2 Reyes 13
1 El año 23 de Joás, hijo de Ocozías, rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Joacaz, hijo de Jehú, sobre Israel en Samaria, y reinó 17 años.
After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for 17 years.
2 Hizo lo malo ante Yavé, porque siguió tras los pecados de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, con los cuales estimuló a pecar a Israel, y no se apartó de ellos.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins.
3 La ira de Yavé se encendió contra Israel, y los entregó en repetidas ocasiones en mano de Hazael, rey de Siria, y en mano de Ben-adad, hijo de Hazael.
So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times.
4 Pero Joacaz oró a Yavé, y Yavé lo escuchó, porque Él veía la aflicción de Israel, cómo los oprimía el rey de Siria.
Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh [for help], and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis.
5 Yavé dio a Israel un libertador, y se libraron de la mano de Siria. Los hijos de Israel vivieron en sus tiendas como antes.
Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously.
6 Pero no se apartaron de los pecados de la casa de Jeroboam, con los cuales estimuló a pecar a Israel, sino anduvieron en ellos. También la Asera seguía en pie en Samaria.
But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to [also] sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria.
7 A Joacaz no le quedaban sino 50 jinetes, diez carruajes y 10.000 hombres de infantería, porque el rey de Siria los había destruido y los había dejado como el polvo de la trilla.
Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt.
8 Todos los hechos de Joacaz y su valor, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel?
[If you want to read about] [RHQ] everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
9 Joacaz descansó con sus antepasados y lo sepultaron en Samaria. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Jeoás.
Jehoahaz died [EUP] and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king.
10 El año 37 de Joás, rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Jeoás, hijo de Joacaz, sobre Israel en Samaria, y reinó 16 años.
Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years.
11 Hizo lo malo ante Yavé, y no se apartó de todos los pecados de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, con los cuales estimuló a pecar a Israel, sino anduvo en ellos.
He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that [many years earlier King] Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit.
12 Todos los hechos de Jeoás y su valor al luchar contra Amasías, rey de Judá, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel?
The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s [army’s] victories, and their war with [the army of] King Amaziah of Judah.
13 Jeoás descansó con sus antepasados, y Jeroboam se sentó en su trono. Jeoás fue sepultado en Samaria con los reyes de Israel.
When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the [other] kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king.
14 Eliseo cayó enfermo con la enfermedad por la cual iba a morir. Y Jeoás, rey de Israel, bajó y lloró delante de él, y dijo: ¡Padre mío, padre mío! ¡Carroza de Israel y su jinete!
Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. [Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven], he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers [are taking my master away]!”
15 Eliseo le dijo: Toma un arco y unas flechas. Así que él tomó un arco y unas flechas.
Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that.
16 Y dijo al rey de Israel: Pon tu mano sobre el arco. Y él puso su mano sobre el arco. Entonces Eliseo apoyó sus manos sobre las manos del rey
Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow [and prepare to shoot some arrows]. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands.
17 y dijo: Abre la ventana hacia el oriente, y él la abrió. Entonces Eliseo dijo: ¡Tira! Y al tirar él, Eliseo dijo: ¡Flecha de victoria de Yavé! ¡Sí, flecha de victoria contra Siria, pues matarás a los sirios en Afec hasta acabarlos!
Then Elisha told him, “[Have someone] open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that [indicates that your army] will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their [army] at Aphek [town].”
18 Y agregó: Toma las flechas. Y las tomó. Entonces dijo al rey de Israel: ¡Golpea la tierra! Él la golpeó tres veces y se detuvo.
Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times.
19 Y el varón de ʼElohim se airó contra él y dijo: ¡Si hubieras golpeado cinco o seis veces, entonces herirías a Siria hasta acabarla! Pero ahora vencerás a Siria solo tres veces.
But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian [army] until they were completely wiped out! But now, [because you struck the ground only three times, ] your army will defeat them only three times!”
20 Eliseo murió y lo sepultaron. El año siguiente llegaron bandas armadas de moabitas a la tierra.
Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during (spring/the time when the cold season was ending).
21 Aconteció que al sepultar a un hombre, de repente vieron una banda armada, y lanzaron el muerto al sepulcro de Eliseo. Cuando el cadáver tocó los huesos de Eliseo, revivió y se levantó sobre sus pies.
One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. [They were afraid, ] so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha [had been buried, and they ran away]. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up!
22 Hazael, rey de Siria, afligió a Israel todos los días de Joacaz.
King Hazael of Syria [sent soldiers to] oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz [ruled Judah].
23 Pero Yavé tuvo misericordia y se compadeció de ellos. Se volvió hacia ellos a causa de su Pacto con Abraham, Isaac y Jacob. No los destruyó, ni los echó de su Presencia hasta ahora.
But Yahweh was very kind [DOU] to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with [their ancestors] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them.
24 Murió Hazael, rey de Siria, y su hijo Ben-adad reinó en su lugar.
When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king.
25 Jeoás, hijo de Joacaz, volvió a quitar de mano de Ben-adad, hijo de Hazael, las ciudades que éste tomó en guerra de mano de su padre Joacaz. Tres veces Jeoás lo venció, y recuperó las ciudades de Israel.
[The army of] King Jehoash of Israel defeated [the army of] King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.
