2 Reyes 20

1 En aquellos días Ezequías cayó enfermo de muerte. El profeta Isaías, hijo de Amoz, fue a él y le dijo: Yavé dice: Ordena tu casa, porque morirás y no vivirás.

About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”

2 Y él volvió su rostro hacia la pared y oró a Yavé:

Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,

3 Te ruego, oh Yavé, que recuerdes que he andado delante de Ti con verdad y un corazón íntegro, y que hice lo bueno ante Ti. Ezequías lloraba amargamente.

“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.

4 Aconteció que antes que Isaías saliera del patio central, le vino Palabra de Yavé:

Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message

5 Vuelve y dí a Ezequías, líder de mi pueblo: Yavé, el ʼElohim de David tu antepasado, dice: Escuché tu oración y vi tus lágrimas. Mira, Yo te sano. Al tercer día irás al Templo de Yavé.

which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my temple.

6 Añado a tu vida 15 años. Te libraré a ti y a esta ciudad de mano del rey de Asiria. Ampararé a esta ciudad por amor a Mí y a mi esclavo David.

I will enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”

7 Isaías dijo: Tomen masa de higos. La llevaron, la colocaron sobre la úlcera y sanó.

So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”

8 Ezequías preguntó a Isaías: ¿Qué señal tendré de que Yavé me sanará, y al tercer día iré a la Casa de Yavé?

Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”

9 Isaías contestó: Esto te será señal de parte de Yavé, que Él hará lo que te dijo: ¿Avanzará la sombra diez gradas, o retrocederá diez gradas?

Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”

10 Y Ezequías respondió: Fácil cosa es que la sombra avance diez gradas, pero no que la sombra vuelva atrás diez gradas.

Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”

11 Entonces el profeta Isaías invocó a Yavé, e hizo volver la sombra diez gradas hacia atrás por las gradas que había descendido en la gradería de Acaz.

So Isaiah prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King Ahaz).

12 En aquel tiempo Berodac-baladán, hijo de Baladán, rey de Babilonia, envió una carta y un presente a Ezequías, porque oyó que Ezequías estuvo enfermo.

At that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.

13 Ezequías recibió [a los mensajeros] y les mostró toda la casa de su tesorería, la plata y el oro, las especias y ungüentos preciosos, su casa de armas, y todo lo que había en sus tesoros. No hubo algo que Ezequías no les mostrara, tanto en su casa como en todos sus dominios.

[When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.

14 Entonces el profeta Isaías fue al rey Ezequías, y le dijo: ¿Qué dijeron esos hombres y de dónde vinieron? Y Ezequías le contestó: Vinieron de una tierra lejana, de Babilonia.

Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”

15 Y él preguntó: ¿Qué vieron en tu casa? Y Ezequías respondió: Vieron todo lo que hay en mi casa. No hay algo en mis tesoros que no les mostrara.

Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”

16 Isaías dijo a Ezequías: Escucha Palabra de Yavé:

[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.

17 Ciertamente vienen días en los cuales todo lo que está en tu casa y todo lo que tus antepasados atesoraron hasta hoy, será llevado a Babilonia. Nada quedará, dice Yavé.

There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]

18 [Algunos] de tus hijos que engendraste serán tomados para que sean esclavos en el palacio del rey de Babilonia.

Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants in the palace of the King of Babylon.”

19 Ezequías respondió a Isaías: Buena es la Palabra de Yavé que has pronunciado. Y añadió: Al menos habrá paz y seguridad en mi tiempo.

Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”

20 Los demás hechos de Ezequías, todo su valor, y cómo hizo el estanque y el acueducto para llevar el agua a la ciudad, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de los reyes de Judá?

[If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

21 Ezequías reposó con sus antepasados, y reinó en su lugar su hijo Manasés.

Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.