2 Kings 24
1 While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.
En sus días vino Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, y Joakim le estuvo sujeto por tres años; después de lo cual volvió a rebelarse contra él.
2 Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.
Yahvé envió contra él bandas de caldeos, bandas de sirios, bandas de moabitas y bandas de los hijos de Ammón. Las envió contra Judá para destruirle, según la palabra de Yahvé que había hablado por medio de sus siervos los profetas.
3 These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].
Por orden del mismo Yahvé se hizo esto contra Judá, para quitarlo de su presencia, a causa de todos los pecados que había cometido Manasés,
4 Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.
y también a causa de la sangre inocente por él derramada; pues había llenado a Jerusalén de sangre inocente, por la cual Yahvé no quiso perdonar.
5 The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Las demás cosas de Joakim, y todo lo que hizo, ¿no está esto escrito en el libro de los anales de los reyes de Judá?
6 When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.
Joakim se durmió con sus padres, y en su lugar reino su hijo Joaquín.
7 [The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.
El rey de Egipto no salió más de su tierra; porque el rey de Babilonia había tomado todo lo que antes era del rey de Egipto, desde el torrente de Egipto hasta el río Éufrates.
8 Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.
Joaquín tenía diez y ocho años cuando empezó a reinar, y reinó tres meses en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Nohestá, hija de EInatán, de Jerusalén.
9 Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.
Hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, imitando todo lo que había hecho su padre.
10 [While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.
En aquel tiempo los servidores de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia subieron a Jerusalén, y la ciudad fue asediada.
11 While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.
Vino también Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, a la ciudad, mientras sus capitanes la asediaban.
12 Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.
Entonces Joaquín, rey de Judá, se presentó al rey de Babilonia, él y su madre, sus servidores, sus príncipes, y sus eunucos, y el rey de Babilonia lo tomó preso el año octavo de su reinado,
13 Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.
y como Yahvé lo había predicho, sacó de allí todos los tesoros de la Casa de Yahvé y los tesoros de la casa real, e hizo pedazos todos los objetos de oro que Salomón, rey de Israel, había hecho para el Templo de Yahvé.
14 They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.
Llevó al cautiverio a toda Jerusalén, a todos los príncipes, y a todos los guerreros —diez mil cautivos— y todos los artesanos y herreros, no quedando sino los más pobres del pueblo del país.
15 Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.
Deportó a Joaquín a Babilonia y llevo cautivos de Jerusalén a Babilonia a la madre del rey, a las mujeres del rey, a sus eunucos y a la gente pudiente del país.
16 They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.
A todos los hombres robustos, en número de siete mil, a los artesanos y herreros en número de mil, a todos los hombres de valer y aptos para la guerra, los llevó el rey de Babilonia cautivos a Babilonia;
17 Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
y en lugar de (Joaquín) puso por rey a Matanías, tío de (Joaquín), mudándole el nombre en el de Sedecías.
18 When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].
Sedecías tenía veintiún años cuando empezó a reinar, y reinó once años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Hamital, hija de Jeremías, de Lobná.
19 But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.
Hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, imitando todo lo que había hecho Joakim,
20 Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
de manera que la ira de Yahvé contra Jerusalén y Judá llegó hasta el punto de arrojarlos de su presencia. Entonces Sedecías se rebeló contra el rey de Babilonia.
