2 Reyes 17
1 Oseas, hijo de Ela, se convirtió en rey de Israel, en el duodécimo año del reinado de Acaz de Judá. Reinó en Samaria durante nueve años.
Elah’s son Hoshea began to rule Israel after King Ahaz had ruled Judah for twelve years. Hoshea ruled in Samaria for nine years.
2 Y sus hechos fueron malos alos ojos del Señor, pero no de la misma manera que los reyes de Israel que lo precedieron.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as many evil things as the previous kings of Israel had done.
3 Salmanasar, rey de Asiria, vino y lo atacó, y Oseas se sometió a él y le pagó tributo.
[The army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated [the army of] King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year.
4 Pero entonces el rey de Asiria descubrió que Oseas estaba siendo desleal. Oseas había enviado mensajeros a So, rey de Egipto, pidiendo ayuda, y también había dejado de enviar el tributo anual al rey de Asiria como lo había hecho anteriormente. Entonces el rey de Asiria arrestó a Oseas y lo puso en prisión.
But several years later, Hoshea secretly planned to rebel against the rulers of Assyria. He sent messengers to So/Osorkon, the king of Egypt, [asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria]. Hoshea also stopped paying the tribute/taxes that he had been paying to Assyria every year. But the king of Assyria found out about those things, so he told his officers to put Hoshea in prison.
5 Entonces el rey de Asiria invadió todo el país y atacó Samaria, sitiándola durante tres años.
Then he [brought the army of] Assyria to Israel, and they attacked everywhere in that land. His army surrounded Samaria [city] for three years.
6 En el noveno año del reinado de Oseas, el rey de Asiria capturó Samaria y deportó a los israelitas a Asiria. Los asentó en Jalaj, en Gozán, sobre el río Jabor, y en las ciudades de los medos.
Finally, after King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for nine years, the army of Assyria [MTY] [forcefully entered] the city [and] captured [the people]. They took the Israeli people to Assyria and forced some of them to live in Halah [town]. They forced others to live near the Habor River in Gozan district. They forced others to live in the towns where the Mede people-group lived.
7 Todo esto sucedió porque el pueblo de Israel había pecado contra el Señor, su Dios, el que los había sacado de Egipto, salvándolos del poder del faraón, rey de Egipto. Habían adorado a otros dioses,
Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their [ancestors] from the power [MTY] of the king of Egypt and brought them [safely] out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods.
8 adoptando los caminos de las naciones que el Señor había expulsado antes de los israelitas, y las prácticas paganas introducidas por los reyes de Israel.
They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel (introduced/showed to them).
9 En secreto, los israelitas hicieron cosas que no eran correctas contra el Señor, su Dios. Construyeron lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde torres de vigilancia hasta ciudades fortificadas.
The Israeli people also secretly did many things that were not pleasing to Yahweh their God. They built shrines [to worship idols] in all their cities, including small towns and big cities with walls around them.
10 Levantaron pilares de piedra paganos y postes de Asera en todas las colinas altas y bajo todos los árboles verdes.
They set up stone pillars [to honor gods], and poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah at the top of every high hill and under every [big] tree.
11 Ofrecieron sacrificios en todos los lugares altos, como las naciones que el Señor expulsó antes de ellos. Hicieron cosas malas, enojando al Señor.
The Israelis burned incense in every place where they worshiped those gods, just like the people-groups who lived there previously had done—the groups that Yahweh had expelled from the land. The Israelis did many wicked things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
12 Adoraban a los ídolos, a pesar de que el Señor les había dicho: “No deben hacer eso”.
Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway.
13 Sin embargo, el Señor les había advertido repetidamente a Israel y a Judá, por medio de todos sus profetas y videntes, diciendo: “Dejen sus malos caminos y guarden mis mandamientos e instrucciones. Sigan toda la ley que ordené a sus antepasados que obedecieran, y que les di por medio de mis siervos los profetas”.
Yahweh frequently sent his prophets and (seers/those who saw visions from Yahweh) to warn the people of Israel and the people of Judah. The message that Yahweh gave them was, “Turn away from all your evil behavior. Obey my commands and my laws, the laws that I told your ancestors [to obey] and which I told the prophets who served me to tell to you [again].”
