1 Kings 22
1 For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel.
Durante tres años Harán e Israel no estuvieron en guerra.
2 Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to [visit] King Ahab, who ruled Israel.
Pero al tercer año Josafat, rey de Judá, fue a visitar al rey de Israel.
3 [While they were talking, ] Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in [the] Gilead [region]? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!”
El rey de Israel había dicho a sus oficiales: “¿No se dan cuenta de que Ramot de Galaad nos pertenece realmente y sin embargo no hemos hecho nada para recuperarla del rey de Harán?”
4 Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your [army] join my [army] to fight against the people of Ramoth [and retake that city]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “[Certainly] I [will do whatever] you [want], and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.”
Entonces le preguntó a Josafat: “¿Te unirás a mí en un ataque para reconquistar Ramot de Galaad?” Josafat respondió al rey de Israel: “Tú y yo somos como uno, mis hombres y tus hombres son como uno, y mis caballos y tus caballos son como uno”.
5 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Entonces Josafat dijo al rey de Israel: “Pero antes, por favor, averigua lo que dice el Señor”.
6 So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my [army] go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go [and attack them], because God will enable your [army] to defeat them.”
Entonces el rey de Israel sacó a los profetas -cuatrocientos- y les preguntó: “¿Debo subir a atacar Ramot de Galaad, o no?” “Sí, adelante”, le respondieron, “porque el Señor la entregará al rey”.
7 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Pero Josafat preguntó: “¿No hay aquí otro profeta del Señor al que podamos preguntar?”
8 The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he (prophesies/tells what God says to him) he never says [that] anything good [will happen] to me. He always predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
“Sí, hay otro hombre que podría consultar al Señor”, respondió el rey de Israel, “pero no me gusta porque nunca profetiza nada bueno para mí, ¡siempre es malo! Se llama Micaías, hijo de Imá”. “No deberías hablar así”, dijo Josafat.
9 So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately.
El rey de Israel llamó a uno de sus funcionarios y le dijo: “Tráeme enseguida a Micaías, hijo de Imá”.
10 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their (royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings). They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, (prophesying/predicting what was going to happen).
Vestidos con sus ropas reales, el rey de Israel y el rey Josafat de Judá, estaban sentados en sus tronos en la era junto a la puerta de Samaria, con todos los profetas profetizando frente a ellos.
11 One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron [something that resembled] horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed [to Ahab], “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your [army] will keep attacking the Syrians [like a bull attacks another animal] [MET], until you completely destroy them!’”
Uno de ellos, Sedequías, hijo de Quená, se había hecho unos cuernos de hierro. Anunció: “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ‘¡Con estos cuernos vas a corromper a los arameos hasta matarlos!’”
12 All the [other] prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!”
Y todos los profetas profetizaban lo mismo, diciendo: “Adelante, ataquen Ramot de Galaad; tendrán éxito, porque el Señor se la entregará al rey”.
13 Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say (what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful).”
Entonces el mensajero que fue a llamar a Micaías le dijo: “Mira, todos los profetas son unánimes en profetizar positivamente al rey. Así que asegúrate de hablar positivamente como ellos”.
14 But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Pero Micaías respondió: “Vive el Señor, yo sólo puedo decir lo que mi Dios me dice”.
15 When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against [the people of] Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
Cuando llegó ante el rey, éste le preguntó: “¿Subimos a atacar Ramot de Galaad, o no?” “Sí, suban y salgan victoriosos”, respondió Micaías, “porque el Señor entregará la ciudad en manos del rey”.
16 But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was (lying/being sarcastic), so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you [RHQ] many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
Pero el rey le dijo: “¿Cuántas veces tengo que hacerte jurar que sólo me dirás la verdad en nombre del Señor?”
17 So Micaiah said to him, “[The truth is that] in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
Entonces Micaías respondió: “Vi a todo Israel disperso por los montes como ovejas sin pastor. El Señor dijo: ‘Este pueblo no tiene dueño; que cada uno se vaya a su casa en paz’”.
18 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you [RHQ] that he never predicts [that] anything good [will happen to me]! He [always] predicts [that] bad things [will happen to me].”
El rey de Israel le dijo a Josafat: “¿No te he dicho que él nunca me profetiza nada bueno, sino sólo malo?”
19 But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side.
Micaías continuó diciendo: “Escucha, pues, lo que dice el Señor. Vi al Señor sentado en su trono, rodeado de todo el ejército del cielo que estaba a su derecha y a su izquierda.
20 And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
El Señor preguntó: ‘¿Quién engañará a Acab, rey de Israel, para que ataque a Ramot de Galaad y lo mate allí?’ “Uno dijo esto, otro dijo aquello, y otro dijo otra cosa.
21 Finally one [evil] spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
Finalmente vino un espíritu y se acercó al Señor y dijo: ‘Yo lo engañaré’.
22 Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
“‘¿Cómo vas a hacerlo?’, preguntó el Señor. “‘Iré y seré un espíritu mentiroso y haré que todos sus profetas digan mentiras’, respondió el espíritu. “El Señor respondió: ‘Eso funcionará. Ve y hazlo’.
23 So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
“Como ves, el Señor ha puesto un espíritu mentiroso en estos profetas tuyos, y el Señor ha dictado tu sentencia de muerte”.
24 Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” [RHQ]
Entonces Sedequías, hijo de Quená, fue y abofeteó a Micaías en la cara, y le preguntó: “¿A dónde se fue el Espíritu del Señor cuando me dejó hablar contigo?”
