2 Crónicas 25
1 Amasías tenía veinticinco años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante veintinueve años. Su madre se llamaba Joadán y era de Jerusalén.
Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.
2 E hizo lo que era correcto a los ojos del Señor, pero no con total compromiso.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 Después de asegurarse de que su gobierno era seguro, ejecutó a los oficiales que habían asesinado a su padre el rey.
As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
4 Sin embargo, no mató a sus hijos, como está escrito en la Ley, en el libro de Moisés, donde el Señor ordenó “Los padres no deben ser ejecutados por sus hijos, y los hijos no deben ser ejecutados por sus padres. Cada uno debe morir por su propio pecado”.
But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”
5 Entonces Amasías convocó al pueblo de Judá para el servicio militar, y los asignó por familias a comandantes de millares y de centenas. También hizo un censo de los mayores de veinte años en todo Judá y Benjamín, y descubrió que había 300.000 hombres de combate de primera categoría que sabían usar la lanza y el escudo.
Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.
6 También contrató a 100.000 combatientes de Israel listos para la batalla por cien talentos de plata.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Pero un hombre de Dios se le acercó y le dijo: “¡Majestad, no permita que este ejército de Israel se una a usted, porque el Señor no está con Israel, con estos hijos de Efraín!
But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.
8 Aunque luchen con valentía, Dios los hará tropezar y caer ante el enemigo, pues Dios tiene el poder de ayudarlos o dejarlos caer”.
Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”
9 Amasías le preguntó al hombre de Dios: “¿Pero qué hay de los cien talentos de plata que pagué al ejército de Israel?” “¡El Señor puede darte mucho más que eso!”, respondió el hombre de Dios.
Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”
10 Entonces Amasías despidió al ejército que había contratado de Efraín y lo envió a su casa. Ellos se enojaron mucho con Judá, y regresaron a casa furiosos.
So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].
11 Entonces Amasías condujo valientemente su ejército al Valle de la Sal, donde atacaron al ejército edomita de Seír y mataron a diez mil de ellos.
Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.
12 El ejército de Judá también capturó a otros diez mil, los llevó a la cima de un acantilado y los arrojó al vacío, matándolos a todos.
The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.
13 Pero los hombres del ejército que Amasías envió a casa, negándose a dejarlos ir con él a la batalla, asaltaron las ciudades de Judá, desde Samaria hasta Bet-horón. Mataron a tres mil de sus habitantes y se llevaron una gran cantidad de botín.
While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.
14 Cuando Amasías regresó de matar a los edomitas, trajo los dioses de los pueblos de Seír y los erigió como sus propios dioses, los adoró y les ofreció sacrificios.
When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.
15 El Señor se enojó con Amasías y le envió un profeta que le dijo: “¿Por qué adoras a los dioses de un pueblo que ni siquiera pudo salvar a su propio pueblo de ti?”
Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”
16 Pero mientras él seguía hablando, el rey le dijo: “¿Te hemos hecho consejero del rey? ¡Detente ahora mismo! ¿Quieres que te derriben?” Entonces el profeta se detuvo, pero dijo: “Sé que Dios ha decidido destruirte, porque has actuado así y te has negado a escuchar mis consejos”.
While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.
17 Entonces Amasías, rey de Judá, se dejó aconsejar por sus consejeros y envió un mensaje al rey de Israel, Joás, hijo de Joacaz, hijo de Jehú. “Ven y enfréntate a mí en la batalla”, lo desafió.
Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”
18 Joás, rey de Israel, respondió a Amasías, rey de Judá: “Un cardo del Líbano envió un mensaje a un cedro del Líbano, diciendo: ‘Dale tu hija a mi hijo por esposa’, pero un animal salvaje del Líbano pasó y pisoteó el cardo.
But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.
19 Te dices a ti mismo lo grande que eres por haber derrotado a Edom, presumiendo de ello. Pero quédate en casa. ¿Por qué has de suscitar problemas que te harán caer a ti y a Judá contigo?”
[The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”
20 Pero Amasías no escuchó, pues Dios iba a entregarlo a sus enemigos porque había elegido adorar a los dioses de Edom.
But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.
21 Así que Joás, rey de Israel, se preparó para la batalla. Él y Amasías, rey de Judá, se enfrentaron en Bet-semes, en Judá.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Judá fue derrotado por Israel; todos huyeron a casa.
The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
23 Joás, rey de Israel, capturó a Amasías, rey de Judá, hijo de Joás, hijo de Ocozías, en Bet Semes. Lo llevó a Jerusalén y derribó la muralla de Jerusalén a lo largo de 400 codos, desde la Puerta de Efraín hasta la Puerta de la Esquina.
King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.
24 Se llevó todo el oro y la plata, y todos los artículos encontrados en el Templo de Dios que habían sido cuidados por Obed-edom y en los tesoros del palacio real, así como algunos rehenes, y luego regresó a Samaria.
His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.
25 Amasías, hijo de Joás, rey de Judá, vivió quince años después de la muerte de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, rey de Israel.
King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.
26 El resto de lo que hizo Amasías, de principio a fin, está escrito en el Libro de los Reyes de Judá e Israel.
An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Después de que Amasías renunció a seguir al Señor, se tramó un complot contra él en Jerusalén, y huyó a Laquis. Pero los conspiradores enviaron hombres a Laquis para perseguirlo, y allí lo mataron.
From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.
28 Lo trajeron de vuelta a caballo y lo enterraron con sus padres en la ciudad de Judá.
They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.
