1 Reyes 11

1 El rey Salomón amó a muchas mujeres extranjeras, junto con la hija del faraón: mujeres moabitas, amonitas, edomitas, sidonianas e hititas,

King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].

2 de las naciones sobre las que Yahvé dijo a los hijos de Israel: “No iréis entre ellas, ni ellas vendrán entre vosotros, porque ciertamente desviarán vuestro corazón tras sus dioses.” Salomón se unió a ellas por amor.

He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”

3 Tuvo setecientas esposas, princesas y trescientas concubinas. Sus esposas desviaron su corazón.

Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].

4 Cuando Salomón envejeció, sus esposas desviaron su corazón en pos de otros dioses, y su corazón no era perfecto con Yahvé, su Dios, como lo era el corazón de David, su padre.

By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.

5 Porque Salomón siguió a Astoret, diosa de los sidonios, y a Milcom, la abominación de los amonitas.

Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

6 Salomón hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y no siguió plenamente a Yahvé, como lo hizo su padre David.

That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.

7 Entonces Salomón edificó un lugar alto para Quemos, la abominación de Moab, en el monte que está frente a Jerusalén, y para Moloc, la abominación de los hijos de Amón.

On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

8 Así hizo para todas sus mujeres extranjeras, que quemaban incienso y sacrificaban a sus dioses.

He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.

9 Yahvé se enojó con Salomón, porque su corazón se apartó de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, que se le había aparecido dos veces,

Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,

10 y le había ordenado respecto a esto, que no fuera en pos de otros dioses; pero él no cumplió lo que Yahvé le había ordenado.

11 Por lo tanto, Yahvé dijo a Salomón: “Por cuanto has hecho esto, y no has guardado mi pacto y mis estatutos que te he ordenado, ciertamente te arrancaré el reino y se lo daré a tu siervo.

and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.

12 Sin embargo, no lo haré en tus días, por amor a David tu padre, sino que lo arrancaré de la mano de tu hijo.

But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].

13 Sin embargo, no arrancaré todo el reino, sino que daré una tribu a tu hijo, por amor a David, mi siervo, y por amor a Jerusalén, que yo he elegido.”

But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”

14 El Señor le levantó un adversario a Salomón: Hadad el edomita. Era uno de los descendientes del rey en Edom.

Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.

15 Porque cuando David estaba en Edom, y Joab, el capitán del ejército, había subido a enterrar a los muertos y había matado a todos los varones de Edom

What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.

16 (pues Joab y todo Israel permanecieron allí seis meses, hasta que hubo matado a todos los varones de Edom),

17 Hadad huyó, él y algunos edomitas de los siervos de su padre con él, para ir a Egipto, cuando Hadad era todavía un niño.

Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.

18 Se levantaron de Madián y llegaron a Parán; tomaron hombres con ellos de Parán y llegaron a Egipto, al Faraón, rey de Egipto, quien le dio una casa, le asignó alimentos y le dio tierras.

They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.

19 Hadad halló gran favor a los ojos del faraón, de modo que le dio como esposa a la hermana de su propia esposa, la hermana de la reina Tahpenes.

The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.

20 La hermana de Tahpenes le dio a luz a su hijo Genubat, a quien Tahpenes destetó en la casa del faraón; y Genubat estaba en la casa del faraón entre los hijos del faraón.

Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.

21 Cuando Hadad oyó en Egipto que David dormía con sus padres y que Joab, el capitán del ejército, había muerto, dijo a Faraón: “Déjame ir a mi país.”

While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”

22 Entonces el Faraón le dijo: “¿Pero qué te ha faltado a ti conmigo, que buscas ir a tu país?” Él respondió: “Nada, sin embargo, sólo déjame partir”.

But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].

23 Dios le levantó un adversario, Rezón hijo de Eliada, que había huido de su señor, Hadadézer, rey de Soba.

God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].

24 Él reunió hombres para sí, y llegó a ser capitán de una tropa, cuando David los mató de Soba. Se fue a Damasco y vivió allí, y reinó en Damasco.

Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.

25 Fue un adversario de Israel durante todos los días de Salomón, además de la maldad de Hadad. Aborreció a Israel y reinó sobre Siria.

All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.

26 Jeroboam hijo de Nabat, efraimita de Zereda, siervo de Salomón, cuya madre se llamaba Zerúa, viuda, también levantó su mano contra el rey.

Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.

27 Esta fue la razón por la que levantó su mano contra el rey: Salomón edificó Millo y reparó la brecha de la ciudad de su padre David.

This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].

28 Aquel hombre, Jeroboam, era un hombre de gran valor, y Salomón vio que el joven era laborioso, y lo puso a cargo de todo el trabajo de la casa de José.

Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.

29 En aquel tiempo, cuando Jeroboam salió de Jerusalén, el profeta Ahías, el silonita, lo encontró en el camino. Ajías se había vestido con un traje nuevo, y los dos estaban solos en el campo.

One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,

30 Ajías tomó el vestido nuevo que llevaba puesto y lo rompió en doce pedazos.

which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.

31 Le dijo a Jeroboam: “Toma diez pedazos porque Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, dice: ‘He aquí que yo arranco el reino de la mano de Salomón y te daré diez tribus

He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].

32 (pero él tendrá una tribu, por amor a mi siervo David y por amor a Jerusalén, la ciudad que he elegido de entre todas las tribus de Israel),

Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].

33 porque me han abandonado y han adorado a Astoret, diosa de los sidonios, a Quemos, dios de Moab, y a Milcom, dios de los hijos de Amón. No han andado en mis caminos, para hacer lo que es recto a mis ojos, y para guardar mis estatutos y mis ordenanzas, como hizo David su padre.

I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.

34 “‘Sin embargo, no quitaré todo el reino de su mano, sino que lo haré príncipe todos los días de su vida por amor a David, mi siervo, a quien elegí, quien guardó mis mandamientos y mis estatutos,

‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.

35 pero quitaré el reino de la mano de su hijo y te lo daré a ti, diez tribus.

But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].

36 Le daré una tribu a su hijo, para que mi siervo David tenga siempre una lámpara delante de mí en Jerusalén, la ciudad que he elegido para poner mi nombre en ella.

I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].

37 Yo te tomaré a ti, y tú reinarás según todo lo que tu alma desee, y serás rey sobre Israel.

I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.

38 Si escuchas todo lo que te mando, y andas en mis caminos, y haces lo que es recto a mis ojos, guardando mis estatutos y mis mandamientos, como lo hizo mi siervo David, yo estaré contigo, y te edificaré una casa segura, como la que edifiqué para David, y te entregaré a Israel.

If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.

39 Por esto afligiré a la descendencia de David, pero no para siempre’”.

Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”

40 Por eso Salomón trató de matar a Jeroboam, pero éste se levantó y huyó a Egipto, a Sisac, rey de Egipto, y estuvo en Egipto hasta la muerte de Salomón.

Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.

41 Los demás hechos de Salomón, y todo lo que hizo, y su sabiduría, ¿no están escritos en el libro de los hechos de Salomón?

[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.

42 El tiempo que Salomón reinó en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel fue de cuarenta años.

He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.

43 Salomón durmió con sus padres, y fue enterrado en la ciudad de su padre David; y reinó en su lugar Roboam, su hijo.

Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.