1 ¡ Ay de los que planean la iniquidad, Los que traman el mal en sus camas! Al clarear la mañana lo ejecutan, Porque está en el poder de sus manos.

¶ Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.

2 C odician campos y se apoderan de ellos, Codician casas, y las toman. Roban al dueño y a su casa, Al hombre y a su heredad.

And they coveted fields and stole them, and houses and took them away; so they oppressed the man and his house, even the man and his heritage.

3 P or tanto, así dice el Señor: “Estoy planeando traer contra esta familia un mal, Del cual no librarán su cuello. No andarán erguidos, Porque será un tiempo malo.

Therefore thus hath the LORD said; Behold, I devise an evil against this family, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily; for the time shall be evil.

4 E n aquel día se dirá contra ustedes un refrán Y se proferirá esta amarga lamentación: ‘Hemos sido totalmente destruidos; El ha cambiado la porción de mi pueblo. ¡Cómo me la ha quitado! Al infiel ha repartido nuestros campos.’

In that time shall one take up a saying against you and lament with a doleful lamentation and say, We have been utterly destroyed; he has changed the portion of my people; how has he taken our fields! He has given and divided our fields unto others.

5 P or tanto, no habrá quién eche el cordel para ustedes Por sorteo en la asamblea del Señor.

Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

6 ‘ No profeticen’ dicen, y profetizan. Aunque ellos (los profetas) no profeticen acerca de estas cosas, No serán retenidos los reproches.

¶ Do not prophesy, they say to those that prophesy: Do not prophesy unto them that they are to understand shame.

7 ¿ No se dice, oh casa de Jacob: ‘Es impaciente el Espíritu del Señor ? ¿Son éstas Sus obras?’ ¿No hacen bien Mis palabras Al que camina rectamente ?

O thou that calls thyself the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD shortened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walks uprightly?

8 H ace poco Mi pueblo se ha levantado como enemigo. De sobre las vestiduras arrebatan el manto A los que pasan confiados, A los que vuelven de la guerra.

He who yesterday was my people is risen up as an enemy; ye pull off the robe with the garment from those that pass by as those who return from war.

9 A las mujeres de Mi pueblo arrojan De la casa de sus delicias; De sus hijos arrebatan Mi gloria para siempre.

Ye have cast the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their children ye have taken away my continual praise.

10 L evántense y marchen, Pues este no es lugar de descanso Por la impureza que trae destrucción, Destrucción dolorosa.

Arise and depart, for this is not your rest because it is polluted; it has become corrupted and with a great corruption.

11 S i un hombre, andando tras el viento y la falsedad, Hablara mentiras, diciendo: ‘Les hablaré del vino y del licor,’ Ese sería el profeta para este pueblo.

If there is one walking in the spirit of falsehood, he shall lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

12 C iertamente los reuniré a todos, oh Jacob, Ciertamente recogeré al remanente de Israel, Los agruparé como ovejas en el redil; Como rebaño en medio de su pastizal (pradera), Harán estruendo por la multitud de hombres.

¶ I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

13 E l que abre brecha subirá delante de ellos; Abrirán brecha, pasarán la puerta y saldrán por ella; Su rey pasará delante de ellos, Y el Señor a su cabeza.”

The breaker shall go up before them; they shall break through and pass through the gate and go out by it; and their king shall pass before them, the LORD at the head of them.