2 Kings 16
1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.
El año 17 de Peca, hijo de Remalías, [rey de Israel], comenzó a reinar Acaz, hijo de Jotam, rey de Judá.
2 He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.
Acaz tenía 19 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó en Jerusalén 16 años. Pero no hizo lo recto ante Yavé su ʼElohim, como su antepasado David,
3 Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.
sino anduvo en el camino de los reyes de Israel. Incluso hizo pasar a su hijo por el fuego, según las repugnancias de los pueblos que Yavé expulsó de delante de los hijos de Israel.
4 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].
Asimismo sacrificó y quemó incienso en los lugares altos, sobre las colinas y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.
5 While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.
Entonces Rezín, rey de Siria, y Peca, hijo de Remalías, rey de Israel, subieron a Jerusalén para hacer la guerra. Sitiaron a Acaz, pero no prevalecieron.
6 At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.
En aquel tiempo Rezín, rey de Siria, recuperó Elat para Siria, y expulsó a los judíos de Elat. Los sirios fueron a Elat, donde viven hasta hoy.
7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”
Entonces Acaz envió mensajeros a Tiglat-pileser, rey de Asiria, para decirle: Soy tu esclavo y tu hijo. Sube y sálvame de la mano del rey de Siria y del rey de Israel, que se levantaron contra mí.
8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.
Acaz tomó la plata y el oro que encontró en la Casa de Yavé y en los tesoros de la casa real, y envió un presente al rey de Asiria.
9 So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.
El rey de Asiria lo atendió, subió contra Damasco y la tomó. Llevó cautivos a sus habitantes a Kir, y mató a Rezín.
10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.
Cuando el rey Acaz fue a Damasco a encontrarse con Tiglat-pileser, rey de Asiria, observó el altar que estaba en Damasco. El rey Acaz envió al sacerdote Urías el diseño y el modelo del altar, según toda su hechura.
11 So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.
El sacerdote Urías construyó el altar según todo lo que envió el rey Acaz desde Damasco. Así lo hizo el sacerdote Urías antes que el rey Acaz regresara de Damasco.
12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it
Cuando el rey llegó de Damasco y vio el altar, se acercó a él y ofreció sacrificios sobre él.
13 and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.
Quemó su holocausto y ofrenda, derramó sus libaciones y roció la sangre de sus sacrificios de paz junto al altar.
14 The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].
En cuanto al altar de bronce que estaba delante de Yavé, lo desplazó de delante del Lugar Santísimo, de entre el altar y el Lugar Santísimo de Yavé, y lo puso en el lado norte de su altar.
15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”
Y el rey Acaz mandó al sacerdote Urías: Quema el holocausto de la mañana y la ofrenda cuando llega la noche, el holocausto del rey y su ofrenda sobre el gran altar. De igual manera quema el holocausto de todo el pueblo de la tierra, su ofrenda y sus libaciones. Rocía sobre él toda la sangre del holocausto y toda la sangre del sacrificio. Pero el altar de bronce será para yo consultar.
16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.
El sacerdote Urías hizo según todo lo que el rey Acaz mandó.
17 King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.
El rey Acaz cortó además los bordes de las basas y quitó las piletas de encima de ellas. Hizo bajar el mar de sobre los bueyes de bronce que estaban debajo, y lo puso sobre un pavimento de piedra.
18 Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.
Asimismo, a causa del rey de Asiria, quitó el patio cubierto para el sábado que construyeron en la Casa y la entrada exterior del rey.
19 [If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Los demás hechos de Acaz, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de los reyes de Judá?
20 Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
Acaz reposó con sus antepasados, y fue sepultado en la Ciudad de David. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Ezequías.
