Micah · Young's Literal Translation
Micah 3 Young's Literal Translation
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1 And I say, 'Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?
1 Y DIJE: Oid ahora, príncipes de Jacob, y cabezas de la casa de Israel: ¿No [pertenecía] á vosotros saber el derecho?
1 I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
2 Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
2 Que aborrecen lo bueno y aman lo malo, que les quitan su piel y su carne de sobre los huesos;
2 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 And who have eaten the flesh of My people, And their skin from off them have stript, And their bones they have broken, And they have spread [them] out as in a pot, And as flesh in the midst of a caldron.
3 Que comen asimismo la carne de mi pueblo, y les desuellan su piel de sobre ellos, y les quebrantan sus huesos y los rompen, como para el caldero, y como carnes en olla.
3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and peel their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as meat within the cauldron.
4 Then do they cry unto Jehovah, And He doth not answer them, And hideth His face from them at that time, As they have made evil their doings.
4 Entonces clamarán á Jehová y no les responderá; antes esconderá de ellos su rostro en aquel tiempo, por cuanto hicieron malvadas obras.
4 Then they will cry to Yahweh, but he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, because they made their deeds evil.”
5 Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried 'Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.
5 Así ha dicho Jehová acerca de los profetas que hacen errar á mi pueblo, que muerden con sus dientes, y claman, Paz, y al que no les diere que coman, aplazan contra él batalla:
5 Yahweh says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:
6 Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.
6 Por tanto, de la profecía se os hará noche, y oscuridad del adivinar; y sobre los profetas se pondrá el sol, y el día se entenebrecerá sobre ellos.
6 “Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
7 And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
7 Y serán avergonzados los profetas, y confundiránse los adivinos; y ellos todos cubrirán su labio, porque no hay respuesta de Dios.
7 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”
8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
8 Yo empero estoy lleno de fuerza del espíritu de Jehová, y de juicio, y de fortaleza, para denunciar á Jacob su rebelión, y á Israel su pecado.
8 But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.
9 Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
9 Oid ahora esto, cabezas de la casa de Jacob, y capitanes de la casa de Israel, que abomináis el juicio, y pervertís todo el derecho;
9 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,
10 Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
10 Que edificáis á Sión con sangre, y á Jerusalem con injusticia;
10 who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, 'Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
11 Sus cabezas juzgan por cohecho, y sus sacerdotes enseñan por precio, y sus profetas adivinan por dinero; y apóyanse en Jehová diciendo: ¿No está Jehová entre nosotros? No vendrá mal sobre nosotros.
11 Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on Yahweh, and say, “Isn’t Yahweh among us? No disaster will come on us.”
12 Therefore, for your sake, Zion is ploughed a field, and Jerusalem is heaps, And the mount of the house [is] for high places of a forest!
12 Por tanto, á causa de vosotros será Sión arada como campo, y Jerusalem será majanos, y el monte de la casa como cumbres de breñal.
12 Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
Cross references (12)
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- 1 Psalm 82:1–5; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 5:4–5; Hosea 5:1; 1 Corinthians 6:5
- 2 Ezekiel 22:27; Psalm 53:4; Proverbs 28:4; 1 Kings 21:20; 2 Chronicles 19:2
- 3 Psalm 14:4; Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 11:6–7; Zephaniah 3:3
- 4 Isaiah 1:15; Proverbs 1:28; Ezekiel 8:18; Psalm 18:41; Deuteronomy 32:19–20
- 5 Jeremiah 14:14–15; Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 22:25–29; Ezekiel 13:10–16; Jeremiah 23:32
- 6 Isaiah 8:20–22; Isaiah 29:10; Amos 8:9–10; Isaiah 59:10; Jeremiah 13:16
- 7 Isaiah 44:25; Zechariah 13:4; 1 Samuel 28:6; Amos 8:11; Leviticus 13:45
- 8 Isaiah 58:1; 1 Corinthians 2:12–13; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Isaiah 11:2–3; Acts 4:8–12
- 9 Isaiah 1:23; Psalm 58:1–2; Proverbs 17:15; Deuteronomy 27:19; Hosea 5:1
- 10 Habakkuk 2:9–12; Jeremiah 22:13–17; Matthew 27:25; Zephaniah 3:3; Ezekiel 22:25–28
- 11 Jeremiah 6:13; Isaiah 1:23; Micah 3:5; Titus 1:11; Jeremiah 7:4
- 12 Jeremiah 26:18; Psalm 79:1; Micah 4:1–2; Matthew 24:2; Psalm 107:34
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What the Fathers said
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… declared when He said, "Fill ye up the measure of your fathers." For from the first the prophets used to charge them with these things, saying, "Your hands are full of blood;" and, "They mingle blood with blood;" and, "They build up Sion with blood." But they did not learn self-restraint, albeit they received this commandment first, "Thou shalt not …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The city was still standing, and beautified with public places, and robed in majesty; yet he says, Zion shall be ploughed as a field, foretelling what is now fulfilled in our days.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
the Holy Ghost; as when Micah says in the person of God, surely I will perfect power by the Spirit the Lord; and Joel cries, And it shall come to pass afterwards, saith God, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, and the rest; and Haggai, Because I am with you, saith the Lord of Hosts; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)