Micah 7
1 I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like [SIM] someone who is hungry, [who searches for fruit to pick] after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat.
¡Ay de mí, que he llegado a ser como lo que queda de la cosecha de verano, como el rebusco de la vendimia; no hay ya racimo que pueda comer; mi alma desea los higos tempranos.
2 [All] the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. [The people who are left] are all murderers [MTY]; [it is as though] everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman.
Han desaparecido de la tierra los hombres piadosos y no hay ya justos entre los hombres. Todos ponen asechanzas para (derramar) la sangre, cada cual tiende la red a su hermano.
3 They [all] use both hands to do what is evil. [Government] officials and judges [all] ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together [about how to get it done].
Sus manos hacen el mal en vez del bien; el príncipe hace extorsión, y el juez acepta soborno; el grande manifiesta lo que desea su alma y así urden la trama.
4 [Even] the best people are [as worthless] [SIM] as briers; the people [who are considered by others to be] [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, [Yahweh] will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be [very] confused [because of being defeated].
El mejor de ellos es como cambrón, el más recto peor que un cerco de espinos. Es llegado el día (anunciado por) tus centinelas, (el día) de tu visita; ahora les sobreviene la consternación.
5 [So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
No confiéis en el amigo, ni os fieis del mejor compañero. Guarda la puerta de tu boca ante aquella que duerme en tu seno.
6 Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses.
Pues el hijo trata al padre como loco; la hija se rebela contra la madre, la nuera contra la suegra; y los enemigos del hombre son los de su misma casa.
7 As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
Mas yo fijaré mis ojos en Yahvé; esperaré en el Dios de mi salvación y me oirá el Dios mío.
8 You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about [what has happened to] us, [because even] if we have experienced disasters, [those disasters will end and] we will be restored. [Even] if [it is as though] we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light.
No te alegres de mí, oh enemiga mía. Aunque caí, me levantaré, y si me senté en tinieblas, mi luz es Yahvé.
9 We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, [it will be as though] he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. [It will be as though] he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us.
Sufriré la indignación de Yahvé —pues he pecado contra Él—, hasta que Él juzgue mi causa y me haga justicia. Él me sacará a la luz, y yo contemplaré su justicia.
10 Our enemies will [also] see that, and they will be disgraced because they [ridiculed us], saying “Why is [RHQ] Yahweh, that God of yours, [not helping you]?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like [SIM] mud in the streets.
Lo verá mi enemiga, y quedará cubierta de vergüenza, aquella que me decía: “¿Dónde está Yahvé, tu Dios?” Mis ojos la contemplarán; cuando sea hollada como el lodo de las calles.
11 [You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
Llegará el día de la reedificación de tus muros, en aquel día será retirada la Ley.
12 [People from many countries will come to honor you]: people from Assyria and from [near] the [Euphrates] River [in the east] and from Egypt [in the south], from distant seas, and from many mountains.
Entonces vendrán a ti, desde Asiria y las ciudades de Egipto, y desde Egipto hasta el río; de mar a mar, y de monte a monte.
13 But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
Y la tierra será devastada a causa de sus habitantes. Este será el fruto de sus obras.
14 Yahweh, protect your people like [MET] [a shepherd protects his sheep] by using his walking stick; lead your people [MET] whom you have chosen to belong to you. [Even though some of them] live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead [regions] that they possessed long ago.
¡Apacienta a tu pueblo con tu cayado, el rebaño de tu heredad, que habita solitario en la selva, en medio del Carmelo! ¡Pazcan ellos en Basan y en Galaad, como en los tiempos antiguos!
15 [Yahweh says/replies], “[Yes], I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your [ancestors] from [being slaves in] Egypt.”
Le haré ver prodigios como en los días de tu salida del país de Egipto.
16 [People from many] nations will see [what Yahweh does for you], and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears [because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does], [and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything].
Lo verán las naciones, y se avergonzarán de toda su fuerza; pondrán la mano sobre su boca, y sus oídos quedarán sordos.
17 [Being very humiliated, ] they will crawl on the ground [MTY] like [SIM] snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him.
Lamerán el polvo como la serpiente; como los reptiles de la tierra, saldrán temblando de sus escondrijos; llenos de temor se llegarán a Yahvé, nuestro Dios, y se sobrecogerán de temor ante ti.
18 [Yahweh], there is no [RHQ] God like you; you forgive the sins [DOU] that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy [to show us] that you faithfully love [us].
¿Quién es Dios como Tú, que perdonas la iniquidad, y olvidas el pecado del resto de tu herencia? No guarda El para siempre su ira, porque se complace en misericordia.
19 You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of [the scroll on which you have written] the sins that we have committed [as though you were] trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean.
Volverá a compadecerse de nosotros, aplastará nuestras iniquidades, y arrojará a lo más profundo del mar todos nuestros pecados.
20 You will show that you faithfully [do what you promised for us] and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do.
Tú manifestarás tu fidelidad a Jacob, y a Abrahán la misericordia, que juraste a nuestros padres desde los días de la antigüedad.
