Miqueas 6
Nueva Traducción Viviente
Cargos del Señor contra Israel
6 Escuchen lo que dice el Señor:
«Levántate y presenta tu caso contra mí.
Que se convoque a las montañas y a las colinas para que sean testigos de tus quejas.
2 ¡Y ahora, oh montañas,
escuchen las quejas del Señor!
Él entabla un pleito contra su pueblo
y presentará sus cargos contra Israel.
3 »Oh pueblo mío, ¿qué te he hecho?
¿Qué he hecho para que te canses de mí?
¡Contéstame!
4 Yo te saqué de Egipto
y te redimí de la esclavitud.
Envié a Moisés, a Aarón y a Miriam para ayudarte.
5 ¿No te acuerdas, pueblo mío,
cómo el rey Balac de Moab intentó que te maldijeran
y cómo, en lugar de eso, Balaam hijo de Beor te bendijo?
Recuerda tu viaje de la arboleda de Acacias[a] a Gilgal,
cuando yo, el Señor, hice todo lo posible
para enseñarte acerca de mi fidelidad».
6 ¿Qué podemos presentar al Señor?
¿Debemos traerle ofrendas quemadas?
¿Debemos inclinarnos ante el Dios Altísimo
con ofrendas de becerros de solo un año?
7 ¿Debemos ofrecerle miles de carneros
y diez mil ríos de aceite de oliva?
¿Debemos sacrificar a nuestros hijos mayores
para pagar por nuestros pecados?
8 ¡No! Oh pueblo, el Señor te ha dicho lo que es bueno,
y lo que él exige de ti:
que hagas lo que es correcto, que ames la compasión
y que camines humildemente con tu Dios.
Culpa y castigo de Israel
9 ¡Si son sabios, teman al Señor!
Su voz llama a todos en Jerusalén:
«Los ejércitos de destrucción se acercan;
el Señor los envía.[b]
10 ¿Qué puedo decir de las casas de los perversos
que se llenaron de riquezas obtenidas con estafa?
¿Qué de la práctica repugnante
de pesar el grano con medidas falsas[c]?
11 ¿Cómo podré tolerar a tus mercaderes
que usan balanzas y pesas adulteradas?
12 Los ricos entre ustedes llegaron a tener mucho dinero
mediante la extorsión y la violencia.
Tus habitantes están tan acostumbrados a mentir
que su lengua ya no puede decir la verdad.
13 »¡Por lo tanto, yo te heriré!
Te dejaré en la ruina a causa de todos tus pecados.
14 Comerás pero no quedarás satisfecho.
Las punzadas de hambre y el vacío de tu estómago no cesarán.
Aunque intentes ahorrar dinero,
al final no te quedará nada.
Guardarás un poco,
pero se lo daré a tus conquistadores.
15 Sembrarás
pero no cosecharás.
Prensarás tus aceitunas,
pero no obtendrás aceite suficiente para ungirte.
Pisarás las uvas,
pero no conseguirás sacarles jugo para hacer vino.
16 ¡Tú respetas solo las leyes del malvado rey Omri;
sigues solo el ejemplo del perverso rey Acab!
Por lo tanto, haré de ti un ejemplo,
llevándote a la ruina.
Serás tratado con desprecio,
ridiculizado por todos los que te vean».
Micah 6
New King James Version
God Pleads with Israel
6 Hear now what the Lord says:
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.
2 (A)Hear, O you mountains, (B)the Lord’s complaint,
And you strong foundations of the earth;
For (C)the Lord has a complaint against His people,
And He will [a]contend with Israel.
3 “O My people, what (D)have I done to you?
And how have I (E)wearied you?
Testify against Me.
4 (F)For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I redeemed you from the house of bondage;
And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O My people, remember now
What (G)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From [b]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know (H)the righteousness of the Lord.”
6 With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
7 (I)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand (J)rivers of oil?
(K)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
[c]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has (L)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (M)to do justly,
To love [d]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Punishment of Israel’s Injustice
9 The Lord’s voice cries to the city—
Wisdom shall see Your name:
“Hear the rod!
Who has appointed it?
10 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness
In the house of the wicked,
And the short measure that is an abomination?
11 Shall I count pure those with (N)the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For her rich men are full of (O)violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And (P)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 “Therefore I will also (Q)make you sick by striking you,
By making you desolate because of your sins.
14 (R)You shall eat, but not be satisfied;
[e]Hunger shall be in your midst.
You may carry some away,[f] but shall not save them;
And what you do rescue I will give over to the sword.
15 “You shall (S)sow, but not reap;
You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of (T)Omri are (U)kept;
All the works of Ahab’s house are done;
And you walk in their counsels,
That I may make you a [g]desolation,
And your inhabitants a hissing.
Therefore you shall bear the (V)reproach of [h]My people.”
Footnotes
- Micah 6:2 bring charges against
- Micah 6:5 Heb. Shittim, Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; 3:1
- Micah 6:7 My own child
- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
- Micah 6:14 Or Emptiness or Humiliation
- Micah 6:14 Tg., Vg. You shall take hold
- Micah 6:16 Or object of horror
- Micah 6:16 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX nations
Micah 6
English Standard Version
The Indictment of the Lord
6 (A)Hear what the Lord says:
Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
2 (B)Hear, you mountains, (C)the indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
3 “O my people, (D)what have I done to you?
(E)How have I wearied you? Answer me!
4 For (F)I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and (G)redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and (H)Miriam.
5 O my people, remember (I)what Balak king of Moab devised,
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from (J)Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know (K)the righteous acts of the Lord.”
What Does the Lord Require?
6 (L)“With what shall I come before the Lord,
and bow myself before (M)God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
7 (N)Will the Lord be pleased with[a] thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
(O)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
and (P)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,[b]
and to (Q)walk humbly with your God?
Destruction of the Wicked
9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fear (R)your name:
“Hear of (S)the rod and of him who appointed it![c]
10 Can I forget any longer the treasures[d] of wickedness in the house of the wicked,
and the scant measure that is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit the man (T)with wicked scales
and with a bag of deceitful weights?
12 Your[e] rich men are (U)full of violence;
your inhabitants (V)speak lies,
and (W)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow,
(X)making you desolate because of your sins.
14 (Y)You shall eat, but not be satisfied,
and there shall be hunger within you;
you shall put away, but not preserve,
and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
15 (Z)You shall sow, but not reap;
you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil;
you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
16 For you have kept the statutes of (AA)Omri,[f]
and all the works of the house of (AB)Ahab;
and you have walked in their counsels,
that I may make you (AC)a desolation, and your[g] inhabitants (AD)a hissing;
so you shall bear (AE)the scorn of my people.”
Footnotes
- Micah 6:7 Or Will the Lord accept
- Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love
- Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Micah 6:10 Or Are there still treasures
- Micah 6:12 Hebrew whose
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew For the statutes of Omri are kept
- Micah 6:16 Hebrew its
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