2 Reyes 17
1 El año 12 de Acaz, rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Oseas, hijo de Ela, sobre Israel en Samaria, y reinó nueve años.
In the twelfth year of Ahaz, king of Judah, Hoshea, the son of Elah, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for nine years.
2 Hizo lo malo ante Yavé, aunque no como los reyes de Israel que reinaron antes de él.
He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, though not like the kings of Israel before him.
3 Salmanasar, rey de Asiria, subió contra Oseas, quien se convirtió en su vasallo y le pagó tributo.
Against him came up Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and sent him offerings.
4 Pero el rey de Asiria descubrió que Oseas conspiraba, pues envió mensajeros a So, rey de Egipto, y porque no pagó el tributo al rey de Asiria, como lo hacía cada año. Por tanto el rey de Asiria lo detuvo y lo encerró en la cárcel.
But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.
5 Entonces el rey de Asiria invadió toda la tierra, subió contra Samaria y la sitió durante tres años.
Then the king of Assyria went through all the land and came up to Samaria, shutting it in with his forces for three years.
6 El año noveno de Oseas, el rey de Asiria tomó Samaria y llevó a Israel en cautiverio a Asiria, y decidió que habitaran en Halah y Habor, junto al río Gozán, y en las ciudades de los medos.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and took Israel away to Assyria, placing them in Halah and in Habor on the river Gozan, and in the towns of the Medes.
7 Esto sucedió porque los hijos de Israel pecaron contra Yavé su ʼElohim, Quien los sacó de la tierra de Egipto, del poder de Faraón, rey de Egipto. Reverenciaron a otros ʼelohim
And the wrath of the Lord came on Israel because they had done evil against the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt from under the yoke of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and had become worshippers of other gods,
8 y practicaron las costumbres de las naciones que Yavé expulsó de delante de ellos y las [costumbres] que establecieron los reyes de Israel.
Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.
9 Los hijos de Israel hicieron secretamente cosas no rectas contra Yavé su ʼElohim. Además edificaron lugares altos en todas sus ciudades, desde torres de vigías hasta ciudades fortificadas.
And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.
10 Levantaron columnas e imágenes de Asera en toda colina alta y debajo de todo árbol frondoso.
They put up pillars of stone and wood on every high hill and under every green tree:
11 Allí quemaron incienso en todos los lugares altos, como los pueblos que Yavé desterró de delante de ellos. Hicieron cosas malas que provocaron la ira de Yavé,
Burning their offerings in all the high places, as those nations did whom the Lord sent away from before them; they did evil things, moving the Lord to wrath;
12 porque sirvieron a los ídolos, con respecto a los cuales Yavé les dijo: No harán tal cosa.
And they made themselves servants of disgusting things, though the Lord had said, You are not to do this.
13 Yavé amonestaba a Israel y a Judá por medio de todos los profetas y de todo vidente: Regresen de sus malos caminos y guarden mis Mandamientos y mis Preceptos, según toda la Ley que Yo prescribí a sus antepasados y les envié por medio de mis esclavos profetas.
And he gave witness to Israel and Judah, by every prophet and seer, saying, Come back from your evil ways, and do my orders and keep my rules, and be guided by the law which I gave to your fathers and sent to you by my servants the prophets.
14 Pero ellos no obedecieron, sino fueron indómitos, como sus antepasados, quienes no permanecieron fieles a Yavé su ʼElohim.
And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.
15 Desecharon sus Preceptos, el Pacto que hizo con sus antepasados y las exhortaciones con las cuales les advirtió. Siguieron tras la vanidad y se volvieron vacíos. Fueron tras las naciones que estaban a su alrededor, con respecto a las cuales Yavé les ordenó que no hicieran como ellas.
And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.
16 Repugnaron todos los Mandamientos de Yavé su ʼElohim, e hicieron para ellos imágenes fundidas de dos becerros y una Asera. Se postraron ante todo el ejército del cielo y sirvieron a baal.
And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.
17 Pasaron a sus hijos y a sus hijas por el fuego, practicaron los encantamientos y las adivinaciones, y se dedicaron a hacer lo malo ante Yavé para provocarlo a ira.
And they made their sons and their daughters go through the fire, and they made use of secret arts and unnatural powers, and gave themselves up to doing evil in the eyes of the Lord, till he was moved to wrath.
18 Por lo cual Yavé se airó muchísimo contra Israel. Los apartó de su presencia, y no quedó sino solo la tribu de Judá.
So the Lord was very angry with Israel, and his face was turned away from them: only the tribe of Judah kept its place.
19 Judá tampoco guardó los Mandamientos de Yavé su ʼElohim, sino anduvieron en las costumbres que Israel estableció.
(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.
20 Entonces Yavé desechó a toda la descendencia de Israel. Los afligió y los entregó en mano de saqueadores, hasta echarlos de su Presencia.
So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.)
21 Cuando Él separó a Israel de la casa de David, ellos proclamaron rey a Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat. Jeroboam apartó a Israel de seguir a Yavé, y los llevó a cometer un gran pecado.
For Israel was broken off from the family of David, and they made Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, king, who, driving them away from the laws of the Lord, made them do a great sin.
