2 Crónicas 36

1 El pueblo de la tierra tomó a Joacaz, hijo de Josías, y lo proclamó rey en Jerusalén en lugar de su padre.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they appointed him king in place of his father, in Jerusalem.

2 Joacaz tenía 23 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses en Jerusalén.

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.

3 El rey de Egipto lo destituyó en Jerusalén, e impuso al país un tributo de 3,3 toneladas de plata y 33 kilogramos de oro.

Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

4 Después el rey de Egipto proclamó a Eliaquim, hermano de Joacaz, como rey de Judá y Jerusalén, y cambió su nombre por Joacim. Y [el rey] Necao tomó a su hermano Joacaz y lo llevó a Egipto.

And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.

5 Joacim tenía 25 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 11 años en Jerusalén. Hizo lo malo ante Yavé su ʼElohim.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.

6 Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, subió contra él. Lo ató con grillos de bronce y lo llevó a Babilonia.

Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.

7 Además, Nabucodonosor llevó a Babilonia parte de los utensilios de la Casa de Yavé y los depositó en su templo en Babilonia.

And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.

8 Los demás hechos de Joacim, las repugnancias que cometió y lo que fue hallado contra él, ciertamente están escritos en el rollo de los reyes de Israel y de Judá. Su hijo Joaquín reinó en su lugar.

But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.

9 Joaquín tenía ocho años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses y diez días en Jerusalén. Hizo lo malo ante Yavé.

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

10 Después del año el rey Nabucodonosor lo detuvo y lo llevó a Babilonia juntamente con los utensilios preciosos de la Casa de Yavé. Proclamó a su hermano Sedequías como rey de Judá y Jerusalén.

And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 Sedequías tenía 21 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 11 años en Jerusalén.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 Hizo lo malo ante Yavé su ʼElohim, y no se humilló delante del profeta Jeremías, quien le hablaba de parte de Yavé. También se rebeló contra el rey Nabucodonosor, ante el cual juró por ʼElohim.

And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.

13 Se volvió indómito y obstinó su corazón para no regresar a Yavé, el ʼElohim de Israel.

Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.

14 También todos los jefes de los sacerdotes y el pueblo aumentaron la infidelidad al actuar según las repugnancias de las naciones y profanar la Casa de Yavé que Él santificó en Jerusalén.

Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.

15 Yavé, el ʼElohim de sus antepasados, les envió sus mensajeros, porque Él se compadecía de su pueblo y de su vivienda.

Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.

16 Pero ellos se burlaron de los mensajeros de ʼElohim y despreciaron la Palabra de Él. Se burlaban de sus profetas hasta que la ira de Yavé se encendió contra su pueblo y no hubo remedio.

But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.

17 Entonces el rey de los caldeos subió contra ellos y mató a espada a sus jóvenes en la Casa de su Santuario. No tuvo compasión del joven, la doncella, el anciano ni el débil. A todos los entregó en su mano.

For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.

18 Llevó a Babilonia todos los utensilios de la Casa de ʼElohim, grandes y pequeños, y los tesoros de la Casa de Yavé y los del rey y de sus jefes.

And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.

19 Quemaron la Casa de ʼElohim y destruyeron el muro de Jerusalén. Incendiaron todos los edificios fortificados y destruyeron todos los objetos valiosos que había en ella.

The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.

20 A los que escaparon de la espada los llevó cautivos a Babilonia, y fueron esclavos de él y sus hijos hasta cuando se impuso el reino de Persia,

If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,

21 para que se cumpliera la Palabra de Yavé por boca de Jeremías, hasta cuando la tierra disfrutó sus sábados. Guardó sábado todo el tiempo de la desolación hasta cumplirse 70 años.

and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.

22 En el primer año de Ciro, rey de Persia, para que se cumpliera la Palabra de Yavé pronunciada por boca de Jeremías, Yavé despertó el espíritu de Ciro, rey de Persia, quien hizo pregonar por escrito en todo su reino:

Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:

23 Ciro, rey de Persia, dice: Yavé, el ʼElohim del cielo, me dio todos los reinos de la tierra y me designó para que le construya una Casa en Jerusalén, que está en Judá. El que de ustedes sea de su pueblo, que Yavé su ʼElohim sea con él, y suba.

“Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”