2 Crónicas 35
1 Y Josías hizo pascua a Jehová en Jerusalem, y sacrificaron la pascua a los catorce del mes primero.
Josiah [commanded that the people should] celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover [Festival] at the end of March.
2 Y puso los sacerdotes en sus estancias, y confirmólos en el ministerio de la casa de Jehová.
Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well.
3 Y dijo a los Levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel, y que eran dedicados a Jehová: Ponéd el arca del santuario en la casa que edificó Salomón, hijo de David, rey de Israel, para que no la carguéis más sobre los hombros. Ahora serviréis a Jehová vuestro Dios, y a su pueblo Israel.
The [other] descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that [the workers of] David’s son [King] Solomon of Israel built. But [carry it on poles; ] do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people.
4 Apercebíos según las familias de vuestros padres por vuestros ordenes, conforme a la prescripción de David rey de Israel, y de Salomón su hijo.
Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote.
5 Estád en el santuario por el repartimiento de las familias de vuestros hermanos, hijos del pueblo, y el repartimiento de la familia de los Levitas:
Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people [when they bring their offerings to the temple].
6 Y sacrificád la pascua, y santificáos, y apercebíd vuestros hermanos, que hagan conforme a la palabra de Jehová dada por mano de Moisés.
Slaughter the lambs for the Passover [Festival]. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.”
7 Y ofreció el rey Josías a los del pueblo, ovejas, corderos, y cabritos de las cabras, todo para la pascua, para todos los que se hallaron presentes, en cantidad de treinta mil, y bueyes tres mil. Esto de la hacienda del rey.
Josiah provided [from his own flocks and herds] 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices.
8 También sus príncipes ofrecieron con liberalidad al pueblo, y a los sacerdotes y Levitas: Helcías, Zacarías, y Jehiel, príncipes de la casa de Dios, dieron a los sacerdotes para hacer la pascua dos mil y seiscientas ovejas, y trescientos bueyes.
His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the [other] descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover.
9 Asimismo Conenías, Semeías, y Natanael sus hermanos, y Hasabías, Jehiel y Josabad, príncipes de los Levitas, dieron a los Levitas para los sacrificios de la pascua cinco mil ovejas, y quinientos bueyes.
And Conaniah along with his [younger] brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the [other] descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover.
10 Aparejado así el servicio, los sacerdotes se pusieron en sus estancias, y asimismo los Levitas en sus ordenes, conforme al mandamiento del rey,
Everything [for the Passover] was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded.
11 Y sacrificaron la pascua, y esparcieron los sacerdotes la sangre tomada de la mano de los Levitas, y los Levitas desollaban.
Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood [from the bowls] that were handed to them, while the [other] descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals.
12 Y quitaron del holocausto para dar conforme a los repartimientos por las familias de los del pueblo, para que ofreciesen a Jehová, como está escrito en el libro de Moisés: y asimismo quitaron de los bueyes.
They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle.
13 Y asaron la pascua en fuego, según la costumbre: mas lo que había sido santificado, cocieron en ollas, en calderos, y calderas, y repartiéronlo prestamente a todo el pueblo.
Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the [meat of the] sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people [who were there].
14 Y después aparejaron para sí, y para los sacerdotes: porque los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, estuvieron ocupados hasta la noche en el sacrificio de los holocaustos y de los sebos: y así los Levitas aparejaron para sí, y para los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón.
After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the [other] descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, [the first Supreme Priest].
15 Asimismo los cantores, hijos de Asaf, estaban en su estancia, conforme al mandamiento de David, de Asaf, y de Hemán, y de Iditún vidente del rey. Y los porteros estaban a cada puerta: y no era menester que se apartasen de su ministerio, porque sus hermanos los Levitas aparejaban para ellos.
The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates [of the temple] did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat.
16 Así fue aparejado todo el servicio de Jehová en aquel día, para hacer la pascua y sacrificar los holocaustos sobre el altar de Jehová, conforme al mandamiento del rey Josías.
So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover [Festival], and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded.
17 E hicieron los hijos de Israel, que se hallaron presentes, la pascua en aquel tiempo, y la solemnidad de los panes sin levadura, por siete días.
The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover [Festival] on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of [Eating] Unleavened Bread.
18 Nunca tal pascua fue hecha en Israel desde los días de Samuel el profeta: ni ningún rey de Israel hizo tal pascua, como la que hizo el rey Josías y los sacerdotes y Levitas, y todo Judá e Israel, los que se hallaron presentes, juntamente con los moradores de Jerusalem.
The Passover [Festival] had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all [the other people of] Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem.
19 Esta pascua fue celebrada en el año diez y ocho del rey Josías.
They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years.
20 Después de todas estas cosas, luego que Josías hubo aparejado la casa, Necao rey de Egipto subió a hacer guerra en Carcamis junto a Éufrates: y salió Josías contra él.
After Josiah had done all those things to [restore the worship at] the temple, King Neco of Egypt went [with his army] to attack Carchemish [city] alongside the Euphrates [River], and Josiah marched [with his army] to fight against them.
21 Y él le envió embajadores, diciendo: ¿Qué tenemos yo y tu, rey de Judá? Yo no vengo contra ti hoy, sino contra la casa que me hace guerra: y Dios dijo que me apresurase. Déjate de tomarte con Dios, que es conmigo, no te destruya.
Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, [the army of Babylonia]. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.”
22 Mas Josías no volvió su rostro atrás de él, antes se disfrazó para darle batalla, y no oyó a las palabras de Necao, que eran de boca de Dios. Y vino a darle la batalla en el campo de Mageddo.
But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack [the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him]. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he [and his army] went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo.
23 Y los arqueros tiraron al rey Josías flechas, y dijo el rey a sus siervos: Quitádme de aquí, porque estoy herido gravemente.
Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.”
24 Entonces sus siervos le quitaron de aquel carro, y pusiéronle en otro segundo carro que tenía: y trajéronle a Jerusalem y murió: y sepultáronle en los sepulcros de sus padres. Y todo Judá y Jerusalem puso luto por Josías.
So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors [had been buried], and all [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah mourned for him.
25 Y endechó Jeremías por Josías: y todos los cantores y cantoras recitan sus lamentaciones sobre Josías hasta hoy, y las han vuelto en ley en Israel, las cuales están escritas en las lamentaciones.
[The prophet] Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs.
26 Lo demás de los hechos de Josías y sus misericordias, conforme a lo que está escrito en la ley de Jehová,
A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’.
27 Y sus hechos, primeros y postreros, he aquí, está escrito en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá.
