2 Reyes 17
1 En el duodécimo año de Acaz, rey de Judá, Oseas, hijo de Ela, comenzó a reinar en Samaria sobre Israel durante nueve años.
Elah’s son Hoshea began to rule Israel after King Ahaz had ruled Judah for twelve years. Hoshea ruled in Samaria for nine years.
2 Hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, pero no como los reyes de Israel que lo precedieron.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as many evil things as the previous kings of Israel had done.
3 Salmanasar, rey de Asiria, subió contra él, y Oseas se convirtió en su siervo y le trajo tributo.
[The army of] King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated [the army of] King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year.
4 El rey de Asiria descubrió una conspiración en Oseas, pues éste había enviado mensajeros a So, rey de Egipto, y no ofrecía tributo al rey de Asiria, como lo había hecho año tras año. Por lo tanto, el rey de Asiria lo apresó y lo encarceló.
But several years later, Hoshea secretly planned to rebel against the rulers of Assyria. He sent messengers to So/Osorkon, the king of Egypt, [asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria]. Hoshea also stopped paying the tribute/taxes that he had been paying to Assyria every year. But the king of Assyria found out about those things, so he told his officers to put Hoshea in prison.
5 Entonces el rey de Asiria recorrió todo el país, subió a Samaria y la sitió durante tres años.
Then he [brought the army of] Assyria to Israel, and they attacked everywhere in that land. His army surrounded Samaria [city] for three years.
6 En el noveno año de Oseas, el rey de Asiria tomó Samaria y se llevó a Israel a Asiria, y los puso en Halah y en el Habor, el río de Gozán, y en las ciudades de los medos.
Finally, after King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for nine years, the army of Assyria [MTY] [forcefully entered] the city [and] captured [the people]. They took the Israeli people to Assyria and forced some of them to live in Halah [town]. They forced others to live near the Habor River in Gozan district. They forced others to live in the towns where the Mede people-group lived.
7 Fue así porque los hijos de Israel habían pecado contra Yahvé su Dios, que los sacó de la tierra de Egipto de la mano del faraón, rey de Egipto, y habían temido a otros dioses,
Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their [ancestors] from the power [MTY] of the king of Egypt and brought them [safely] out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods.
8 y anduvieron en los estatutos de las naciones que Yahvé echó de delante de los hijos de Israel, y de los reyes de Israel, que ellos hicieron.
They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel (introduced/showed to them).
9 Los hijos de Israel hicieron en secreto cosas que no eran rectas contra Yahvé su Dios; y se construyeron lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde la torre de los vigías hasta la ciudad fortificada;
The Israeli people also secretly did many things that were not pleasing to Yahweh their God. They built shrines [to worship idols] in all their cities, including small towns and big cities with walls around them.
10 y se erigieron columnas y postes de Asera en todo cerro alto y debajo de todo árbol verde
They set up stone pillars [to honor gods], and poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah at the top of every high hill and under every [big] tree.
11 y quemaron incienso en todos los lugares altos, como lo hicieron las naciones que Yahvé transportó antes de ellos; e hicieron cosas perversas para provocar la ira de Yahvé;
The Israelis burned incense in every place where they worshiped those gods, just like the people-groups who lived there previously had done—the groups that Yahweh had expelled from the land. The Israelis did many wicked things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
12 y sirvieron a ídolos, de los cuales Yahvé les había dicho: “No harás esto.”
Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway.
13 Sin embargo, Yahvé dio testimonio a Israel y a Judá, por medio de todo profeta y todo vidente, diciendo: “Convertíos de vuestros malos caminos, y guardad mis mandamientos y mis estatutos, conforme a toda la ley que ordené a vuestros padres, y que os envié por medio de mis siervos los profetas.”
Yahweh frequently sent his prophets and (seers/those who saw visions from Yahweh) to warn the people of Israel and the people of Judah. The message that Yahweh gave them was, “Turn away from all your evil behavior. Obey my commands and my laws, the laws that I told your ancestors [to obey] and which I told the prophets who served me to tell to you [again].”
14 Sin embargo, no quisieron escuchar, sino que endurecieron su cuello como el de sus padres, que no creyeron en Yahvé, su Dios.
