1 Reyes 11

1 Salomón amó a varias mujeres extranjeras, mujeres de los moabitas, amonitas, edomitas, sidonias e hititas:

King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon [city].

2 Las naciones de las cuales el Señor había dicho a los hijos de Israel: No deben unirse a ellas y ellas no deben unirse a ustedes, o ciertamente te harán ir tras sus dioses. Salomón se apegó a estas con amor.

He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you [IDM] to worship the gods that they worship!”

3 Tuvo setecientas esposas, hijas de reyes y otras trescientas concubinas; y a través de sus esposas su corazón fue desviado.

Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away [from worshiping God].

4 Porque sucedió que cuando Salomón era viejo, su corazón fue tras otros dioses por sus esposas; y su corazón ya no era fiel al Señor su Dios como lo había sido el corazón de su padre David.

By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father [SYN] David had been.

5 Porque Salomón fue tras Astarte, la diosa de los sidonios, y Milcom, el dios repugnante de los amonitas.

Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon [worshiped], and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

6 Y Salomón hizo lo malo ante los ojos del Señor, no andando en los caminos del Señor con todo su corazón como lo hizo David su padre.

That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to.

7 Entonces Salomón levantó un lugar alto para Quemos, el repugnante dios de Moab, en la montaña delante de Jerusalén, y para Moloc, el repugnante dios adorado por los hijos de Ammon.

On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group [worshiped], and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group [worshiped].

8 Y así lo hizo con todas sus esposas extrañas, que hicieron ofrendas quemando perfumes a sus dioses.

He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries.

9 Y él Señor se enojó con Salomón, porque su corazón se apartó del Señor, el Dios de Israel, que había acudido dos veces a él en una visión;

Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [worshiped], had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon,

10 Y le había dado órdenes acerca de esto mismo, que no debía perseguir a otros dioses; pero él no guardó las órdenes del Señor.

11 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Salomón: Porque has hecho esto y no has guardado mi acuerdo y mis leyes, que te di, quitaré el reino de ti por la fuerza y se lo daré a tu siervo.

and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it.

12 No lo haré en tu vida, debido a tu padre David, pero se lo quitaré a tu hijo.

But, because of [what I promised] your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still [living]. [After you die], I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom [MTY].

13 Sin embargo, no le quitaré todo el reino; pero daré una tribu a tu hijo, por mi siervo David, y por Jerusalén, el pueblo de mi elección.

But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe [besides the tribe of Judah], because of what I promised to David, who served me [well], and because [I want David’s descendants to rule in] Jerusalem, [where my temple is located].”

14 Entonces el Señor envió a Hadad edomita para causar problemas a Salomón, él era de la simiente del rey en Edom.

Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon.

15 Cuando David envió destrucción sobre Edom, y Joab, el capitán del ejército, fue a enterrar a los muertos y mató a todos los varones de Edom.

What happened was that previously, when David’s [army] had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to [help] bury the [Israeli soldiers] who had been killed [in the battle]. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area.

16 Porque Joab y todo Israel estuvieron allí seis meses hasta que todos los varones en Edom hubieran sido cortados;

17 Hadad, siendo todavía un niño pequeño, se fue a Egipto, con ciertos edomitas, sirvientes de su padre;

Hadad was a young child [at that time], and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area.

18 Y se fueron de Madián y vinieron a Parán; y, llevándose a los hombres de Parán con ellos, llegaron a Egipto, a Faraón, rey de Egipto, quien le dio una casa y le dio comida y le dio tierra.

They [went to the] Midian [region], and then they went to [the desert area at] Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly.

19 Ahora bien, Hadad agradó mucho a Faraón, de modo que le dio la hermana de su esposa, la reina Tahpenes, por su esposa.

The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife.

20 Y la hermana de Tahpenes tuvo un hijo con él, Genubat, a quien Tahpenes cuidó en la casa de Faraón; y Genubat vivía en la casa de Faraón entre los hijos de Faraón.

Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes (raised him/brought him up) in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons.

21 Cuando Hadad tuvo noticias en Egipto de que David había muerto y que Joab, el capitán del ejército, había muerto, le dijo al Faraón: “Regrésame a mi país”.

While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died [EUP], and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.”

22 Pero el Faraón le dijo: ¿Qué te falta, que deseas volver a tu país? Y él respondió: Nada; Pero aun así, envíame de vuelta.

But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” [So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom].

