2 Crónicas 32
1 Después de estas cosas y de esta fidelidad, Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, llegó e invadió Judá. Sitió las ciudades fortificadas y se propuso dominarlas.
After King Hezekiah had obeyed Yahweh’s instructions and had done all those things, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] and invaded Judah. He commanded his soldiers to surround the cities that had walls around them, thinking that they would [break through those walls and] conquer those cities.
2 Al ver Ezequías que Senaquerib llegó con intención de combatir contra Jerusalén,
When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come [with his army] and that they intended to attack Jerusalem,
3 resolvió con sus jefes y sus valientes cegar los manantiales que estaban fuera de la ciudad, y ellos lo apoyaron.
he consulted with his officials and army leaders. They said among themselves, “Why should we allow the king of Assyria [and his army] to come and find plenty of water to drink?” So they decided to stop the water from flowing outside the city. So a large group of men gathered together and blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through that area.
4 Mucho pueblo se juntó y cegaron todos los manantiales, y también el arroyo que fluía a través del territorio, pues dijeron: ¿Por qué los reyes de Asiria deben hallar agua cuando vengan?
5 Ezequías se animó, reconstruyó todo el muro que estaba derribado y levantó torres sobre él. Levantó otro muro por fuera, fortificó el terraplén de la Ciudad de David e hizo muchas espadas y escudos.
Then they worked hard to repair all the sections of the city wall that had been broken, and they built watchtowers on the walls. They built another wall outside/around the wall that was already outside the city, and they strengthened the defenses on the sloping terraces [on the east side of the area called ‘The City of David’]. They also made a large number of weapons and shields.
6 Designó jefes sobre el pueblo. Los reunió ante él en la plaza de la puerta de la ciudad y les habló al corazón:
Hezekiah appointed army commanders, and he gathered them in front of him in the square at one of the city gates, and he encouraged them by saying this to them:
7 ¡Esfuércense y sean valientes! No teman ni desmayen a causa del rey de Asiria y de la multitud que está con él, porque más son los que están con nosotros que los que están con él.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged on account of the king of Assyria and the huge army that is with him, because [Yahweh] is with us, and his [power] is greater than their [power].
8 Con él está un brazo de carne, pero con nosotros está Yavé nuestro ʼElohim para ayudarnos y pelear nuestras batallas. Y el pueblo tuvo confianza en las palabras de Ezequías, rey de Judá.
They have to rely on the power of humans, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and to fight battles for us.” So the people became more confident because of what Hezekiah, the king of Judah, said.
9 Después de esto, Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, quien había sitiado Laquis con todas sus fuerzas, envió a sus esclavos a Jerusalén, a Ezequías, rey de Judá, y a todos los de Judá que estaban en Jerusalén, y dijeron:
Later, when Sennacherib and all his soldiers were surrounding Lachish [city], he sent some officers to Jerusalem to give this message to King Hezekiah and to all the people of Judah who were there:
10 Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, dice: ¿En qué confían ustedes quienes se quedan sitiados en Jerusalén?
“[I am] Sennacherib, the [great] king of Assyria, [and] this is what I say: 'While you are staying in Jerusalem, my soldiers are surrounding the city. So why [RHQ] are you so confident?
11 ¿No los engaña Ezequías para entregarlos a morir de hambre y de sed, al decir: Yavé nuestro ʼElohim nos librará de mano del rey de Asiria?
Hezekiah says to you, “Yahweh our God will save us from [being defeated by the army of] the king of Assyria,” but he is misleading you. He wants you to die from having no food or water.
12 ¿No es este Ezequías el mismo que quitó sus lugares altos y sus altares, y ordenó a Judá y a Jerusalén: Ante este único altar se postrarán, y sobre él quemarán incienso?
Isn’t Hezekiah the one who told his men to get rid of your god Yahweh’s shrines and altars on the hilltops, saying to [you people of] Jerusalem and other places in Judah, “You must worship at only one altar and burn sacrifices on only that altar”?
13 ¿No saben lo que yo y mis antepasados hicimos a todos los pueblos de la tierra? ¿Pudieron los ʼelohim de naciones librar su tierra de mi mano?
'Do you people not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people-groups in other countries? [We destroyed them all, and] none of the gods of those nations were ever able to prevent my [troops] from conquering them! So how can your god prevent my soldiers from conquering you?
14 ¿Cuál de todos los ʼelohim de las naciones que mis antepasados destruyeron completamente, pudo librar a su pueblo de mi mano, para que su ʼElohim pueda librarlos a ustedes de mi mano?
15 Ahora pues, no los engañe Ezequías ni los persuada de esta manera, ni le crean porque ningún ʼelohim de todas aquellas naciones o reinos pudo librar a su pueblo de mi mano, ni de la mano de mis antepasados. ¡Cuánto menos su ʼElohim podrá librarlos de mi mano!
So do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you like this. Do not believe what he says, because no god of any nation or kingdom has ever been able to rescue his people from being conquered by my army and the armies of my ancestors. So certainly your god will not be able to rescue you from my power'.”
16 Sus esclavos hablaron muchas otras cosas contra Yavé ʼElohim y su esclavo Ezequías.
Sennacherib’s officers said more things to belittle Yahweh the God of the Israelis and Hezekiah, who served God [well].
17 También escribió cartas en las cuales blasfemaba contra Yavé, ʼElohim de Israel, y hablaba contra Él de este modo: Así como los ʼelohim de otras naciones no libraron a sus pueblos de mi mano, tampoco el ʼElohim de Ezequías librará a su pueblo de mi mano.
