2 Chronicles 18
1 Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab [of Israel].
Josafat tenía riquezas y honores en abundancia, y emparentó con Acab.
2 Several years later, he went down [from Jerusalem] to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle [for a feast].
Después de unos años bajó a Samaria para visitar a Acab. Y Acab ordenó degollar numerosas ovejas y bueyes para él y el ejército que estaba con él. Lo incitó a ir con él contra Ramot de Galaad.
3 Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you [and your army] go with my army to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “My soldiers and I will go to the battle when you tell us to go.”
Acab, rey de Israel, preguntó a Josafat, rey de Judá: ¿Irás conmigo contra Ramot de Galaad? Y él respondió: Yo soy como tú, y mi ejército como el tuyo. Iremos contigo a la guerra.
4 Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
Además Josafat dijo al rey de Israel: Te ruego que consultes ahora la Palabra de Yavé.
5 So the king of Israel gathered all his 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go to attack the people of Ramoth [city], or should we not do that?” They replied, “Yes, go [and attack them] because God will enable your army to defeat them.”
Entonces el rey de Israel convocó a unos 400 hombres que eran profetas y les preguntó: ¿Iremos a la guerra contra Ramot de Galaad o desistiré? Y ellos respondieron: Sube, porque ʼelohim la entregará en mano del rey.
6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
Pero Josafat preguntó: ¿Hay aún aquí algún profeta de Yavé, para que consultemos por medio de él?
7 The king of Israel replied, “There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, his name is Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts [that] bad [things will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
El rey de Israel respondió a Josafat: Aún queda un hombre por medio de quien podemos consultar a Yavé, pero yo lo aborrezco, porque nunca me profetiza para bien, sino siempre para mal. Es Micaías, hijo de Imla. Y dijo Josafat: No hable así el rey.
8 So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
Entonces el rey de Israel llamó a un funcionario y le dijo: ¡Trae pronto a Micaías, hijo de Imla!
9 The king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on their thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of [Ahab’s] prophets were standing in front of them, predicting what was going to happen.
El rey de Israel y Josafat, rey de Judá, vestidos con ropas reales, estaban sentados cada uno en su trono en una plaza ubicada a la entrada de la puerta de Samaria. Todos los profetas profetizaban ante ellos.
10 [One of them whose name was] Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns [like these], your [army] will keep attacking the army of Syria [like a bull attacks another animal], until you completely destroy them.’”
Sedequías, hijo de Quenaana, hizo unos cuernos de hierro y decía: Yavé dice: Con éstos acornearás a los sirios hasta que sean consumidos.
11 All the other prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them.”
Todos los profetas profetizaban así: ¡Sube a Ramot de Galaad y triunfa, pues Yavé la entregó en mano del rey!
12 The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful [in the battle]. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!”
El mensajero que fue a llamar a Micaías le habló: Mira, las palabras de los profetas declaran a una voz cosas buenas al rey. Sea tu palabra como la de cada uno de ellos, y predice cosa buena.
13 But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
Pero Micaías replicó: Vive Yavé que lo que mi ʼElohim indique, eso hablaré.
14 When Micaiah arrived, the king [of Israel] asked him, “Should we go to attack Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
Cuando llegó al rey, éste le preguntó: Micaías, ¿iremos a la guerra contra Ramot de Galaad, o desistiré? Y le respondió: Suban y prosperen, porque ellos serán entregados en mano de ustedes.
15 But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was lying, so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
Pero el rey le preguntó: ¿Cuántas veces te haré jurar que no me digas sino la verdad en Nombre de Yavé?
16 Then Micaiah replied, “[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 respondió: Vi a todo Israel esparcido por las montañas como ovejas que no tienen pastor. Y Yavé dijo: Éstos no tienen ʼadón. Regrese cada uno a su casa en paz.
17 Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you 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 dijo a Josafat: ¿No te dije que éste nunca profetiza lo bueno acerca de mí, sino lo malo?
18 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 [standing around him], on his right side and on his left side.
Pero Micaías dijo: Por eso oigan la Palabra de Yavé: Vi a Yavé sentado en su trono. Toda la hueste de los cielos estaba a su derecha y a su izquierda.
19 And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, 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.
Yavé dijo: ¿Quién inducirá a Acab, rey de Israel, para que suba y caiga en Ramot de Galaad? Y uno decía de una manera y otro de otra.
20 “Finally one spirit, [having received a message from Satan], came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ “Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
Salió un espíritu que se colocó delante de Yavé y dijo: Yo lo induciré. Y Yavé le preguntó: ¿De cuál modo?
21 “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!’
Le respondió: Saldré y seré espíritu de mentira en la boca de todos sus profetas. Y Él dijo: Lo inducirás y ciertamente prevalecerás. ¡Vé y hazlo!
22 “So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
Ahora, mira, Yavé puso un espíritu de mentira en la boca de estos profetas tuyos, porque Yavé decretó el mal contra ti.
23 Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah 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?”
Entonces Sedequías, hijo de Quenaana, se acercó, golpeó a Micaías en la mejilla y dijo: ¿Por cuál camino pasó de mí el Espíritu de Yavé para hablarte a ti?
24 Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian soldiers]!”
Micaías respondió: Ciertamente, ¿no lo verás en aquel día cuando vayas a esconderte de aposento en aposento?
25 King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
Entonces el rey de Israel dijo: Tomen a Micaías y llévenlo a Amón, gobernador de la ciudad, y a Joás, hijo del rey,
26 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]!”
y díganles: El rey dijo: Metan a éste en la cárcel y denle pan y agua de aflicción hasta que yo vuelva en paz.
27 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]!”
Entonces Micaías dijo: ¡Si vuelves en paz, Yavé no habló por medio de mí! Y agregó: ¡Escúchenlo, pueblos todos!
28 So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
Así que el rey de Israel subió con Josafat, rey de Judá, contra Ramot de Galaad.
29 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.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
El rey de Israel dijo a Josafat: Me disfrazaré y entraré en la batalla, pero tú cúbrete con tus ropas reales. Y el rey de Israel se disfrazó, y entraron en la batalla.
30 The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
Pero el rey de Siria ordenó a los jefes de sus carruajes: No luchen contra pequeño ni grande, sino solo contra el rey de Israel.
31 So when the soldiers who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing the royal robes], they thought “He must be the king of Israel!”
Cuando los jefes de los carruajes vieron a Josafat, dijeron: ¡Ése es el rey de Israel! Así que lo rodearon para luchar, pero Josafat clamó, y Yavé lo ayudó. ʼElohim los apartó de él.
32 So they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, Yahweh helped him, and they realized that he was not the king of Israel. And God caused them to stop pursuing him.
Pues sucedió que cuando los jefes de los carruajes vieron que no era el rey de Israel, se apartaron de perseguirlo.
33 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!”
Un hombre disparó con el arco a la ventura, e hirió al rey de Israel entre las junturas de la armadura. Y [el rey] dijo al que manejaba los caballos del carruaje: Vuelve tu mano y sácame del campo porque estoy herido.
34 The battle continued all that day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
Pero la batalla arreció aquel día. Por tanto el rey de Israel fue sostenido en su carroza frente a los sirios hasta llegar la noche, pero murió al ocultarse el sol.
