2 Reyes 16

1 En el año diecisiete de Peka, hijo de Remalías, comenzó a reinar Acaz, hijo de Jotam, rey de Judá.

When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.

2 Acaz tenía veinte años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó dieciséis años en Jerusalén. No hizo lo que era correcto a los ojos de Yahvé, su Dios, como David, su padre.

He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.

3 Sino que siguió el camino de los reyes de Israel, e incluso hizo pasar a su hijo por el fuego, según las abominaciones de las naciones que Yahvé echó de delante de los hijos de Israel.

Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.

4 Sacrificó y quemó incienso en los lugares altos, en las colinas y debajo de todo árbol verde.

Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].

5 Entonces Rezín, rey de Siria, y Peka, hijo de Remalías, rey de Israel, subieron a Jerusalén para hacer la guerra. Asediaron a Acaz, pero no pudieron vencerlo.

While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.

6 En aquel tiempo, Rezín, rey de Siria, recuperó Elat para Siria y expulsó a los judíos de Elat; y los sirios llegaron a Elat y vivieron allí hasta el día de hoy.

At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.

7 Entonces Acaz envió mensajeros a Tiglat Pileser, rey de Asiria, diciendo: “Soy tu siervo y tu hijo. Sube y sálvame de la mano del rey de Siria y de la mano del rey de Israel, que se levantan contra mí”.

King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”

8 Ajaz tomó la plata y el oro que se encontraba en la casa de Yahvé y en los tesoros de la casa real, y lo envió como regalo al rey de Asiria.

Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.

9 El rey de Asiria lo escuchó; y el rey de Asiria subió contra Damasco y la tomó, y llevó a su pueblo cautivo a Kir, y mató a Rezín.

So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.

10 El rey Acaz fue a Damasco para reunirse con Tiglat Pileser, rey de Asiria, y vio el altar que estaba en Damasco; y el rey Acaz envió al sacerdote Urías un dibujo del altar y los planos para construirlo.

When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.

11 El sacerdote Urías construyó el altar. Según todo lo que el rey Acaz había enviado desde Damasco, así lo hizo el sacerdote Urías para la venida del rey Acaz desde Damasco.

So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.

12 Cuando el rey llegó de Damasco, vio el altar; y el rey se acercó al altar y ofreció sobre él.

When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it

13 Quemó su holocausto y su ofrenda, derramó su libación y roció la sangre de sus ofrendas de paz sobre el altar.

and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.

14 El altar de bronce que estaba delante de Yahvé lo trajo de la parte delantera de la casa, de entre su altar y la casa de Yahvé, y lo puso al lado norte de su altar.

The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].

15 El rey Acaz ordenó al sacerdote Urías que dijera: “En el gran altar quema el holocausto de la mañana, la ofrenda de la tarde, el holocausto del rey y su ofrenda de comida, con el holocausto de todo el pueblo del país, su ofrenda de comida y sus ofrendas de bebida; y rocía sobre él toda la sangre del holocausto y toda la sangre del sacrificio; pero el altar de bronce será para que yo lo consulte.”

Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”

16 El sacerdote Urías lo hizo así, conforme a todo lo que el rey Acaz había ordenado.

So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.

17 El rey Acaz cortó los paneles de las bases y quitó la pila de ellas, y quitó el mar de los bueyes de bronce que estaban debajo, y lo puso sobre un pavimento de piedra.

King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.

18 Quitó el camino cubierto para el sábado que habían construido en la casa, y la entrada exterior del rey a la casa de Yahvé, a causa del rey de Asiria.

Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.

19 El resto de los actos de Acaz que hizo, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?

[If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

20 Acaz durmió con sus padres y fue enterrado con ellos en la ciudad de David; y su hijo Ezequías reinó en su lugar.

Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.