honored] will end.
Por tanto de la profecía se os hará noche, y oscuridad del adivinar; y sobre estos profetas se pondrá el sol, y el día se entenebrecerá sobre ellos.
7 [Then] you (seers/people who predict what will happen in the future) [DOU] will be disgraced; you will cover your faces [because you will be ashamed], because when you ask me [what will happen], there will be no answer from me.”
Y avergonzarse han los profetas, y confundirse han los adivinos, y ellos todos cubrirán su labio; porque no tendrán respuesta de Dios.
8 But as for me, I am full of [God’s] power, [power] from the Spirit of Yahweh. I am courageous and strong to declare to the Israeli people [MTY, DOU] that they have sinned and rebelled [against Yahweh].
Yo empero soy lleno de fuerza del Espíritu de Jehová, y de juicio, y de fortaleza; para denunciar a Jacob su rebelión, y a Israel su pecado.
9 You leaders of the people [MTY] of Israel, listen to this! You hate [it when people do] what is just; and [when people say] what is true, you distort it, [saying it is false].
Oíd ahora esto, cabezas de la casa de Jacob, y capitanes de la casa de Israel, que abomináis el juicio, y pervertís todo el derecho:
10 [It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.
Que edificáis a Sión con sangre, y a Jerusalem con injusticia:
11 Your leaders make [favorable] decisions [only if they receive] bribes. Your priests teach people only if [those people] pay them [well]. Your [false] prophets require people to pay them to tell people what will happen [to them] in the future. Those prophets say, “Yahweh is telling us [what we should say], and [we say that] we will not experience any disasters.”
Sus cabezas juzgan por cohecho, y sus sacerdotes enseñan por precio, y sus profetas adivinan por dinero; y arrímanse a Jehová, diciendo: ¿No está Jehová entre nosotros? No vendrá mal sobre nosotros.
12 Because of what you [leaders do], Zion [Hill] will be plowed like a field; it will become a heap of ruins/rubble; the top of the hill, where the temple is [now], will be covered with bushes.
Por tanto a causa de vosotros Sión será arada como campo, y Jerusalem será majanos, y el monte de la casa como cumbres de breña.

< Micah 3 >