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.
Una vez que Roboam se afianzó en el trono y estuvo seguro de su poder, junto con todos los israelitas abandonó la ley del Señor.
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.
En el quinto año del reinado de Roboam, Sisac, rey de Egipto, vino y atacó a Jerusalén porque habían sido infieles a Dios.
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.
Vino de Egipto con 1.200 carros, 60.000 jinetes y un ejército que no se podía contar Egipto: libios, siquenos y cusitas.
4 They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem.
Conquistó las ciudades fortificadas de Judá y luego se acercó a 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.’”
El profeta Semaías se acercó a Roboam y a los dirigentes de Judá que habían huido para ponerse a salvo en Jerusalén a causa de Sisac. Les dijo: “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ‘Ustedes me han abandonado, así que yo los he abandonado a Sisac’”.
6 Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.”
Los dirigentes de Israel y el rey admitieron que estaban equivocados y dijeron: “El Señor tiene razón”.
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 el Señor vio que se habían arrepentido, envió un mensaje a Semaías, diciendo: “Se han arrepentido. No los destruiré, y pronto los salvaré. Mi ira no se derramará sobre Jerusalén por medio de Sisac.
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.”
Aun así, se convertirán en sus súbditos, para que aprendan la diferencia entre servirme a mí y servir a los reyes de la tierra”.
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.
El rey Sisac de Egipto atacó Jerusalén y se llevó los tesoros del Templo del Señor y los tesoros del palacio real. Se lo llevó todo, incluidos los escudos de oro que había hecho 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.
Más tarde Roboam los sustituyó por escudos de bronce y los entregó para que los cuidaran los comandantes de la guardia apostados a la entrada del palacio real.
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.
Cada vez que el rey entraba en el Templo del Señor, los guardias lo acompañaban, llevando los escudos, y luego los llevaban de vuelta a la sala de 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.
Como Roboam se arrepintió, la ira del Señor no cayó sobre él, y el Señor no lo destruyó por completo. Las cosas fueron bien en Judá.
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 hizo poderoso en Jerusalén. Tenía cuarenta y un años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó diecisiete años en Jerusalén, la ciudad que el Señor había escogido de entre todas las tribus de Israel donde sería honrado. El nombre de su madre era Naama la amonita.
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.
Pero Roboam hizo lo malo porque no se comprometió a seguir al Señor.
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.
Lo que hizo Roboam, desde el principio hasta el final, está escrito en los registros del profeta Semaías y del vidente Iddo que tratan de las genealogías. Sin embargo, Roboam y Jeroboam siempre estuvieron en guerra entre sí.
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 murió y fue enterrado en la Ciudad de David. Su hijo Abías tomó el relevo como rey.
