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1 Y Josafat murió y lo enterraron en la ciudad de David. Y Joram su hijo se hizo rey en su lugar.
Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king [of Judah].
2 Y tuvo hermanos, hijos de Josafat, Azarías, Jehiel, Zacarías, Azarías, Micael y Sefatías; todos estos fueron hijos de Josafat, rey de Israel.
His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.
3 Y su padre les dio mucha plata, oro y cosas de gran valor, así como ciudades amuralladas en Judá; pero el reino se lo dio a Joram, porque era el hijo mayor.
Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son.
4 Cuando Joram tomó su lugar sobre el reino de su padre y salvó su posición, mató a filo de espada a sus hermanos, así como a algunos de los príncipes de Israel.
After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his [younger] brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation.
5 Joram tenía treinta y dos años cuando llegó a ser rey; y estuvo gobernando en Jerusalén por ocho años.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.
6 Siguió los caminos de los reyes de Israel e hizo lo que la familia de Acab hizo, porque la hija de Acab era su esposa; E hizo lo malo ante los ojos de Señor.
But he did many of the [evil] things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters.
7 Pero no era el propósito del Señor enviar destrucción a la familia de David, debido al acuerdo que había hecho con David, cuando dijo que le daría a él y a sus hijos una luz para siempre.
However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.
8 En su tiempo, Edom se rebeló del gobierno de Judá y tomó un rey para ellos.
While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.
9 Entonces Joram se acercó con sus capitanes y todos sus carros de guerra, atacó de noche a los edomitas, cuyas fuerzas lo rodeaban.
So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night.
10 Hasta el día de hoy, Edom se rebeló ante el gobierno de Judá: y al mismo tiempo Libna se rebeló ante su gobierno; porque Joram abandonó al Señor, el Dios de sus antepasados.
But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. [The people in] Libnah [city between Judah and Philistia] also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from [obeying] Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors [belonged to].
11 Y más que esto, hizo lugares altos en las montañas de Judá, enseñando a la gente de Jerusalén a perseguir a dioses falsos, y guiando a Judá lejos del camino verdadero.
On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines [to worship idols], and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods.
12 Y le llegó una carta del profeta Elías, diciendo: El Señor, el Dios de tu padre David, dice: Porque no has guardado los caminos de tu padre Josafat ni los caminos de Asa, rey de Judá,
One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor [King] David [worshiped], says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did.
13 Pero has andado en los caminos de los reyes de Israel, y has hecho que Judá y el pueblo de Jerusalén se hayan prostituido, como se prostituyó la familia de Acab y porque has matado a los hijos de tu padre, tus hermanos, que fueron mejores que tú.
Instead, you have continually done the [evil things] that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are.
14 Ahora, verdaderamente, el Señor enviará una gran destrucción a tu pueblo, a tus hijos, a tus esposas y a todo lo que es tuyo:
So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own.
15 Y tú mismo sufrirás los dolores crueles de una enfermedad en tú estómago, de modo que día a día tus intestinos se te saldrán debido a la enfermedad.
And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”
16 Entonces los filisteos y los árabes, que viven en Etiopía, fueron movidos por el Señor para hacer la guerra a Joram;
Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast [of the Mediterranean Sea], where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram.
17 Y subieron contra Judá, forzándose a entrar, y se llevaron todos los bienes de la casa del rey, así como a sus hijos y sus esposas; de modo que no tuvo más hijo que solo Joacaz, el más joven.
Their army invaded Judah and took away [from Jerusalem] all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away.
18 Y después de todo esto, el Señor le envió una enfermedad del estómago de la cual era imposible que se curara.
After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.
19 Y el tiempo continuó, y después de dos años, sus intestinos se le salieron debido a la enfermedad, y murió de dolor cruel. Y su pueblo no hizo fuego para él en su honra como el fuego hecho para sus antepasados.
About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram.
20 Tenía treinta y dos años cuando comenzó a reinar, y estuvo gobernando en Jerusalén durante ocho años. Y su muerte nadie la lamento, Ellos lo enterraron en la ciudad de David, pero no en el panteón de los reyes.
Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings [of Judah] had been buried.
