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! Porque soy como el último de los frutos de verano, como el rebusco después de la cosecha, cuando ya no queda racimo que comer. Mi alma deseó el fruto maduro.
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.
Desapareció el piadoso de la tierra, y no hay recto entre los hombres. Todos acechan para derramar sangre. Cada uno caza al otro con una red.
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].
Con respecto al mal, ambas manos lo hacen bien. El príncipe pide soborno y también el juez. El grande habla de la codicia de su alma. Así lo entretejen juntos.
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 la espina, el más recto como un zarzal. Pero viene el día de tu castigo, el que anunciaron tus vigilantes. ¡Entonces será su turbación!
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 confíen en un vecino, ni tengan confianza en un amigo. Guarda tus labios de la 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.
Porque el hijo deshonra al padre, la hija se levanta contra la madre y la nuera contra la suegra. Los enemigos del hombre son los de su propia 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].
Pero yo esperaré a Yavé. Esperaré al ʼElohim de mi salvación. ¡Mi ʼElohim me escuchará!
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.
Oh enemigo mío, no te regocijes por causa de mí. Aunque caiga, me levantaré. Aunque esté en la oscuridad, Yavé será mi Luz.
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.
Soportaré la ira de Yavé hasta que juzgue mi causa y me haga justicia, porque pequé contra Él. Él me sacará a la luz, y yo veré 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.
Mi enemiga lo verá y vergüenza la cubrirá, la que me decía: ¿Dónde está Yavé tu ʼElohim? Mis ojos la mirarán cuando sea pisoteada 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.
Habrá un día para reconstruir tus muros. Ese día tus límites serán extendidos
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.
y vendrán a ti desde Asiria hasta Egipto, desde el Nilo hasta el Éufrates, de mar a mar y de montaña a montaña.
13 But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
Porque la tierra será asolada a causa de sus habitantes, como 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 posesión que vive solo en la montaña, en medio del bosque de la montaña Carmelo. Apacentarán sus rebaños en Basán 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.”
Como en los días cuando salieron de Egipto, Yo les mostraré maravillas.
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].
Las naciones verán, estarán avergonzadas de su poderío, se taparán la boca con la mano y sus oídos estarán 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. Temblarán y saldrán de sus fortalezas. Llegarán con temor y reverencia ante Ti, oh Yavé nuestro.
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].
¿Cuál ʼEL hay como Tú, que perdona la iniquidad y olvida el pecado del remanente de su heredad? Él no retiene su ira para siempre, porque se deleita en el amor inmutable.
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.
Él volverá a compadecerse de nosotros. Sepultará nuestras iniquidades y echará en lo 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.
Concederás la verdad a Jacob, y la lealtad a Abraham que juraste a nuestros antepasados desde tiempos antiguos.
