2 Chronicles 14

1 When Abijah died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. His son Asa became the king. While Asa was ruling, there was peace in Judah for ten years.

Y durmió Abías con sus padres, y fue sepultado en la ciudad de David: y reinó en su lugar Asa su hijo. En sus días reposó la tierra diez años.

2 Asa did things that Yahweh his God considers to be right and good.

E hizo Asa lo bueno y recto en los ojos de Jehová su Dios:

3 His workers got rid of the altars to worship foreign gods that were on the high hills. They smashed the sacred stone pillars and cut down the poles for worshiping [the goddess] Asherah.

Porque quitó los altares del ajeno, y los altos: quebró las imágenes, y taló los bosques,

4 Asa commanded the people of Judah to worship [only] Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, and to obey his laws and commands.

Y mandó a Judá que buscasen a Jehová el Dios de sus padres, e hiciesen la ley y los mandamientos.

5 His workers destroyed all the shrines on the hilltops and the altars for burning incense [to idols] in every town in Judah. As a result, there was peace while Asa ruled the kingdom [of Judah].

Y quitó de todas las ciudades de Judá los altos y las imágenes: y estuvo el reino quieto delante de él.

6 His workers built cities and constructed walls around them. No army attacked Judah during that time, because Yahweh enabled them to have peace.

Y edificó ciudades fuertes en Judá, por cuanto había paz en la tierra, y no había guerra contra él en aquellos tiempos; porque Jehová le había dado reposo.

7 Asa said to the people of Judah, “We should protect these towns by building walls around them, with watchtowers and gates that have bars. This country still belongs to us because we have requested Yahweh our God to help us. We requested him for his help, and he has given us peace in our entire country.” So they built buildings and prospered.

Dijo pues a Judá: Edifiquemos estas ciudades, y cerquémoslas de muros, torres, puertas, y barras, pues que la tierra es nuestra, por cuanto hemos buscado a Jehová nuestro Dios: nosotros le hemos buscado, y él nos ha dado reposo de todas partes. Y edificaron, y fueron prosperados.

8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They all carried large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin [in his army]. They carried [smaller] shields, and bows [and arrows]. They were all brave soldiers.

Tuvo también Asa ejército que traía escudos y lanzas, trescientos mil de Judá; y doscientos y ochenta mil de Ben-jamín, que traían escudos, y flechaban arcos: todos hombres diestros.

9 Zerah, a man from Ethiopia/Sudan, marched with a huge army and 300 chariots to attack [the army of Judah and Benjamin]. They went as far as [the town of] Mareshah [about 25 miles/southwest of Jerusalem].

Y salió contra ellos Zara Etiope con ejército de mil millares, y trescientos carros; y vino hasta Maresa.

10 Asa went [with his army] to fight against them, and both armies took their positions in the Zephathah Valley.

Mas Asa salió contra él, y ordenaron la batalla en el valle de Sefata junto a Maresa.

11 Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God, saying, “Yahweh, there is no one like you who can help those who have very little power to resist a mighty army. Yahweh our God, help us, because we are relying on you; and trusting in you we have come [to fight] against this huge army. Yahweh, you are our God; do not allow anyone to defeat you.”

Y clamó Asa a Jehová su Dios, y dijo: Jehová, no tienes tú más con el grande, que con el que ninguna fuerza tiene, para dar ayuda. Ayúdanos, oh Jehová Dios nuestro, porque en ti estribamos, y en tu nombre venimos contra este ejército. Oh Jehová, tú eres nuestro Dios: no prevalezca contra ti el hombre.

12 Then Yahweh enabled Asa and the army of Judah to defeat the army from Ethiopia. They fled,

Y Jehová deshizo los Etiopes delante de Asa, y delante de Judá; y huyeron los Etiopes.

13 and Asa and his army pursued them [to the southwest] as far as Gerar. A huge number of the soldiers from Ethiopia were killed, with the result that those [who were not killed] were unable to fight any more. They were greatly defeated by Yahweh and his army, and the men of Judah carried away a great amount of their possessions.

Y Asa, y el pueblo que con él estaba, los siguió hasta Gerara: y cayeron los Etiopes hasta no quedar en ellos hombre a vida; porque fueron deshechos delante de Jehová y de su ejército: y tomaron un muy grande despojo.

14 The men of Judah were able to destroy the people in villages near Gerar because Yahweh had caused the people there to become terrified [and unable to fight]. The army of Judah took away all the valuable things from those villages.

E hirieron todas las ciudades al derredor de Gerara; porque el terror de Jehová era sobre ellos: y saquearon todas las ciudades; porque había en ellas gran despojo.

15 They also attacked the places where the local people who took care of domestic animals had set up their tents, and they took away big herds of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

Asimismo dieron sobre las cabañas de los ganados, y trajeron muchas ovejas y camellos; y volviéronse a Jerusalem.