23 Y envió Dios otro adversario, Rezon, el hijo de Eliada, que había huido de su amo, Hadad Ezer, rey de Sobá;

God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of [the] Zobah [area north of Damascus].

24 Reunió a algunos hombres y se hizo capitán de una banda de forajidos; después de que David mató a los de Sobá, fue a Damasco y se convirtió en rey allí.

Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s [army had defeated Hadadezer and] had [also] killed all [his soldiers]. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and [the people there] appointed him to be their king.

25 Fue un problema para Israel durante todos los días de Salomón. Además del daño que Hadad hizo: fue cruel con Israel y gobernó a Siria.

All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling [not only Damascus but all of] Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did.

26 También jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, un efrateo de Sereda, un siervo de Salomón, cuya madre era Zerúa, una viuda; Y su mano se rebeló contra el rey.

Another man who rebelled against [IDM] Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah [town] in [the region where the tribe of] Ephraim [lives]. His mother was a widow named Zeruah.

27 La forma en que se rebeló contra el rey fue esta: Salomón estaba construyendo el terraplén cerrando la brecha de la ciudad de su padre David;

This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls [around the city].

28 Y Jeroboam era un hombre capaz y responsable; y Salomón vio que era un buen trabajador y lo hizo supervisor de todo el trabajo dado a los hijos de José.

Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live.

29 Y en ese momento, cuando Jeroboam salía de Jerusalén, el profeta Ahías, él de Silo, lo encontró en el camino; ahora Ahías se había puesto una nueva túnica; y los dos estaban solos en el campo abierto.

One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city] met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe,

30 Y Ahías tomó su nueva túnica en sus manos, la rasgó en doce pedazos.

which he took off and tore into twelve pieces.

31 Y dijo a Jeroboam: Toma diez de las partes, porque esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: Mira, quitaré el reino de Salomón por la fuerza, y te daré diez tribus;

He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes [of Israel].

32 Pero una de sus tribus será suya, por mi siervo David y por Jerusalén, el pueblo que, de todas las tribus de Israel, he escogido.

Solomon’s [descendants] will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of [what I promised] David, a man who served me [very well], and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel [to be the city where my people will worship me].

33 Porque se apartaron de mí para la adoración de Astarté, la diosa de los sidonios, y Quemos el dios de Moab, y Milcom, el dios de los amonitas; no han estado caminando en mis caminos o haciendo lo que es correcto a mis ojos o guardando mis leyes y mis decisiones como lo hizo su padre David.

I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did.

34 Pero no le quitaré el reino; Dejaré que sea rey todos los días de su vida, a causa de David mi siervo, en quien me deleité porque cumplió mis órdenes y mis leyes.

‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule [Judah] all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of [what I promised to do for] David, whom I chose [to be the king], and who served me [well], and who always obeyed my commandments and laws.

35 Pero tomaré el reino de su hijo, y te lo daré a ti.

But I will take the [other] ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you [to rule].

36 Y daré una tribu a su hijo, para que mi siervo David tenga una luz para siempre encendida en Jerusalén, la ciudad que he hecho mía para poner mi nombre allí.

I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants [MET] of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where [my people worship] me [MTY].

37 Y te tomaré a ti, y serás rey sobre Israel, gobernando sobre lo que sea el deseo de tu alma.

I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to.

38 Y si prestas atención a las órdenes que te doy, andas en mis caminos y haces lo que es correcto a mis ojos y guardas mis leyes y mis órdenes como hizo David mi siervo; entonces estaré contigo, estableceré tu dinastía, como hice con David, y te daré a Israel.

If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you [die], like I [promised to] do for David.

39 Pero a la descendencia de David, la castigaré pero no para siempre.

Because of [Solomon’s sins], I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’”

40 Y Salomón buscaba la oportunidad de dar muerte a Jeroboam; pero huyó a Egipto, donde reinaba Sisac, rey de Egipto, y estuvo en Egipto hasta la muerte de Salomón.

Solomon [found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam], so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died.

41 Los demás hechos de Salomón, y todo lo que hizo, y su sabiduría, ¿no están registrados en el libro de las crónicas de Salomón?

[A record of] all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he [said and wrote], was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did.

42 Y el tiempo que Salomón fue rey en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel fue de cuarenta años.

He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years.

43 Y Salomón murió y fue enterrado, en la ciudad de David y su hijo Roboam se convirtió en rey en su lugar.

Then Solomon died [EUP], and was buried in the [part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.