Miqueas 7
1 ¡Ay de mí! porque yo soy como cuando recogen las frutas en verano después de la cosecha, como la última de las uvas; no hay racimo de uvas para comer, mi alma desea los primeros frutos.
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 bueno se fue de la tierra, no hay nadie recto entre los hombres: todos esperan secretamente para actuar con violencia, cada hombre va tras 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 preparadas para hacer el mal; el gobernante solicita dinero y el juez busca una recompensa; y el gran hombre toma decisiones a su gusto, y juntos lo traman.
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 planta de espinos, y él más recto como un muro de espinas; él día que pongas tus centinelas él castigo llegará; entonces será 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 tu prójimo, no dejes que tu esperanza se coloque en un amigo: vigila las puertas de tu boca contra la que descansa sobre tu pecho.
[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 avergüenza a su padre, la hija va contra su madre y la nuera contra su suegra; y los que odian a los hombres son los de su familia.
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, estoy mirando al Señor; Estoy esperando al Dios de mi salvación; mi Dios me oirá.
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 alegres por mi dolor, oh enemiga mía; después de mi caída me levantaré; Cuando esté sentado en la oscuridad, el Señor 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 sufriré la ira del Señor, a causa de mi pecado contra él; hasta que él tome mi causa y haga lo correcto para mí: cuando me haga salir 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 Y mi enemiga lo verá y se cubrirá de vergüenza; La que me dijo: ¿Dónde está el Señor tu Dios? mis ojos verán su deseo efectuado sobre ella, ahora será aplastada bajo los pies como el polvo 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 ¡Él día para construir tus muros! en ese día se removerá el estatuto.
[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 en mar y de montaña en 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 se desolada a causa de su gente, como fruto de sus obras.
But [the other countries on] the earth will become desolate because of the [evil] things that their people have done.
14 Mantén a tu pueblo a salvo con tu cayado, la bandada de tu herencia, viviendo solos en el bosque en medio del Carmelo: déjalos que consigan su comida en Basán y Galaad como en el pasado.
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 en que saliste de la tierra de Egipto, te mostrare 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 serán avergonzadas por toda su fuerza; se llevarán las manos a la boca y se quedarán como mudas y sorda.
[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 alimento como una serpiente, como las lombrices de la tierra; saldrán temblando de miedo de sus agujeros: vendrán con temor al Señor nuestro Dios, llenos de 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 alto los pecados del remanente de su herencia? no guarda su ira para siempre, porque su deleite está en la misericordia.
[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 nuevamente tendrá compasión de nosotros; él sujetará nuestros pecados, y tú echarás todos nuestros pecados a lo profundo 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 Cumpliras a Jacob la verdad y tu misericordia a Abraham, las cuales juraste a nuestros padres desde tiempos pasados.
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.
