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].
Josafat descansó con sus antepasados y fue sepultado en la Ciudad de David. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Joram.
2 His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
Tuvo como hermanos a Azarías, Jeiel, Zacarías, Azarías, Micael y Sefatías. Todos estos fueron hijos de Josafat, rey 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.
a quienes su padre dio grandes regalos de plata, oro y cosas preciosas, así como ciudades fortificadas en Judá. Pero el reino se lo dio a Joram, porque él era su primogénito.
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.
Joram fue elevado al reino de su padre. Cuando fue fuerte, mató a espada a todos sus hermanos, y también a algunos de los jefes de Israel.
5 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
Joram tenía 32 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó ocho años en Jerusalén.
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.
Anduvo en el camino de los reyes de Israel, como la casa de Acab, pues una hija de Acab fue su esposa. Hizo lo malo ante Yavé.
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.
Pero Yavé no quiso destruir la casa de David a causa del Pacto que hizo con él según su promesa, según la cual le daría una lámpara a él y a sus hijos para siempre.
8 While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
En su tiempo Edom se rebeló contra el dominio de Judá, y proclamaron un rey de ellos.
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.
Entonces Joram fue con sus oficiales y todos sus carruajes. Al levantarse de noche, derrotó a los edomitas, quienes lo habían sitiado a él y a todos los comandantes de sus carruajes.
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].
Sin embargo, Edom siguió en rebeldía contra el dominio de Judá hasta hoy. En aquel tiempo Libna también se rebeló contra su dominio, porque él abandonó a Yavé ʼElohim de sus antepasados.
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.
Además construyó lugares altos en la región montañosa de Judá, y fomentó la prostitución entre los habitantes de Jerusalén y 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.
Entonces le llegó una carta del profeta Elías que decía: Yavé ʼElohim de David, tu antepasado, dice: Por cuanto no andas en los caminos de tu padre Josafat, ni en los caminos de Asa, rey 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.
sino en el camino de los reyes de Israel, causaste que Judá y los habitantes de Jerusalén forniquen según la fornicación de la casa de Acab. Por cuanto asesinaste a tus hermanos, a la familia de tu padre, que eran mejores que tú,
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.
ciertamente Yavé va a golpear con una gran calamidad a tu pueblo, tus hijos, tus mujeres, todas tus posesiones
15 And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
y a ti con muchas enfermedades, con dolencia de tus intestinos, hasta que salgan tus intestinos por causa de la enfermedad día tras día.
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.
Entonces Yavé incitó la ira de los filisteos y los árabes que estaban con los etíopes contra Joram.
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.
Estos subieron contra Judá y la invadieron. Se llevaron todo que hallaron en la casa del rey, los bienes, sus hijos y sus mujeres. No le quedó algún hijo, excepto Joacaz, el menor de sus hijos.
18 After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
Después de todo esto, Yavé lo hirió con una enfermedad incurable en los intestinos.
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.
Aconteció que en el transcurso del tiempo, después de dos años, se le salieron los intestinos a causa de la enfermedad y murió con gran dolor. Su pueblo no encendió una hoguera para él, como la hoguera que encendieron para sus antepasados.
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.
Tenía 32 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó en Jerusalén ocho años. Desapareció sin que nadie lo lamentara, y lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en los sepulcros de los reyes.
