2 Reyes 1
1 Después de la muerte de Acab, Moab se rebeló contra Israel.
After King Ahab died, [the country of] Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Ocozías cayó por la ventana de la sala en el nivel superior de su casa en Samaria. Cuando estaba enfermo envió mensajeros y les dijo: Vayan y consulten a Baal-zebub, ʼelohim de Ecrón, si sanaré de esta enfermedad.
One day, Ahaziah, [the new king of Israel, ] fell through the wooden slats/boards around the edge of the flat roof [of his palace] in Samaria. He was badly injured, so he summoned some messengers and told them, “Go to Ekron [city in Philistia], and ask their god Baalzebub whether I will (recover/become well).”
3 Entonces el Ángel de Yavé dijo a Elías tisbita: Levántate, sube a encontrar a los mensajeros del rey de Samaria y diles: ¿Porque no hay ʼElohim en Israel, van a consultar a Baal-zebub, el ʼelohim de Ecrón?
But an angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe [town], “The king of Samaria [is sending] some messengers [to Ekron]. Go and meet them and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, the god of those people, [whether you will recover]?
4 Por tanto, Yavé dice: No bajarás del lecho al que subiste. Ciertamente morirás. Y Elías se fue.
Yahweh says [that you should tell King Ahaziah] that he will not recover from his being injured; he will surely die.’”
5 Cuando los mensajeros volvieron a él, les preguntó: ¿Por qué regresaron?
[So Elijah went to meet] the messengers [and told that to them, and they] returned to the king [instead of going to Ekron]. The king asked them, “Why did you return [so soon]?”
6 Y respondieron: Salió un hombre a encontrarse con nosotros, y nos dijo: Vayan, vuelvan al rey que los envió y díganle: Yavé dice: ¿Porque no hay ʼElohim en Israel, tú mandas a consultar a Baal-zebub, ʼelohim de Ecrón? Por tanto, no bajarás del lecho al que subiste, pues ciertamente morirás.
They replied, “A man came to meet us, and said to us, ‘Return to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, “(Is it because there no God in Israel that you are sending [messengers] to Ekron to consult Baalzebub, their god?/You seem to think there is no God in Israel, with the result that you are sending [messengers] to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, [whether you will recover].) [RHQ] [Go tell the king that] he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die.”’”
7 Entonces él les preguntó: ¿Cómo era aquel hombre que salió a encontrarlos y dijo estas palabras?
The king said to them, “The man who came to meet you and told that to you, what did he look like?”
8 Y le respondieron: Es un hombre velludo, con un cinturón de cuero atado a su cintura. Y él dijo: Es Elías tisbita.
They replied, “He was a hairy man and he had a [wide] leather belt around his waist.” The king exclaimed, “That was Elijah!”
9 Entonces le envió un jefe de 50 con sus 50, quien subió a [Elías], porque estaba sentado en la cumbre de la montaña, y le dijo: ¡Varón de ʼElohim, el rey ordenó quen bajes!
Then the king sent an officer with 50 soldiers to seize Elijah. They found Elijah sitting on the top of a hill. The officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down here!”
10 Elías respondió al jefe de 50: Si yo soy varón de ʼElohim, ¡que baje fuego del cielo y te consuma, a ti y a tus 50! Y bajó fuego del cielo y los consumió a todos.
But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; so, I command that fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your 50 soldiers!” Immediately, fire came down from the sky and completely burned up the officer and his 50 [soldiers].
11 Y volvió a enviarle otro jefe de 50 con sus 50, quien le dijo: Varón de ʼElohim, el rey dijo: ¡Apresúrate y baja!
[When the king found out about that, ] he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. They went [to where Elijah was], and the officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down immediately!”
12 Y Elías respondió: Si yo soy varón de ʼElohim, ¡que baje fuego del cielo y te consuma, a ti y a tus 50! Y bajó fuego de ʼElohim y los consumió a todos.
But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; [to prove that, ] I command that fire come down from the sky and kill you and your soldiers!” Then a fire from God came down from the sky and killed the officer and his soldiers.
13 Volvió a enviar un tercer jefe de 50 con sus 50. Pero el tercer jefe de 50 subió, se postró de rodillas delante de Elías y le suplicó: Varón de ʼElohim, te ruego que mi vida y la vida de estos 50 esclavos tuyos sea valiosa ante ti.
[When the king heard about that] he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. [They went to where Elijah was], and the officer prostrated himself in front of Elijah, and said to him, “Prophet, I plead with you, be kind to me and my 50 soldiers, and (do not kill us/allow us to remain alive)!
14 Ciertamente, fuego del cielo bajó y consumió a los dos anteriores jefes de 50 con sus 50. ¡Ahora pues, te ruego que mi vida sea valiosa ante ti!
[We know that] two times fire came down from the sky and killed officers and the 50 soldiers who were with them. So now, please be kind to me!”
15 Entonces el Ángel de Yavé dijo a Elías: Baja con él. No le temas. Y se levantó y bajó con él al rey [Ocozías].
Then the angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down [and go] with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah went with them to the king.
16 Y le dijo: Yavé dice: Por cuanto enviaste mensajeros a consultar con Baal-zebub, el ʼelohim de Ecrón, como si no hubiera ʼElohim en Israel para consultar su Palabra, no bajarás del lecho al que subiste. Ciertamente morirás.
[When Elijah arrived, ] he said to the king, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, [whether you would recover]. You acted as though [RHQ] there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!’”
17 [Ocozías] murió según la Palabra de Yavé que Elías dijo. Joram reinó en su lugar el año segundo de Joram, hijo de Josafat, rey de Judá, porque Ocozías no tuvo hijo.
So Ahaziah died, which is what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. Ahaziah’s [younger] brother Joram became the new king, when Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, had been ruling Judah for almost two years. Ahaziah’s brother became the king because Ahaziah had no son [to become the king].
18 Los demás hechos de Ocozías, ¿no están escritos en el rollo de las Crónicas de los reyes de Israel?
[If you want to know about] all the other things that Ahaziah did, they are [RHQ] written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