But the Israeli people would not pay attention. They were stubborn [IDM] just like their ancestors were. Just like their ancestors did, they refused to believe in Yahweh their God.
15 Rechazaron sus estatutos y su pacto que había hecho con sus padres, y sus testimonios que les había atestiguado; siguieron la vanidad y se envanecieron, y siguieron a las naciones que estaban a su alrededor, acerca de las cuales Yahvé les había ordenado que no hicieran como ellas.
They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command.
16 Abandonaron todos los mandatos de Yahvé, su Dios, y se hicieron imágenes fundidas, dos becerros, e hicieron una Asera, y adoraron a todo el ejército del cielo, y sirvieron a Baal.
The Israeli people disobeyed all of Yahweh’s commands. They made two metal calves [to worship]. They set up two poles [to worship the goddess] Asherah, and they worshiped [the god] Baal, and the sun, the moon, and the stars.
17 Hicieron pasar por el fuego a sus hijos y a sus hijas, usaron la adivinación y los encantamientos, y se vendieron para hacer lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, para provocarlo a la ira.
They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices [to those gods]. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose [MET] to do [all kinds of] evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry.
18 Por eso Yahvé se enojó mucho con Israel y los quitó de su vista. No quedó más que la tribu de Judá.
So, because Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people, he allowed [their enemies] to take them away [from their country]. Only the people of the tribe of Judah were left [in the land].
19 También Judá no guardó los mandamientos de Yahvé, su Dios, sino que anduvo en los estatutos de Israel que ellos hicieron.
But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of Yahweh their God. They imitated the evil customs that the Israelis had introduced.
20 Yahvé rechazó a toda la descendencia de Israel, la afligió y la entregó en manos de salteadores, hasta echarla de su vista.
So Yahweh rejected all the people of Israel and of Judah. He punished them by allowing the armies of other nations to defeat them [and take them away]. He got rid of all of them.
21 Porque arrancó a Israel de la casa de David, e hicieron rey a Jeroboam hijo de Nabat; y Jeroboam apartó a Israel de seguir a Yahvé y les hizo cometer un gran pecado.
Earlier, when Yahweh allowed the people of Israel to separate/break away from the area [MTY] that King David [had estabished], they chose Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, to be their king. Then Jeroboam enticed the people of Israel to stop worshiping Yahweh [and to worship idols instead]. He led them to commit great sins.
22 Los hijos de Israel anduvieron en todos los pecados de Jeroboam que él cometió; no se apartaron de ellos
And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins,
23 hasta que Yahvé quitó a Israel de su vista, como lo dijo por medio de todos sus siervos los profetas. Así que Israel fue llevado de su propia tierra a Asiria hasta el día de hoy.
until finally Yahweh got rid of them. That was just what his prophets had warned would happen. The Israeli people were taken away to the land of Assyria, and they still remain there.
24 El rey de Asiria trajo gente de Babilonia, de Cuta, de Avva, de Hamat y de Sefarvaim, y los colocó en las ciudades de Samaria en lugar de los hijos de Israel; y se apoderaron de Samaria y vivieron en sus ciudades.
The king of Assyria [ordered his soldiers to] take [groups of] people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim [cities] to [the] Samaria [region], and to resettle them in the towns there, to take the place of the Israelis [who lived there previously]. Those people took control over [the whole] Samaria [region] and lived in the towns there.
25 Así fue que, al principio de su permanencia allí, no temieron a Yahvé. Por eso Yahvé envió leones entre ellos, que mataron a algunos de ellos.
But those people [who came from other countries] did not worship Yahweh when they first arrived in Samaria. So Yahweh sent lions to kill some of them.
26 Por eso hablaron con el rey de Asiria, diciendo: “Las naciones que has transportado y colocado en las ciudades de Samaria no conocen la ley del dios de la tierra. Por eso ha enviado leones entre ellos; y he aquí que los matan, porque no conocen la ley del dios de la tierra.”
Then those people sent a message to the king of Assyria. They wrote, “We people who have resettled in the towns in Samaria do not know how to worship the God [that the Israelis worshiped] in this land. So he has sent lions among us to kill us, because we have not worshiped him correctly.”
