Miqueas 2

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 ¡Ay de aquellos que meditan iniquidad, que traman maldad en sus lechos y al despuntar la mañana lo ejecutan, porque está en poder de sus manos!	1 Woe to you who devise useless things and who work evil in your beds. In the morning light, they undertake it, because their hand is against God.
2 Codician campos y los roban, casas, y las usurpan; hacen violencia al hombre y a su casa, al individuo y a su heredad.	2 And they have desired fields and have taken them by violence, and they have stolen houses. And they have made false accusations against a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
3 Por eso, así dice Yahveh: He aquí que yo medito, contra esta ralea, una hora de infortunio de la que no podréis sustraer vuestro cuello. ¡No andaréis con altivez, porque será un tiempo de desgracia!	3 For this reason, thus says the Lord: Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which you will not steal away your necks. And you will not walk in arrogance, because this is a most wicked time.
4 Aquel día se proferirá sobre vosotros una sátira, se plañirá una lamentación y se dirá: «¡Estamos despojados del todo; la porción de mi pueblo se ha medido a cordel, y no hay quien restituya; a nuestros saqueadores les tocan nuestros campos!»	4 In that day, a parable will be taken up about you, and a song will be sung with sweetness, saying: “We have been devastated by depopulation.” The fate of my people has been altered. How can he withdraw from me, when he might be turned back, he who might tear apart our country?
5 Por eso no habrá para vosotros nadie que tire el cordel sobre un lote en la asamblea de Yahveh.	5 Because of this, there will be for you no casting of the cord of fate in the assembly of the Lord.
6 «¡No babeéis - babean ellos - que no babeen de esa manera! ¡El oprobio no nos alcanzará!	6 Do not speak by saying, “It will not drop on these ones; shame will not embrace them.”
7 ¿Es acaso maldita la casa de Jacob? ¿Se ha cortado el soplo de Yahveh? ¿Es ése su proceder? ¿Es que no favorecen sus palabras a su pueblo Israel?»	7 The house of Jacob says, “Has the Spirit of the Lord been weakened, or are such things his thoughts?” Are not my words good for him who walks uprightly?
8 Sois vosotros los que contra mi pueblo como enemigos os alzáis. Al irreprochable le arrancáis el manto; al que pasa confiado le infligís los desastres de la guerra.	8 But, to the contrary, my people have risen up in opposition. You have lifted the cover from the undergarment, and those who passed by harmlessly, you have converted into war.
9 A las mujeres de mi pueblo expulsáis de las casas de sus delicias; de sobre sus niños arrancáis mi honor para siempre:	9 You have evicted the women among my people from their delicate houses. You have taken my praise forever from their little ones.
10 «¡Levantaos, marchad, que esta no es hora de reposo! Por una bagatela exigís una prenda agobiante.	10 Rise and depart, for there is no relief for you here. Because of its uncleanness, it will be corrupted with a most wicked decay.
11 Si un hombre anda al viento, inventando mentiras: «Yo babeo para ti vino y licor», ése será el baboso de este pueblo.	11 I wish that I were not a man who has breath, and that I rather spoke a lie. I will drop it down to you in wine and in drunkenness. And it will be this people on whom it will rain down.
12 Voy a reunir a Jacob todo entero, voy a recoger al Resto de Israel; los agruparé como ovejas en el aprisco, como rebaño en medio del pastizal, harán estrépito lejos de los hombres.	12 I will gather together in a congregation all of you, Jacob. I will lead together as one, the remnant of Israel. I will set them together like a flock in the fold, like a sheep in the midst of the sheep pen. They will cause a tumult before the multitude of men.
13 El que abre brecha subirá delante de ellos; abrirán brecha, pasarán la puerta, y por ella saldrán; su rey pasará delante de ellos, y Yahveh a su cabeza.	13 For he will ascend, opening the way before them. They will separate, and they will cross the gate and enter through it. And their king will pass by, before their very eyes, and the Lord will be at their head.