2 Crónicas 28
1 Acaz tenía 20 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 16 años en Jerusalén, pero no hizo lo recto ante Yavé como David su antepasado.
Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh
2 Anduvo en los caminos de los reyes de Israel e hizo imágenes de fundición de los baales.
and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.
3 Quemó incienso en el valle del hijo de Hinom y pasó a sus hijos por fuego, según las repugnancias de los pueblos que Yavé expulsó de delante de los hijos de Israel.
He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even [killed some of] his own sons [and] offered [them] as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.
4 También sacrificó y quemó incienso en los lugares altos, en las colinas y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.
Ahaz offered sacrifices [to idols] at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree.
5 Por tanto, Yavé su ʼElohim lo entregó en manos del rey de los sirios, quienes lo derrotaron y le tomaron gran número de prisioneros que llevaron a Damasco. Fue también entregado en manos del rey de Israel, quien lo derrotó con gran matanza.
Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers.
6 Porque Peca, hijo de Remalías mató a 120.000 hombres en un solo día en Judá, todos ellos hombres valientes, por cuanto abandonaron a Yavé el ʼElohim de sus antepasados.
In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah [of Israel], killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because [the people of] Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped].
7 También Zicri, un valiente de Efraín, mató a Maasías, hijo del rey, a Azricam, mayordomo del palacio, y a Elcana, segundo después del rey.
Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant.
8 Los hijos de Israel tomaron cautivos a 200.000 de sus hermanos, mujeres, hijo e hijas. También tomaron de ellos un gran botín y se lo llevaron a Samaria.
The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters [of the soldiers of Judah]. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things.
9 Pero había allí un profeta de Yavé llamado Oded, quien salió al encuentro del ejército que regresaba a Samaria y les dijo: Ciertamente a causa de que Yavé el ʼElohim de los antepasados de ustedes estaba airado contra Judá, los entregó en su mano, pero ustedes los mataron con una ira que llegó hasta los cielos.
But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there [in Samaria]. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors [belonged to], was angry with [the people of] Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them.
10 Ahora se proponen someter a ustedes mismos al pueblo de Judá y de Jerusalén como esclavos y esclavas. ¿Ciertamente no practican ustedes transgresiones contra Yavé su ʼElohim?
And now you want to [sin by] causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God!
11 Ahora pues, escúchenme, y devuelvan a los cautivos que tomaron de sus hermanos, pues el ardor de la ira de Yavé está contra ustedes.
So listen to me! Send back [to Judah] your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you [for what you did to them].”
12 Entonces algunos de los jefes de los hijos de Efraín: Azarías, hijo de Hohanam, Berequías y Ezequías, hijo de Meshillemoth, Jehizhiah, hijo de Salum y Amasa, hijo de Hadlai, se levantaron contra los que llegaban de la batalla
Then some of the leaders of [the tribe of] Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle.
13 y les dijeron: No traigan acá a los cautivos, porque el pecado contra Yavé caerá sobre nosotros. Ustedes tratan de añadir a nuestros pecados y culpas, pues es muy grande nuestro delito. El ardor de su ira está contra Israel.
They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with [us people of] Israel!”
14 Entonces el ejército dejó a los cautivos y el botín delante de los jefes y de toda la congregación.
So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured.
15 Se levantaron unos varones que fueron designados por nombre y tomaron a los cautivos. Con los despojos vistieron a todos los que estaban desnudos entre ellos y los calzaron. Les dieron de comer y beber, y los ungieron. Llevaron a los débiles en asnos y los condujeron a Jericó, la ciudad de las palmeras, cerca de sus hermanos. Y ellos regresaron a Samaria.
The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders [of Israel] returned to Samaria.
16 En aquel tiempo el rey Acaz envió a pedir ayuda al rey de Asiria,
About that time, King Ahaz sent [a message] to the king of Assyria requesting help.
17 porque los edomitas llegaron otra vez, atacaron a Judá y llevaron cautivos.
[He did that because the army from] the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners.
18 También los filisteos hicieron una incursión en las ciudades de la Sefela y del Neguev de Judá. Tomaron Bet-semes, Ajalón, Gederot y Socó con sus aldeas, Timná con sus aldeas, y Gimzo con sus aldeas, y se establecieron allí,
At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth [cities], as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo [towns] and the nearby villages.
19 por cuanto Yavé humilló a Judá a causa de Acaz, rey de Judá, quien promovió el desenfreno en Judá y fue muy infiel a Yavé.
Yahweh [allowed those things to happen in order to] humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much.
20 Tiglat-Pileser, rey de Asiria, fue a él, pero lo redujo en lugar de fortalecerlo.
Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent [his army saying that they would] help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble.
21 Aunque Acaz despojó la Casa de Yavé, el palacio real y las casas de los jefes para pagar al rey de Asiria, eso no le ayudó.
Ahaz’s [soldiers] took some of the [valuable] things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria [to pay him to help them], but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz.
22 En el tiempo de su aflicción, el rey Acaz aumentó su infidelidad a Yavé,
While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more.
23 pues ofreció sacrificios a los ʼelohim de los damascenos que lo vencieron. Decía: Ya que los ʼelohim de los reyes de Siria los ayudaron, yo también ofreceré sacrificios a ellos para que me ayuden. Pero éstos fueron su ruina y la de todo Israel.
He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose [army] had defeated his [army]. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined.
24 Además de esto, Acaz recogió los utensilios de la Casa de ʼElohim y los despedazó. Cerró las puertas de la Casa de Yavé e hizo altares en cada esquina de Jerusalén.
Ahaz gathered all the furnishings [that were used] in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars [for worshiping idols] at every street corner in Jerusalem.
25 Hizo también lugares altos en todas las ciudades de Judá para quemar incienso a otros ʼelohim. Así provocó la ira de Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados.
In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors [worshiped], to be very angry.
26 Los demás hechos [de Acaz] y todos sus procedimientos, los primeros y los últimos, ciertamente están escritos en el rollo de los Reyes de Judá y de Israel.
A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
27 Acaz reposó con sus antepasados y lo sepultaron en la ciudad de Jerusalén, pero no en los sepulcros de los reyes de Israel. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Ezequías.
Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings [had been buried]. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.
