2 Crónicas 24
1 Joás tenía siete años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante cuarenta años. Su madre se llamaba Sibia de Beerseba.
Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.
2 Joás hizo lo que era correcto a los ojos del Señor durante la vida del sacerdote Joiada.
And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
3 Joiada hizo que se casara con dos mujeres, y tuvo hijos e hijas.
Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
4 Tiempo después, Joás decidió reparar el Templo del Señor.
After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
5 Convocó a los sacerdotes y a los levitas y les dijo: “Vayan a las ciudades de Judá y recojan las cuotas anuales de todos en Israel para reparar el Templo de su Dios. Háganlo de inmediato”. Pero los levitas no fueron de inmediato.
And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.
6 Entonces el rey llamó al sumo sacerdote Joiada y le preguntó: “¿Por qué no has ordenado a los levitas que recauden de Judá y Jerusalén el impuesto que Moisés, siervo del Señor, y la asamblea de Israel impusieron para mantener la Tienda de la Ley?”
And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?
7 (Los partidarios de esa malvada mujer, Atalía, habían irrumpido en el Templo de Dios y habían robado los objetos sagrados del Templo del Señor y los habían utilizado para adorar a los baales).
For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”
8 El rey ordenó que se hiciera un cofre para la colecta y que se colocara frente a la entrada del Templo del Señor.
Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.
9 Se proclamó un decreto en toda Judea y Jerusalén para traer al Señor el impuesto que Moisés, el siervo del Señor, impuso a Israel en el desierto.
And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.
10 Todos los dirigentes y todo el pueblo se alegraron de hacerlo y trajeron sus impuestos. Los echaron en el cofre hasta que estuvo lleno.
And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.
11 De vez en cuando los levitas llevaban el cofre a los funcionarios del rey. Cuando veían que contenía una gran cantidad de dinero, el secretario del rey y el oficial principal del sumo sacerdote venían y vaciaban el cofre. Luego lo llevaban de vuelta a su lugar. Lo hacían todos los días y recogían una gran cantidad de dinero.
And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.
12 Luego el rey y Joiada destinaban el dinero de los que supervisaban las obras del Templo del Señor a contratar canteros y carpinteros para restaurar el Templo del Señor y artesanos del hierro y del bronce para reparar el Templo del Señor.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.
13 Los hombres que hacían las reparaciones trabajaron duro y avanzaron mucho. Restauraron el Templo de Dios a su condición original y lo fortalecieron.
And those who were hired were working industriously. And the breach in the walls was healed by their hands. And they returned the house of the Lord to a pristine state. And they caused it stand firm.
14 Cuando terminaron, devolvieron el dinero que quedaba al rey y a Joiada, y con él se hicieron utensilios para el Templo del Señor, tanto para los servicios de adoración como para los holocaustos, también copas para el incienso y recipientes de oro y plata. Los holocaustos se ofrecían regularmente en el Templo del Señor durante toda la vida de Joiada.
And when they had completed all the works, they brought the remaining part of the money before the king and Jehoiada. And from it, the vessels of the temple were made, for the ministry and for the holocausts, including bowls and other vessels of gold and silver. And holocausts were being offered in the house of the Lord continually, during all the days of Jehoiada.
15 Joiada envejeció y murió a la edad de 130 años, habiendo vivido una vida plena.
But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.
16 Fue enterrado con los reyes en la Ciudad de David, por todo el bien que había hecho en Israel por Dios y su Templo.
And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.
17 Pero después de la muerte de Joiada, los líderes de Judá vinieron a jurar su lealtad al rey, y él escuchó sus consejos.
Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.
18 Abandonaron el Templo del Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados, y adoraron postes de Asera e ídolos. Judá y Jerusalén fueron castigados por su pecado.
And they abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and they served sacred groves and graven images. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin.
19 El Señor envió a los profetas para que hicieran volver al pueblo a él y les advirtieran, pero ellos se negaron a escuchar.
And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.
20 Entonces el Espíritu de Dios vino a Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Joiada. Se puso de pie ante el pueblo y les dijo: “Esto es lo que dice Dios: ‘¿Por qué quebrantan los mandamientos del Señor para no tener éxito? Siendo que han abandonado al Señor, él los ha abandonado a ustedes’”.
And so the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood in the sight of the people, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God: Why have you transgressed the precept of the Lord, though it was not to your benefit, and why have you abandoned the Lord, so that he would then abandon you?”
21 Entonces los dirigentes tramaron un complot para matar a Zacarías, y por orden del rey lo apedrearon hasta la muerte en el patio del Templo del Señor.
And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
22 El rey Joás demostró que había olvidado la lealtad y el amor que le había demostrado Joiada, el padre de Zacarías, al matar a su hijo. Al morir, Zacarías gritó: “¡Que el Señor vea lo que has hecho y te lo pague!”.
And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”
23 Al final del año, el ejército arameo vino a atacar a Joás. Invadieron Judá y Jerusalén y mataron a todos los líderes del pueblo, y enviaron todo su botín al rey de Damasco.
And when a year had turned, the army of Syria ascended against him. And they went to Judah and Jerusalem. And they put to death all the leaders of the people. And they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.
24 Aunque el ejército arameo había llegado con pocos hombres, el Señor les dio la victoria sobre un ejército muy numeroso, porque Judá había abandonado al Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados. De esta manera castigaron a Joás.
And although certainly there had arrived a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an immense multitude. For they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Also, against Joash they executed disgraceful judgments.
25 Cuando los arameos se fueron, dejaron a Joás malherido. Pero entonces sus propios oficiales conspiraron contra él por haber asesinado al hijo del sacerdote Joiada, y lo mataron en su lecho. Lo enterraron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en el cementerio de los reyes.
And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.
26 Los que conspiraron contra él fueron Zabad, hijo de Simeat, una mujer amonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit, una mujer moabita.
Truly, those who ambushed him were Zabad, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shimrith.
27 La historia de los hijos de Joás, así como las numerosas profecías sobre él y sobre la restauración del Templo de Dios, se recogen en el Comentario al Libro de los Reyes. Posteriormente su hijo Amasías le sucedió como rey.
But concerning his sons, and the sum of money that had been amassed under him, and the repairing of the house of God, these things have been written more diligently in the book of kings. Then his son, Amaziah, reigned in his place.
