2 Crónicas 35
1 Josías celebró la Pascua a Yahvé en Jerusalén. Mataron la Pascua el día catorce del primer mes.
Josiah [commanded that the people should] celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover [Festival] at the end of March.
2 Puso a los sacerdotes en sus cargos y los animó en el servicio de la casa de Yahvé.
Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well.
3 Dijo a los levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel, que eran santos para Yahvé: “Poned el arca sagrada en la casa que construyó Salomón, hijo de David, rey de Israel. Ya no será una carga para tus hombros. Ahora sirvan a Yahvé su Dios y a su pueblo Israel.
The [other] descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that [the workers of] David’s son [King] Solomon of Israel built. But [carry it on poles; ] do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people.
4 Preparaos según las casas de vuestros padres por vuestras divisiones, según la escritura de David, rey de Israel, y según la escritura de Salomón, su hijo.
Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
5 Poneos en el lugar santo según las divisiones de las casas paternas de vuestros hermanos los hijos del pueblo, y que haya para cada uno una porción de una casa paterna de los levitas.
Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people [when they bring their offerings to the temple].
6 Maten el cordero de la Pascua, santifíquense y preparen a sus hermanos, para hacer lo que Yahvé dijo por medio de Moisés.”
Slaughter the lambs for the Passover [Festival]. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.”
7 Josías dio a los hijos del pueblo, del rebaño, corderos y cabritos, todos ellos para las ofrendas de la Pascua, a todos los presentes, en número de treinta mil, y tres mil toros. Estos eran de la hacienda del rey.
Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
8 Sus príncipes dieron una ofrenda voluntaria al pueblo, a los sacerdotes y a los levitas. Hilcías, Zacarías y Jehiel, jefes de la casa de Dios, dieron a los sacerdotes para las ofrendas de la Pascua dos mil seiscientos animales pequeños y trescientas cabezas de ganado.
His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover.
9 También Conanías, Semaías y Netanel, sus hermanos, y Hasabías, Jeiel y Jozabad, jefes de los levitas, dieron a los levitas para las ofrendas de la Pascua cinco mil animales pequeños y quinientas cabezas de ganado.
And Conaniah along with his [younger] brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the [other] descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover.
10 Se preparó, pues, el servicio, y los sacerdotes se colocaron en su lugar, y los levitas en sus divisiones, según el mandato del rey.
Everything [for the Passover] was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded.
11 Mataron los corderos de la Pascua, y los sacerdotes rociaron la sangre que recibieron de sus manos, y los levitas los desollaron.
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood [from the bowls] that were handed to them, while the [other] descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals.
12 Sacaron los holocaustos para darlos según las divisiones de las casas paternas de los hijos del pueblo, para ofrecerlos a Yahvé, como está escrito en el libro de Moisés. Lo mismo hicieron con el ganado.
They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle.
13 Asaron la Pascua al fuego según la ordenanza. Hirvieron las ofrendas sagradas en ollas, en calderos y en sartenes, y las llevaron rápidamente a todos los hijos del pueblo.
Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the [meat of the] sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people [who were there].
14 Después prepararon para ellos y para los sacerdotes, porque los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón estaban ocupados en ofrecer los holocaustos y la grasa hasta la noche. Por lo tanto, los levitas se prepararon para sí mismos y para los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón.
After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the [other] descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, [the first Supreme Priest].
15 Los cantores, hijos de Asaf, estaban en su lugar, según el mandato de David, Asaf, Hemán y Jedutún, vidente del rey; y los porteros estaban en cada puerta. No necesitaban apartarse de su servicio, porque sus hermanos los levitas se preparaban para ellos.
The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates [of the temple] did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat.
16 Así que todo el servicio de Yahvé se preparó el mismo día, para celebrar la Pascua y ofrecer holocaustos en el altar de Yahvé, según el mandato del rey Josías.
So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover [Festival], and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded.
17 Los hijos de Israel que estaban presentes celebraron la Pascua en ese momento, y la fiesta de los panes sin levadura durante siete días.
The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover [Festival] on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread.
18 No hubo una Pascua como la que se celebró en Israel desde los días del profeta Samuel, ni ninguno de los reyes de Israel celebró una Pascua como la que celebró Josías, con los sacerdotes, los levitas y todo Judá e Israel que estaban presentes, y los habitantes de Jerusalén.
The Passover [Festival] had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all [the other people of] Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem.
19 Esta Pascua se celebró en el año dieciocho del reinado de Josías.
They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
20 Después de todo esto, cuando Josías había preparado el templo, Neco, rey de Egipto, subió a luchar contra Carquemis junto al Éufrates, y Josías salió contra él.
After Josiah had done all those things to [restore the worship at] the temple, King Neco of Egypt went [with his army] to attack Carchemish [city] alongside the Euphrates [River], and Josiah marched [with his army] to fight against them.
21 Pero él le envió embajadores, diciendo: “¿Qué tengo yo que ver contigo, rey de Judá? No vengo hoy contra ti, sino contra la casa con la que tengo guerra. Dios me ha ordenado que me apresure. Ten cuidado de que sea Dios quien esté conmigo, para que no te destruya”.
Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, [the army of Babylonia]. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.”
22 Sin embargo, Josías no quiso apartar su rostro de él, sino que se disfrazó para luchar con él, y no escuchó las palabras de Neco de boca de Dios, y vino a luchar en el valle de Meguido.
But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack [the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him]. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he [and his army] went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo.
23 Los arqueros dispararon contra el rey Josías, y el rey dijo a sus servidores: “¡Llévenme, porque estoy gravemente herido!”
Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
24 Sus servidores lo sacaron del carro, lo metieron en el segundo carro que tenía y lo llevaron a Jerusalén; murió y fue enterrado en los sepulcros de sus padres. Todo Judá y Jerusalén hicieron duelo por Josías.
So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors [had been buried], and all [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah mourned for him.
25 Jeremías se lamentó por Josías, y todos los cantores y cantoras hablaron de Josías en sus lamentaciones hasta el día de hoy; y las convirtieron en una ordenanza en Israel. He aquí que están escritas en las lamentaciones.
[The prophet] Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs.
26 El resto de los hechos de Josías y sus buenas obras, según lo que está escrito en la ley de Yahvé,
A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
27 y sus hechos, primeros y últimos, he aquí que están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá.
