2 Reyes 19
1 Y como el rey Ezequías lo oyó, rompió sus vestidos, y cubrióse de saco, y entróse en la casa de Jehová.
When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth [because he was very distressed]. Then he went to the temple [to ask God what to do].
2 Y envió a Eliacim el mayordomo, y a Sobna escriba, y a los ancianos de los sacerdotes vestidos de sacos, a Isaías profeta, hijo de Amós,
He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the (older/most important) priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me.
3 Que le dijesen: Así dijo Ezequías: Este día es día de angustia, y de reprensión, y de blasfemia: porque los hijos han venido hasta la rotura, y la que pare no tiene fuerzas.
He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. [Other nations are causing] us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like [MET] a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it.
4 Quizá oirá Jehová tu Dios todas las palabras de Rabsaces, al cual el rey de los Asirios su señor ha enviado para injuriar al Dios vivo, y a reprender con palabras, las cuales Jehová tu Dios ha oído: por tanto alza oración por los restos que aun se hallan.
Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive [here in Jerusalem].”
5 Y vinieron los siervos del rey Ezequías a Isaías.
When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
6 E Isaías les respondió: Así diréis a vuestro señor: Así dijo Jehová: No temas por las palabras que has oído, con las cuales me han blasfemado los siervos del rey de Asiria.
Isaiah said to them, “[Go back to] your boss/master [and] tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said.
7 He aquí, yo pongo en él un espíritu, y oirá rumor, y volverse ha a su tierra: y yo haré que en su tierra caiga a cuchillo.
Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, [that a foreign army is about to attack his country]. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by [men using] swords.’”
8 Y volviendo Rabsaces halló al rey de Asiria combatiendo a Lebna: porque ya había oído que se había partido de Laquis.
The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria [and his army] had left Lachish [city], and that they were attacking Libnah, [which is a nearby city]. So the official went there [to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem].
9 Y oyó decir de Taraca rey de Etiopía: He aquí que es salido para hacerte guerra. Entonces él volvió, y envió embajadores a Ezequías, diciendo:
Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah [to fight against the army from Ethiopia], he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter.
10 Así diréis a Ezequías rey de Judá: No te engañe tu Dios, en quien tú confías para decir: Jerusalem no será entregada en mano del rey de Asiria:
[In the letter] he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that [the city of] Jerusalem will not be captured by my army [MTY].
11 He aquí, tú has oído lo que han hecho los reyes de Asiria a todas las tierras, destruyéndolas, ¿y has de escapar tú?
You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, (do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!) [RHQ]
12 ¿Libráronlas los dioses de las gentes, que mis padres destruyeron, es a saber, Gozán, y Harán, y Resef, y los hijos de Edén, que estaban en Talassar?
Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph [cities in northern Syria] and the people of Eden who had been (deported/forced to go) to Tel-Assar [city]? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them.
13 ¿Dónde está el rey de Emat, el rey de Arfad, el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Ana, y de Ava?
What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah [cities] [RHQ]? [Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported]!”
14 Y tomó Ezequías las cartas de mano de los embajadores, y luego que las hubo leído, subió a la casa de Jehová, y extendiólas Ezequías delante de Jehová.
Hezekiah took the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh.
15 Y oró Ezequías delante de Jehová, diciendo: Jehová Dios de Israel, que habitas sobre los querubines, tú solo eres Dios a todos los reinos de la tierra: tú hiciste el cielo y la tierra.
Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the [statues of] creatures with wings, [above the Sacred Chest]. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created [everything on] the earth and [in] the sky.
16 Inclina, oh Jehová, tu oreja, y oye: abre, oh Jehová, tus ojos, y mira, y oye las palabras de Sennaquerib, que ha enviado a blasfemar al Dios vivo.
So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look [at what is happening]. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God.
17 Es verdad, oh Jehová, que los reyes de Asiria han destruido las gentes y sus tierras;
“Yahweh, it is true that [the armies of] the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.
18 Y que pusieron en el fuego a sus dioses, por cuanto ellos no eran dioses, sino obra de manos de hombres, madera, o piedra, y así los destruyeron.
And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But [that was not difficult to do, because] they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, [and that is why they were destroyed easily].
19 Ahora pues, oh Jehová, Dios nuestro, sálvanos, te suplico, de su mano, para que sepan todos los reinos de la tierra que tú solo, Jehová, eres Dios.
So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power [MTY] [of the king of Assyria], in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.”
