2 Chronicles 21
1 Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
Jehoshaphat dormiu com seus pais, e foi enterrado com seus pais na cidade de David; e Jehoram seu filho reinou em seu lugar.
2 His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
Ele tinha irmãos, os filhos de Jehoshaphat: Azarias, Jehiel, Zacarias, Azarias, Michael e Shephatiah. Todos estes eram filhos de Jeosafá, rei de Israel.
3 Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
Seu pai lhes deu grandes dons de prata, de ouro e de coisas preciosas, com cidades fortificadas em Judá; mas ele deu o reino a Jeorão, porque ele era o primogênito.
4 After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
Agora, quando Jeorão se levantou sobre o reino de seu pai e se fortaleceu, matou todos os seus irmãos com a espada, e também alguns dos príncipes de Israel.
5 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
Jeorão tinha trinta e dois anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou oito anos em Jerusalém.
6 But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
Ele andou no caminho dos reis de Israel, assim como a casa de Acabe, pois ele tinha a filha de Acabe como esposa. Ele fez o que era mau aos olhos de Iavé.
7 However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
However Javé não destruiria a casa de Davi, por causa do pacto que ele tinha feito com Davi, e como ele prometeu dar uma lâmpada para ele e para seus filhos sempre.
8 While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
Em seus dias, Edom se revoltou sob a mão de Judá, e fez um rei sobre si mesmo.
9 So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
Então Jehoram foi para lá com seus capitães e todas as suas carruagens com ele. Ele se levantou à noite e atingiu os edomitas que o rodeavam, junto com os capitães das carruagens.
10 But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
Então Edom tem estado em revolta desde debaixo da mão de Judá até os dias de hoje. Então Libnah revoltou-se ao mesmo tempo de debaixo de sua mão, porque havia abandonado Yahweh, o Deus de seus pais.
11 On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
Além disso, ele fez lugares altos nas montanhas de Judá, e fez com que os habitantes de Jerusalém se prostituíssem, e desviou Judá.
12 One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
Veio a ele uma carta do profeta Elias, dizendo: “Javé, o Deus de Davi teu pai, diz: 'Porque não andaste nos caminhos de Jeosafá teu pai, nem nos caminhos de Asa, rei de Judá,
13 Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
mas andaste no caminho dos reis de Israel', e fizeram Judá e os habitantes de Jerusalém brincar de prostituta como fez a casa de Acabe, e também mataram seus irmãos da casa de seu pai, que eram melhores que você,
14 So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
eis que Javé atacará seu povo com uma grande praga, incluindo seus filhos, suas esposas e todos os seus bens;
15 And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
e você terá uma grande doença com uma doença de suas entranhas, até que suas entranhas caiam por causa da doença, dia após dia.’”
16 Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
Yahweh agitou contra Jeorão o espírito dos filisteus e dos árabes que estão ao lado dos etíopes;
17 Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
e eles vieram contra Judá, invadiram-na e levaram todos os bens que foram encontrados na casa do rei, incluindo seus filhos e suas esposas, de modo que não lhe restou nenhum filho, exceto Jehoahaz, o mais novo de seus filhos.
18 After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
Depois de tudo isso, Yahweh o atingiu em suas entranhas com uma doença incurável.
19 About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
Com o passar do tempo, ao final de dois anos, suas entranhas caíram por causa de sua doença, e ele morreu de doenças graves. Seu povo não fez nenhuma queima para ele, como a queima de seus pais.
20 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
Ele tinha trinta e dois anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou em Jerusalém oito anos. Ele partiu sem arrependimento de ninguém. Eles o enterraram na cidade de Davi, mas não nos túmulos dos reis.