14 Pero ellos se negaron a escuchar, y fueron tan tercos como sus antepasados, que no confiaron en el Señor, su Dios.
But the Israeli people would not pay attention. They were stubborn [IDM] just like their ancestors were. Just like their ancestors did, they refused to believe in Yahweh their God.
15 Abandonaron sus reglamentos y el pacto que había hecho con sus antepasados, así como los decretos que les había dado. Siguieron ídolos inútiles y ellos mismos se volvieron inútiles, imitando a las naciones vecinas que el Señor les ordenó no imitar.
They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.
16 Ignoraron todos los mandamientos del Señor, su Dios, y se hicieron dos ídolos de metal, un becerro y un poste de Asera. Se inclinaron en adoración al sol, la luna y las estrellas y sirvieron a Baal.
The Israeli people disobeyed all of Yahweh’s commands. They made two metal calves [to worship]. They set up two poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah, and they worshiped [the god] Baal, and the sun, the moon, and the stars.
17 Sacrificaban a sus hijos e hijas como holocaustos paganos, y practicaban la adivinación y la brujería. Se dedicaron a hacer el mal a los ojos del Señor, haciéndolo enojar.
They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices [to those gods]. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose [MET] to do [all kinds of] evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
18 Así que el Señor se enfadó mucho con Israel, y los desterró de su presencia. Sólo quedó la tribu de Judá,
So, because Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people, he allowed [their enemies] to take them away [from their country]. Only the people of the tribe of Judah were left [in the land].
19 pero ni siquiera Judá guardó los mandamientos del Señor, su Dios, sino que siguió la idolatría que Israel había introducido.
But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of Yahweh their God. They imitated the evil customs that the Israelis had introduced.
20 El Señor se desentendió de todos los descendientes de Israel. Los castigó y los entregó a sus enemigos, hasta que los desterró de su presencia.
So Yahweh rejected all the people of Israel and of Judah. He punished them by allowing the armies of other nations to defeat them [and take them away]. He got rid of all of them.
21 Cuando el Señor arrancó a Israel de la casa de David, hicieron rey a Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat. Jeroboam alejó a Israel del Señor y les hizo cometer pecados terribles.
Earlier, when Yahweh allowed the people of Israel to separate/break away from the area [MTY] that King David [had estabished], they chose Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, to be their king. Then Jeroboam enticed the people of Israel to stop worshiping Yahweh [and to worship idols instead]. He led them to commit great sins.
22 Los israelitas siguieron practicando todos los pecados que cometió Jeroboam. No dejaron de cometerlos,
And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins,
23 así que el Señor terminó por expulsarlos de su presencia, tal como había dicho que lo haría a través de todos sus siervos, los profetas. Así que los israelitas fueron deportados de su tierra y llevados a Asiria, donde se encuentran hasta hoy.
until finally Yahweh got rid of them. That was just what his prophets had warned would happen. The Israeli people were taken away to the land of Assyria, and they still remain there.
24 El rey de Asiria trajo gente de Babilonia, de Cuta, de Avá, de Jamat y de Sefarvaim y los estableció en las ciudades de Samaria en lugar de los israelitas. Ellos se apoderaron de la propiedad de Samaria y vivieron en sus ciudades.
The king of Assyria [ordered his soldiers to] take [groups of] people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim [cities] to [the] Samaria [region], and to resettle them in the towns there, to take the place of the Israelis [who lived there previously]. Those people took control over [the whole] Samaria [region] and lived in the towns there.
25 Cuando empezaron a vivir allí no adoraron al Señor, por lo que éste envió leones entre ellos, matando a algunos de ellos.
But those people [who came from other countries] did not worship Yahweh when they first arrived in Samaria. So Yahweh sent lions to kill some of them.
26 Entonces fueron a decirle al rey de Asiria: “Los pueblos que tú trajiste y estableciste en las ciudades de Samaria no conocen las reglas del Dios de la tierra. En consecuencia, él ha enviado entre ellos leones que los están matando porque no conocen lo que el Dios de la tierra exige”.
Then those people sent a message to the king of Assyria. They wrote, “We people who have resettled in the towns in Samaria do not know how to worship the God [that the Israelis worshiped] in this land. So he has sent lions among us to kill us, because we have not worshiped him correctly.”
