1 Kings 14
1 At that time, Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.
En aquel tiempo Abías, hijo de Jeroboam, enfermó.
2 Jeroboam said to his wife, “Disguise yourself, in order that no one will recognize that you are my wife. Then go to Shiloh [city], where the prophet Ahijah [lives]. He is the one who predicted/prophesied that I would become the king of Israel.
Jeroboam le dijo a su esposa: “Por favor, levántate y disfrázate para que no te reconozcan como la esposa de Jeroboam. Ve a Silo. Allí está el profeta Ahías, que dijo que yo sería rey de este pueblo.
3 Take with you ten [loaves of] bread and some small flat cakes, and a jar of honey, [and give them] to him. [Tell him about] our son, [and] he will tell you what will happen to him.”
Toma contigo diez panes, algunas tortas y un tarro de miel, y ve a él. Él te dirá qué será del niño”.
4 So his wife went to Shiloh, to Ahijah’s house. Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old and had become blind.
La mujer de Jeroboam lo hizo, y se levantó y fue a Silo, y llegó a la casa de Ahías. Ajías no podía ver, pues tenía los ojos entornados a causa de su edad.
5 But [before she got there, ] Yahweh told Ahijah that Jeroboam’s wife was coming to inquire about their son, who was very sick. And Yahweh told Ahijah what he should tell her. When she came to him, she pretended to be another woman.
El Señor le dijo a Ajías: “Mira, la mujer de Jeroboam viene a preguntarte por su hijo, porque está enfermo. Dile que tal y tal; porque será, cuando venga, que se hará pasar por otra mujer.”
6 But when Ahijah heard her footsteps as she entered the doorway, he said to her, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! (Why do you pretend that you are someone else?/It will not help you to pretend that you are someone else.) [RHQ] [Yahweh] has given me bad news to tell you.
Cuando Ahías oyó el ruido de sus pies al entrar por la puerta, dijo: “¡Entra, mujer de Jeroboam! ¿Por qué te haces pasar por otra? Porque he sido enviado a ti con noticias pesadas.
7 Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], says to you: ‘I chose you from among the common people and enabled you to become the king of my Israeli people.
Ve y dile a Jeroboam: “Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, dice “Porque te exalté de entre el pueblo y te hice príncipe de mi pueblo Israel,
8 I took [most of] the kingdom of Israel away from David’s descendants and gave it to you. But you have not been like David, who served me [very well]. He obeyed all my commandments very sincerely, doing only things that I considered to be right.
y arranqué el reino de la casa de David y te lo di a ti y sin embargo no has sido como mi siervo David, que guardó mis mandamientos y me siguió con todo su corazón, para hacer sólo lo que era justo a mis ojos,
9 But you have done more evil things/deeds than all those [who ruled] before you. You have rejected me, and you have caused me to become very angry by making metal images of other gods so that you [and others] could worship them.
sino que has hecho lo malo por encima de todos los que fueron antes de ti, y has ido a hacerte otros dioses, imágenes de fundición, para provocarme a la ira y me has echado a tus espaldas,
10 ‘So, I am going to cause terrible things to happen to your family. I will cause all your male descendants to die, young ones and old ones. I will completely get rid of your family [MTY]. I will get rid of your family [MTY] just like a man completely burns dung [to cook his food].
por tanto, he aquí que yo traeré el mal sobre la casa de Jeroboam, y cortaré de Jeroboam a todo el que orine en una pared, al que esté encerrado y al que quede suelto en Israel, y barreré totalmente la casa de Jeroboam, como se barre el estiércol hasta que desaparezca todo.
11 [The corpses of] any members of your family who die in cities will be eaten by dogs. And [the corpses of] any members of your family who die in the open fields will be eaten by vultures. [This will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said [that it will happen].’
Los perros se comerán al de Jeroboam que muera en la ciudad, y las aves del cielo se comerán al que muera en el campo, porque Yahvé lo ha dicho”.
12 So go back home. And as soon as you enter the city, your son will die.
Levántate, pues, y vete a tu casa. Cuando tus pies entren en la ciudad, el niño morirá.
13 All the Israeli people will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one of Jeroboam’s family who will be buried [properly], because he is the only one of Jeroboam’s family with whom Yahweh is pleased.
Todo Israel lo llorará y lo enterrará, porque sólo el de Jeroboam llegará a la tumba, porque en él se ha encontrado algo bueno para Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, en la casa de Jeroboam.
14 Furthermore, Yahweh will appoint for himself a king to rule over Israel who will get rid of Jeroboam’s descendants. And that [will start to happen] today!
