2 Reyes 19
1 Cuando el rey Ezequías lo oyó, se rasgó las vestiduras, se cubrió de cilicio y entró en la casa de Yahvé.
And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
2 Envió a Eliaquim, que estaba al frente de la casa, a Sebna, el escriba, y a los ancianos de los sacerdotes, cubiertos de cilicio, a ver al profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the chief priests, dressed in haircloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3 Le dijeron: “Ezequías dice: ‘Hoy es un día de angustia, de reprimenda y de rechazo; porque los niños han llegado al punto de nacer, y no hay fuerza para librarlos.
And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame; for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.
4 Puede ser que Yahvé vuestro Dios escuche todas las palabras de Rabsaces, a quien el rey de Asiria, su amo, ha enviado para desafiar al Dios vivo, y reprenda las palabras que Yahvé vuestro Dios ha escuchado. Por lo tanto, levanta tu oración por el remanente que queda’”.
It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.
5 Los siervos del rey Ezequías acudieron a Isaías.
So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 Isaías les dijo: “Díganle esto a su amo: El Señor dice: “No temas las palabras que has oído, con las que los servidores del rey de Asiria me han blasfemado.
And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.
7 He aquí que yo pondré un espíritu en él, y oirá noticias, y volverá a su tierra. Haré que caiga a espada en su propia tierra”.
See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.
8 Volvió, pues, Rabsaces y encontró al rey de Asiria guerreando contra Libna, pues había oído que había salido de Laquis.
So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah, for it had come to his ears that he had gone away from Lachish.
9 Cuando oyó decir de Tirhakah, rey de Etiopía: “He aquí que ha salido a pelear contra ti”, volvió a enviar mensajeros a Ezequías, diciendo:
And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, he sent representatives to Hezekiah again, saying,
10 “Dile a Ezequías, rey de Judá, lo siguiente: ‘No permitas que tu Dios, en quien confías, te engañe diciendo que Jerusalén no será entregada en manos del rey de Asiria.
This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.
11 He aquí, tú has oído lo que los reyes de Asiria han hecho a todas las tierras, destruyéndolas por completo. ¿Serás liberado?
No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse; and will you be kept safe?
12 ¿Los dioses de las naciones los han librado, a los que mis padres han destruido: Gozán, Harán, Rezef y los hijos de Edén que estaban en Telasar?
Did the gods of the nations keep safe those on whom my fathers sent destruction, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
13 ¿Dónde está el rey de Hamat, el rey de Arpad y el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Hena y de Ivva?”
Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the town of Sepharvaim, of Hena and of Ivvah?
14 Ezequías recibió la carta de manos de los mensajeros y la leyó. Entonces Ezequías subió a la casa de Yahvé y la extendió ante Yahvé.
And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.
15 Ezequías oró ante Yahvé y dijo: “Yahvé, Dios de Israel, que estás entronizado sobre los querubines, tú eres el Dios, sólo tú, de todos los reinos de la tierra. Tú has hecho el cielo y la tierra.
And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
16 Inclina tu oído, Yahvé, y escucha. Abre tus ojos, Yahvé, y mira. Escucha las palabras de Senaquerib, que ha enviado para desafiar al Dios vivo.
Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
17 En verdad, Yahvé, los reyes de Asiria han asolado a las naciones y a sus tierras,
Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands,
18 y han echado al fuego a sus dioses, pues no eran dioses, sino obra de manos de hombres, madera y piedra. Por eso los han destruido.
And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.
19 Ahora, pues, Yahvé, nuestro Dios, sálvanos, te lo ruego, de su mano, para que todos los reinos de la tierra sepan que tú, Yahvé, eres el único Dios.”
But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.
20 Entonces Isaías, hijo de Amoz, envió a decir a Ezequías: “Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, dice: ‘Me has orado contra Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, y te he escuchado.
Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer which you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.
21 Esta es la palabra que Yahvé ha pronunciado sobre él: ‘La virgen hija de Sión te ha despreciado y se ha burlado de ti. La hija de Jerusalén ha sacudido la cabeza ante ti.
This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.
22 ¿A quién has desafiado y blasfemado? ¿Contra quién has alzado tu voz y levantado tus ojos en alto? ¡Contra el Santo de Israel!
Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.
23 Por medio de tus mensajeros, has desafiado al Señor y has dicho: “Con la multitud de mis carros, he subido a la altura de los montes, a lo más recóndito del Líbano, y cortaré sus altos cedros y sus selectos cipreses; y entraré en su más lejana morada, en el bosque de su campo fructífero.
You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.
24 He cavado y bebido aguas extrañas, y secaré todos los ríos de Egipto con la planta de mis pies”.
I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.
25 ¿No has oído cómo lo he hecho hace mucho tiempo, y lo he formado de antiguo? Ahora he hecho que sea tuyo el arrasar las ciudades fortificadas hasta convertirlas en montones ruinosos.
Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.
26 Por eso sus habitantes tenían poco poder. Estaban consternados y confundidos. Eran como la hierba del campo y como la hierba verde, como la hierba de los tejados y como el grano desgastado antes de crecer.
This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.
27 Pero yo sé que te sientas, que sales, que entras y que te enfureces contra mí.
But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.
28 A causa de tu furia contra mí, y porque tu arrogancia ha subido a mis oídos, pondré mi garfio en tu nariz y mi freno en tus labios, y te haré volver por el camino por el que viniste.
Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.
29 “Esta será la señal para vosotros: Este año comeréis lo que crezca por sí mismo, y el segundo año lo que brote de él; y el tercer año sembraréis y segaréis, y plantaréis viñas y comeréis su fruto.
And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.
30 El remanente que ha escapado de la casa de Judá volverá a echar raíces hacia abajo y a dar fruto hacia arriba.
And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.
31 Porque de Jerusalén saldrá un remanente, y del monte Sión los que escapen. El celo de Yahvé lo realizará.
For from Jerusalem those who have been kept safe will go out, and those who are still living will go out of Mount Zion: by the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
32 “Por eso dice el Señor sobre el rey de Asiria: ‘No vendrá a esta ciudad, ni lanzará una flecha contra ella. No vendrá ante ella con escudo, ni levantará un montículo contra ella.
For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;
33 Volverá por el mismo camino por el que vino, y no vendrá a esta ciudad’, dice el Señor.
By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town, says the Lord.
34 ‘Porque yo defenderé esta ciudad para salvarla, por mí y por mi siervo David’”.
For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
35 Aquella noche, el ángel de Yahvé salió e hirió a ciento ochenta y cinco mil en el campamento de los asirios. Cuando los hombres se levantaron de madrugada, he aquí que todos ellos eran cadáveres.
And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
36 Entonces Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, partió, se fue a su casa y vivió en Nínive.
So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.
37 Mientras adoraba en la casa de Nisroc, su dios, Adramelec y Sharezer lo hirieron con la espada, y escaparon a la tierra de Ararat. Su hijo Esar Haddón reinó en su lugar.
And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword; and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son became king in his place.