27 El rey de Asiria dio la orden: “Envía de vuelta a uno de los sacerdotes que deportaste de Samaria, y que vuelva a vivir allí y enseñe las reglas del Dios de la tierra”.
[When] the king of Assyria [read this letter, he] commanded [his officers], “You brought many priests here from Samaria. Send one of them back there. Tell him to teach the people who are now living there how to worship correctly the God whom the Israelis worshiped in that land.”
28 Así que uno de los sacerdotes que había sido deportado de Samaria regresó a vivir en Betel y les enseñó cómo adorar al Señor.
So [the officers did that]. They sent one of the Israeli priests back to Samaria. That priest went to live in Bethel [city], and he taught the people there how to worship Yahweh.
29 Pero los pueblos de las distintas naciones siguieron haciendo sus propios dioses en las ciudades donde se habían establecido, y los colocaron en los santuarios de los lugares altos que había hecho el pueblo de Samaria.
But the people [who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and] continued to make their own idols. They placed them in the shrines that the Israelis had built there. The people of each people-group made idols in the cities in which they were living.
30 Los de Babilonia hicieron a Sucot Benot, los de Cuta hicieron a Nergal y los de Jamat hicieron a Asimá.
The people from Babylon made idols to represent their god Succoth-Benoth. The people from Cuthah made idols to represent their god Nergal. The people from Hamath made idols to represent their god Ashima.
31 Losavitas hicieron un Nibhaz y un Tartac, y los sefarvitas sacrificaron a sus hijos como holocaustos a sus dioses Adramelec y Anamelec.
The people of Avva made idols to represent their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their own children. They completely burned them [in pits where hot fires were kept burning, ] as offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Mientras adoraban al Señor, también designaban sacerdotes de toda clase de su propio pueblo para que ofrecieran sacrificios por ellos en los santuarios de los lugares altos.
But those people also worshiped Yahweh, and they appointed from among their own groups many people to be priests at the shrines on the tops of the hills, in order that those priests could offer sacrifices for them there.
33 Así que, aunque adoraban al Señor, también adoraban a sus propios dioses siguiendo las prácticas de sus naciones de origen.
So they revered Yahweh, but they also worshiped their own gods, just as the people living in the countries from which they had been taken to Samaria did.
34 Hasta el día de hoy siguen sus prácticas antiguas. Ninguno de ellos adora verdaderamente al Señor ni observa los reglamentos, requisitos, leyes y mandamientos que el Señor dio a los descendientes de Jacob, al que llamó Israel.
They still keep their old customs. They really do not worship Yahweh, and they do not obey all the laws and commands that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, to whom he gave the new name Israel.
35 Porque el Señor había hecho un acuerdo con los israelitas, ordenándoles: “No adoren a otros dioses ni se inclinen ante ellos; no les sirvan ni les ofrezcan sacrificios.
Yahweh had previously made an agreement with their ancestors, commanding them not to worship other gods or bow down to honor them or do other things to please them or offer sacrifices to them.
36 Sólo deben adorar al Señor, que los sacó de Egipto, ayudándolos con su gran poder y su fuerte brazo. Inclínense solo ante él y ofrézcanle sacrificios solo a él.
He had said to them, “You must have an awesome respect for me, Yahweh, the one who brought you out of Egypt with my very great power [DOU]. I am the one whom you must bow down to honor, and I am the one to whom you must offer sacrifices.
37 Tengan cuidado siempre de observar los reglamentos, las normas, las leyes y los mandamientos que él te dio por escrito, y no adoren a otros dioses.
You must always obey the laws and commands that I [told Moses to] write for you. You must not worship other gods.
38 No olviden el acuerdo que he hecho con ustedes, y no adoren a otros dioses.
And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods.
39 Solo deben adorar al Señor, su Dios, y él los salvará de todos sus enemigos”.
Instead, you must revere me, Yahweh, your God. If you do that, I will rescue you from the power [MTY] of all your enemies.”
40 Pero ellos se negaron a escuchar, y continuaron con sus antiguas prácticas idólatras.
But the people [from those foreign nations] would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs.
41 Incluso cuando estas personas de diferentes naciones adoraban al Señor, en realidad estaban adorando a sus ídolos. Sus hijos y nietos siguen haciendo lo mismo que sus antepasados hasta el día de hoy.
So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing.
