Miqueas 1
1 La palabra del Señor que vino a Miqueas de Moreset, en los días de Jotam, Acaz y Ezequías, reyes de Judá; su visión 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 Escuchen, pueblos, todos ustedes; presta atención, oh tierra y todo lo que hay en ella: deja que el Señor Dios sea testigo contra ustedes, el Señor desde 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 mira, el Señor está saliendo de su lugar, y descenderá, pisando los lugares altos de la tierra.
He will come down [from heaven] and walk on the tops of the highest mountains.
4 Y las montañas se derriten debajo de él, y los profundos valles se abrirán, como cera ante el fuego, como las aguas que fluyen cuesta abajo.
[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 se debe a la rebeldía de Jacob y los pecados de los hijos de Israel. ¿Cuál es la rebeldía 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 Entonces haré de Samaria un montón de ruinas en el campo, y plantaciones de viñedo; enviaré sus piedras cayendo al valle, descubriendo sus bases.
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 Y todas sus imágenes representadas serán hechas pedazos, y todos sus ganancias serán quemadas con fuego, y todas las imágenes de sus dioses los destruiré; porque con la ganancia de prostituta ella los reunió, y a ganancias de prostituta los convertiré otra vez.
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 estaré lleno de tristeza y daré gritos de dolor; Descalzo y desnudo andaré; daré gritos de dolor como los chacales y estaré triste como los búhos.
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 no pueden curarse, porque ha llegado incluso a Judá, extendiéndose 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 digas nada en Gat, que no haya llanto en absoluto; en Betle Afra revuelcate 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 Pasate desnuda con vergüenza, tú que vives en Safir: el que vive en Zaanan no ha salido de su ciudad; la lamentación de Bet-esel es que él quitara de ustedes su apoyo.
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 que vive en Marot se retuerce esperando el bien; porque el mal ha descendido del Señor a las puertas 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 Que el carruaje de guerra esté unido al caballo que corre rápido, tú que vives en Laquis; ella fue la primera causa de pecado para la hija de Sión; porque las malas acciones de Israel se vieron 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 esta causa da una ofrenda de despedida a Moreset-Gat; la casa de Aczib será un engaño para el rey 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 Incluso ahora, el que toma tu herencia vendrá a ti, tú que vives en Maresa; hasta Adulam la gloria de Israel se ira.
[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 Deja que te destapen la cabeza y te corten el pelo de dolor por los hijos que tanto amas; deja que el cabello se te quite de la cabeza como el de un águila; porque irán al cautiverio lejos 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).