20 Entonces Isaías, hijo de Amós, envió a Ezequías, diciendo: Así dijo Jehová Dios de Israel: Lo que me rogaste acerca de Sennaquerib, rey de Asiria, he oído.
Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
21 Esta es la palabra que Jehová ha hablado contra él: ¿Háte menospreciado? ¿Háte escarnecido, oh virgen, hija de Sión? ¿Ha movido su cabeza detrás de ti, hija de Jerusalem?
This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem [MTY] despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here.
22 ¿A quién has injuriado? ¿Y a quién has blasfemado? ¿Y contra quién has hablado alto, y has alzado en alto tus ojos? Contra el Santo de Israel.
Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship.
23 Por mano de tus mensajeros has dicho injurias contra mi Señor, y has dicho: Con la multitud de mis carros he subido a las cumbres de los montes, a las cuestas del Líbano, y cortaré sus altos cedros, sus hayas escogidas: y entraré a la morada de su término, al monte de su Carmelo.
The messengers that you sent made fun of me. You said, 'With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests.
24 Yo he cavado, y bebido las aguas ajenas, y he secado con las plantas de mis pies todos los ríos de los pueblos, sobre los cuales yo he puesto cerco.
We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through [MTY] the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up [HYP]!”’
25 ¿Nunca has oído, que de luengo tiempo la hice yo, y de días antiguos la he formado? Y ahora la he hecho venir, y será para destrucción de ciudades fuertes en montones de asolamiento.
[‘But I reply], “Have you never heard that long ago I determined [that those things would happen]? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have [the power to] capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble.
26 Y sus moradores cortos de manos, quebrantados, y confusos, serán yerba del campo, legumbre verde: heno de los tejados que antes que venga a madurez es seco.
The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind.
27 Yo he sabido tu asentarte, tu salir, y tu entrar, y tu furor contra mí.
“But I know [everything about you]. I know when you are in your house and when you go outside; I also know that you are (raging/speaking very angrily) against me.
28 Por cuanto te has airado contra mí, y tu estruendo ha subido a mis oídos: por tanto yo pondré mi anzuelo en tus narices, y mi freno en tus labios, y yo te haré volver por el camino por donde viniste.
So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, [it will be as though] I will put a hook in your nose and an iron (bit/piece of metal) in your mouth [in order that I can lead you where I want you to go], and I will force you to return [to your own country] on the same road on which you came here, [without conquering Jerusalem].” '
29 Y esto te será por señal: Este año comerás lo que nacerá de suyo: y el segundo año lo que tornará a nacer de suyo; y el tercer año haréis sementera, y segaréis, y plantaréis viñas, y comeréis el fruto de ellas.
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove [that I am telling the truth]: This year and next year you [and your people] will be able to harvest only (wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted). But the following year, you [Israelis] will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest.
30 Y lo que hubiere escapado, lo que habrá quedado de la casa de Judá tornará a echar raíz hacia abajo, y hará fruto hacia arriba.
The people [MTY] in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much [MET].
31 Porque saldrán de Jerusalem residuos, y escapadura del monte de Sión: el celo de Jehová de los ejércitos hará esto.
There will be many people in Jerusalem [DOU] who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants [PRS] it to happen.
32 Por tanto Jehová dice así del rey de Asiria: El no entrará en esta ciudad, ni echará saeta en ella: ni vendrá delante de ella escudo: ni será echado contra ella baluarte.
So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against [the city walls] [to enable them to attack the city].
33 Por el camino que vino, se volverá, y no entrará en esta ciudad, dice Jehová.
Their king will return to his own country on the same road on which he came here. He will not enter this city! [That will happen because] I, Yahweh have said it!
34 Porque yo ampararé a esta ciudad para salvarla, por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.'”
35 Y aconteció que la misma noche salió el ángel de Jehová, e hirió en el campo de los Asirios ciento y ochenta y cinco mil hombres: y como se levantaron por la mañana, he aquí los cuerpos de los muertos.
That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
36 Entonces Sennaquerib rey de Asiria se partió, y se fue y tornó, y estúvose en Nínive.
Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, [the capital of Assyria].
37 Y aconteció, que estando él adorando en el templo de Nesroc su dios, Adramelec y Sarasar sus hijos le hirieron a cuchillo: y huyéronse a tierra de Ararat, y reinó en su lugar Asaradón su hijo.
One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to [the] Ararat [region, northwest of Nineveh]. And another of Sennacherib's sons, Esarhaddon, became the king of Assyria.
