2 Reyes 3
1 El año 18 de Josafat, rey de Judá, Joram, hijo de Acab, fue rey de Israel en Samaria, y reinó 12 años.
Truly, Joram, the son of Ahab, reigned over Israel, in Samaria, in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah. And he reigned for twelve years.
2 Hizo lo malo ante Yavé, aunque no tanto como su padre y su madre, pues quitó la imagen de baal que erigió su padre.
And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as his father and mother did. For he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.
3 Sin embargo, persistió en los pecados de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, con los cuales estimuló a pecar a Israel. No se apartó de ellos.
Yet truly, he did adhere to the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin; neither did he withdraw from these.
4 Entonces Mesa, rey de Moab, era criador de ovejas y tributaba al rey de Israel 100.000 corderos, y la lana de 100.000 carneros.
Now Mesha, the king of Moab, raised many sheep. And he repaid to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs, and one hundred thousand rams, with their fleece.
5 Pero cuando Acab murió, sucedió que el rey de Moab se rebeló contra el rey de Israel.
And when Ahab had died, he transgressed the pact that he had with the king of Israel.
6 Aquel día el rey Joram salió de Samaria y pasó revista a todo Israel.
Therefore, king Joram departed on that day from Samaria, and he took a count of all of Israel.
7 También envió a decir a Josafat, rey de Judá: El rey de Moab se rebeló contra mí. ¿Vas conmigo a la guerra contra Moab? Y él respondió: Sí, voy. Yo soy como tú, mi pueblo como tu pueblo y mis caballos como los tuyos.
And he sent to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, saying: “The king of Moab has withdrawn from me. Come to battle with me against him.” And he responded: “I will go up. What is mine, is yours. My people are your people. And my horses are your horses.”
8 Y añadió: ¿Por cuál camino iremos? Y [Joram] respondió: Por el camino del desierto de Edom.
And he said, “Along which way shall we ascend?” So he responded, “Along the desert of Idumea.”
9 El rey de Israel, el rey de Judá, y el rey de Edom salieron. Rodearon y anduvieron por el desierto siete días, hasta que no hubo agua para el campamento ni para las bestias que los seguían.
Therefore, the king of Israel, and the king of Judah, and the king of Idumea, traveled, and they went by a circuitous path for seven days. But there was no water for the army or for the beasts of burden which were following them.
10 Entonces el rey de Israel dijo: ¡Ay! ¡Yavé trajo a estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de Moab!
And the king of Israel said: “Alas, alas, alas! The Lord has gathered we three kings, so that he might deliver us into the hands of Moab.”
11 Pero Josafat preguntó: ¿No hay aquí un profeta de Yavé para que consultemos a Yavé por medio de él? Entonces uno de los esclavos del rey de Israel respondió: Aquí está Eliseo, hijo de Safat, quien vertía agua en las manos de Elías.
And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord here, so that we may appeal to the Lord through him?” And one of the servants of the king of Israel responded, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who poured water upon the hands of Elijah.”
12 Y Josafat dijo: La Palabra de Yavé está con él. Y el rey de Israel, el rey de Edom y Josafat fueron a él.
And Jehoshaphat said, “The word of the Lord is with him.” And so, the king of Israel, with Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and with the king of Idumea, descended to him.
13 Eliseo preguntó al rey de Israel: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo? Vete a los profetas de tu padre y tu madre. Pero el rey de Israel le respondió: No, porque Yavé reunió a estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de Moab.
Then Elisha said to the king of Israel: “What is there between you and me? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother.” And the king of Israel said to him, “Why has the Lord gathered these three kings, so that he might deliver them into the hands of Moab?”
14 Entonces Eliseo dijo: ¡Vive Yavé de las huestes, ante Quien estoy, que si no fuera por respeto a la presencia de Josafat, rey de Judá, no te haría caso ni te miraría!
And Elisha said to him: “As the Lord of hosts lives, in whose sight I stand, if I was not humbled by the face of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, certainly I would neither have listened to you, nor have looked upon you.