22 Los hijos de Israel anduvieron en todos los pecados que Jeroboam cometió. No se apartaron de ellos,
And the children of Israel went on with all the sins which Jeroboam did; they did not keep themselves from them;
23 hasta cuando Yavé apartó a Israel de su Presencia, tal como dijo por medio de todos sus esclavos profetas. Entonces Israel fue llevado cautivo de su tierra a Asiria hasta hoy.
Till the Lord put Israel away from before his face, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was taken away from their land to Assyria, to this day.
24 El rey de Asiria trajo gente de Babilonia, Cuta, Ava, Hamat y Sefarvaim, y los estableció en las ciudades de Samaria en lugar de los hijos de Israel. Así ocuparon Samaria y vivieron en sus ciudades.
Then the king of Assyria took men from Babylon and from Cuthah and Avva and Hamath and Sepharvaim, and put them in the towns of Samaria in place of the children of Israel; so they got Samaria for their heritage, living in its towns.
25 Pero como no temían a Yavé, sucedió que, cuando comenzaron a vivir allí, Yavé envió leones contra ellos los cuales los mataban.
Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.
26 Entonces ellos enviaron a decir al rey de Asiria: Las gentes que trasladaste y colocaste en las ciudades de Samaria no conocen la costumbre del ʼElohim de la tierra, el cual envió leones contra ellas. Ciertamente las matan, porque no conocen la costumbre del ʼElohim de la tierra.
So they said to the king of Assyria, The nations whom you have taken as prisoners and put in the towns of Samaria, have no knowledge of the way of the god of the land: so he has sent lions among them, causing their death, because they have no knowledge of his way.
27 Y el rey de Asiria mandó a decir: Lleven allá a alguno de los sacerdotes que trajeron cautivos de allá, que vaya y viva allí, y les enseñe la costumbre del ʼElohim de la tierra.
Then the king of Assyria gave orders, saying, Send there one of the priests whom you took away, and let him be living there and teaching the people the way of the god of the land.
28 Llegó uno de los sacerdotes que deportaron de Samaria. Vivió en Bet-ʼEl y les enseñó cómo debían reverenciar a Yavé.
So one of the priests whom they had taken away as a prisoner from Samaria came back, and, living in Beth-el, became their teacher in the worship of the Lord.
29 Pero cada pueblo hacía sus propios ʼelohim y los ponía en los santuarios de los lugares altos que los de Samaria hacían. Cada pueblo hacía esto en la ciudad donde vivía.
And every nation made gods for themselves, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the towns where they were living.
30 De esta manera los hombres de Babilonia rendían culto a Sucot-benot, los hombres de Cuta a Nergal y los hombres de Hamat a Asima.
The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
31 Los aveos hicieron una imagen de Nibhaz y de Tartac. Los sefarveos quemaban a sus hijos en el fuego para adorar a Adramelec y Anamelec, ʼelohim de Sefarvaim.
The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites gave their children to be burned in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
32 Aunque reverenciaban a Yavé, designaron sacerdotes de entre ellos para los lugares altos, quienes ofrecían sacrificios a favor de ellos en los santuarios de dichos lugares.
So they went on worshipping the Lord, and made for themselves, from among all the people, priests for the high places, to make offerings for them in the houses of the high places.
33 De modo que reverenciaban a Yavé, pero también servían a sus propios ʼelohim, según la costumbre de las naciones de donde fueron deportados.
They gave worship to the Lord, but they gave honour to their gods like the nations did from whom they had been taken as prisoners.
34 Hasta hoy obran según las costumbres antiguas: No reverencian a Yavé, ni actúan según sus Preceptos, a sus Ordenanzas, a la Ley y al Mandamiento que Yavé prescribió a los hijos de Jacob, al cual llamó Israel.
So to this day they go on in their old ways, not worshipping the Lord or keeping his orders or his ways or the law and the rule which the Lord gave to the children of Jacob, to whom he gave the name Israel;
35 Yavé hizo un Pacto con ellos y les ordenó: No teman a otros ʼelohim, ni se inclinen ante ellos, ni les sirvan, ni les ofrezcan sacrificios,
And the Lord made an agreement with them and gave them orders, saying, You are to have no other gods; you are not to give worship to them or be their servants or make them offerings:
36 sino solo a Yavé, Quien los sacó de la tierra de Egipto con gran poder y brazo extendido. A Él temerán, ante Él se inclinarán y ofrecerán sacrificios.
But the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt with his great power and his outstretched arm, he is your God, to whom you are to give worship and make offerings:
37 Tendrán cuidado de practicar todos los días los Preceptos, las Ordenanzas, la Ley y los Mandamientos que escribí para ustedes. No teman a otros ʼelohim,
And the rules and the orders and the law which he put in writing for you, you are to keep and do for ever; you are to have no other gods.
38 ni olviden el Pacto que hice con ustedes. No teman a otros ʼelohim,
And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.
39 sino teman a Yavé su ʼElohim, y Él los librará de la mano de todos sus enemigos.
And you are to give worship to the Lord your God; for it is he who will give you salvation from the hands of all who are against you.
40 Pero ellos no escucharon, sino hicieron según su antigua costumbre.
But they gave no attention, but went on in their old way.
41 Así pues, aquellas gentes reverenciaban a Yavé, pero al mismo tiempo rendían culto a sus imágenes. Sus hijos y sus nietos practicaron hasta hoy lo mismo que sus antepasados.
So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.
