2 Chronicles 24
1 Joash was seven years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba [city].
Joás tenía siete años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante cuarenta años. Su madre se llamaba Sibia de Beerseba.
2 Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
Joás hizo lo que era correcto a los ojos del Señor durante la vida del sacerdote Joiada.
3 Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
Joiada hizo que se casara con dos mujeres, y tuvo hijos e hijas.
4 Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
Tiempo después, Joás decidió reparar el Templo del Señor.
5 He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately.
Convocó a los sacerdotes y a los levitas y les dijo: “Vayan a las ciudades de Judá y recojan las cuotas anuales de todos en Israel para reparar el Templo de su Dios. Háganlo de inmediato”. Pero los levitas no fueron de inmediato.
6 So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?”
Entonces el rey llamó al sumo sacerdote Joiada y le preguntó: “¿Por qué no has ordenado a los levitas que recauden de Judá y Jerusalén el impuesto que Moisés, siervo del Señor, y la asamblea de Israel impusieron para mantener la Tienda de la Ley?”
7 [The temple needed to be repaired] because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple [and had wrecked some of the things], and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for [the worship of] Baal.
(Los partidarios de esa malvada mujer, Atalía, habían irrumpido en el Templo de Dios y habían robado los objetos sagrados del Templo del Señor y los habían utilizado para adorar a los baales).
8 So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances.
El rey ordenó que se hiciera un cofre para la colecta y que se colocara frente a la entrada del Templo del Señor.
9 Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do [when they were] in the desert.
Se proclamó un decreto en toda Judea y Jerusalén para traer al Señor el impuesto que Moisés, el siervo del Señor, impuso a Israel en el desierto.
10 All the officials and the other people [agreed, and they] brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full.
Todos los dirigentes y todo el pueblo se alegraron de hacerlo y trajeron sus impuestos. Los echaron en el cofre hasta que estuvo lleno.
11 Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the [Supreme] Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money.
De vez en cuando los levitas llevaban el cofre a los funcionarios del rey. Cuando veían que contenía una gran cantidad de dinero, el secretario del rey y el oficial principal del sumo sacerdote venían y vaciaban el cofre. Luego lo llevaban de vuelta a su lugar. Lo hacían todos los días y recogían una gran cantidad de dinero.
12 The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple [that were broken].
Luego el rey y Joiada destinaban el dinero de los que supervisaban las obras del Templo del Señor a contratar canteros y carpinteros para restaurar el Templo del Señor y artesanos del hierro y del bronce para reparar el Templo del Señor.
13 The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger.
Los hombres que hacían las reparaciones trabajaron duro y avanzaron mucho. Restauraron el Templo de Dios a su condición original y lo fortalecieron.
14 When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned [on the altar], and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.
Cuando terminaron, devolvieron el dinero que quedaba al rey y a Joiada, y con él se hicieron utensilios para el Templo del Señor, tanto para los servicios de adoración como para los holocaustos, también copas para el incienso y recipientes de oro y plata. Los holocaustos se ofrecían regularmente en el Templo del Señor durante toda la vida de Joiada.
15 Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
Joiada envejeció y murió a la edad de 130 años, habiendo vivido una vida plena.
16 He was buried where the kings had been buried, in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. [He was buried there] because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple.
Fue enterrado con los reyes en la Ciudad de David, por todo el bien que había hecho en Israel por Dios y su Templo.
17 After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted.
Pero después de la muerte de Joiada, los líderes de Judá vinieron a jurar su lealtad al rey, y él escuchó sus consejos.
18 So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and [with the people in other places in] Judah.
Abandonaron el Templo del Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados, y adoraron postes de Asera e ídolos. Judá y Jerusalén fueron castigados por su pecado.
19 Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention.
El Señor envió a los profetas para que hicieran volver al pueblo a él y les advirtieran, pero ellos se negaron a escuchar.
20 Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’”
Entonces el Espíritu de Dios vino a Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Joiada. Se puso de pie ante el pueblo y les dijo: “Esto es lo que dice Dios: ‘¿Por qué quebrantan los mandamientos del Señor para no tener éxito? Siendo que han abandonado al Señor, él los ha abandonado a ustedes’”.
21 But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard.
Entonces los dirigentes tramaron un complot para matar a Zacarías, y por orden del rey lo apedrearon hasta la muerte en el patio del Templo del Señor.
22 King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see [what you are doing to me] and punish [you for doing it].”
El rey Joás demostró que había olvidado la lealtad y el amor que le había demostrado Joiada, el padre de Zacarías, al matar a su hijo. Al morir, Zacarías gritó: “¡Que el Señor vea lo que has hecho y te lo pague!”.
23 Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack [the army of] Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They [seized many valuable things and] sent them to their king in Damascus, [their capital city.]
Al final del año, el ejército arameo vino a atacar a Joás. Invadieron Judá y Jerusalén y mataron a todos los líderes del pueblo, y enviaron todo su botín al rey de Damasco.
24 The army of Syria [that came to Judah] was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped.
Aunque el ejército arameo había llegado con pocos hombres, el Señor les dio la victoria sobre un ejército muy numeroso, porque Judá había abandonado al Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados. De esta manera castigaron a Joás.
25 Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the [Supreme] Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried.
Cuando los arameos se fueron, dejaron a Joás malherido. Pero entonces sus propios oficiales conspiraron contra él por haber asesinado al hijo del sacerdote Joiada, y lo mataron en su lecho. Lo enterraron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en el cementerio de los reyes.
26 Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon [people-group], and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab [people-group].
Los que conspiraron contra él fueron Zabad, hijo de Simeat, una mujer amonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit, una mujer moabita.
27 An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings [of Judah and Israel]’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king.
La historia de los hijos de Joás, así como las numerosas profecías sobre él y sobre la restauración del Templo de Dios, se recogen en el Comentario al Libro de los Reyes. Posteriormente su hijo Amasías le sucedió como rey.
