2 Chronicles 24
1 Joas was seven years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Sebia of Bersabee.
Joás tenía siete años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 40 años en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Sibia de Beerseba.
2 And he did that which is good before the Lord all the days of Joiada the priest.
Joás hizo lo recto ante Yavé todo el tiempo del sacerdote Joiada.
3 And Joiada took for him two wives, by whom he had sons and daughters.
Joiada tomó para el rey dos esposas, y éste engendró hijos e hijas.
4 After this Joas had a mind to repair the house of the Lord.
Aconteció después de esto que Joás se propuso restaurar la Casa de Yavé.
5 And he assembled the priests, and the Levites, and said to them: Go out to the cities of Juda, and gather of all Israel money to repair the temple of your God, from year to year: and do this with speed: but the Levites were negligent.
Reunió a los sacerdotes y a los levitas, y les dijo: Salgan a las ciudades de Judá y recojan dinero de todo Israel para restaurar anualmente la Casa de su ʼElohim. Traten de apresurar el asunto. Pero los levitas no se apresuraron.
6 And the king called Joiada the chief, and said to him: Why hast thou not taken care to oblige the Levites to bring in out of Juda and Jerusalem the money that was appointed by Moses the servant of the Lord for all the multitude of Israel to bring into the tabernacle of the testimony?
Entonces el rey llamó al sumo sacerdote Joiada: ¿Por qué no persuadiste a los levitas para que trajeran de Judá y Jerusalén el tributo establecido por Moisés, esclavo de Yavé a la congregación de Israel, para la obra del Tabernáculo del Testimonio?
7 For that wicked woman Athalia, and her children have destroyed the house of God, and adorned the temple of Baal with all the things that had been dedicated in the temple of the Lord.
Porque los hijos de la perversa Atalía deterioraron la Casa de ʼElohim y usaron los objetos sagrados de la Casa de Yavé para los baales.
8 And the king commanded, and they made a chest: and set it by the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.
El rey dispuso entonces que hicieran un cofre. Lo pusieron afuera en la entrada a la Casa de Yavé.
9 And they made a proclamation in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the money which Moses the servant of God appointed for all Israel, in the desert.
Pregonaron por Judá y Jerusalén que llevaran a Yavé lo que Moisés, esclavo de ʼElohim, prescribió a Israel en el desierto.
10 And all the princes, and all the people rejoiced: and going In they contributed and cast so much into the chest of the Lord, that it was filled.
Todos los jefes y los del pueblo se alegraron. Llevaron y echaron en el cofre hasta llenarlo.
11 And when it was time to bring the chest before the king by the hands of the Levites, (for they saw there was much money, ) the king’s scribe, and he whom the high priest had appointed went in: and they poured out the money that was in the chest: and they carried back the chest to its place: and thus they did from day to day, and there was gathered an immense sum of money.
Cuando llegaba el momento de llevar el cofre a la inspección real por medio de los levitas, si veían que la plata era mucha, el escriba del rey y el secretario del sumo sacerdote vaciaban el cofre y lo volvían a llevar a su lugar. Así hacían diariamente, y recogieron dinero en abundancia.
12 And the king and Joiada gave it to those who were over the works of the house of the Lord: but they hired with it stonecutters, and artificers of every kind of work to repair the house of the Lord: and such as wrought in iron and brass, to uphold what began to be falling.
Luego el rey y Joiada lo entregaban a los que hacían la obra de servicio de la Casa de Yavé. Contrataron canteros, ebanistas y artífices en hierro y bronce para restaurar la Casa de Yavé.
13 And the workmen were diligent, and the breach of the walls was closed up by their hands, and they set up the house of the Lord in its former state, and made it stand firm.
Los encargados de la obra trabajaron y la restauración progresó en su mano. Le dieron a la Casa de ʼElohim su antigua condición, y la fortalecieron.
