Miqueas 6
1 Escucha ahora lo que dice Yahvé: “Levántate, alega tu caso ante las montañas, y deja que las colinas escuchen lo que tienes que decir.
Pay attention to what Yahweh says [to you Israeli people]: “Stand up [in court] and state what you are accusing [me] about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say.
2 Oíd, montañas, la acusación de Yahvé, y vosotros, cimientos perdurables de la tierra; porque Yahvé tiene un caso contra su pueblo, y se enfrentará a Israel.
[But then] you mountains must [also] listen [carefully] [DOU] to what I, Yahweh, am complaining [about my people]. I have something to say about what [DOU] my Israeli people are doing that displeases me.
3 Pueblo mío, ¿qué te he hecho? ¿Cómo te he agobiado? ¡Respóndeme!
My people, what have I done to [cause trouble for] you [RHQ]? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me!
4 Porque yo te saqué de la tierra de Egipto, y te redimió de la casa de la esclavitud. Envié delante de ti a Moisés, Aarón y Miriam.
I [did great things for your ancestors]; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to [lead] them, and [his older brother] Aaron and [his older sister] Miriam.
5 Pueblo mío, recuerda ahora lo que ideó Balac, rey de Moab, y lo que le respondió Balaam hijo de Beor desde Sitim hasta Gilgal, para que conozcas los actos justos de Yahvé”.
My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor’s son Balaam [to curse your ancestors], and think about what Balaam replied. Think about [how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while] they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal. [Think about those things in order] that you may know that [I], Yahweh, do what is right.”
6 ¿Cómo voy a presentarme ante Yahvé? y me inclino ante el Dios exaltado? ¿Me presentaré ante él con holocaustos? con terneros de un año?
[The Israeli people ask, ] “What shall we bring to Yahweh [who lives in] heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar]?
7 ¿Se complacerá Yahvé con miles de carneros? ¿Con decenas de miles de ríos de petróleo? ¿Debo dar a mi primogénito por mi desobediencia? ¿El fruto de mi cuerpo por el pecado de mi alma?
Will Yahweh be pleased [if we offer to him] 1,000 rams and 10,000 streams of [olive] oil? Should we offer our firstborn children [to be sacrifices] to pay for the sins that we have committed [DOU]?”
8 Él te ha mostrado, oh hombre, lo que es bueno. Qué pide Yahvé de ti, sino que actúes con justicia, amar la misericordia y caminar humildemente con tu Dios?
[No, because] he has shown each of us what is good [to do]; he has shown [RHQ] us what he requires each of us [to do]: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful [to others], and [he wants us] to live humbly [while we fellowship] with him, our God.
9 La voz de Yahvé llama a la ciudad — y la sabiduría teme tu nombre — “Escucha la vara, y el que lo designó.
“I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should revere me. I am calling out to [you people of] Jerusalem, ‘The armies [MET] that will destroy your city are coming, so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod.
10 ¿Hay todavía tesoros de maldad en la casa de los malvados, y un efa corto que es maldito?
Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you wicked people filled your homes with valuable things that you acquired by cheating [others]? Do you think that [RHQ] I should forget that you used false measures [when you bought and sold things]? Those are things that I hate.
11 ¿Toleraré las balanzas deshonestas, y una bolsa de pesos engañosos?
[Do you think] that [RHQ] I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly, and who use weights that are not accurate?
12 Sus hombres ricos están llenos de violencia, sus habitantes hablan mentiras, y su lengua es engañosa en su discurso.
The rich people among you always act violently [to get money from poor people]. All of the people [in Jerusalem] are liars, and they [SYN] always deceive people.
13 Por lo tanto, yo también te he herido gravemente. Te he desolado a causa de tus pecados.
Therefore, I have [already] begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.
14 Comerás, pero no te saciarás. Tu hambre estará dentro de ti. Se almacenará, pero no se guardará, y lo que tú salves lo entregaré a la espada.
[Soon] you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you; your stomachs will [still feel as though they are] empty. You will try to save up [money], but you will not be able to save anything, because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars [MTY].
15 Sembrarás, pero no cosecharás. Pisarás las aceitunas, pero no te ungirás con aceite; y aplastar las uvas, pero no beber el vino.
You will plant [seeds], but you will not harvest [anything]. You will press olives, but [others], not you, will use the [olive] oil. You will trample on grapes [and make wine from the juice], but [others], not you, will drink the wine.
16 Porque los estatutos de Omri se mantienen, y todas las obras de la casa de Acab. Caminas en sus consejos, para que te haga una ruina, y sus habitantes un siseo. Llevarás el reproche de mi pueblo”.
[Those things will happen to you because] you obey [only] the wicked laws of [King] Omri, and [you do the terrible things that wicked King] Ahab and his descendants commanded. So, I will destroy your [country], and I will cause your people to be despised; people [of other nations] will insult you.’”
