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 comenzó a reinar, y reinó 40 años en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Sibia de Beerseba.
2 Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was [the Supreme] Priest.
Joás hizo lo recto ante Yavé todo el tiempo del sacerdote Joiada.
3 Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters.
Joiada tomó para el rey dos esposas, y éste engendró hijos e hijas.
4 Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired.
Aconteció después de esto que Joás se propuso restaurar la Casa de Yavé.
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.
Reunió a los sacerdotes y a los levitas, y les dijo: Salgan a las ciudades de Judá y recojan dinero de todo Israel para restaurar anualmente la Casa de su ʼElohim. Traten de apresurar el asunto. Pero los levitas no se apresuraron.
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: ¿Por qué no persuadiste a los levitas para que trajeran de Judá y Jerusalén el tributo establecido por Moisés, esclavo de Yavé a la congregación de Israel, para la obra del Tabernáculo del Testimonio?
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.
Porque los hijos de la perversa Atalía deterioraron la Casa de ʼElohim y usaron los objetos sagrados de la Casa de Yavé para 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 dispuso entonces que hicieran un cofre. Lo pusieron afuera en la entrada a la Casa de Yavé.
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.
Pregonaron por Judá y Jerusalén que llevaran a Yavé lo que Moisés, esclavo de ʼElohim, prescribió 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 jefes y los del pueblo se alegraron. Llevaron y echaron en el cofre hasta llenarlo.
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.
Cuando llegaba el momento de llevar el cofre a la inspección real por medio de los levitas, si veían que la plata era mucha, el escriba del rey y el secretario del sumo sacerdote vaciaban el cofre y lo volvían a llevar a su lugar. Así hacían diariamente, y recogieron dinero en abundancia.
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 lo entregaban a los que hacían la obra de servicio de la Casa de Yavé. Contrataron canteros, ebanistas y artífices en hierro y bronce para restaurar la Casa de Yavé.
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 encargados de la obra trabajaron y la restauración progresó en su mano. Le dieron a la Casa de ʼElohim su antigua condición, y la 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, llevaron lo que quedó del dinero al rey y a Joiada. Con esto hicieron utensilios para la Casa de Yavé: objetos para el servicio del holocausto, cacerolas y utensilios de oro y de plata. Todo el tiempo de Joiada se ofrecieron holocaustos de continuo en la Casa de Yavé.
15 Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old.
Pero Joiada envejeció y murió lleno de días. Tenía 130 años cuando murió.
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.
Lo sepultaron con los reyes en la Ciudad de David, por cuanto hizo mucho bien a Israel con respecto a ʼElohim y su Casa.
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 jefes de Judá fueron y se inclinaron ante el rey, y el rey los escuchó.
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 la Casa de Yavé ʼElohim de sus antepasados, y sirvieron a los símbolos de Asera y a las imágenes talladas. La ira de Yavé cayó sobre Judá y Jerusalén a causa de su culpa.
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.
Sin embargo, Yavé les envió profetas para que volvieran a Yavé, quienes los amonestaron, pero no escucharon.
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 ʼElohim revistió a Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Joiada, quien se presentó ante el pueblo y les dijo: ʼElohim dice: ¿Por qué traspasan ustedes los Mandamientos de Yavé? No prosperarán, porque por abandonar a Yavé, Él también los abandonará.
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.
Pero conspiraron contra él y lo lapidaron en el patio de la Casa de Yavé por mandato del rey.
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 no se acordó de la misericordia que Joiada, padre de Zacarías, tuvo con él, sino asesinó a su hijo, quien al morir exclamó: ¡Yavé lo vea y lo demande!
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.]
Sucedió que después de un año el ejército de Siria subió contra él y llegaron a Judá y Jerusalén. Exterminaron a todos los magistrados del pueblo y enviaron todo su despojo 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 de Siria subió con pocos hombres, Yavé entregó a un gran ejército en su mano, porque abandonaron a Yavé el ʼElohim de sus antepasados. De esta manera ejecutaron juicio contra 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 sirios se apartaron de él, lo dejaron agobiado por sus dolencias. Sus esclavos conspiraron contra él a causa de la sangre de los hijos del sacerdote Joiada. Lo hirieron en su lecho, y murió. Lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en los sepulcros 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].
Éstos fueron los que conspiraron contra él: Zabad, hijo de Simbad, la amonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit, la 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.
En cuanto a los hijos de Joás, las numerosas profecías contra él y la restauración de la Casa de ʼElohim, ciertamente están escritos en el relato del rollo de los Reyes. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Amasías.