14 And when they had finished all the works, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Joiada: and with it were made vessels for the temple for the ministry, and for holocausts and bowls, and other vessels of gold and silver: and holocausts were offered in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Joiada.
Cuando terminaron, llevaron lo que quedó del dinero al rey y a Joiada. Con esto hicieron utensilios para la Casa de Yavé: objetos para el servicio del holocausto, cacerolas y utensilios de oro y de plata. Todo el tiempo de Joiada se ofrecieron holocaustos de continuo en la Casa de Yavé.
15 But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old.
Pero Joiada envejeció y murió lleno de días. Tenía 130 años cuando murió.
16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good to Israel, and to his house.
Lo sepultaron con los reyes en la Ciudad de David, por cuanto hizo mucho bien a Israel con respecto a ʼElohim y su Casa.
17 And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them.
Pero después de la muerte de Joiada, los jefes de Judá fueron y se inclinaron ante el rey, y el rey los escuchó.
18 And they forsook the temple of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served groves and idols, and wrath came upon Juda and Jerusalem for this sin.
Abandonaron la Casa de Yavé ʼElohim de sus antepasados, y sirvieron a los símbolos de Asera y a las imágenes talladas. La ira de Yavé cayó sobre Judá y Jerusalén a causa de su culpa.
19 And he sent prophets to them to bring them back to the Lord, and they would not give ear when they testified against them.
Sin embargo, Yavé les envió profetas para que volvieran a Yavé, quienes los amonestaron, pero no escucharon.
20 The spirit of God then came upon Zacharias the son of Joiada the priest, and he stood in the sight of the people, and said to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Why transgress you the commandment of the Lord which will not be for your good, and have forsaken the Lord, to make him forsake you?
Entonces el Espíritu de ʼElohim revistió a Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Joiada, quien se presentó ante el pueblo y les dijo: ʼElohim dice: ¿Por qué traspasan ustedes los Mandamientos de Yavé? No prosperarán, porque por abandonar a Yavé, Él también los abandonará.
21 And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king’s commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.
Pero conspiraron contra él y lo lapidaron en el patio de la Casa de Yavé por mandato del rey.
22 And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said: The Lord see, and require it.
El rey Joás no se acordó de la misericordia que Joiada, padre de Zacarías, tuvo con él, sino asesinó a su hijo, quien al morir exclamó: ¡Yavé lo vea y lo demande!
23 And when a year was come about, the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Juda and Jerusalem, and killed all the princes of the people, and they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.
Sucedió que después de un año el ejército de Siria subió contra él y llegaron a Judá y Jerusalén. Exterminaron a todos los magistrados del pueblo y enviaron todo su despojo al rey de Damasco.
24 And whereas there came a very small number of the Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an infinite multitude, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers: and on Joas they executed shameful judgments.
Aunque el ejército de Siria subió con pocos hombres, Yavé entregó a un gran ejército en su mano, porque abandonaron a Yavé el ʼElohim de sus antepasados. De esta manera ejecutaron juicio contra Joás.
25 And departing they left him in diseases: and his servants rose up him, for revenge of the blood of the son of Joiada the priest, and they slew him in his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Cuando los sirios se apartaron de él, lo dejaron agobiado por sus dolencias. Sus esclavos conspiraron contra él a causa de la sangre de los hijos del sacerdote Joiada. Lo hirieron en su lecho, y murió. Lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en los sepulcros de los reyes.
26 Now the men that conspired against him were Zabad the son of Semmaath an Ammonitess, and Jozabad the son of Semarith a Moabitess.
Éstos fueron los que conspiraron contra él: Zabad, hijo de Simbad, la amonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit, la moabita.
27 And concerning his sons, and the sum of money which was gathered under him, and the repairing the house of God; they are written more diligently in the book of kings: and Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
En cuanto a los hijos de Joás, las numerosas profecías contra él y la restauración de la Casa de ʼElohim, ciertamente están escritos en el relato del rollo de los Reyes. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Amasías.
