2 Reyes 20
1 En aquellos días Ezequías cayó enfermo a la muerte; y vino a él Isaías profeta, hijo de Amós, y díjole: Jehová dice así: Dispón de tu casa, porque has de morir, y no vivirás.
About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. [He thought that he] was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’”
2 El entonces volvió su rostro a la pared, y oró a Jehová, y dijo:
Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed,
3 Ruégote oh Jehová, ruégote que hayas memoria de que he andado delante de ti en verdad, y en corazón perfecto: y que he hecho las cosas que te agradan. Y lloró Ezequías con gran lloro.
“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly.
4 Y antes que Isaías saliese hasta la mitad del patio, fue palabra de Jehová a Isaías, diciendo:
Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message
5 Vuelve, y di a Ezequías príncipe de mi pueblo: Así dice Jehová el Dios de David tu padre: Yo he oído tu oración, y he visto tus lágrimas: he aquí, yo te sano: al tercero día subirás a la casa de Jehová.
which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David [worshiped], have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will [be able to] go up to my temple.
6 Y añadiré a tus días quince años, y te libraré a ti y a esta ciudad de mano del rey de Asiria; y ampararé esta ciudad por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
I will enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power [MTY] of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me [well].’”
7 Y dijo Isaías: Tomád masa de higos. Y tomándola, pusiéronla sobre la llaga, y sanó.
So Isaiah [returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he] [to Hezekiah’s servants], “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.”
8 Y Ezequías dijo a Isaías: ¿Qué señal tendré, de que Jehová me sanará, y que al tercero día subiré a la casa de Jehová?
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?”
9 E Isaías respondió: Esta señal tendrás de Jehová, de que Jehová hará esto que ha dicho: ¿Pasará la sombra adelante diez grados, o volverá atrás diez grados?
Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?”
10 Y Ezequías respondió: Fácil cosa es que la sombra decline diez grados: mas que la sombra vuelva atrás diez grados.
Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, [because that is what it always does]. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.”
11 Entonces el profeta Isaías clamó a Jehová; e hizo volver la sombra por los grados que había descendido en el reloj de Acaz diez grados atrás.
So Isaiah prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King Ahaz).
12 En aquel tiempo envió Berodac-baladán, hijo de Baladán, rey de Babilonia, cartas y presentes a Ezequías, porque había oído que Ezequías había caído enfermo.
At that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the [previous] King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift.
13 Y Ezequías los oyó, y mostróles toda la casa de las cosas preciosas, plata, oro y especiería, y preciosos ungüentos: y la casa de sus armas, y todo lo que había en sus tesoros: ninguna cosa quedó, que Ezequías no les mostrase, así en su casa como en todo su señorío.
[When the messengers arrived], Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his (treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored)—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons [for his soldiers]. He showed them all the [valuable] things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom [HYP]; he showed them everything.
14 Entonces el profeta Isaías vino al rey Ezequías, y díjole: ¿Qué dijeron aquellos varones, y de donde vinieron a ti? Y Ezequías le respondió: De lejas tierras han venido, de Babilonia.
Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.”
15 Y él le volvió a decir: ¿Qué vieron en tu casa? Y Ezequías respondió: Vieron todo lo que había en mi casa; nada quedó en mis tesoros, que no les mostrase.
Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.”
16 Entonces Isaías dijo a Ezequías: Oye palabra de Jehová:
[Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing]. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you.
17 He aquí, vienen días, en que todo lo que está en tu casa, y todo lo que tus padres han atesorado hasta hoy, será llevado a Babilonia, sin quedar nada, dijo Jehová.
There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! [That is what] Yahweh says [to you]
18 Y de tus hijos, que saldrán de ti, y habrás engendrado, tomarán, y serán eunucos en el palacio del rey de Babilonia.
Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants in the palace of the King of Babylon.”
19 Entonces Ezequías dijo a Isaías: La palabra de Jehová, que has hablado, es buena. Y dijo: ¿Mas no habrá paz y verdad en mis días?
Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security [in Israel] all the rest of my life.”
20 Lo demás de los hechos de Ezequías, y toda su valentía, y como hizo el estanque, y el conduto, y metió las aguas en la ciudad, ¿no está escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?
[If you want to know more about] [RHQ] all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel [to be dug] to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
21 Y durmió Ezequías con sus padres, y reinó en su lugar Manasés su hijo.
Later Hezekiah died [EUP], and his son Manasseh became the king.
