2 Crónicas 13

1 El año 18 del rey Jeroboam, Abías comenzó a reinar en Judá.

In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

2 Reinó tres años en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Micaías, hija de Uriel, de Gabaa. Hubo guerra entre Abías y Jeroboam.

He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 Abías comenzó la batalla con un ejército de 400.000 hombres escogidos, valientes guerreros. Jeroboam dispuso batalla contra él con 800.000 hombres escogidos, fuertes y valientes.

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

4 Abías se levantó en la montaña Zemaraim de Efraín y dijo: Escúchenme, Jeroboam y todo Israel:

And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

5 ¿No saben ustedes que Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel, dio a David el reino sobre Israel para siempre, a él y a sus hijos con un pacto de sal?

Is it not clear to you that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel to David and to his sons for ever, by an agreement made with salt?

6 Sin embargo Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, esclavo de Salomón, hijo de David, se levantó y se rebeló contra su ʼadón.

But Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon, the son of David, took up arms against his lord.

7 Hombres ociosos perversos se agruparon con él. Se impusieron sobre Roboam, hijo de Salomón, cuando Roboam era joven y tímido, y no los resistió con firmeza.

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

8 Ahora ustedes quieren oponerse al reino de Yavé que está en manos de los descendientes de David, porque son una gran multitud, y los becerros de oro que Jeroboam les hizo como ʼelohim están con ustedes.

And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.

9 ¿No expulsaron ustedes a los sacerdotes de Yavé, los hijos de Aarón y a los levitas, y designaron sacerdotes a la manera de los pueblos de otras tierras, para que cualquiera que sacrifique un becerro y siete carneros sea sacerdote de los que no son ʼElohim?

And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest of those who are no gods.

10 En cuanto a nosotros, Yavé es nuestro ʼElohim, y no lo abandonamos. Los sacerdotes que ministran delante de Yavé son hijos de Aarón, y los levitas atienden su obra.

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;

11 Ellos ofrecen holocaustos e incienso aromático a Yavé cada mañana y al llegar cada noche. Ponen los panes sobre la mesa limpia. Cada noche encienden el candelabro de oro con sus lámparas para que ardan, porque nosotros guardamos el mandato de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim. Pero ustedes lo abandonaron.

By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders given to us by the Lord our God, but you have gone away from him.

12 Ciertamente ʼElohim está como Jefe con nosotros, y sus sacerdotes con las trompetas de júbilo para que resuenen contra ustedes. ¡Oh hijos de Israel, no luchen contra Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados, porque no prosperarán!

And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

13 Pero Jeroboam dispuso una emboscada para llegar contra ellos por detrás. Así que ellos estaban frente a Judá, pero los de la tropa emboscada estaban por la retaguardia.

But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

14 Cuando Judá dio vuelta, ciertamente eran atacados por el frente y por la retaguardia. Entonces clamaron a Yavé, los sacerdotes tocaron las trompetas

And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

15 y los hombres de Judá lanzaron el grito de guerra. Sucedió que cuando los hombres de Judá gritaron, ʼElohim desbarató a Jeroboam y a todo Israel delante de Abías y de Judá.

And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

16 Los hijos de Israel huyeron, porque ʼElohim los entregó en mano de Judá.

And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

17 Abías y su pueblo hicieron una gran matanza entre ellos. Cayeron en combate 500.000 hombres escogidos de Israel.

And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

18 De esta manera los descendientes de Israel fueron humillados en aquel tiempo, pero los hijos de Judá prevalecieron porque se apoyaron en Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados.

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

19 Abías persiguió a Jeroboam y le tomó algunas ciudades, a Bet-ʼEl, a Jesana y a Efraín, cada una con sus aldeas.

And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

20 Jeroboam no recuperó su poder en el tiempo de Abías. Yavé lo hirió, y murió.

And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

21 Abías se fortaleció. Tomó para él 14 esposas, y engendró 22 hijos y 16 hijas.

But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 Los demás hechos de Abías, sus procedimientos y dichos, están escritos en el rollo del profeta Iddo.

And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.