Miqueas 3
1 Y dije: Oíd ahora, príncipes de Jacob, y cabezas de la casa de Israel: ¿No pertenecía a vosotros saber el derecho?
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 Que aborrecen lo bueno, y aman lo malo: que les roban su cuero, y su carne de sobre sus huesos.
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 Y que comen la carne de mi pueblo, y les desuellan su cuero de sobre ellos, y les quebrantan sus huesos, y los rompen como para echar en caldero, y como carnes en olla.
[It is as though] you chop them into pieces like [SIM] meat [to be cooked] in a pot.
4 Entonces clamarán a Jehová, y no les responderá: antes esconderá de ellos su rostro en aquel tiempo, como ellos hicieron malas obras.
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 Así dijo Jehová de los profetas, que hacen errar mi pueblo, que muerden con sus dientes, y claman paz; y al que no les diere que coman, aplazan contra él batalla.
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 tanto de la profecía se os hará noche, y oscuridad del adivinar; y sobre estos profetas se pondrá el sol, y el día se entenebrecerá sobre ellos.
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 Y avergonzarse han los profetas, y confundirse han los adivinos, y ellos todos cubrirán su labio; porque no tendrán 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 Yo empero soy lleno de fuerza del Espíritu de Jehová, y de juicio, y de fortaleza; para denunciar a Jacob su rebelión, y a Israel su pecado.
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 Oíd ahora esto, cabezas de la casa de Jacob, y capitanes de la casa de Israel, que abomináis el juicio, y pervertís todo el derecho:
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 Que edificáis a Sión con sangre, y a Jerusalem con injusticia:
[It is as though] you are building [houses in] Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt.
11 Sus cabezas juzgan por cohecho, y sus sacerdotes enseñan por precio, y sus profetas adivinan por dinero; y arrímanse a Jehová, diciendo: ¿No está Jehová entre nosotros? No vendrá mal sobre nosotros.
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 tanto a causa de vosotros Sión será arada como campo, y Jerusalem será majanos, y el monte de la casa como cumbres de breña.
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.
