Miqueas 6

1 Oíd ahora lo que dice el SEÑOR: Levántate, pleitea con los montes, y oigan los collados tu voz.

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, montes, y fuertes fundamentos de la tierra, el pleito del SEÑOR; porque tiene el SEÑOR pleito con su pueblo, y altercará con 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, o en qué te he molestado? Responde contra mí.

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 hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y de la casa de siervos te redimí; y envié delante de ti a Moisés, y a Aarón, y a María.

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, acuérdate ahora qué pensó Balac rey de Moab, y qué le respondió Balaam, hijo de Beor, desde Sitim hasta Gilgal, para que conozcas las justicias del SEÑOR.

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 ¿Con qué me presentaré ante el SEÑOR, y adoraré al Dios Alto? ¿Vendré ante él con holocaustos, con becerros 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 agradará el SEÑOR de millares de carneros, o de diez mil arroyos de aceite? ¿Daré mi primogénito por mi rebelión, el fruto de mi vientre 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 Oh hombre, él te ha declarado qué sea lo bueno, y qué pide de ti el SEÑOR: solamente hacer juicio recto, y amar misericordia, y humillarte para andar 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 del SEÑOR clama a la ciudad; y el varón de sabiduría verá tu Nombre. Oíd la vara, y a quien lo establece.

“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 aún en casa del impío tesoros de impiedad, y medida escasa que es detestable?

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 ¿Seré limpio con peso falso, y con bolsa de engañosas pesas?

[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 Con lo cual sus ricos se llenaron de rapiña, y sus moradores hablaron mentira, y su lengua engañosa en su boca.

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 eso yo también te enflaquecí hiriéndote, asolándote por tus pecados.

Therefore, I have [already] begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed.

14 Tú comerás, y no te hartarás; y tu abatimiento será en medio de ti; tú cogerás, mas no salvarás; y lo que salvares, lo entregaré yo 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 Tú sembrarás, mas no segarás; pisarás olivas, mas no te ungirás con el aceite; y mosto, mas no beberás 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 mandamientos de Omri se han guardado, y toda obra de la casa de Acab; y en los consejos de ellos anduvisteis, para que yo te diese en asolamiento, y tus moradores para ser silbados. Llevaréis, por tanto, el oprobio 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.’”