2 Chronicles 36
1 Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem.
Entonces el pueblo del país tomó a Joacaz, hijo de Josías, y lo hizo rey en lugar de su padre en Jerusalén.
2 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months.
Joacaz tenía veintitrés años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses en Jerusalén.
3 King Neco of Egypt [captured him and] prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold.
El rey de Egipto lo destituyó de su cargo en Jerusalén y le impuso una multa de cien talentos de plata y un talento de oro.
4 The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s [younger] brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt.
El rey de Egipto hizo a Eliaquim, su hermano, rey de Judá y de Jerusalén, y le cambió el nombre por el de Joaquín. Neco tomó a Joacaz, su hermano, y lo llevó a Egipto.
5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil.
Joacim tenía veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó once años en Jerusalén. Hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, su Dios.
6 Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They [captured Jehoiakim and] bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon.
Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, subió contra él y lo ató con grilletes para llevarlo a Babilonia.
7 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king [Nebuchadnezzar’s] palace there.
Nabucodonosor también llevó a Babilonia algunos de los utensilios de la casa de Yahvé, y los puso en su templo en Babilonia.
8 A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After [he was taken to Babylon], his son Jehoiachin became the king [of Judah].
Los demás hechos de Joacim, y las abominaciones que hizo, y lo que se halló en él, he aquí que están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá; y reinó en su lugar Joaquín, su hijo.
9 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for [only] three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil.
Joaquín tenía ocho años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses y diez días en Jerusalén. Hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé.
10 During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent [soldiers] to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah.
A la vuelta del año, el rey Nabucodonosor lo envió y lo llevó a Babilonia, junto con los objetos de valor de la casa de Yahvé, y puso a su hermano Sedequías como rey de Judá y de Jerusalén.
11 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
Sedequías tenía veintiún años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó once años en Jerusalén.
12 He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh [to warn him].
Hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, su Dios. No se humilló ante el profeta Jeremías que hablaba por boca de Yahvé.
13 He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel [said that they worshiped]. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name [to be loyal to him]. Zedekiah became very stubborn.
También se rebeló contra el rey Nabucodonosor, que lo había hecho jurar por Dios; pero endureció su cerviz y su corazón para no volverse a Yahvé, el Dios de Israel.
14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people [of Judah] became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become [an] unacceptable [place to worship him].
Además, todos los jefes de los sacerdotes y del pueblo cometieron una gran prevaricación, siguiendo todas las abominaciones de las naciones, y contaminaron la casa de Yahvé que él había santificado en Jerusalén.
15 Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors [of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped], gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed.
Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, les envió por medio de sus mensajeros, madrugando y enviando, porque se compadecía de su pueblo y de su morada;
16 But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him [from destroying Judah].
pero se burlaron de los mensajeros de Dios, despreciaron sus palabras y se mofaron de sus profetas, hasta que la ira de Yahvé se levantó contra su pueblo, hasta que no hubo remedio.
17 He incited the king of Babylonia to attack [Judah with his army]. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them.
Por eso trajo sobre ellos al rey de los caldeos, que mató a sus jóvenes a espada en la casa de su santuario, y no tuvo compasión ni de jóvenes ni de vírgenes, ni de ancianos ni de enfermos. Los entregó a todos en su mano.
18 His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials.
Todos los utensilios de la casa de Dios, grandes y pequeños, y los tesoros de la casa de Yahvé, y los tesoros del rey y de sus príncipes, todo eso lo llevó a Babilonia.
19 They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces [in Jerusalem] and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there.
Incendiaron la casa de Dios, derribaron la muralla de Jerusalén, quemaron todos sus palacios con fuego y destruyeron todos sus objetos de valor.
20 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the [army of the] king of Persia conquered [the army of Babylonia].
Llevó a Babilonia a los que habían escapado de la espada, y fueron siervos de él y de sus hijos hasta el reinado del reino de Persia,
21 [Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, ] the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.
para que se cumpliera la palabra de Yahvé por boca de Jeremías, hasta que la tierra disfrutara de sus sábados. Mientras estuvo desolada, guardó el sábado, para cumplir setenta años.
22 During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
En el primer año de Ciro, rey de Persia, para que se cumpliera la palabra de Yahvé por boca de Jeremías, Yahvé despertó el espíritu de Ciro, rey de Persia, de modo que hizo una proclama por todo su reino y la puso también por escrito, diciendo:
23 “I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God [who rules] in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to [command that my workers] build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.”
“Ciro, rey de Persia, dice: ‘Yahvé, el Dios del cielo, me ha dado todos los reinos de la tierra y me ha ordenado que le construya una casa en Jerusalén, que está en Judá. El que esté entre vosotros de todo su pueblo, que Yahvé su Dios esté con él, y que suba’”.