King Sennacherib wrote more letters insulting Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [belonged to/worshiped]. He said things like this: “The gods [worshiped by] the people-groups in other countries did not rescue their people from my power. Similarly, the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my power.”
18 Clamaban a gran voz en la lengua de Judá al pueblo de Jerusalén que estaba en el muro, para intimidarlos y aterrorizarlos a fin de tomar la ciudad.
Then King Sennachereb’s officers shouted in the Hebrew language to the people who were on the wall, in order to cause them to be terrified, thinking that as a result the army of Assyria could capture the city [without a battle].
19 Hablaron del ʼElohim de Jerusalén como de los que son ʼelohim de los pueblos de la tierra, obra de manos de hombres.
They belittled the God [worshiped by the people] of Jerusalem as they belittled the gods of the other people-groups of the world—saying that they were only [idols] made by humans.
20 Pero el rey Ezequías y el profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz, oraron acerca de esto y clamaron al cielo.
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah cried out to God, praying about this.
21 Yavé envió un ángel, el cual hirió a todos los guerreros esforzados, oficiales y jefes en el campamento del rey de Asiria, quien regresó a su tierra avergonzado. Cuando entraba en el templo de su ʼelohim, algunos de sus propios hijos lo mataron allí a espada.
And [that night] Yahweh sent an angel who killed all the soldiers of Assyria and their leaders and their officers in the place where the king of Assyria and his army had set up their tents. So the king of Assyria left and returned to his own country, very disgraced. And one day when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons struck him with their swords and killed him.
22 De este modo Yavé salvó a Ezequías y a los habitantes de Jerusalén de la mano de Senaquerib, rey de Asiria, y de la mano de todos. Los guió por todos lados.
That is how Yahweh rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from their other enemies. Yahweh took care of them (OR, gave them peace) everywhere in the country.
23 Muchos llevaron ofrendas para Yavé a Jerusalén y magníficos presentes para Ezequías, rey de Judá. A partir de ese tiempo su nombre fue exaltado ante todas las naciones.
Many people brought offerings for Yahweh to Jerusalem, and also brought valuable gifts for King Hezekiah. And from that time, Hezekiah was highly respected/honored by the people of all the other nations.
24 En aquellos días Ezequías enfermó de muerte, pero oró a Yavé. Él le respondió y le dio una señal.
About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered his prayer. He performed a miracle [and healed Hezekiah].
25 Pero Ezequías no correspondió al bien que recibió. Más bien su corazón se enalteció, y la ira [de ]Yavé llegó sobre él, sobre Judá y Jerusalén.
But Hezekiah [SYN] was very proud, and he did not thank Yahweh for being kind to him. Therefore Yahweh was angry with him and [and punished him] and [the people of] Jerusalem and other places in Judah.
26 Sin embargo Ezequías se humilló junto con los habitantes de Jerusalén, de modo que la ira de Yavé no recayó sobre ellos en los días de Ezequías.
Then Hezekiah said that he was sorry for being proud, and the people of Jerusalem also said that they were sorry [for their sins]. So Yahweh did not punish them during the remaining years that Hezekiah [was their king].
27 Ezequías tuvo muchas riquezas y esplendor. Acumuló grandes tesoros de plata, oro, piedras preciosas, perfumes, escudos y toda clase de joyas deseables.
Hezekiah became very rich and was greatly honored. His [workers] made storerooms for his silver and gold, and for his very valuable stones, and for spices and shields and other valuable things.
28 Hizo almacenes para el grano, el mosto y el aceite, establos para toda clase de bestias y apriscos para los rebaños.
[His workers] also built buildings to store the grain and wine and [olive] oil [that people produced and brought to him]. They also made stalls for various kinds of cattle and pens for his flocks [of sheep and goats].
29 También adquirió ciudades, pues tenía numerosos rebaños de ovejas y hatos de ganado vacuno en abundancia, porque ʼElohim le dio muchas riquezas.
They built towns and acquired for the king many flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of cattle], because God had enabled him to become very rich.
30 El mismo Ezequías cegó la salida superior de las aguas del Gihón y las dirigió hacia el occidente de la Ciudad de David. Y Ezequías prosperó en todo lo que hizo.
Hezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the Gihon Spring, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called ‘The City of David’. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do.
31 Sin embargo, en el asunto de los embajadores de los gobernantes de Babilonia que fueron enviados a él para investigar el prodigio que aconteció en el país, ʼElohim lo dejó para probarlo, a fin de conocer todo lo que había en su corazón.
But when messengers who were sent by the rulers of Babylon came and asked about the miracle that God had performed for him, God allowed Hezekiah to say what he himself wanted to say, in order to test [whether or not Hezekiah would admit that God had performed a miracle].
32 Los demás hechos de Ezequías y sus obras piadosas ciertamente están escritos en la visión del profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz, en el rollo de los Reyes de Judá y de Israel.
A record of the other things that happened while Hezekiah was ruling, and the things that he did to please God, is on the scroll in which is written the vision that [Yahweh gave to] the prophet Isaiah. It is also written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
33 Ezequías reposó con sus antepasados, y lo sepultaron en el sector superior de los sepulcros de los descendientes de David. Todo Judá y los habitantes de Jerusalén le rindieron honores en su muerte. Su hijo Manasés reinó en su lugar.
When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the tombs where the most respected kings [of Judah] were buried. Everyone in Jerusalem and other places in Judah honored him. Then his son Manasseh became the king.
