2 Crónicas 18
1 Josafat tenía riquezas y honores en abundancia, y se alió con Acab.
Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab [of Israel].
2 Después de algunos años, descendió con Acab a Samaria. Ajab mató para él ovejas y ganado en abundancia, y para la gente que estaba con él, y lo movió a subir con él a Ramot de Galaad.
Several years later, he went down [from Jerusalem] to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle [for a feast].
3 Ajab, rey de Israel, dijo a Josafat, rey de Judá: “¿Quieres ir conmigo a Ramot de Galaad?” Él le respondió: “Yo soy como tú, y mi pueblo como tu pueblo. Estaremos contigo en la guerra”.
Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you [and your army] go with my army to attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region]?” Jehoshaphat replied, “My soldiers and I will go to the battle when you tell us to go.”
4 Josafat dijo al rey de Israel: “Por favor, consulta primero la palabra de Yahvé”.
Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.”
5 Entonces el rey de Israel reunió a los profetas, cuatrocientos hombres, y les dijo: “¿Vamos a Ramot de Galaad a combatir, o me abstengo?” Dijeron: “Sube, porque Dios lo entregará en mano del rey”.
So the king of Israel gathered all his 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go to attack the people of Ramoth [city], or should we not do that?” They replied, “Yes, go [and attack them] because God will enable your army to defeat them.”
6 Pero Josafat dijo: “¿No hay aquí otro profeta de Yahvé para que podamos consultar con él?”
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?”
7 El rey de Israel dijo a Josafat: “Todavía hay un hombre por el que podemos consultar a Yahvé; pero lo odio, porque nunca profetiza el bien respecto a mí, sino siempre el mal. Es Micaías, hijo de Imla”. Josafat dijo: “Que no lo diga el rey”.
The king of Israel replied, “There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, his name is Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts [that] bad [things will happen to me].” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!”
8 Entonces el rey de Israel llamó a un oficial y le dijo: “Trae rápido a Micaías, hijo de Imla”.
So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately.
9 El rey de Israel y Josafat, rey de Judá, estaban sentados cada uno en su trono, vestidos con sus ropas, y estaban sentados en un lugar abierto a la entrada de la puerta de Samaria; y todos los profetas estaban profetizando delante de ellos.
The king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on their thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria [city]. All of [Ahab’s] prophets were standing in front of them, predicting what was going to happen.
10 Sedequías, hijo de Quená, se hizo unos cuernos de hierro y dijo: “Yahvé dice: ‘Con estos empujarás a los sirios hasta consumirlos’”.
[One of them whose name was] Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns [like these], your [army] will keep attacking the army of Syria [like a bull attacks another animal], until you completely destroy them.’”
11 Todos los profetas lo profetizaron, diciendo: “Sube a Ramot de Galaad y prospera, porque Yahvé la entregará en manos del rey.”
All the other prophets [of Ahab] agreed. They said, “Yes! If you attack Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them.”
12 El mensajero que fue a llamar a Micaías le habló diciendo: “He aquí que las palabras de los profetas declaran el bien al rey con una sola boca. Por lo tanto, haz que tu palabra sea como una de las suyas, y habla bien”.
The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful [in the battle]. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!”
13 Micaías dijo: “Vive Yahvé, diré lo que dice mi Dios”.
But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.”
14 Cuando se presentó ante el rey, éste le dijo: “Micaías, ¿vamos a Ramot de Galaad a combatir o me abstengo?” Dijo: “Sube y prospera. Serán entregados en tu mano”.
When Micaiah arrived, the king [of Israel] asked him, “Should we go to attack Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!”
15 El rey le dijo: “¿Cuántas veces he de conjurarte para que no me digas más que la verdad en nombre de Yahvé?”
But King Ahab [realized that Micaiah was lying, so he] said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh [has revealed to you]!”
16 Dijo: “Vi a todo Israel disperso por los montes, como ovejas que no tienen pastor. El Señor dijo: ‘Estas no tienen dueño. Que cada uno vuelva a su casa en paz’”.
