Miqueas 1
1 Palabra de Yahvé que vino a Miqueas de Morashet en los días de Jotam, Acaz y Ezequías, reyes de Judá, que vio sobre Samaria y Jerusalén.
[I am] Micah. I am from [the town of] Moresheth [in Judah]. Yahweh gave me these [messages in] visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, [and then] Ahaz, and [then] Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah.
2 ¡Oíd, pueblos, todos vosotros! Escucha, oh tierra, y todo lo que hay en ella. Que el Señor Yahvé sea testigo contra ti, al Señor de su santo templo.
You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this [DOU]! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple [in heaven].
3 Porque he aquí que Yahvé sale de su lugar, y bajará y pisará los lugares altos de la tierra.
He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
4 Las montañas se derriten bajo él, y los valles se deshacen como la cera ante el fuego, como las aguas que se vierten por un lugar escarpado.
[It will be as though] the mountains will melt under his [feet] like [SIM] wax [melts] in front of a fire, and like [SIM] water [disappears] when it rushes/flows down into a valley.
5 “Todo esto es por la desobediencia de Jacob, y por los pecados de la casa de Israel. ¿Cuál es la desobediencia de Jacob? ¿No es Samaria? ¿Y cuáles son los lugares altos de Judá? ¿No son Jerusalén?
Those things will happen because of the terrible sins [DOU] that the people [MTY] of Israel, [the descendants of] Jacob, have committed. But it was [RHQ] [the people of] Samaria [city who persuaded all the people of] Israel to sin, and it was [RHQ] because the people of Jerusalem [set up altars to worship their gods] that [the other people of] Judah [were persuaded to worship idols on] their hilltops.
6 Por eso haré que Samaria sea como un montón de escombros del campo, como lugares para plantar viñedos; y derramaré sus piedras en el valle, y yo descubriré sus cimientos.
So Yahweh will cause Samaria to become a heap [of rubble/ruins]; [it will be only] a field for planting vineyards. He will cause the stones of its [buildings] to roll down into the valley, and the foundations [of the buildings] will be uncovered.
7 Todos sus ídolos serán despedazados, todos sus regalos del templo serán quemados con fuego, y destruiré todas sus imágenes; pues del alquiler de una prostituta los ha reunido, y al alquiler de una prostituta volverán”.
All the idols in Samaria will be smashed, and the gifts [given to prostitutes at the temples of their idols] will be destroyed in a fire. And because people paid prostitutes there, [their enemies will take away those idols and sell them] to get money to pay to prostitutes [in other countries].
8 Por esto me lamentaré y lloraré. Iré despojado y desnudo. Aullaré como los chacales y llorar como los avestruces.
Because [Samaria will be destroyed], I will weep and wail. I will walk around (barefoot/without any sandals on my feet) and naked. I will howl like a jackal/wolf and screech like an owl,
9 Porque sus heridas son incurables; porque ha llegado incluso a Judá. Llega hasta la puerta de mi pueblo, incluso a Jerusalén.
because Samaria will be completely destroyed [MET]; nothing can save that city. But the same thing will happen to Judah! [It is as though the enemy army] has [already] reached the city gates of Jerusalem, [the main city where] my people [live].
10 No lo cuentes en Gat. No llores en absoluto. En Beth Ophrah me he revolcado en el polvo.
Do not tell that to [our enemies] in Gath [city in Philistia]! Do not cry, [lest the people there find out what is happening]! [Instead, just] roll in the dirt in Beth-Leaphrah [because the name of that town means ‘house of dust].’
11 Pasa, habitante de Shaphir, en desnudez y vergüenza. El habitante de Zaanan no saldrá. El lamento de Beth Ezel te quitará su protección.
You people who live in Shaphir [town, whose name means ‘beautiful],’ naked and ashamed, you will be taken [to another country]. [You people in] Beth-Ezel [town] should mourn, [because] no one from Zaanan [town, whose name means ‘one who goes out],’ will go out to help you.
12 Porque el habitante de Maroth espera ansiosamente el bien, porque el mal ha bajado de Yahvé a la puerta de Jerusalén.
[The name of] Maroth [town sounds like ‘bitterness];’ everyone there is anxiously waiting for good things to happen to them, but good things will not happen to them; instead, terrible things are about to happen to them, and it will soon happen at the gates of Jerusalem.
13 Engancha el carro al veloz corcel, habitante de Laquis. Fue el principio del pecado para la hija de Sión; porque las transgresiones de Israel fueron encontradas en ti.
You people of Lachish [city, whose name sounds like ‘team],’ hitch your horses to pull the chariots [in which you can ride to flee from your enemies]. The Israeli people rebelled against Yahweh, and you (imitated them/did the same evil things that they did), and that caused the people of Jerusalem [IDM] to start sinning, too.
14 Por lo tanto, darás un regalo de despedida a Moresheth Gath. Las casas de Achzib serán un engaño para los reyes de Israel.
[You people of Judah], send a farewell gift to [the people] of Moresheth [town], [because their enemies will soon destroy it]. [The name of the town Aczib means ‘deception],’ and the kings of Israel [will soon find out that the people of that town] will deceive them.
15 Aún traeré un conquistador a ustedes, habitantes de Mareshah. La gloria de Israel llegará a Adulam.
[The name of your town of] Mareshah [means ‘conqueror],’ and Yahweh will [soon] send someone to conquer your town. [It will be necessary for] the great/glorious leaders of Israel to go [and hide in the cave at] Adullam [city].
16 Aféitate la cabeza, y cortarte el pelo por los hijos de tu deleite. Agranda tu calvicie como el buitre, ¡porque han ido al cautiverio de ti!
[You people of Judah], shave your heads [while you will be mourning], because your children whom you love will [soon] be (exiled/forced to leave you and go to another country).
