Miqueas 6

1 Les ruego que escuchen lo que dice Yavé: ¡Levántate, llama a juicio a las montañas, y que las colinas oigan tu voz!

Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.

2 Oh montañas y fuertes cimientos de la tierra, escuchen el pleito de Yavé, porque Yavé tiene pleito con su pueblo. Contenderá con Israel:

Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.

3 ¿Qué te hice, pueblo mío? ¿O en qué te agobié? ¡Testifica contra Mí!

O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.

4 Yo te saqué de la tierra de Egipto. Te liberté de la casa de esclavitud. Envié a Moisés, a Aarón y a María delante de ti.

For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

5 Recuerda, pueblo mío, lo que tramaba Balac, rey de Moab, y qué le respondió Balaam, hijo de Beor, desde Sitim hasta Gilgal. Recuerda para que reconozcas los hechos justicieros de Yavé.

O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.

6 ¿Con qué me presentaré a Yavé y me postraré ante el ʼElohim Altísimo? ¿Me presentaré con holocaustos, con becerros añales?

With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?

7 ¿Yavé se deleita en millares de carneros o en miríadas de arroyos de aceite? ¿Daré mi primogénito por mis actos rebeldes, el fruto de mi organismo por el pecado de mi alma?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8 Oh hombre, Él te dijo lo que es bueno, lo que Yavé pide de ti: Solo hacer justicia, amar la misericordia y andar humildemente con tu [ʼElohim].

He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God.

9 Escucha, oh tribu: La voz de Yavé proclama a la ciudad. Él salvará a los que temen su Nombre.

The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.

10 ¿Aún hay tesoros de perversidad en casa del perverso, y medida escasa que es una repugnancia?

Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

11 ¿Puedo justificar balanza inicua y una bolsa de pesas fraudulentas

Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment?

12 con las cuales sus ricos se llenaron de explotación? Sus habitantes hablan mentiras, y la lengua en su boca es engañosa.

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

13 Pues Yo también te enfermaré, te derribaré, te desolaré por causa de tus pecados.

So I have made a start with your punishment; I have made you waste because of your sins.

14 Comerás y no te saciarás, y el abatimiento estará en medio de ti. Recogerás, pero no lo conservarás, y lo que conserves, Yo lo entregaré a la espada.

You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword.

15 Sembrarás, pero no cosecharás. Prensarás olivas, pero no te ungirás con el aceite, y uvas, pero no beberás el vino.

You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.

16 Porque guardaron los mandamientos de Omri y toda práctica de la casa de Acab. Anduvieron en sus consejos para que Yo pusiera a tus habitantes como burla. Por tanto, ustedes soportarán la afrenta de mi pueblo.

For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you.