25 Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian troops]!”
“¡Pronto lo descubrirás cuando intentes encontrar algún lugar secreto para esconderte!” respondió Micaías.
26 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
El rey de Israel ordenó: “Pongan a Micaías bajo arresto y llévenlo a Amón, el gobernador de la ciudad, y a mi hijo Joás.
27 Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!”
Diles que estas son las instrucciones del rey: ‘Pongan a este hombre en la cárcel. Denle sólo pan y agua hasta mi regreso seguro’”.
28 Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
“Si de hecho regresas sano y salvo, entonces el Señor no ha hablado a través de mí”, declaró Micaías. “¡Presten atención todos a todo lo que he dicho!”
29 So the King of Israel and the King of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
El rey de Israel y Josafat, rey de Judá, fueron a atacar Ramot de Galaad.
30 King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king]. But you should wear your (royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king).” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
El rey de Israel le dijo a Josafat: “Cuando yo vaya a la batalla me disfrazaré, pero tú debes llevar tus ropas reales”. Así que el rey de Israel se disfrazó y fue a la batalla.
31 The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!”
El rey de Harán ya había dado estas órdenes a sus comandantes de carros “Diríjanse directamente hacia el rey de Israel solo. No luchen con nadie más, sea quien sea”.
32 So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing (his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king)], they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out,
Así que cuando los comandantes de los carros vieron a Josafat, gritaron: “¡Este debe ser el rey de Israel!” Así que se volvieron para atacarlo, pero cuando Josafat pidió ayuda,
33 they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him.
los comandantes de los carros vieron que no era el rey de Israel y dejaron de perseguirlo.
34 But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!”
Sin embargo, un arquero enemigo disparó una flecha al azar, hiriendo al rey de Israel entre las junturas de su armadura, junto al peto. El rey le dijo a su auriga: “¡Da la vuelta y sácame del combate, porque me han herido!”.
35 The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died.
La batalla duró todo el día. El rey de Israel se apuntaló en su carro para enfrentarse a los arameos, pero al anochecer murió. La sangre se había derramado de su herida sobre el piso del carro.
36 Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “[The battle is ended!] Everyone should return home!”
Al atardecer, un grito salió de las filas: “¡Retírense! Cada uno vuelva a su ciudad, cada uno vuelva a su país”.
37 So king Ahab died, and they took his body [in the chariot] to Samaria [city] and buried his body there.
Así murió el rey. Lo llevaron de vuelta a Samaria, donde lo enterraron.
38 They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs [came and] licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen.
Lavaron su carro en un estanque de Samaria donde las prostitutas venían a bañarse, y los perros lamieron su sangre, tal como el Señor había dicho.
39 The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory [that they built for him], and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
El resto de lo que sucedió en el reinado de Acab, todo lo que hizo, el palacio de marfil que construyó y todas las ciudades que edificó, están registrados en el Libro de las Crónicas de los Reyes de Israel.
40 When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king.
Acab murió y su hijo Ocozías lo sucedió como rey.
41 Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah.
Josafat, hijo de Asá, llegó a ser rey de Judá en el cuarto año del reinado de Acab, rey de Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
Josafat tenía treinta y cinco años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante veinticinco años. Su madre se llamaba Azuba, hija de Silhi.
43 Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars [that the people had built] on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices [to idols] on those altars and burned incense there.
Siguió todos los caminos de su padre; no se apartó de ellos, e hizo lo correcto a los ojos del Señor. Sin embargo, los altares paganos no fueron destruidos y el pueblo siguió sacrificando y presentando ofrendas allí.
44 Jehoshaphat also made [a] peace [agreement] with the king of Israel.
Josafat también hizo la paz con el rey de Israel.
45 All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his [troops] won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
El resto de lo que sucedió en el reinado de Josafat, sus grandes logros y las guerras que libró están registrados en el Libro de las Crónicas de los Reyes de Judá.
46 Jehoshaphat’s father Asa [had tried to expel] the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them.
Expulsó del país a las prostitutas del culto que quedaban de la época de su padre Asa.
47 At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there.
(En esa época no había rey en Edom; sino que había un diputado que hacía las veces de rey).
48 Jehoshaphat [ordered some Israeli men to] build a fleet/group of ships to sail [south] to [the] Ophir [region] to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed.
Josafat construyó barcos marítimos para ir a Ofir en busca de oro, pero se fueron porque naufragaron en Ezión-guéber.
49 Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
En ese tiempo Ocozías, hijo de Acab, le pidió a Josafat: “Deja que mis hombres naveguen con los tuyos”, pero Josafat se negó.
50 When Jehoshaphat died, his [body] was buried where his ancestors were buried in [Jerusalem, ] the city where King David [had ruled]. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king.
Josafat murió y fue enterrado con sus antepasados en la Ciudad de David. Su hijo Jehoram lo sucedió como rey.
51 Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years.
Ocozías, hijo de Acab, se convirtió en rey de Israel en Samaria en el año diecisiete de Josafat, rey de Judá, y reinó sobre Israel durante dos años.
52 He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the [evil] things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin [by worshiping idols].
Sus hechos fueron malos a los ojos del Señor y siguió los caminos de su padre y de su madre, y de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, que había hecho pecar a Israel.
53 Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry.
Sirvió a Baal y lo adoró, y enfureció al Señor, el Dios de Israel, tal como lo había hecho su padre.
