2 Crónicas 16
1 En el año treinta y seis del reino de Asa, subió Baasa rey de Israel contra Judá; y edificó a Rama, para no dejar salir ni entrar a ninguno al rey Asa, rey de Judá.
Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.
2 Entonces sacó Asa la plata y el oro de los tesoros de la Casa del SEÑOR y de la casa real, y envió a Ben-adad rey de Siria, que estaba en Damasco, diciendo:
Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:
3 Haya alianza entre mí y ti, como la hubo entre mi padre y tu padre; he aquí yo te he enviado plata y oro, para que vengas y deshagas la alianza que tienes con Baasa rey de Israel, a fin de que se retire de mí.
“There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”
4 Y consintió Ben-adad con el rey Asa, y envió los capitanes de sus ejércitos a la ciudades de Israel; y herieron a Ion, Dan, y Abel-maim, y todos los tesoros de las ciudades de Neftalí.
And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.
5 Y oyendo esto Baasa, cesó de edificar a Rama, y dejó su obra.
And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.
6 Entonces el rey Asa tomó a todo Judá, y se llevaron de Rama la piedra y madera con que Baasa edificaba, y con ella edificó a Geba y Mizpa.
Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.
7 En aquel tiempo vino Hanani vidente a Asa rey de Judá, y le dijo: Por cuanto te has apoyado en el rey de Siria, y no te apoyaste en el SEÑOR tu Dios, por eso el ejército del rey de Siria ha escapado de tus manos.
In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.
8 Los etíopes y los libios, ¿no eran un ejército numerosísimo, con carros y muchísima gente de a caballo? Con todo, porque te apoyaste en el SEÑOR, él los entregó en tus manos.
Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.
9 Porque los ojos del SEÑOR contemplan toda la tierra, para corroborar a los que tienen corazón perfecto para con él. Locamente has hecho en esto; porque de aquí adelante habrá guerra contra ti.
For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
10 Y enojado Asa contra el vidente, lo echó en la casa de la cárcel, porque fue en extremo conmovido a causa de esto. Y mató Asa en aquel tiempo algunos del pueblo.
And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.
11 Mas he aquí, los hechos de Asa, primeros y postreros, están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Judá y de Israel.
But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12 Y el año treinta y nueve de su reino enfermó Asa de los pies para arriba, y en su enfermedad no buscó al SEÑOR, sino a los médicos.
And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.
13 Y durmió Asa con sus padres, y murió en el año cuarenta y uno de su reino.
And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.
14 Y lo sepultaron en sus sepulcros que él había hecho para sí en la ciudad de David; y lo pusieron en una litera la cual llenaron de aromas y de olores hechos de obra de boticarios, y le hicieron una quema, una quema muy grande.
And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.