15 Pero, tráiganme ahora un tañedor. Sucedió que mientras el tañedor tañía, la mano de Yavé vino sobre Eliseo
But now, bring a musician to me.” And while the musician was playing, the hand of the Lord fell upon him, and he said:
16 y dijo: Yavé dice: Hagan en este valle muchas zanjas,
“Thus says the Lord: Make, in the channel of this torrent, pit after pit.
17 porque Yavé dice: No verán viento ni lluvia, pero este valle se llenará de agua, y beberán ustedes, sus bestias y ganado.
For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain. And yet this channel shall be filled with water. And you shall drink, you and your families, and your beasts of burden.
18 Si esto es poco ante Yavé, Él también entregará a los moabitas en manos de ustedes.
And this is small in the sight of the Lord. So, in addition, he will also deliver Moab into your hands.
19 Destruirán toda ciudad fortificada y todo pueblo importante, talarán todo árbol bueno, cerrarán toda fuente de agua y arruinarán con piedras toda tierra fértil.
And you shall strike every fortified town and every elect city. And you shall cut down every fruitful tree. And you shall obstruct all the sources of water. And you shall cover every excellent field with stones.”
20 Sucedió que a la hora de ofrecer el sacrificio de la mañana, ciertamente llegó agua por el camino de Edom, y la tierra se llenó de agua.
Then it happened that, in the morning, when the sacrifices were usually to be offered, behold, water was arriving along the way of Idumea, and the land was filled with water.
21 Cuando todos los de Moab oyeron que los reyes iban a luchar contra ellos, convocaron a todos, desde los que apenas se ataban las armas en adelante, y tomaron posición en la frontera.
Then all the Moabites, hearing that the kings had ascended so that they might fight against them, gathered all who had been girded with a belt around them, and they stood at the borders.
22 Cuando se levantaron por la mañana, el sol brillaba sobre las aguas. Los de Moab vieron desde lejos las aguas rojas como sangre
And rising up in early morning, and when the sun was now rising before the waters, the Moabites saw the waters opposite them, which were red like blood.
23 y dijeron: ¡Es sangre! Ciertamente los reyes se atacaron el uno al otro y se mataron unos con otros. Ahora pues, Moab: ¡Al botín!
And they said: “It is the blood of the sword! The kings have fought among themselves, and they have slain one another. Go now, Moab, to the spoils!”
24 Pero cuando llegaron al campamento de Israel, se levantaron los israelitas y atacaron a los de Moab, quienes huyeron de ellos. Pero los persiguieron y mataron a los moabitas.
And they went into the camp of Israel. But Israel, rising up, struck Moab, and they fled before them. And since they had prevailed, they went and struck down Moab.
25 Asolaron las ciudades. En todas las tierras fértiles cada uno echó su piedra y la llenaron. Cerraron toda fuente de agua. Talaron todos los árboles buenos. Incluso a Kir-herés solo le quedaron piedras, después que los honderos la cercaron y la destruyeron.
And they destroyed the cities. And they filled up every excellent field, each one casting stones. And they obstructed all the sources of water. And they cut down all the fruitful trees, to such an extent that only brick walls remained. And the city was encircled by the slingers of stones. And a great part of it was struck down.
26 Cuando el rey de Moab vio que la batalla arreciaba contra él, tomó consigo 700 hombres que sacaban espada, para atacar al rey de Edom, pero no pudieron.
And when the king of Moab had seen this, specifically, that the enemies had prevailed, he took with him seven hundred men who draw the sword, so that he might break through to the king of Idumea. But they were unable.
27 Entonces tomó a su hijo primogénito que iba a reinar en su lugar y lo ofreció en holocausto sobre el muro. Hubo una gran ira contra Israel. Ellos salieron de allí y volvieron a su tierra.
And taking his firstborn son, who would have reigned in his place, he offered him as a holocaust upon the wall. And there was great indignation in Israel. And they promptly withdrew from him, and they turned back to their own land.
