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.
Josías celebró una Pascua para el Señor en Jerusalén, y el cordero de la Pascua se mataba 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.
Asignó a los sacerdotes sus respectivos deberes y los animó en su ministerio en el Templo del Señor.
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.
Josías dijo a los levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel y eran santos para el Señor: “Colocad el Arca sagrada en el Templo construido por Salomón, hijo de David, rey de Israel. Ya no es necesario que la lleven sobre sus hombros. Tu responsabilidad ahora es servir al Señor, tu Dios, y a su pueblo Israel.
4 Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
Prepárense para el servicio en sus divisiones, por familias, según las instrucciones dadas por David, rey de Israel, y su hijo Salomón.
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].
“Luego, deberán estar en el santuario para asistir a los laicos según las divisiones familiares, siguiendo las asignaciones de acuerdo con sus divisiones familiares 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.”
Sacrifiquen los corderos de la Pascua, purifícate y prepárate para ayudar al pueblo que viene a cumplir los requisitos dados por el Señor a través de Moisés”.
7 Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
Josías aportó como ofrendas pascuales para todo el pueblo presente 30.000 corderos y cabras, y 3.000 toros, todos de sus propios rebaños y manadas.
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.
Sus funcionarios contribuyeron libremente con el pueblo, los sacerdotes y los levitas. Hilcías, Zacarías y Jehiel, que estaban a cargo del Templo de Dios, dieron a los sacerdotes como ofrendas de Pascua 2.600 corderos de Pascua y 300 toros.
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.
Los jefes de los levitas, Conanías, Semaías y Netanel, sus hermanos, y Hasabías, Jeiel y Jozabad, dieron a los levitas como ofrendas de Pascua 5.000 corderos y cabritos y 500 toros.
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.
Una vez terminados los preparativos, los sacerdotes se colocaron en el lugar que se les había asignado y los levitas ocuparon sus puestos en sus divisiones, tal como lo había ordenado el 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.
Mataron los corderos de la Pascua, los sacerdotes rociaron la sangre que se les dio en el altar, mientras los levitas desollaban los sacrificios.
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.
Dejaron a un lado los holocaustos que debían entregarse a las familias de los laicos, por división, para que los ofrecieran al Señor, como lo exige el Libro de Moisés. Lo mismo hicieron con los toros.
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 al fuego los sacrificios de la Pascua, como se requiere, y cocieron las ofrendas sagradas en ollas, calderos y sartenes, y las llevaron rápidamente a los laicos.
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 preparaban la comida de las ofrendas para ellos y para los sacerdotes, porque los sacerdotes, descendientes de Aarón, estaban ocupados presentando holocaustos y grasa hasta que llegaba la noche. Así que los levitas hacían este trabajo para sí mismos y para los sacerdotes, los descendientes 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.
Los cantores, descendientes de Asaf, estaban en sus puestos siguiendo las instrucciones dadas por David, Asaf, Hemán y Jedutún, el vidente del rey. Los porteros encargados de cada puerta no necesitaban salir, porque sus compañeros levitas los proveían.
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.
Aquel día se celebró todo el servicio de la Pascua del Señor, incluida la presentación de los holocaustos en el altar del Señor, tal como lo había ordenado el 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 israelitas que estaban allí también celebraron la Pascua en ese momento, y también la Fiesta de los Panes sin Levadura durante los siete días siguientes.
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 se había celebrado una Pascua como ésta en Israel desde los tiempos del profeta Samuel. Ninguno de los reyes de Israel había celebrado una Pascua como la que Josías observó con los sacerdotes, los levitas, todo Judá, los israelitas que estaban allí y el pueblo de Jerusalén.
19 They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
Esta Pascua se celebró en el año dieciocho 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 este trabajo que Josías había realizado en la restauración del Templo, el rey Neco de Egipto dirigía su ejército para luchar en Carquemis, cerca del Éufrates, y Josías fue a enfrentarse a él.
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.”
Neco le envió mensajeros diciendo: “¿Qué discusión hay entre tú y yo, rey de Judá? No he venido a atacarte hoy, porque estoy luchando con otro reino. Dios me dijo que debía apresurarme, así que deja de obstruir a Dios, que está conmigo, ¡o te destruirá!”
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 se dio la vuelta y se marchó. En cambio, se disfrazó para poder luchar contra Neco en la batalla. Ignoró el mensaje de Neco que venía de Dios, y fue a luchar contra él en la llanura de Meguido.
23 Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
Allí los arqueros dispararon al rey Josías. Él llamó a los que estaban a su lado: “¡Sáquenme de la batalla, porque estoy malherido!”.
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.
Así que lo sacaron de su carro y lo llevaron en su segundo carro a Jerusalén, donde murió. Josías fue enterrado en la tumba de sus antepasados. Todo Judá y Jerusalén lo lloraron.
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.
Entonces Jeremías escribió un lamento sobre Josías, y hasta hoy los coros de hombres y mujeres cantan canciones tristes sobre Josías. Se han convertido en parte de lo que se canta regularmente en Israel, y están registradas en el Libro de los Lamentos.
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’.
El resto de lo que hizo Josías, junto con sus actos de lealtad siguiendo lo que está escrito en la Ley del Señor,
todas sus acciones, de principio a fin, están registradas en el Libro de los Reyes de Israel y Judá.