Then Micaiah replied, “[The truth is that in a vision] I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’”
17 El rey de Israel dijo a Josafat: “¿No te dije que no profetizaría el bien sobre mí, sino el mal?”
Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He [always] predicts that bad things will happen to me.”
18 Micaías dijo: “Escuchen, pues, la palabra de Yahvé: Vi a Yahvé sentado en su trono, y a todo el ejército del cielo de pie a su derecha y a su izquierda.
But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! [In a vision] I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven [standing around him], on his right side and on his left side.
19 Yahvé dijo: “¿Quién atraerá a Ajab, rey de Israel, para que suba y caiga en Ramot de Galaad? Uno habló diciendo de esta manera, y otro diciendo de la otra.
And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ “Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else.
20 Salió un espíritu, se puso delante de Yahvé y dijo: “Yo lo atraeré. “Yahvé le dijo: ‘¿Cómo?
“Finally one spirit, [having received a message from Satan], came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ “Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’
21 “Dijo: ‘Iré y seré un espíritu mentiroso en la boca de todos sus profetas’. “Él dijo: ‘Tú lo atraerás, y también prevalecerás. Ve y hazlo’.
“The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’
22 “Ahora, pues, he aquí que Yahvé ha puesto un espíritu mentiroso en la boca de estos tus profetas, y Yahvé ha hablado mal de ti.”
“So now [I tell you that] Yahweh has caused your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.”
23 Entonces se acercó Sedequías, hijo de Quená, y golpeó a Micaías en la mejilla, y le dijo: “¿Por dónde se fue de mí el Espíritu de Yahvé para hablarte?”
Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?”
24 Micaías dijo: “He aquí, verás en ese día, cuando entres en una habitación interior para esconderte”.
Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself [to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken] on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide [from the Syrian soldiers]!”
25 El rey de Israel dijo: “Tomen a Micaías y llévenlo a Amón, el gobernador de la ciudad, y a Joás, el hijo del rey;
King Ahab commanded [his soldiers], “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash.
26 y digan: “El rey dice: “Pongan a este hombre en la cárcel, y aliméntenlo con pan de aflicción y con agua de aflicción, hasta que yo regrese en paz””.
Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely [from the battle]!”
27 Micaías dijo: “Si regresan en paz, Yahvé no ha hablado por mí”. Dijo: “¡Escuchen, pueblo, todos ustedes!”
Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, [it will be clear that] it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said [to all those who were standing there], “Do not forget what I have said [to King Ahab]!”
28 El rey de Israel y Josafat, rey de Judá, subieron a Ramot de Galaad.
So the king of Israel and the king of Judah [led their armies] to Ramoth, in [the] Gilead [region].
29 El rey de Israel dijo a Josafat: “Yo me disfrazaré y entraré en la batalla; pero tú ponte tus ropas”. Y el rey de Israel se disfrazó, y entraron en la batalla.
King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, [in order that no one will recognize that I am the king.] But you should wear your royal robe.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle.
30 El rey de Siria había ordenado a los capitanes de sus carros que dijeran: “No peleen con los pequeños ni con los grandes, sino sólo con el rey de Israel.”
The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!”
31 Cuando los capitanes de los carros vieron a Josafat, dijeron: “¡Es el rey de Israel!” Por eso se volvieron para luchar contra él. Pero Josafat gritó, y el Señor lo ayudó; y Dios los hizo alejarse de él.
So when the soldiers who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat [wearing the royal robes], they thought “He must be the king of Israel!”
32 Cuando los capitanes de los carros vieron que no era el rey de Israel, dejaron de perseguirlo.
So they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, Yahweh helped him, and they realized that he was not the king of Israel. And God caused them to stop pursuing him.
33 Un hombre sacó su arco al azar e hirió al rey de Israel entre las junturas de la armadura. Entonces dijo al conductor del carro: “Da la vuelta y sácame de la batalla, porque estoy gravemente herido”.
But one [Syrian] soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been [severely] wounded!”
34 La batalla se intensificó aquel día. Sin embargo, el rey de Israel se apuntaló en su carro contra los sirios hasta el atardecer; y a eso de la puesta del sol, murió.
The battle continued all that day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died.
