2 Crónicas 14
1 Y durmió Abías con sus padres, y fue sepultado en la ciudad de David. Y reinó en su lugar su hijo Asa, en cuyos días reposó la tierra diez años.
When Abijah died, he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. His son Asa became the king. While Asa was ruling, there was peace in Judah for ten years.
2 E hizo Asa lo bueno y lo recto en los ojos del SEÑOR su Dios.
Asa did things that Yahweh his God considers to be right and good.
3 Porque quitó los altares del culto ajeno, y los altos; quebró las imágenes, y taló los bosques;
His workers got rid of the altars to worship foreign gods that were on the high hills. They smashed the sacred stone pillars and cut down the poles for worshiping [the goddess] Asherah.
4 y mandó a Judá que buscasen al SEÑOR el Dios de sus padres, y cumplieron la ley y los mandamientos.
Asa commanded the people of Judah to worship [only] Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, and to obey his laws and commands.
5 Quitó asimismo de todas las ciudades de Judá los altos y las imágenes, y estuvo el reino quieto delante de él.
His workers destroyed all the shrines on the hilltops and the altars for burning incense [to idols] in every town in Judah. As a result, there was peace while Asa ruled the kingdom [of Judah].
6 Y edificó ciudades fuertes en Judá, por cuanto había paz en la tierra, y no había guerra contra él en aquellos tiempos; porque el SEÑOR le había dado reposo.
His workers built cities and constructed walls around them. No army attacked Judah during that time, because Yahweh enabled them to have peace.
7 Dijo, por tanto, a Judá: Edifiquemos estas ciudades, y cerquémoslas de muros con torres, puertas y barras, ya que la tierra es nuestra; porque hemos buscado al SEÑOR nuestro Dios, le hemos buscado, y él nos ha dado reposo de todas partes. Edificaron pues, y fueron prosperados.
Asa said to the people of Judah, “We should protect these towns by building walls around them, with watchtowers and gates that have bars. This country still belongs to us because we have requested Yahweh our God to help us. We requested him for his help, and he has given us peace in our entire country.” So they built buildings and prospered.
8 Tuvo también Asa ejército que traía escudos y lanzas; de Judá trescientos mil, y de Benjamín doscientos y ochenta mil que traían escudos y flechaban arcos; todos hombres diestros.
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They all carried large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin [in his army]. They carried [smaller] shields, and bows [and arrows]. They were all brave soldiers.
9 Y salió contra ellos Zera etíope con un ejército de mil millares, y trescientos carros; y vino hasta Maresa.
Zerah, a man from Ethiopia/Sudan, marched with a huge army and 300 chariots to attack [the army of Judah and Benjamin]. They went as far as [the town of] Mareshah [about 25 miles/southwest of Jerusalem].
10 Pero Asa salió contra él, y ordenaron la batalla en el valle de Sefata junto a Maresa.
Asa went [with his army] to fight against them, and both armies took their positions in the Zephathah Valley.
11 Y clamó Asa al SEÑOR su Dios, y dijo: SEÑOR, no tienes tú más con el grande que con el que ninguna fuerza tiene, para dar ayuda. Ayúdanos, oh SEÑOR Dios nuestro, porque en ti nos apoyamos, y en tu Nombre venimos contra este ejército. Oh SEÑOR, tú eres nuestro Dios; no prevalezca contra ti el hombre.
Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God, saying, “Yahweh, there is no one like you who can help those who have very little power to resist a mighty army. Yahweh our God, help us, because we are relying on you; and trusting in you we have come [to fight] against this huge army. Yahweh, you are our God; do not allow anyone to defeat you.”
12 Y el SEÑOR deshizo los etíopes delante de Asa y delante de Judá; y huyeron los etíopes.
Then Yahweh enabled Asa and the army of Judah to defeat the army from Ethiopia. They fled,
13 Y Asa, y el pueblo que con él estaba, los siguió hasta Gerar; y cayeron los etíopes hasta no quedar en ellos hombre con vida; porque fueron deshechos delante del SEÑOR y de su ejército. Y les tomaron muy grande despojo.
and Asa and his army pursued them [to the southwest] as far as Gerar. A huge number of the soldiers from Ethiopia were killed, with the result that those [who were not killed] were unable to fight any more. They were greatly defeated by Yahweh and his army, and the men of Judah carried away a great amount of their possessions.
14 E hirieron todas las ciudades alrededor de Gerar, porque el terror del SEÑOR era sobre ellos; y saquearon todas las ciudades, porque había en ellas gran despojo.
The men of Judah were able to destroy the people in villages near Gerar because Yahweh had caused the people there to become terrified [and unable to fight]. The army of Judah took away all the valuable things from those villages.
15 Asimismo dieron sobre las cabañas de los ganados, y trajeron muchas ovejas y camellos, y volvieron a Jerusalén.
They also attacked the places where the local people who took care of domestic animals had set up their tents, and they took away big herds of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
