2 Reyes 8
1 Eliseo habló a aquella mujer, cuyo hijo resucitó, y le dijo: Levántate y vete, tú y tu casa, y vive donde puedas. Porque Yavé llamó al hambre, la cual vendrá también sobre esta tierra por siete años.
After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem [town] to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to (send a famine/cause food to become very scarce) in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years.
2 La mujer se levantó e hizo conforme a la palabra del varón de ʼElohim. Se fue con los de su casa, y vivió como extranjera en tierra de los filisteos durante siete años.
So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in [the] Philistia [region] for seven years.
3 Sucedió al terminar los siete años que la mujer volvió de la tierra de los filisteos, y salió para implorar al rey que le entregara su casa y su tierra.
After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her.
4 El rey habló a Giezi, esclavo del varón de ʼElohim: Cuéntame ahora todos los prodigios que Eliseo hizo.
When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
5 Sucedió que, mientras él contaba al rey cómo resucitó al muerto, llegó allí la mujer cuyo hijo resucitó, a implorar al rey que le devolviera su casa y su tierra. Entonces dijo Giezi: Rey, ʼadón mío, ésta es la mujer y este es su hijo, al cual Eliseo dio vida.
While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman [from Shunem] to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!”
6 Entonces el rey preguntó a la mujer, y ella le contó. Así que el rey le asignó un funcionario, y le dijo: Restituye todo lo que era de ella, y todo el producto del campo desde el día cuando salió del país hasta ahora.
When the king asked her about it, she told him [that what Gehazi had said was true]. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “[I want] everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, [to] be given back to her.” [So the official did that].
7 Eliseo fue a Damasco. Ben-adad, rey de Siria, estaba enfermo y le dijeron: El varón de ʼElohim vino aquí.
Elisha went to Damascus, [the capital of Syria], when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was [very] sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus,
8 Y el rey dijo a Hazael: Toma en tu mano un presente, y vé a encontrar al varón de ʼElohim. Consulta a Yavé por medio de él y pregunta: ¿Sanaré de esta enfermedad?
the king told [one of his officials named] Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.”
9 Hazael fue a encontrarse con él y llevó consigo un presente de lo mejor de Damasco: una carga de 40 camellos. Se detuvo ante él y le dijo: Tu hijo Ben-adad, rey de Siria, me envía a ti para preguntar: ¿Sanaré de esta enfermedad?
So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether [you think] he will recover from his illness.”
10 Eliseo le respondió: Vé y dile: Ciertamente te recuperarás, pero Yavé me mostró que realmente morirás.
Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die [before he recovers].”
11 El varón de ʼElohim lo miró fijamente hasta que aquél se ruborizó. Entonces el varón de ʼElohim lloró.
Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then [suddenly] Elisha started to cry.
12 Y Hazael preguntó: ¿Por qué llora mi ʼadon? Y él contestó: Porque sé el mal que harás a los hijos de Israel: pondrás fuego a sus fortalezas, matarás a espada a sus jóvenes, estrellarás a sus niños y abrirás el vientre a sus mujeres embarazadas.
Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because [Yahweh has enabled] me [to] know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women [with a sword].”
13 Hazael preguntó: ¿Qué es tu esclavo, sino un perro, para que haga cosas tan grandes? Y Eliseo respondió: Yavé me mostró que tú serás rey de Siria.
Hazael replied, “I am [as insignificant as] [MET] a dog; (how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!)” [RHQ] Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.”
14 [Hazael] se alejó de Eliseo y fue a su ʼadón, quien le preguntó: ¿Qué te dijo Eliseo? Y él dijo: Me dijo que ciertamente te recuperarás.
Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss [the king], who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.”
15 Sucedió al día siguiente que [Ben-adad] tomó un paño grueso, lo empapó en agua, lo extendió sobre su cara y murió. Y Hazael reinó en su lugar.
But the next day, [while the king was sleeping, ] Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face [in order that he could not breathe], and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad.
16 El año quinto de Joram, hijo de Acab, rey de Israel cuando Josafat era rey de Judá, comenzó a reinar Joram, hijo de Josafat, rey de Judá.
After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah.
17 Tenía 32 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó ocho años en Jerusalén.
He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
18 Anduvo en el camino de los reyes de Israel, como la casa de Acab, pues su esposa fue una hija de Acab, e hizo lo malo ante Yavé.
His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil.
19 Pero Yavé no quiso destruir a Judá a causa de su esclavo David, pues prometió darle a él y a sus hijos una lámpara para siempre.
But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him [very well]. He had promised David that his descendants [MET] would always rule Judah.
20 En sus días Edom se rebeló contra el dominio de Judá y decidieron que un rey reinara sobre ellos.
During the time that Jehoram ruled, [the king of] Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king.
21 Entonces Joram, [hijo de Josafat, ] fue a Zaír con todos los carruajes. Se levantó de noche y atacó a los de Edom, quienes lo rodearon junto con los jefes de los carruajes. La tropa huyó a sus tiendas.
So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair [city near the border of Edom]. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes.
22 Pero Edom siguió en rebelión contra el dominio de Judá hasta hoy. En aquel tiempo también se rebeló Libna.
So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah [city] also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah.
23 Los demás hechos y cosas de Joram, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de los reyes de Judá?
[If you want to read about] the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
24 Joram descansó con sus antepasados y fue sepultado con sus antepasados en la Ciudad de David. Su hijo Ocozías reinó en su lugar.
Jehoram died [EUP] and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king.
25 El año 12 de Joram, hijo de Acab, rey de Israel, comenzó a reinar Ocozías, hijo de Joram, rey de Judá.
After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah.
26 Ocozías tenía 22 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó un año en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Atalía, hija de Omri, rey de Israel.
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for [only] one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, [the daughter of King Ahab and] the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel.
27 Anduvo en el camino de la casa de Acab e hizo lo malo ante Yavé como la casa de Acab, porque era su yerno.
King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil.
28 Ocozías fue a la guerra con el rey Joram, hijo de Acab, contra Hazael, rey de Siria, en Ramot de Galaad, pero los sirios derrotaron a Joram.
Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth [city] in [the] Gilead [region], and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram.
29 El rey Joram regresó a Jezreel para ser curado de las heridas que los sirios le infligieron cuando combatía contra Hazael, rey de Siria, en Ramá. Entonces Ocozías, hijo de Joram, rey de Judá, bajó a Jezreel para ver a Joram, hijo de Acab, porque éste estaba enfermo.
King Joram returned to Jezreel [city] to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there.
