Miqueas 3
1 Entonces dije: “Por favor, escuchen, líderes de los descendientes de Jacob, pueblo de Israel. Ustedes deben saber la diferencia entre el bien y el mal,
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],
2 ¡pero ustedes aborrecen el bien y aman el mal! Ustedes arrancan la piel de mi pueblo, y dejan sus huesos al desnudo.
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.
3 Comen la carne de mi pueblo, le arrancan la piel y quiebran sus huesos. Cortan su carne en pedazos como carne que se echa a un caldero, como carne que se echa a una olla para cocinar”.
[It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a pot.
4 Entonces ellos clamarán al Señor, pero él no les responderá. Se ocultará de ellos en ese momento, por el mal que han hecho.
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.”
5 Esto es lo que el Señor dice dobre los profetas que engañan a mi pueblo. Ellos profetizan paz a quienes los alimentan, y profetizan guerra contra quienes no lo hacen.
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.
6 Por lo tanto será como la noche para ustedes, y no habrá visiones. Será oscuro, y no habrá predicciones. El sol se oscurecerá para esos profetas, y su día terminará en oscuridad.
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.
7 Los videntes serán desgraciados, los adivinos serán avergonzados, y cubrirán su rostro porque ninguno recibirá respuesta de Dios.
[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.”
8 Pero en cuanto a mi, he sido lleno de poder, con el Espíritu del Señor. Estoy lleno de justiciar y fuerza para traer a la luz la rebelión de los descendientes de Jacob, y el pecado del pueblo de Israel.
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].
9 Escúchenme, líderes de los descendientes de Jacob y pueblo de Israel, que aborrecen la justicia y falsifican lo recto.
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].
10 Ustedes están construyendo a Sión con sangre y a Jerusalén con maldad.
[It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.
11 Sus líderes juzgan por soborno y sus sacerdotes predican según el precio pagado. Aún así se apoyan en el Señor y dicen: “¿Acaso no está el Señor aquí con nosotros? ¡Nada malo puede sucedernos!”
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.”
12 Por lo tanto, por causa de ustedes Sión será como un campo arado, y Jerusalén como una montaña de escombros, y el monte en el Templo quedará recubierto de maleza.
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.
