Miqueas 7
1 ¡La miseria es mía! En efecto, soy como quien recoge los frutos del verano, como espigas de la viña. No hay racimos de uvas para comer. Mi alma desea comer el higo temprano.
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.
2 El hombre piadoso ha perecido de la tierra, y no hay nadie recto entre los hombres. Todos ellos están al acecho de la sangre; cada hombre caza a su hermano con una red.
[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.
3 Sus manos están en lo que es malo para hacerlo diligentemente. El gobernante y el juez piden un soborno. El hombre poderoso dicta el mal deseo de su alma. Así conspiran juntos.
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].
4 El mejor de ellos es como una zarza. El más erguido es peor que un seto de espinas. El día de sus vigilantes, incluso tu visita, ha llegado; ahora es el momento de su confusión.
[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].
5 No confíes en un vecino. No confíes en un amigo. Con la mujer que yace en tu abrazo, ¡ten cuidado con las palabras de tu boca!
[So], do not trust anyone! Do not trust [even] a friend; [even] be careful what you say to your wife whom you love!
6 Porque el hijo deshonra al padre, la hija se levanta contra su madre, la nuera contra su suegra; los enemigos de un hombre son los hombres de su propia casa.
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.
7 Pero en cuanto a mí, miraré a Yahvé. Esperaré al Dios de mi salvación. Mi Dios me escuchará.
As for me, I wait for Yahweh [to help me]. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me [when I pray].
8 No te regocijes contra mí, mi enemigo. Cuando caiga, me levantaré. Cuando me sienta en las tinieblas, Yahvé será una luz para mí.
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.
9 Yo soportaré la indignación de Yahvé, porque he pecado contra él, hasta que él defienda mi caso y ejecute el juicio por mí. Él me sacará a la luz. Veré su justicia.
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.
10 Entonces mi enemigo lo verá, y la vergüenza cubrirá a la que me dijo “¿Dónde está Yahvé, tu Dios?” Mis ojos la verán. Ahora será pisoteada como el fango de las calles.
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.
11 ¡Un día para construir sus muros! En ese día, él ampliará su límite.
[You people of Israel, ] at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger.
12 En ese día vendrán a ti desde Asiria y las ciudades de Egipto, y desde Egipto hasta el río, y de mar a mar, y de montaña a montaña.
[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.
13 Pero la tierra quedará desolada por culpa de los que la habitan, por el fruto de sus actos.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Pastorea a tu pueblo con tu bastón, el rebaño de su herencia, que habitan solos en un bosque. Que se alimenten en medio de los pastos fértiles, en Basán y Galaad, como en los días de antaño.
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.
15 “Como en los días de tu salida de la tierra de Egipto, Les mostraré cosas maravillosas”.
[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.”
16 Las naciones verán y se avergonzarán de todo su poderío. Se pondrán la mano en la boca. Sus oídos serán sordos.
[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].
17 Lamerán el polvo como una serpiente. Como las cosas que se arrastran por la tierra, saldrán temblando de sus guaridas. Vendrán con temor a Yahvé, nuestro Dios, y tendrán miedo por ti.
[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.
18 ¿Quién es un Dios como tú, que perdona la iniquidad? y pasa por encima de la desobediencia del resto de su herencia? No retiene su ira para siempre, porque se deleita en la bondad amorosa.
[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].
19 Él volverá a tener compasión de nosotros. El pisoteará nuestras iniquidades. Arrojarás todos sus pecados a las profundidades del mar.
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.
20 Le darás la verdad a Jacob, y misericordia a Abraham, como has jurado a nuestros padres desde los días de antaño.
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.