27 Entonces el rey de Asiria ordenó: “Lleva allí a uno de los sacerdotes que trajiste de allí, y que vaya y habite allí, y que les enseñe la ley del dios de la tierra.”
[When] the king of Assyria [read this letter, he] commanded [his officers], “You brought many priests here from Samaria. Send one of them back there. Tell him to teach the people who are now living there how to worship correctly the God whom the Israelis worshiped in that land.”
28 Entonces uno de los sacerdotes que habían llevado de Samaria vino y vivió en Betel, y les enseñó cómo debían temer a Yahvé.
So [the officers did that]. They sent one of the Israeli priests back to Samaria. That priest went to live in Bethel [city], and he taught the people there how to worship Yahweh.
29 Sin embargo, cada nación hizo sus propios dioses y los puso en las casas de los lugares altos que los samaritanos habían hecho, cada nación en sus ciudades en las que vivían.
But the people [who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and] continued to make their own idols. They placed them in the shrines that the Israelis had built there. The people of each people-group made idols in the cities in which they were living.
30 Los hombres de Babilonia hicieron a Succoth Benot, y los hombres de Cut hicieron a Nergal, y los hombres de Hamat hicieron a Ashima,
The people from Babylon made idols to represent their god Succoth-Benoth. The people from Cuthah made idols to represent their god Nergal. The people from Hamath made idols to represent their god Ashima.
31 y los avvitas hicieron a Nibhaz y a Tartak; y los sefarvitas quemaron a sus hijos en el fuego a Adrammelech y a Anammelech, los dioses de Sefarvaim.
The people of Avva made idols to represent their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their own children. They completely burned them [in pits where hot fires were kept burning, ] as offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech.
32 Temían, pues, a Yahvé, y también hacían de entre ellos sacerdotes de los lugares altos, que sacrificaban para ellos en las casas de los lugares altos.
But those people also worshiped Yahweh, and they appointed from among their own groups many people to be priests at the shrines on the tops of the hills, in order that those priests could offer sacrifices for them there.
33 Temían a Yahvé, y también servían a sus propios dioses, según los caminos de las naciones de las que habían sido transportados.
So they revered Yahweh, but they also worshiped their own gods, just as the people living in the countries from which they had been taken to Samaria did.
34 Hasta el día de hoy hacen lo mismo que antes. No temen a Yahvé, y no siguen los estatutos, ni las ordenanzas, ni la ley, ni el mandamiento que Yahvé ordenó a los hijos de Jacob, a quienes llamó Israel;
They still keep their old customs. They really do not worship Yahweh, and they do not obey all the laws and commands that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, to whom he gave the new name Israel.
35 con quienes Yahvé había hecho un pacto y les había ordenado, diciendo: “No temeréis a otros dioses, ni os inclinaréis ante ellos, ni les serviréis, ni les sacrificaréis
Yahweh had previously made an agreement with their ancestors, commanding them not to worship other gods or bow down to honor them or do other things to please them or offer sacrifices to them.
36 sino que temeréis a Yahvé, que os sacó de la tierra de Egipto con gran poder y con brazo extendido, y a él os inclinaréis y a él sacrificaréis.
He had said to them, “You must have an awesome respect for me, Yahweh, the one who brought you out of Egypt with my very great power [DOU]. I am the one whom you must bow down to honor, and I am the one to whom you must offer sacrifices.
37 Los estatutos y las ordenanzas, la ley y el mandamiento que él escribió para vosotros, los cumpliréis para siempre. No temeréis a otros dioses.
You must always obey the laws and commands that I [told Moses to] write for you. You must not worship other gods.
38 No olvidarás el pacto que he hecho contigo. No temerán a otros dioses.
And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods.
39 Sino que temerás a Yahvé, tu Dios, y él te librará de la mano de todos tus enemigos.”
Instead, you must revere me, Yahweh, your God. If you do that, I will rescue you from the power [MTY] of all your enemies.”
40 Sin embargo, no escucharon, sino que hicieron lo mismo que antes.
But the people [from those foreign nations] would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs.
41 Así que estas naciones temieron a Yahvé, y también sirvieron a sus imágenes grabadas. Sus hijos hicieron lo mismo, y también los hijos de sus hijos. Hacen lo mismo que hicieron sus padres hasta el día de hoy.
So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing.
