2 Chronicles 12
1 After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all [the other people in] Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh.
Consolidado y afianzado que hubo el reino, abandonó Roboam la Ley de Yahvé, y con él todo Israel.
2 As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
Y sucedió que el año quinto del rey Roboam subió Sesac, rey de Egipto, contra Jerusalén —porque (sus habitantes) no eran fieles a Yahvé—
3 Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia.
con mil doscientos carros y sesenta mil jinetes; y no se podía contar la gente que venía con él de Egipto: libios, suquitas y etíopes.
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
Tomó las ciudades fortificadas de Judá y llegó hasta Jerusalén.
5 Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of [the army of] Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to [allow you to be captured by the army of] Shishak.’”
Entonces el profeta Semeías vino a Roboam y a los jefes de Judá, que se habían reunido en Jerusalén por miedo a Sesac, y les dijo: “Así dice Yahvé: Vosotros me habéis abandonado, y por esto también Yo os abandono en poder de Sesac.”
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
Efectivamente los príncipes de Israel y el rey se humillaron y dijeron: “¡Justo es Yahvé!”
7 When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem,
Cuando Yahvé vio que se habían humillado, llegó a Semeías la palabra de Yahvé, que decía: “Por haberse ellos humillado, no los destruiré, sino que les concederé un poco de salvación, y no se derramará mi ira sobre Jerusalén por mano de Sesac.
8 but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn [that it is better] to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.”
Pero le quedarán sujetos, para que conozcan lo que es mi servidumbre y la servidumbre de los reinos de los países.”
9 When Shishak’s [army] attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything [that was valuable], including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
Subió, pues, Sesac rey de Egipto contra Jerusalén y tomó los tesoros de la Casa de Yahvé y los tesoros de la casa real. Lo tomó todo, y se llevó también los escudos de oro hechos por Salomón.
10 So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace.
En su lugar hizo el rey Roboam escudos de bronce, que entregó en manos de los jefes de la guardia que custodiaban la entrada de la casa del rey.
11 After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then [when the king left, ] they would return the shields to the guards’ room.
Y siempre que el rey iba a la Casa de Yahvé, venían los de la guardia y los llevaban; y después volvían a ponerlos en la cámara de la guardia.
12 Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah.
A raíz de su humillación se apartó de él la ira de Yahvé, el cual no le destruyó del todo, pues se hallaban aún en Judá algunas obras buenas.
13 King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king [of Judah]. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him.
El rey Roboam se fortaleció en Jerusalén, y reinó. Roboam tenía cuarenta y un años cuando empezó a reinar, y diez y siete años reinó en Jerusalén, la ciudad que Yahvé había escogido de entre todas las tribus de Israel para poner allí su Nombre. Su madre se llamaba Naamá, ammonita.
14 Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do.
Hizo lo que era malo, porque no había dispuesto su corazón para buscar a Yahvé.
15 An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other.
Las actividades de Roboam, las primeras y las postreras, ¿no están escritas exactamente en la historia del profeta Semeías y del vidente Iddó? Entre Roboam y Jeroboam hubo continuamente guerra.
16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king.
Roboam se durmió con sus padres, y fue sepultado en la ciudad de David. En su lugar reinó su hijo Abías.
