2 Crónicas 15
1 Entonces el Espíritu de ʼElohim vino sobre Azarías, hijo de Oded,
The Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded:
2 quien salió al encuentro de Asa y le dijo: Escúchenme, Asa y todo Judá y Benjamín: Yavé está con ustedes, si ustedes están con Él. Si lo buscan, será hallado por ustedes, pero si lo abandonan, Él los abandonará.
and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Mucho tiempo estuvo Israel sin el ʼElohim verdadero, sin sacerdote que enseñara y sin Ley.
Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
4 Pero cuando se volvieron a Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel, en su aflicción y lo buscaron, Él les permitió encontrarlo.
But when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them.
5 En aquellos tiempos no había paz para el que salía ni para el que entraba, sino muchas aflicciones para todos los habitantes de las tierras.
In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
6 Así que una nación era destruida por otra nación y una ciudad por otra ciudad, porque ʼElohim las turbaba con toda clase de adversidades.
They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.
7 Pero esfuércense ustedes y no desmayen sus manos, porque hay recompensa para su labor.
But you be strong, and do not let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded."
8 Cuando Asa oyó estas palabras y la profecía de Azarías, hijo de Oded, se animó y quitó los ídolos repugnantes de toda la tierra de Judá, Benjamín y las ciudades que tomó en la región montañosa de Efraín. Reconstruyó el altar de Yavé que estaba delante del patio de Yavé.
When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the vestibule of the LORD.
9 Después los de Efraín, Manasés y Simeón, quienes vivían con Judá y Benjamín, se reunieron con ellos. Muchos de Israel se pasaron al [rey Asa] porque veían que Yavé su ʼElohim estaba con él.
He gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and those who lived with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10 Se reunieron en Jerusalén el mes tercero del año 15 del reinado de Asa.
So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11 Aquel día sacrificaron a Yavé 700 becerros y 7.000 ovejas del botín que llevaron.
They sacrificed to the LORD in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
12 Hicieron un pacto solemne para buscar a Yavé ʼElohim de sus antepasados, con todo su corazón y su alma,
They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
13 y que todo el que no buscara a Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, muriera, fuera grande o pequeño, hombre o mujer.
and that whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
14 Juraron delante de Yavé con gran voz, gritos de júbilo, trompetas y cornetas.
They swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 Toda Judá se regocijó a causa del juramento, pues juraron con todo su corazón que lo buscarían con toda su voluntad. Y fue hallado por ellos, y Yavé les dio paz por todas partes.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest all around.
16 El rey Asa aun despojó a su propia madre Maaca de su dignidad real, porque hizo una imagen repugnante de Asera. Asa taló el ídolo repugnante, lo desmenuzó y lo quemó junto al torrente Cedrón.
Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it in the Kidron Valley.
17 Sin embargo, los lugares altos no fueron quitados de Israel, aunque el corazón de Asa se mantuvo íntegro todo su tiempo.
But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18 Llevó plata, oro y utensilios a la Casa de ʼElohim, lo que su padre y él mismo consagraron.
He brought into God's house the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
19 No hubo guerra hasta el año 35 del reinado de Asa.
There was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