Además, Yahvé suscitará para sí un rey sobre Israel, que eliminará la casa de Jeroboam. ¡Este es el día! ¿Qué? Ahora mismo.
15 Yahweh will punish the people of Israel; he will shake them like [the wind] shakes the reeds [that grow in] a stream. He will expel the Israeli people from this good land that he gave to our ancestors. He will scatter them into countries east of [the Euphrates] River, because they have caused him to become very angry by [worshiping statues of] the goddess Asherah.
Porque Yahvé golpeará a Israel, como se agita una caña en el agua; y desarraigará a Israel de esta buena tierra que dio a sus padres, y los dispersará más allá del río, porque han hecho sus postes de Asera, provocando la ira de Yahvé.
16 Yahweh will abandon the Israeli people because of the sins that Jeroboam committed, sins which led the Israeli people to commit them.”
Entregará a Israel a causa de los pecados de Jeroboam, que ha cometido y con los que ha hecho pecar a Israel.”
17 Jeroboam’s wife returned home to Tirzah [city, the new capital of Israel]. And just as she entered her house, her son died.
La mujer de Jeroboam se levantó y partió, y llegó a Tirsa. Al llegar al umbral de la casa, el niño murió.
18 All the Israeli people mourned for him and buried him, which is what Yahweh had told his servant, the prophet Ahijah, would happen.
Todo Israel lo enterró y lo lloró, según la palabra de Yahvé, que habló por medio de su siervo el profeta Ahías.
19 Everything else that Jeroboam did, and the record of wars that his [army] fought, and how he ruled, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.
Los demás hechos de Jeroboam, cómo luchó y cómo reinó, he aquí que están escritos en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Israel.
20 Jeroboam ruled for 22 years; then he died [EUP] and his son Nadab became king.
Los días que reinó Jeroboam fueron veintidós años; luego durmió con sus padres, y reinó en su lugar Nadab, su hijo.
21 Solomon’s son Rehoboam ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled for 17 years. He ruled in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh chose out of all the tribes of Israel to be the place where he should be worshiped [MTY]. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah; she was from the Ammon people-group.
Roboam, hijo de Salomón, reinó en Judá. Roboam tenía cuarenta y un años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó diecisiete años en Jerusalén, la ciudad que el Señor había elegido de entre todas las tribus de Israel para poner su nombre en ella. Su madre se llamaba Naamah la amonita.
22 The people of Judah did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. They caused him to become angry because they committed more sins than their ancestors had committed: They worshiped many other gods instead of worshiping only Yahweh.
Judá hizo lo que era malo a los ojos de Yahvé, y lo provocaron a celos con los pecados que cometieron, más allá de todo lo que habían hecho sus padres.
23 They built places to worship those gods; on high hills, and under big trees they set up [stone] pillars to worship the goddess Asherah.
Porque también se construyeron lugares altos, pilares sagrados y postes de Asera en todo cerro alto y debajo de todo árbol verde.
24 Also, there were male prostitutes at these places of worship. The Israeli people did the same disgraceful things that had been done by the people whom Yahweh had expelled while the Israelis were advancing through the land.
También había sodomitas en la tierra. Hicieron según todas las abominaciones de las naciones que Yahvé expulsó ante los hijos de Israel.
25 When Rehoboam had been ruling for almost five years, King Shishak of Egypt came [with his army] to attack Jerusalem.
En el quinto año del rey Roboam, Sisac, rey de Egipto, subió contra Jerusalén;
26 They took away all the valuable things in the temple and in the king’s palace, including the gold shields that Solomon’s [workers] had made.
y se llevó los tesoros de la casa de Yahvé y los tesoros de la casa real. Incluso se llevó todo, incluyendo todos los escudos de oro que Salomón había hecho.
27 King Rehoboam’s [workers] made bronze shields to replace them and entrusted them to officers who guarded the entrance to the king’s palace.
El rey Roboam hizo escudos de bronce en su lugar, y los encomendó a los capitanes de la guardia que guardaban la puerta de la casa del rey.
28 Every time that the king went into the temple, those guards carried those shields; and [when he left the temple] they returned the shields to the storeroom.
Y cada vez que el rey entraba en la casa del rey, la guardia los llevaba y los traía a la sala de guardia.
29 Everything else that Rehoboam did is written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.
Los demás hechos de Roboam, y todo lo que hizo, ¿no están escritos en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?
30 There were wars continually between [the armies of] Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
Hubo guerra entre Roboam y Jeroboam continuamente.
31 Then Rehoboam died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Abijah became the king.
Roboam durmió con sus padres y fue enterrado con ellos en la ciudad de David. Su madre se llamaba Naamah la amonita. Su hijo Abijam reinó en su lugar.
