2 Chronicles 35
1 Josiah [commanded that the people should] celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover [Festival] at the end of March.
Después celebró Josías la Pascua en honor de Yahvé en Jerusalén; y se inmoló la pascua el día catorce del primer mes.
2 Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well.
Estableció a los sacerdotes en sus funciones, y los exhortó a cumplir el servicio de la Casa de Yahvé.
3 The [other] descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that [the workers of] David’s son [King] Solomon of Israel built. But [carry it on poles; ] do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people.
Dijo a los levitas, que enseñaban a todo Israel, y que estaban consagrados a Yahvé: “Colocad el Arca santa en a Casa que edificó Salomón, hijo de David, rey de Israel, porque ya no habéis de llevarla a hombros; servid ahora a Yahvé, vuestro Dios, y a Israel, su pueblo.
4 Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
Teneos preparados según vuestras casas paternas y vuestras clases, conforme a lo prescrito por David, rey de Israel, y lo prescrito por Salomón, su hijo.
5 Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people [when they bring their offerings to the temple].
Ocupad vuestros sitios en el Santuario según las divisiones de las casas paternas de vuestros hermanos, los hijos del pueblo, y según la división de las casas paternas de los levitas.
6 Slaughter the lambs for the Passover [Festival]. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.”
E inmolad la pascua, santificaos y preparadla para vuestros hermanos, a fin de cumplir la orden de Yahvé, dada por boca de Moisés.”
7 Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
Y dio Josías a la gente del pueblo reses de ganado menor, así corderos como cabritos, en número de treinta mil, todos ellos en calidad de víctimas pascuales para todos los que se hallaban presentes, y tres mil bueyes; (todo esto) de la hacienda del rey.
8 His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover.
También sus príncipes hicieron donaciones voluntarias al pueblo, a los sacerdotes y a los levitas. Helcías, Zacarías y Jehiel, príncipes de la Casa de Dios, dieron a los sacerdotes dos mil seiscientos corderos pascuales y trescientos bueyes.
9 And Conaniah along with his [younger] brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the [other] descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover.
Conenías, Semeías y Natanael, hermanos suyos, y Hasabías, Jeiel y Josabad, príncipes de los levitas, dieron a los levitas, cinco mil corderos pascuales y quinientos bueyes.
10 Everything [for the Passover] was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded.
Preparado así el servicio, ocuparon los sacerdotes sus puestos, lo mismo que los levitas, según sus clases, conforme al mandato del rey.
11 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood [from the bowls] that were handed to them, while the [other] descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals.
Estos inmolaron las víctimas pascuales, y mientras los sacerdotes derramaban (la sangre) de ellos, los levitas las desollaban.
12 They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle.
Apartaron (las partes destinadas para) el holocausto para darlas a las divisiones de las casas paternas de los hijos del pueblo, a fin de que las ofreciesen a Yahvé, conforme a lo escrito en el libro de Moisés. Lo mismo hicieron con los bueyes.
13 Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the [meat of the] sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people [who were there].
Asaron la pascua al fuego según el reglamento; y cocieron las cosas santas en ollas, calderos y cazuelas, para repartirlas inmediatamente entre todos los hijos del pueblo.
14 After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the [other] descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, [the first Supreme Priest].
Después prepararon (la pascua) para sí y los sacerdotes; porque los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, estaban ocupados en ofrecer los holocaustos y los sebos, hasta la noche. Por eso los levitas la prepararon para sí y los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón.
15 The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates [of the temple] did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat.
También los cantores, hijos de Asaf, estaban en su puesto, conforme a lo dispuesto por David, Asaf, Hernán y Jedutún, vidente del rey; los porteros, asimismo, cada uno en su puerta. No tenían que retirarse de su servicio, porque sus hermanos, los levitas, les preparaban (la pascua).
16 So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover [Festival], and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded.
De esta manera se organizó en aquel día todo el servicio de Yahvé para celebrar la Pascua y para ofrecer los holocaustos sobre el altar de Yahvé, según la orden del rey Josías.
17 The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover [Festival] on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread.
Los hijos de Israel, que se hallaban allí, celebraron en ese tiempo la Pascua y la fiesta de los Ácimos durante siete días.
18 The Passover [Festival] had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all [the other people of] Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem.
No hubo Pascua como esta en Israel desde los días de Samuel, profeta; y ningún rey de Israel celebró Pascua semejante a esta que celebraron Josías, los sacerdotes y los levitas, todo Judá e Israel que allí se hallaban, y los habitantes de Jerusalén.
19 They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
Esta Pascua se celebró el año diez y ocho del reinado de Josías.
20 After Josiah had done all those things to [restore the worship at] the temple, King Neco of Egypt went [with his army] to attack Carchemish [city] alongside the Euphrates [River], and Josiah marched [with his army] to fight against them.
Después de todo esto, cuando Josías había restaurado la Casa (de Yahvé), subió Necao, rey de Egipto para combatir en Carquemís, junto al Éufrates; y Josías le salió al paso.
21 Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, [the army of Babylonia]. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.”
(Necao) le envió mensajeros, para decirle: “¿Qué tengo yo que ver contigo, rey de Judá? No es contra ti contra quien he venido hoy, sino contra la casa con la cual estoy en guerra; y Dios me ha mandado que me apresure. Deja de oponerte a Dios, el cual está conmigo, no sea que Él te destruya.”
22 But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack [the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him]. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he [and his army] went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo.
Pero Josías no quiso retirarse de él, sino que se disfrazó, no escuchando las razones de Necao, que eran de boca de Dios. Y avanzó para librar la batalla en la llanura de Megiddó.
23 Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
Mas los flecheros tiraron contra el rey Josías, y dijo el rey a sus siervos: “¡Sacadme fuera, pues estoy gravemente herido!”
24 So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors [had been buried], and all [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah mourned for him.
Sus siervos lo sacaron de su carro, le pasaron a otro que tenía, y le llevaron a Jerusalén. Así murió, y fue sepultado en los sepulcros de sus padres, y todo Judá y Jerusalén hicieron duelo por Josías.
25 [The prophet] Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs.
Jeremías compuso una elegía sobre Josías, y todos, los cantores y cantoras se refieren en sus elegías a Josías hasta el día de hoy; lo que se ha hecho costumbre en Israel, y he aquí que están escritas entre las Lamentaciones.
26 A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
Los demás hechos de Josías, y sus obras piadosas, conforme a lo escrito en la Ley de Yahvé,
y sus obras primeras y las postreras, he aquí que esto está escrito en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá.
