Micah 6 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Hearken ye nowe what the Lord sayth, Arise thou, and contende before the mountaines, and let the hilles heare thy voyce.
1 OID ahora lo que dice Jehová: Levántate, pleitea con los montes, y oigan los collados tu voz.
1 Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
2 Heare ye, O mountaynes, the Lordes quarel, and ye mightie foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a quarell against his people, and he will pleade with Israel.
2 Oid, montes, y fuertes fundamentos de la tierra, el pleito de Jehová: porque tiene Jehová pleito con su pueblo, y altercará con Israel.
2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s indictment, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
3 O my people, what haue I done vnto thee? or wherin haue I grieued thee? testifie against me.
3 Pueblo mío, ¿qué te he hecho, ó en qué te he molestado? Responde contra mí.
3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
4 Surely I brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of seruants, and I haue sent before thee, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
4 Porque yo te hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y de la casa de siervos te redimí; y envié delante de ti á Moisés, y á Aarón, y á María.
4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, remember nowe what Balak King of Moab had deuised, and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him, from Shittim vnto Gilgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnes of the Lord.
5 Pueblo mío, acuérdate ahora qué aconsejó Balac rey de Moab, y qué le respondió Balaam, hijo de Beor, desde Sittim hasta Gilgal, para que conozcas las justicias de Jehová.
5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?
6 ¿Con qué prevendré á Jehová, y adoraré al alto Dios? ¿vendré ante él con holocaustos, con becerros de un año?
6 How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?
7 ¿Agradaráse Jehová de millares de carneros, ó de diez mil arroyos de aceite? ¿daré mi primogénito por mi rebelión, el fruto de mi vientre por el pecado de mi alma?
7 Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.
8 Oh hombre, él te ha declarado qué sea lo bueno, y qué pida de ti Jehová: solamente hacer juicio, y amar misericordia, y humillarte para andar con tu Dios.
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
9 The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.
9 La voz de Jehová clama á la ciudad, y el sabio mirará á tu nombre. Oid la vara, y á quien la establece.
9 Yahweh’s voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
10 Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?
10 ¿Hay aún en casa del impío tesoros de impiedad, y medida escasa que es detestable?
10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
11 Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?
11 ¿Seré limpio con peso falso, y con bolsa de engañosas pesas?
11 Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
12 For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.
12 Con lo cual sus ricos se hinchieron de rapiña, y sus moradores hablaron mentira, y su lengua engañosa en su boca.
12 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
13 Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee, and in making thee desolate, because of thy sinnes.
13 Por eso yo también te enflaqueceré hiriéndote, asolándote por tus pecados.
13 Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
14 Thou shalt eate and not be satisfied, and thy casting downe shall be in the mids of thee, and thou shalt take holde, but shalt not deliuer: and that which thou deliuerest, will I giue vp to the sworde.
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 á la espada.
14 You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
15 Thou shalt sowe, but not reape: thou shalt treade the oliues, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyle, and make sweete wine, but shalt not drinke wine.
15 Tú sembrarás, mas no segarás: pisarás aceitunas, mas no te ungirás con el aceite; y mosto, mas no beberás el vino.
15 You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the maner of the house of Ahab, and ye walke in their counsels, that I should make thee waste, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall beare the reproche of my people.
16 Porque los mandamientos de Omri se han guardado, y toda obra de la casa de Achâb; 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.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people.”
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 22:29; Deuteronomy 32:1; Micah 1:2; Ezekiel 36:1; Psalm 50:4
- 2 Hosea 4:1; Hosea 12:2; Isaiah 1:18; Jeremiah 25:31; 2 Samuel 22:16
- 3 Jeremiah 2:5; Isaiah 43:22–23; Psalm 81:13; Jeremiah 2:31; Psalm 50:7
- 4 Deuteronomy 7:8; Exodus 12:51; Psalm 136:10–11; Exodus 15:20–21; Jeremiah 32:21
- 5 Joshua 5:9–10; Numbers 25:1; Judges 5:11; 2 Peter 2:15; Deuteronomy 16:3
- 6 Psalm 51:16–17; Romans 10:2–3; Psalm 40:6–8; Acts 2:37; Matthew 19:16
- 7 2 Kings 16:3; Psalm 51:16; 1 Samuel 15:22; Hosea 6:6; Psalm 50:9
- 8 Deuteronomy 10:12–13; Proverbs 21:3; Colossians 3:12; Jeremiah 22:3; Hosea 6:6
- 9 Revelation 3:19; Hosea 14:9; Zephaniah 3:2; Isaiah 30:27; Isaiah 9:13
- 10 Amos 3:10; Jeremiah 5:26–27; Proverbs 20:10; Amos 8:5–6; Proverbs 21:6
- 11 Hosea 12:7; Leviticus 19:36; Proverbs 16:11
- 12 Jeremiah 9:8; Hosea 7:13; Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 9:2–6; Isaiah 5:7
- 13 Psalm 107:17–18; Deuteronomy 28:21–22; Leviticus 26:16; Acts 12:23; Hosea 13:16
- 14 Hosea 4:10; Isaiah 65:13; Leviticus 26:26; Isaiah 9:20; Ezekiel 5:12
- 15 Zephaniah 1:13; Amos 5:11; Jeremiah 12:13; Isaiah 62:8–9; Deuteronomy 28:38–40
- 16 Jeremiah 51:51; Isaiah 25:8; Jeremiah 7:24; Psalm 44:13; 1 Kings 16:25–33
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