2 Chronicles 25

1 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king [of Judah], and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem.

Amasías tenía 25 años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó 29 años en Jerusalén. El nombre de su madre fue Joadán de Jerusalén.

2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.

Hizo lo recto ante Yavé, aunque no con un corazón íntegro.

3 As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.

Cuando el reino fue firmemente establecido, mató a sus esclavos que mataron a su padre el rey.

4 But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of [what] their children [have done], and children must not be executed for [what] their parents [have done]. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.”

Pero no mató a los hijos de ellos, según lo escrito en la Ley, en el rollo de Moisés, donde Yavé ordenó: No morirán los padres por los hijos, ni los hijos por los padres, sino cada uno morirá por su pecado.

5 Amaziah summoned the men of [the tribes of] Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to [fight well, ] using spears and shields.

Después Amasías reunió a los de Judá y los organizó según sus casas paternas por todo Judá y Benjamín como jefes de millares y jefes de centenas. E hizo un censo de ellos, de 20 años arriba, de los cuales había 300.000 escogidos que tenían lanza y escudo para salir a la guerra.

6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.

Además tomó a sueldo a 100.000 hombres valientes de Israel por 3,3 toneladas de plata.

7 But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from [anywhere else in] Israel.

Pero un varón de ʼElohim fue a él y le dijo: Oh rey, no vaya el ejército de Israel contigo, porque Yavé no está con Israel ni con los hijos de Efraín.

8 Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.”

Pero si vas, vé. Sé fuerte en la batalla. Sin embargo, ʼElohim te derribará delante del enemigo, porque ʼElohim tiene el poder para ayudar y para derribar.

9 Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid [to hire those soldiers].”

Amasías preguntó al varón de ʼElohim: ¿Qué haremos en cuanto a las 3,3 toneladas de plata que pagué al ejército de Israel? Y el varón de ʼElohim le respondió: Yavé puede darte mucho más que eso.

10 So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah [for not allowing them to stay and fight].

Entonces Amasías apartó las tropas de Efraín que le llegaron, para que fueran a sus casas. Por tanto, ellos se enojaron muchísimo contra Judá y regresaron a sus casas enfurecidos.

11 Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group.

Pero Amasías se esforzó y guió a su pueblo. Fue al valle de la Sal y mató a 10.000 de los hijos de Seír.

12 The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces.

Los hijos de Judá capturaron vivos a otros 10.000, y los llevaron a la cumbre de un peñasco. Allí los despeñaron, y todos se volvieron pedazos.

13 While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria [city] to Beth-Horon [town]. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things.

Pero las tropas que Amasías despidió para que no fueran con él a la batalla, saquearon las ciudades de Judá, desde Samaria hasta Bet-horón. Mataron a 3.000 de ellos y tomaron un gran despojo.

14 When Amaziah returned [to Jerusalem] after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to [worship] them and offered sacrifices to them.

Aconteció que, cuando Amasías regresó de la matanza de los edomitas, se llevó consigo los ʼelohim de los hijos de Seír. Los puso para que fueran sus ʼelohim, se postró ante ellos y les quemó incienso.

15 Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?”

Entonces la ira de Yavé se encendió contra Amasías, y le envió a un profeta quien le dijo: ¿Por qué fuiste tras los ʼelohim de un pueblo que no pudo ser librado de tu mano?

16 While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop [talking]! If you say anything more, [I will tell my soldiers to] kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have [begun to] worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more.

Cuando [el profeta] le hablaba estas cosas, él respondió: ¿Te designamos a ti como consejero del rey? Déjate de eso. ¿Por qué quieres que te maten? Entonces el profeta desistió, pero agregó: Yo sé que ʼElohim determinó destruirte, porque hiciste esto y no atendiste mi consejo.

17 Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.”

Después de tomar consejo Amasías, rey de Judá, envió a decir a Joás, hijo de Joacaz, hijo de Jehú, rey de Israel: ¡Ven, enfrentémonos el uno al otro!

18 But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing [in the mountains] in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet.

Joás, rey de Israel, envió a decir a Amasías, rey de Judá: El cardo del Líbano envió a decir al cedro del Líbano: Da tu hija como esposa a mi hijo. Y pasó una fiera del Líbano y pisoteó el cardo.

19 [The meaning of what I am saying is that] you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.”

Tú dices: Ciertamente derroté a Edom, y con eso tu corazón se enaltece para ufanarte. Quédate ahora en tu casa. ¿Por qué provocas un mal en el cual puedes caer tú y Judá contigo?

20 But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom.

Pero Amasías no escuchó, porque esto estaba determinado por ʼElohim, Quien los quería entregar en su mano por haber ido tras los ʼelohim de Edom.

21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.

Joás, rey de Israel, subió y se enfrentó a Amasías, rey de Judá, en Bet-semes, que pertenece a Judá.

22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.

Judá fue derrotado por Israel, y huyeron cada uno a sus tiendas.

23 King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall [that was around the city], from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long.

Joás, rey de Israel, capturó a Amasías, rey de Judá, hijo de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, en Bet-semes, y lo llevó a Jerusalén. Abrió una brecha de 180 metros en el muro de Jerusalén, desde la puerta de Efraín hasta la puerta de la Esquina.

24 His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured.

Tomó todo el oro, la plata y todos los utensilios que fueron hallados en la Casa de ʼElohim a cargo de Obed-edom, y también los tesoros del palacio real. Tomó rehenes y volvió a Samaria.

25 King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that.

Amasías, hijo de Joás, rey de Judá, vivió 15 años después de la muerte de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, rey de Israel.

26 An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king [of Judah] is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.

Los demás hechos de Amasías, primeros y últimos, ciertamente ¿no están escritos en el rollo de los Reyes de Judá y de Israel?

27 From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish [city], but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there.

Desde el tiempo cuando Amasías se apartó de Yavé, tramaron una conjura contra él en Jerusalén. Él huyó a Laquis, pero enviaron tras él a Laquis, y allá lo mataron.

28 They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors [had been buried] in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’.

Lo llevaron sobre caballos y lo sepultaron con sus antepasados en la ciudad de Judá.