2 Chronicles 25
1 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
Veinte y cinco años tenía Amasías cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó veinte y nueve años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Joadán, de Jerusalén.
2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
Hizo lo que era recto a los ojos de Yahvé, aunque no con corazón perfecto.
3 As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
Después de haberse afirmado su reino, dio muerte a sus siervos, que habían matado al rey su padre;
4 But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
pero no dio muerte a los hijos de ellos, conforme a lo escrito en la Ley, en el Libro de Moisés, donde Yahvé había prescrito, diciendo: “No han de morir los padres por los hijos, ni los hijos han de morir por los padres, sino que cada uno morirá por su propio pecado.”
5 Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
Amasías congregó a Judá, y los organizó en todo Judá y Benjamín, según las casas paternas, bajo jefes de miles y jefes de cientos; e hizo el censo de ellos, desde los veinte años arriba, y halló que eran trescientos mil hombres escogidos, aptos para la guerra y el manejo de lanza y broquel.
6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
Tomó también a sueldo de Israel a cien mil hombres valientes, por cien talentos de plata.
7 But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
Pero vino a él un varón de Dios, que le dijo: “Oh rey, que no salga contigo el ejército de Israel, porque Yahvé no está con Israel, con ninguno de los hijos de Efraím;
8 Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
antes bien, sal tú solo y hazte fuerte para la guerra, para que Dios (no) te haga caer delante del enemigo; porque Dios tiene poder para ayudar y para derribar.”
9 Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
Dijo Amasías al varón de Dios: “¿Qué será de los cien talentos que he dado a la gente de Israel?” A lo que contestó el varón de Dios: “Tiene Yahvé poder para darte mucho más que eso.”
10 So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
Entonces Amasías despidió los destacamentos que le habían venido de Efraím, para que se volviesen a su país. Ellos se irritaron sobremanera contra Judá y se volvieron a su país, llenos de ardiente ira.
11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
Amasías, empero, cobró ánimo, y tomando el mando de su pueblo marchó al Valle de las Salinas, donde dio muerte a diez mil hombres de los hijos de Seír.
12 The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
A (otros) diez mil los apresaron vivos los hijos de Judá, y llevándolos a la cumbre de la peña los precipitaron desde la cumbre de la peña, y todos ellos quedaron destrozados.
13 While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
Entretanto los de la gente que Amasías había despedido, para que no fuesen con él a la guerra, se derramaron por las ciudades de Judá, desde Samaria hasta Bethorón, mataron en ellas tres mil personas y tomaron mucho botín.
14 When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
Volviendo Amasías de la derrota de los idumeos, trajo consigo los dioses de los hijos de Seír; los puso por dioses suyos, se postró ante ellos y les quemó incienso.
15 Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
Entonces se encendió la ira de Yahvé contra Amasías, y le envió un profeta, que le dijo: “¿Por qué has buscado a los dioses de ese pueblo, que no han podido librar de tu mano a su propia gente?”
16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
Mientras él así le hablaba, (Amasías) le interrumpió: “¿Acaso te hemos hecho a ti consejero del rey? ¡Cállate! De otro modo te van a matar.” El profeta se calló, más le dijo: “Yo sé que Dios ha determinado destruirte, porque has hecho esto y no quieres escuchar mi consejo.”
17 Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
Amasías, rey de Judá, después de haber deliberado envió mensajeros a Joás, hijo de Joacaz, hijo de Jehú, rey de Israel, para decirle: “¡Ven, que nos veamos cara a cara!”
18 But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
Pero Joás, rey de Israel, mandó a decir a Amasías, rey de Judá: “El cardo del Líbano envió a decir al cedro del Líbano: Da tu hija por mujer a mi hijo. Pero pasaron las fieras del Líbano y hollaron el cardo.
19 [The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
Tú dices: He aquí que he derrotado a Edom. Por eso te lleva tu corazón a jactarte. Quédate ahora en tu casa. ¿Por qué quieres provocar la calamidad, para que caigas tú, y Judá contigo?”
20 But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
Pero Amasías no hizo caso, pues era disposición de Dios entregarlos en manos (de sus enemigos), por haber buscado a los dioses de Edom.
21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
Salió, pues, Joás, rey de Israel, y se vieron cara a cara, él y Amasías, rey de Judá, en Betsemes, que pertenece a Judá.
22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
Y fue derrotado Judá por Israel, y huyeron, cada cual a su tienda.
23 King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
Joás, rey de Israel, capturó a Amasías, rey de Judá, hijo de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, en Betsemes, le llevó a Jerusalén y abrió una brecha en la muralla desde la puerta de Efraím hasta la puerta del Ángulo, que son cuatrocientos codos.
24 His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
(Tomó) todo el oro y la plata, y todos los utensilios que se hallaban con Obededom en la Casa de Dios, y los tesoros de la casa del rey, y también rehenes. Después se volvió a Samaria.
25 King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
Amasías, hijo de Joás, rey de Judá, vivió quince años después de la muerte de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, rey de Israel.
26 An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
Los demás hechos de Amasías, los primeros y los postreros, he aquí que están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Judá y de Israel.
27 From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
Después que Amasías se apartó de Yahvé, conspiraron contra él en Jerusalén, por lo cual huyo a Laquís; pero enviaron tras él gentes a Laquís que allí le dieron muerte.
28 They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
Transportaron (el cadáver) en caballos y lo sepultaron con sus padres en la ciudad de Judá.
