2 Kings 19
1 And when king Hezekiah had heard this, he tore his garments, and he covered himself with sackcloth, and he entered the house of the Lord.
Y como el rey Ezequías lo oyó, rompió sus vestidos, y cubrióse de saco, y entróse en la casa de Jehová.
2 And he sent Eliakim, the first ruler of the house, and Shebnah, the scribe, and the elders from the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz.
Y envió a Eliacim el mayordomo, y a Sobna escriba, y a los ancianos de los sacerdotes vestidos de sacos, a Isaías profeta, hijo de Amós,
3 And they said to him: “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. The sons are ready to be born, but the woman in labor does not have the strength.
Que le dijesen: Así dijo Ezequías: Este día es día de angustia, y de reprensión, y de blasfemia: porque los hijos han venido hasta la rotura, y la que pare no tiene fuerzas.
4 Perhaps the Lord, your God, may hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of the Assyrians, his lord, sent so that he would reproach the living God, and rebuke with words, which the Lord, your God, has heard. And so, offer a prayer on behalf of the remnant that has been found.”
Quizá oirá Jehová tu Dios todas las palabras de Rabsaces, al cual el rey de los Asirios su señor ha enviado para injuriar al Dios vivo, y a reprender con palabras, las cuales Jehová tu Dios ha oído: por tanto alza oración por los restos que aun se hallan.
5 And the servants of king Hezekiah went to Isaiah.
Y vinieron los siervos del rey Ezequías a Isaías.
6 And Isaiah said to them: “So shall you say to your lord. Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid before the face of the words that you have heard, by which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.
E Isaías les respondió: Así diréis a vuestro señor: Así dijo Jehová: No temas por las palabras que has oído, con las cuales me han blasfemado los siervos del rey de Asiria.
7 Behold, I will send a spirit to him, and he will hear a report, and he will return to his own land. And I will bring him down by the sword in his own land.”
He aquí, yo pongo en él un espíritu, y oirá rumor, y volverse ha a su tierra: y yo haré que en su tierra caiga a cuchillo.
8 Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.
Y volviendo Rabsaces halló al rey de Asiria combatiendo a Lebna: porque ya había oído que se había partido de Laquis.
9 And when he had heard from Tirhakah, the king of Ethiopia, saying, “Behold, he has gone out so that he may fight against you,” and when he went forth against him, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:
Y oyó decir de Taraca rey de Etiopía: He aquí que es salido para hacerte guerra. Entonces él volvió, y envió embajadores a Ezequías, diciendo:
10 “So shall you say to Hezekiah, the king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom you trust, lead you astray. And you should not say, ‘Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.’
Así diréis a Ezequías rey de Judá: No te engañe tu Dios, en quien tú confías para decir: Jerusalem no será entregada en mano del rey de Asiria:
11 For you yourself have heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all the lands, the manner in which they have laid waste to them. Therefore, how would you alone be able to be freed?
He aquí, tú has oído lo que han hecho los reyes de Asiria a todas las tierras, destruyéndolas, ¿y has de escapar tú?
12 Have the gods of the nations freed any of those whom my fathers have destroyed, such as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who were at Telassar?
¿Libráronlas los dioses de las gentes, que mis padres destruyeron, es a saber, Gozán, y Harán, y Resef, y los hijos de Edén, que estaban en Talassar?
13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena, and of Avva?”
¿Dónde está el rey de Emat, el rey de Arfad, el rey de la ciudad de Sefarvaim, de Ana, y de Ava?
14 And so, when Hezekiah had received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and had read it, he ascended to the house of the Lord, and he spread it out before the Lord.
Y tomó Ezequías las cartas de mano de los embajadores, y luego que las hubo leído, subió a la casa de Jehová, y extendiólas Ezequías delante de Jehová.
15 And he prayed in his sight, saying: “O Lord, God of Israel, who sits upon the cherubim, you alone are God, over all the kings of the earth. You made heaven and earth.
Y oró Ezequías delante de Jehová, diciendo: Jehová Dios de Israel, que habitas sobre los querubines, tú solo eres Dios a todos los reinos de la tierra: tú hiciste el cielo y la tierra.
16 Incline your ear, and listen. Open your eyes, O Lord, and see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, who sent so that he might reproach the living God before us.
Inclina, oh Jehová, tu oreja, y oye: abre, oh Jehová, tus ojos, y mira, y oye las palabras de Sennaquerib, que ha enviado a blasfemar al Dios vivo.
17 Truly, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have devastated all peoples and lands.
Es verdad, oh Jehová, que los reyes de Asiria han destruido las gentes y sus tierras;
18 And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but instead were the works of men’s hands, out of wood and stone. And so they destroyed them.
Y que pusieron en el fuego a sus dioses, por cuanto ellos no eran dioses, sino obra de manos de hombres, madera, o piedra, y así los destruyeron.
19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, bring us salvation from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord God.”
Ahora pues, oh Jehová, Dios nuestro, sálvanos, te suplico, de su mano, para que sepan todos los reinos de la tierra que tú solo, Jehová, eres Dios.
20 Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I have heard what you beseeched from me, concerning Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians.
