2 Crónicas 25
1 Amasías tenía veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó veintinueve años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Joadán, 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 Hizo lo que era justo a los ojos de Yahvé, pero no con un corazón perfecto.
Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
3 Cuando se le estableció el reino, mató a sus siervos que habían matado 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 Pero no dio muerte a sus hijos, sino que hizo lo que está escrito en la ley en el libro de Moisés, como lo ordenó Yahvé, diciendo: “Los padres no morirán por los hijos, ni los hijos morirán por los padres, sino que cada uno morirá 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 Además, Amasías reunió a Judá y los ordenó según las casas de sus padres, bajo capitanes de millares y de centenas, todo Judá y Benjamín. Los contó de veinte años en adelante, y encontró que había trescientos mil hombres escogidos, capaces de salir a la guerra, que podían manejar 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 cien mil hombres valientes de Israel por cien talentos de plata.
Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
7 Un hombre de Dios se acercó a él y le dijo: “Oh rey, no dejes que el ejército de Israel vaya contigo, porque Yahvé no está con Israel, con todos los 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 Pero si vas a ir, ponte en acción y sé fuerte para la batalla. Dios te derribará ante el enemigo; porque Dios tiene poder para ayudar y para derribar.”
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 dijo al hombre de Dios: “¿Pero qué haremos con los cien talentos que he dado al ejército de Israel?” El hombre de Dios respondió: “Yahvé es capaz de darte mucho más que esto”.
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 los separó, al ejército que había venido a él desde Efraín, para que volvieran a casa. Por lo tanto, su ira se encendió en gran medida contra Judá, y volvieron a su casa con una ira feroz.
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 Amasías se armó de valor y condujo a su pueblo hasta el Valle de la Sal, e hirió a diez mil de los hijos de Seír.
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 Los hijos de Judá se llevaron vivos a diez mil, los llevaron a la cima de la roca y los arrojaron desde la cima de la roca, de modo que todos quedaron destrozados.
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 de regreso, para que no fueran con él a la batalla, cayeron sobre las ciudades de Judá desde Samaria hasta Bet Horón, e hirieron a tres mil de ellas, y tomaron mucho 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 la matanza de los edomitas, trajo a los dioses de los hijos de Seír y los erigió en sus dioses, y se inclinó ante ellos y les quemó incienso.
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 Por eso la ira de Yahvé ardió contra Amasías, y le envió un profeta que le dijo: “¿Por qué has buscado los dioses de los pueblos, que no han librado a su propio pueblo de tus manos?”
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 Mientras hablaba con él, el rey le dijo: “¿Te hemos hecho uno de los consejeros del rey? Detente. ¿Por qué has de ser abatido?” Entonces el profeta se detuvo y dijo: “Sé que Dios ha determinado destruirte, porque has hecho esto y no has escuchado mi consejo”.
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, consultó a sus consejeros y envió a Joás, hijo de Joacaz, hijo de Jehú, rey de Israel, diciendo: “¡Ven! Vamos a mirarnos a la cara”.
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, envió a decir a Amasías, rey de Judá: “El cardo que estaba en el Líbano envió a decir al cedro que estaba en el Líbano: ‘Dale tu hija a mi hijo como esposa’. Entonces pasó un animal salvaje que estaba en el Líbano 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 que has golpeado a Edom, y tu corazón te eleva para presumir. Ahora quédate en casa. ¿Por qué te has de meter en líos, para que caigas, tú y 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 quiso escuchar, porque era de Dios, para entregarlos en manos de sus enemigos, porque habían buscado 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 Entonces subió Joás, rey de Israel, y él y Amasías, rey de Judá, se miraron a la cara en Bet Semes, que pertenece a Judá.
So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
22 Judá fue derrotado por Israel, y cada uno huyó a su tienda.
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, apresó a Amasías, rey de Judá, hijo de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, en Bet Semes y lo llevó a Jerusalén, y derribó el muro de Jerusalén desde la puerta de Efraín hasta la puerta de la esquina, cuatrocientos codos.
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 Tomó todo el oro y la plata, y todos los utensilios que se encontraban en la casa de Dios con Obed-Edom, y los tesoros de la casa del rey, y los rehenes, y 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 Los demás hechos de Amasías, los primeros y los últimos, ¿no están escritos 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 Desde el momento en que Amasías se apartó de seguir a Yahvé, hicieron una conspiración contra él en Jerusalén. Él huyó a Laquis, pero enviaron tras él a Laquis y lo mataron allí.
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 llevaron 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’.
