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 Abías murió, y lo enterraron en la ciudad de David, y Asa su hijo se convirtió en rey en su lugar; en su tiempo la tierra estuvo tranquila durante diez años.
2 Asa did things that Yahweh his God considers to be right and good.
E hizo lo que era bueno y recto a los ojos del Señor 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 de dioses extranjeros y los lugares altos, y rompió las imágenes de Asera y los pilares sagrados;
4 Asa commanded the people of Judah to worship [only] Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, and to obey his laws and commands.
E hizo que Judá fuera tras el Señor, el Dios de sus padres, y guardará sus leyes y sus órdenes.
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 los lugares altos y las imágenes paganas de todas las ciudades de Judá; y el reino estaba tranquilo bajo su gobierno.
6 His workers built cities and constructed walls around them. No army attacked Judah during that time, because Yahweh enabled them to have peace.
Hizo pueblos amurallados en Judá, porque la tierra estaba tranquila y no había guerras en aquellos años, porque el Señor le había dado descanso.
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.
Y dijo a Judá: Hagamos estos pueblos construyendo muros alrededor de ellos con torres, puertas y cerraduras. La tierra sigue siendo nuestra, porque hemos sido fieles al Señor nuestro Dios; Hemos sido fieles a él y nos ha dado descanso por todos lados. Así que siguieron construyendo y todo salió bien para ellos.
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.
Y Asa tenía un ejército de trescientos mil hombres de Judá armados con escudos y lanzas, y doscientos ochenta mil de Benjamín armados con escudos y arcos; Todos estos eran hombres de guerra.
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 Zera el etíope, con un ejército de un millón y trescientos carros de combate, salió contra ellos a Maresa.
10 Asa went [with his army] to fight against them, and both armies took their positions in the Zephathah Valley.
Y salió Asa contra él, y pusieron sus fuerzas en posición en el valle al norte de 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.”
Entonces Asa oró al Señor su Dios y le dijo: Señor, tú sólo puedes dar ayuda al fuerte y al que no tiene fortaleza; Ven en nuestra ayuda, Señor nuestro Dios, porque nuestra esperanza está en ti, y en tu nombre hemos salido contra este gran ejército. Oh Señor, tú eres nuestro Dios; No permitas que el poder del hombre sea mayor que el tuyo.
12 Then Yahweh enabled Asa and the army of Judah to defeat the army from Ethiopia. They fled,
Entonces el Señor derrotó a los etíopes ante Asa y Judá; y los etíopes salieron en vuelo.
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.
Asa y las personas que estaban con él fueron tras ellos hasta Gerar; y tan grande fue la destrucción entre los etíopes que no pudieron volver a juntar su ejército, porque fueron quebrantados ante el Señor y ante su ejército; y se llevaron gran parte de sus bienes.
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.
Y vencieron todas las ciudades alrededor de Gerar, porque el Señor les envió temor; y se llevaron sus bienes de las ciudades, porque en ellos había almacenes de riqueza.
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.
Hicieron un ataque contra las tiendas de los dueños del ganado, se llevaron gran cantidad de ovejas y camellos y regresaron a Jerusalén.
