2 Kings 9
1 And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
El profeta Eliseo llamó a uno de los discípulos de los profetas, y le dijo: “Cíñete los lomos, toma esta redoma de óleo en tu mano y anda a Ramot- Galaad.
2 And when you get there, go in search of Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi; and go in and make him get up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room.
Llegado allá buscaras a Jehú, hijo de Josafat; hijo de Namsi; y luego que entres lo invitarás que se levante de en medio de sus compañeros, y lo llevarás a un aposento retirado.
3 Then take the bottle and put the oil on his head, and say, The Lord says, I have put the holy oil on you to make you king over Israel. Then, opening the door, go in flight, without waiting.
Allí tomarás la redoma de óleo y lo derramarás sobre su cabeza, diciendo: Así dice Yahvé: «Yo te unjo por rey de Israel.» Después abrirás la puerta y huirás sin tardar.”
4 So the young prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
Partió, pues, el joven, criado del profeta, para Ramot-Galaad;
5 And when he came, he saw the captains of the army seated together; and he said, I have something to say to you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of us? And he said, To you, O captain.
y llegado que hubo, vio a los jefes del ejército reunidos y dijo: “Tengo que decirte una palabra, oh jefe.” Preguntó Jehú: “¿A quién de todos nosotros?” Respondió: “A ti, oh jefe.”
6 And he got up and went into the house; then he put the holy oil on his head and said to him, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, I have made you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
Entonces se levantó (Jehú), y entró en la casa; y el (joven) derramó sobre su cabeza el óleo y le dijo: “Así dice Yahvé, el Dios de Israel: Yo te unjo por rey sobre el pueblo de Yahvé, sobre Israel.
7 You are to see that the family of Ahab your master is cut off, so that I may take from Jezebel payment for the blood of my servants the prophets, and for the blood of all the servants of the Lord.
Tú destruirás la casa de Acab, tu señor, y Yo vengaré en Jezabel la sangre de mis siervos los profetas y la sangre de todos los siervos de Yahvé.
8 For the family of Ahab will come to an end; every male of Ahab's family will be cut off, he who is shut up and he who goes free in Israel.
Perecerá toda la casa de Acab; exterminaré de (la casa de) Acab a todos los varones, tanto a los esclavos como a los libres en Israel,
9 I will make the family of Ahab like that of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and Baasha, the son of Ahijah.
trataré la casa de Acab como la casa de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, y como la casa de Baasá, hijo de Ahías.
10 And Jezebel will become food for the dogs in the heritage of Jezreel, and there will be no one to put her body into the earth. Then, opening the door, he went in flight.
Y a Jezabel la comerán los perros en el campo de Jesreel, y no habrá nadie quien la entierre.” Dicho esto abrió la puerta y echó a huir.
11 Then Jehu came out again to the servants of his lord, and one said to him, Is all well? why did this man, who is off his head, come to you? And he said to them, You have knowledge of the man and of his talk.
Jehú volvió adonde estaban los siervos de su señor; y uno le preguntó: “¿Va (todo) bien? ¿Para qué vino a verte ese loco?” Entonces les dijo: “Vosotros conocéis ya a ese hombre y lo que suele hablar.”
12 And they said, That is not true; now give us his story. Then he said, This is what he said to me: The Lord says, I have made you king over Israel.
Dijeron ellos: “De ninguna manera. ¡Cuéntanoslo!” Y él respondió: “De tal y tal manera habló conmigo diciendo: Así dice Yahvé: «Yo te unjo por rey de Israel.»”
13 Then straight away everyone took his robe and put it under him on the top of the steps, and, sounding the horn, they said, Jehu is king.
Entonces ellos se apresuraron a tomar cada uno su vestido, y poniéndolo debajo de él, sobre el macizo de las gradas, tocaron las trompetas y gritaron: “¡Jehú es rey!”
14 So Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, made designs against Joram. (Now Joram and all the army of Israel were keeping watch on Ramoth-gilead because of Hazael, king of Aram:
Conspiró, pues, Jehú, hijo de Josafat, hijo de Namsi, contra Joram. Ahora bien, Joram, y con él todo Israel, había defendido a Ramat-Galaad contra Hazael, rey de Siria;
15 But King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the Aramaeans had given him when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram.) And Jehu said, If this is your purpose, then let no one get away and go out of the town to give news of it in Jezreel.
y el rey Joram habíase vuelto para curarse en Jesreel de las heridas que los sirios le habían infligido en el combate contra Hazael, rey de Siria. Dijo, pues, Jehú: “Si os parece bien, no salga ninguno furtivamente de la ciudad, para llevar la noticia a Jesreel.”
16 So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.
Montó luego Jehú en su carro y partió para Jesreel; porque Joram estaba allí enfermo y Ococías, rey de Judá, había bajado a ver a Joram.
17 And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?
Cuando el atalaya que estaba sobre la torre de Jesreel divisó la tropa de Jehú, dijo: “Estoy viendo una tropa.” Y mandó Joram: “Toma un jinete y envíalo al encuentro para preguntar: «¿Es pacífica (tu venida)?»