Entonces Isaías, hijo de Amós, envió a Ezequías, diciendo: Así dijo Jehová Dios de Israel: Lo que me rogaste acerca de Sennaquerib, rey de Asiria, he oído.
21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken about him: The virgin daughter of Zion has spurned and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind your back.
Esta es la palabra que Jehová ha hablado contra él: ¿Háte menospreciado? ¿Háte escarnecido, oh virgen, hija de Sión? ¿Ha movido su cabeza detrás de ti, hija de Jerusalem?
22 Whom have you reproached, and whom have you blasphemed? Against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel!
¿A quién has injuriado? ¿Y a quién has blasfemado? ¿Y contra quién has hablado alto, y has alzado en alto tus ojos? Contra el Santo de Israel.
23 By the hand of your servants, you have reproached the Lord, and you have said: ‘By the multitude of my chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the summit of Lebanon. And I have cut down its sublime cedars, and its elect spruce trees. And I have entered even to its limits. And its forest of Carmel,
Por mano de tus mensajeros has dicho injurias contra mi Señor, y has dicho: Con la multitud de mis carros he subido a las cumbres de los montes, a las cuestas del Líbano, y cortaré sus altos cedros, sus hayas escogidas: y entraré a la morada de su término, al monte de su Carmelo.
24 I have cut down. And I drank foreign waters, and I dried up all the enclosed waters with the steps of my feet.’
Yo he cavado, y bebido las aguas ajenas, y he secado con las plantas de mis pies todos los ríos de los pueblos, sobre los cuales yo he puesto cerco.
25 But have you not heard what I have done from the beginning? From the days of antiquity, I have formed it, and now I have brought it to be. And fortified cities of fighting men will become piles of ruins.
¿Nunca has oído, que de luengo tiempo la hice yo, y de días antiguos la he formado? Y ahora la he hecho venir, y será para destrucción de ciudades fuertes en montones de asolamiento.
26 And whoever may settle in these, they have trembled, with a weak hand, and they have been confounded. They have become like the hay of the field, and like weeds sprouting on the rooftops, which dry up before they reached maturity.
Y sus moradores cortos de manos, quebrantados, y confusos, serán yerba del campo, legumbre verde: heno de los tejados que antes que venga a madurez es seco.
27 Your habitation, and your exit, and your entrance, and your way, I knew beforehand, along with your fury against me.
Yo he sabido tu asentarte, tu salir, y tu entrar, y tu furor contra mí.
28 You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears. And so, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will lead you back along the way by which you came.
Por cuanto te has airado contra mí, y tu estruendo ha subido a mis oídos: por tanto yo pondré mi anzuelo en tus narices, y mi freno en tus labios, y yo te haré volver por el camino por donde viniste.
29 But as for you, Hezekiah, this shall be a sign: Eat this year whatever you will find, and in the second year, whatever may spring up of itself. But in the third year, sow and reap; plant vineyards, and eat from their fruit.
Y esto te será por señal: Este año comerás lo que nacerá de suyo: y el segundo año lo que tornará a nacer de suyo; y el tercer año haréis sementera, y segaréis, y plantaréis viñas, y comeréis el fruto de ellas.
30 And whatever will have been left behind, from the house of Judah, shall send a root downward, and shall bear fruit upward.
Y lo que hubiere escapado, lo que habrá quedado de la casa de Judá tornará a echar raíz hacia abajo, y hará fruto hacia arriba.
31 Indeed, a remnant shall go forth from Jerusalem, and what may be saved shall go forth from mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.
Porque saldrán de Jerusalem residuos, y escapadura del monte de Sión: el celo de Jehová de los ejércitos hará esto.
32 For this reason, thus says the Lord about the king of the Assyrians: He shall not enter into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor overtake it with the shield, nor encircle it with fortifications.
Por tanto Jehová dice así del rey de Asiria: El no entrará en esta ciudad, ni echará saeta en ella: ni vendrá delante de ella escudo: ni será echado contra ella baluarte.
33 By the way that he came, so shall he return. And he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
Por el camino que vino, se volverá, y no entrará en esta ciudad, dice Jehová.
34 And I will protect this city, and I will save it for my own sake, and for the sake of my servant David.”
Porque yo ampararé a esta ciudad para salvarla, por amor de mí, y por amor de David mi siervo.
35 And so it happened that, in the same night, an Angel of the Lord went and struck down, in the camp of the Assyrians, one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he had risen up, at first light, he saw all the bodies of the dead. And withdrawing, he went away.
Y aconteció que la misma noche salió el ángel de Jehová, e hirió en el campo de los Asirios ciento y ochenta y cinco mil hombres: y como se levantaron por la mañana, he aquí los cuerpos de los muertos.
36 And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, returned and dwelled in Nineveh.
Entonces Sennaquerib rey de Asiria se partió, y se fue y tornó, y estúvose en Nínive.
37 And while he was worshipping in the temple of his god, Nisroch, his sons, Adram-melech and Sharezer, struck him with the sword. And they fled into the land of the Armenians. And Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place.
Y aconteció, que estando él adorando en el templo de Nesroc su dios, Adramelec y Sarasar sus hijos le hirieron a cuchillo: y huyéronse a tierra de Ararat, y reinó en su lugar Asaradón su hijo.
