2 Chronicles 21

1 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].

Y durmió Josafat con sus padres, y sepultáronle con sus padres en la ciudad de David: y reinó en su lugar Joram su hijo.

2 His [younger] brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah.

Este tuvo hermanos, hijos de Josafat, a Azarías, Jahiel, Zacarías, Azarías, Micael, y Safatías. Todos estos fueron hijos de Josafat rey de Israel.

3 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.

A los cuales su padre había dado muchos dones de oro y de plata, y cosas preciosas, y ciudades fuertes en Judá: mas el reino había dado a Joram; porque él era el primogénito.

4 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.

Y levantóse Joram contra el reino de su padre; e hízose fuerte, y pasó a cuchillo a todos sus hermanos, y asimismo a algunos de los príncipes de Israel.

5 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years.

Cuando comenzó a reinar era de treinta y dos años, y reinó ocho años en Jerusalem.

6 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.

Anduvo en el camino de los reyes de Israel, como hizo la casa de Acab; porque tenía por mujer la hija de Acab: e hizo lo malo en ojos de Jehová.

7 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.

Mas Jehová no quiso destruir la casa de David, por la alianza que con David había hecho, y porque le había dicho, que le había de dar lámpara a él, y a sus hijos perpetuamente.

8 While Jehoram was ruling, the people of [the] Edom [region] rebelled against [the king of] Judah and appointed their own king.

En los días de este se rebeló Edom para no estar debajo de la mano de Judá, y pusieron rey sobre sí.

9 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.

Y pasó Joram con sus príncipes, y llevó consigo todos sus carros, y levantóse de noche, e hirió a Edom que le había cercado, y a todos los príncipes de sus carros.

10 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].

Con todo eso Edom se rebeló para no estar debajo de la mano de Judá hasta hoy. También se rebeló en el mismo tiempo Lebna para no estar debajo de su mano: por cuanto él había dejado a Jehová el Dios de sus padres.

11 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.

Además de esto hizo altos en los montes de Judá: e hizo que los moradores de Jerusalem fornicasen, e impelió a Judá.

12 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.

Y viniéronle cartas del profeta Elías, que decían así: Jehová el Dios de David tu padre ha dicho así: Por cuanto no has andado en los caminos de Josafat tu padre, ni en los caminos de Asa rey de Judá:

13 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.

Antes, has andado en el camino de los reyes de Israel, y has hecho que fornicase Judá y los moradores de Jerusalem, como fornicó la casa de Acab: además de esto has muerto a tus hermanos, la casa de tu padre, los cuales eran mejores que tú:

14 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.

He aquí, Jehová herirá tu pueblo de una grande plaga, y a tus hijos, y a tus mujeres, y a toda tu hacienda:

15 And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.'”

Y a ti con muchas enfermedades, con enfermedad de tus entrañas, hasta que las entrañas se te salgan a causa de la enfermedad de cada día.

16 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.

Y despertó Jehová contra Joram el espíritu de los Filisteos, y de los Árabes, que estaban junto a los Etiopes:

17 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.

Y subieron contra Judá, y corrieron la tierra, y saquearon toda la hacienda que hallaron en la casa del rey, y a sus hijos, y a sus mujeres; que no le quedó hijo, sino fue Joacas el menor de sus hijos.

18 After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure.

Después de todo esto Jehová le hirió en las entrañas de una enfermedad incurable.

19 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.

Y aconteció que pasando un día tras otro, al fin, al cabo de tiempo de dos años, las entrañas se le salieron con la enfermedad, y murió de mala enfermedad: y no le hicieron quema los de su pueblo, como las habían hecho a sus padres.

20 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.

Cuando comenzó a reinar era de treinta y dos años, y reinó en Jerusalem ocho años: y fuése sin dejar de sí deseo. Y le sepultaron en la ciudad de David; mas no en los sepulcros de los reyes.