18 So a horseman went out to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? come after me. And the watchman gave them word, saying, The horseman went up to them, but has not come back.
Fue, pues, un jinete al encuentro (de Jehú), y dijo: “Así dice el rey: «¿Es pacífica (tu venida)?»” Respondió Jehú: “¿Qué te importa a ti si es pacífica? Ponte en pos de mí.” El atalaya dio aviso, diciendo: “El mensajero ha llegado hasta ellos, mas no vuelve.”
19 Then he sent out a second horseman, who came up to them and said, The king says, Is it peace? And Jehu said in answer, What have you to do with peace? come after me.
Envió (Joram) otro jinete, que llegado a ellos, dijo: “Así dice el rey: «¿Es pacifica (tu venida)?»” Contestó Jehú: “¿Qué te importa a ti si es pacífica? Ponte en pos de mí.”
20 And the watchman gave them word, saying, He went up to them and has not come back again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.
El atalaya avisó, diciendo: “Ha llegado hasta ellos, mas no vuelve; y la manera de manejar el carro es como la de Jehú, hijo de Namsi, pues maneja con ímpetu.”
21 Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Entonces dijo Joram: “¡Engancha!” Engancharon su carro; y salieron Joram, rey de Israel, y Ococías, rey de Judá, cada uno en su carro, yendo al encuentro de Jehú, y le encontraron en el campo de Nabot de Jesreel.
22 Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?
Cuando Joram vio a Jehú, le dijo: “¿Paz, Jehú?” El cual respondió: “¿Qué paz, mientras duren las fornicaciones de Jezabel tu madre, y sus muchas hechicerías?”
23 Then Joram, turning his horses in flight, said to Ahaziah, Broken faith, O Ahaziah!
Joram dio vuelta y echó a huir, y dijo a Ococías: “¡Traición, Ococías!”
24 Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.
Pero Jehú asió con su mano el arco, e hirió a Joram entre las espaldas. La flecha le salió por el corazón, y cayó muerto en su carro.
25 Then Jehu said to Bidkar, his captain, Take him up, and put him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for is not that day in your memory when you and I together on our horses were going after Ahab, his father, and the Lord put this fate on him, saying:
Y dijo (Jehú) a Bidcar, capitán suyo: “Tómalo y arrójalo en el campo de Nabot de Jesreel; pues acuérdate de que cuando yo y tú íbamos juntos a caballo tras Acab, su padre, Yahvé fulminó contra él esta sentencia:
26 I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.
«Yo he visto ayer la sangre de Nabot y la de sus hijos, dice Yahvé; y te lo voy a pagar en este mismo campo, dice Yahvé.» Ahora, pues, tómalo y arrójalo en este campo, conforme a la palabra de Yahvé.”
27 Now when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the slope up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he went in flight to Megiddo, where death came to him.
Al ver esto Ococías, rey de Judá, echó a huir por el camino de la casa del huerto. Pero Jehú lo persiguió y dijo: “¡Herid también a este en el carro!” (Así sucedió) en la subida de Gur, que está cerca de Jibleam, pero siguió huyendo hasta Megiddó, donde murió.
28 And his servants took him in a carriage to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.
Sus siervos lo llevaron en un carro a Jerusalén, y lo sepultaron en su sepulcro, junto con sus padres, en la ciudad de David.
29 (In the eleventh year of the rule of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah.)
Ococías había comenzado a reinar sobre Judá el año undécimo de Joram, hijo de Acab.
30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
Después entró Jehú en Jesreel. Cuando Jezabel lo supo se pintó los ojos con estibio, se adornó la cabeza y se asomó a la ventana.
31 And when Jehu was coming into the town, she said, Is all well, O Zimri, taker of your master's life?
Y al entrar Jehú por la puerta, le gritó: “¿Le ha ido bien a Zambrí, que mató a su señor?”
32 Then, looking up to the window, he said, Who is on my side, who? and two or three unsexed servants put out their heads.
Mas él, alzando el rostro hacia la ventana, dijo: “¿Quién es de mi partido; quién?” Y miraron hacia él dos o tres eunucos,
33 And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a shower on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.
a los cuales ordenó: “¡Arrojadla abajo!” La arrojaron, y su sangre salpicó el muro y los caballos. Y él mismo la holló.
34 And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.
Luego entró y después de haber comido y bebido, dijo: “Mirad por esa maldita y dadle sepultura, que al fin es hija de rey.”
35 And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.
Fueron, pues, para enterrarla, pero no hallaron de ella más que la calavera, los pies y las palmas de las manos.
36 So they came back and gave him word of it. And he said, This is what the Lord said by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the heritage of Jezreel the flesh of Jezebel will become food for dogs;
Volvieron y le dieron de ello noticia. Entonces él dijo: “Palabra de Yahvé es esta, que Él pronunció por boca de su siervo Elías tesbita, diciendo: «En el campo de Jesreel comerán los perros la carne de Jezabel.
37 And the dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel; so that they will not be able to say, This is Jezebel.
Y será el cadáver de Jezabel como estiércol sobre la superficie de la tierra, en el campo de Jesreel; de suerte que no dirán más: ¡Esta es Jezabel!»”
