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EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Después dije: ¡Escuche, jefes de Jacob y magistrados de la casa de Israel! ¿No les corresponde a ustedes conocer el derecho,	1 And I said: Listen, leaders of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel. Does it not belong to you to know judgment,
2 a ustedes, que odian el bien y aman el mal, que arrancan la piel de la gente y la carne de encima de sus huesos?	2 you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones?
3 Ellos devoran la carne de mi pueblo, le arrancan la piel, le quiebran los huesos, lo despedazan como carne que se echa en la olla, como carne dentro de la caldera.	3 They have devoured the flesh of my people, and have stripped their skin from over them, and they have shattered and chopped their bones, as if for the kettle, and like flesh in the middle of the pot.
4 Entonces clamarán al Señor, pero él no les responderá. El les ocultará su rostro en ese tiempo por las malas acciones que han cometido.	4 Then they will cry out to the Lord, and he will not heed them. And he will hide his face from them in that time, just as they have acted wickedly with their inventions.
5 Así habla el Señor contra los profetas que extravían a mi pueblo: Cuando sus dientes tienen algo que morder, ellos gritan: «¡Paz!». Pero al que no les llena la boca, le declaran la guerra santa.	5 Thus says the Lord about the prophets who seduce my people: They bite with their teeth and preach peace, and if anyone does not give something to their mouth, they sanctify a battle against him.
6 Por eso, ustedes tendrán noches sin visiones, y tinieblas en vez de presagios. El sol se ocultará para los profetas y el día se les oscurecerá.	6 Because of this, night will be yours for vision, and darkness yours for divination, and the sun will meet with death over the prophets, and the day will be darkened over them.
7 Los videntes quedarán avergonzados y los adivinos serán confundidos. Todos se cubrirán la barba, porque no habrá respuesta de Dios.	7 And those who see visions will be confounded, and the diviners will be confounded. And they will all cover their faces, because there is no response from God.
8 Yo, en cambio, gracias al espíritu del Señor, estoy lleno de fuerza, de justicia y de coraje, para denunciar su rebeldía a Jacob y su pecado a Israel.	8 Nevertheless, truly I have been filled with the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, with judgment and virtue, in order to announce to Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.
9 ¡Escuchen esto, jefes de la casa de Jacob y magistrados del pueblo de Israel, ustedes, que abominan la justicia y tergiversan el derecho,	9 Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.
10 que edifican con sangre a Sión y a Jerusalén con injusticia!	10 You build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11 Sus jueces juzgan por regalos, sus sacerdotes instruyen por un sueldo, sus profetas adivinan por dinero, y todavía se apoyan en el Señor, diciendo: «¿No está el Señor en medio de nosotros? ¡No nos puede pasar nada malo!».	11 Her leaders have judged for tributes, and her priests have taught for payment, and her prophets divined for money. And they leaned upon the Lord, saying: “Is not the Lord in our midst? No disaster will overcome us.”
12 Por eso, a causa de ustedes, Sión será un campo arado, Jerusalén, un montón de ruinas, y la montaña del Templo, una altura boscosa.	12 For this reason, because of you, Zion will be plowed under like a field, and Jerusalem will become like a pile of stones, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of the forests.