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 venido a ser como cuando han cogido los frutos del verano, como cuando han rebuscado después de la vendimia, que no queda racimo para comer; mi alma deseó los primeros frutos.
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.
Faltó el misericordioso de la tierra, y ninguno hay recto entre los hombres; todos acechan a la sangre; cada cual arma 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].
Para completar la maldad con sus manos, el príncipe demanda, y el juez juzga por recompensa; y el grande habla el antojo de su alma, y lo confirman.
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 el espino; el más recto, como zarzal; el día de tus atalayas, tu visitación, viene; ahora será su confusión.
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 creáis en amigo, ni confiéis en príncipe; de la que duerme a tu lado, guarda, no abras tu boca.
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, la nuera contra su suegra; y los enemigos del hombre son los de su 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].
Yo empero al SEÑOR esperaré, esperaré al Dios de mi salud; el Dios mío me oirá.
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.
Tú, enemiga mía, no te alegres de mí, porque si caí, he de levantarme; si morare en tinieblas, el SEÑOR es 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.
La ira del SEÑOR soportaré, porque pequé contra él, hasta que juzgue mi causa y haga mi juicio; él me sacará a luz; 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.
Y mi enemiga lo verá, y la cubrirá vergüenza; la que me decía: ¿Dónde está el SEÑOR tu Dios? Mis ojos la verán; ahora será hollada como lodo de las calles.
11 [You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
El día en que se edificarán tus muros, aquel día será alejado el mandamiento ( del duro imperio de su servidumbre ).
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.
En ese día vendrá hasta ti desde Asiria y las ciudades fuertes, y desde las ciudades fuertes hasta el Río, y 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 con sus moradores será asolada por 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 tu pueblo con tu cayado, el rebaño de tu heredad, que mora solo en la montaña, en medio del Carmelo; pazcan en Basán y Galaad, como en el tiempo pasado.
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.”
Yo les mostraré maravillas como el día que saliste 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].
Los gentiles verán, y se avergonzarán de todas sus valentías; pondrán la mano sobre su boca, ensordecerán sus oídos.
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 culebra; como las serpientes de la tierra, temblarán en sus encierros; se despavorirán del SEÑOR nuestro Dios, y temerán de 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].
¿Qué Dios como tú, que perdonas la maldad, y que pasas por la rebelión con el remanente de su heredad? No retuvo para siempre su enojo, porque es amador de 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.
El tornará, él tendrá misericordia de nosotros; él sujetará 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.
Cumplirás la verdad a Jacob, y a Abraham la misericordia, que tú juraste a nuestros padres desde tiempos antiguos.
