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 veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó en Jerusalén durante veintinueve años. El nombre de su madre fue Joadan de Jerusalén.
2 Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically.
Hizo lo correcto ante los ojos del Señor, pero su corazón no era completamente fiel al Señor.
3 As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father.
Y cuando se hizo fuerte en el reino, mató a aquellos hombres que habían tomado la vida del rey, su padre.
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 él no mató a sus hijos, porque mantuvo las órdenes del Señor registradas en el libro de la ley de Moisés, diciendo: Los padres no deben ser condenados a muerte por sus hijos o los hijos por sus padres, pero un hombre debe ser condenado a muerte por el pecado que él mismo ha cometido.
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.
Entonces Amasías reunió a todo Judá y los ordenó a sus familias, incluso a todo Judá y Benjamín, bajo capitanes de miles y capitanes de cientos: y él tenía a los de veinte años o más, y vinieron a trescientos mil de los mejores combatientes, entrenados para la guerra y en el uso de la lanza y escudos.
6 Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them.
Y por cien talentos de plata, él consiguió cien mil combatientes de Israel.
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 vino a él un hombre de Dios, que decía: Rey, no te acompañe el ejército de Israel; porque el Señor no está con Israel, es decir, 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 quieres ir hazlo, y sé fuerte en la guerra; Dios te hará caer ante los que luchan contra ti; Dios tiene poder para dar ayuda o 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].”
Entonces Amasías dijo al hombre de Dios: ¿Pero qué hacer con respecto a los cien talentos que he dado para la banda armada de Israel? Y el hombre de Dios en respuesta dijo: Dios puede darte mucho más que esto.
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, separando las tropas armadas que había venido de Efraín, los envió de nuevo; Lo que los enojó mucho con Judá, y volvieron ardiendo de ira.
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.
Entonces Amasías se animó, salió a la cabeza de su pueblo y fue al Valle de la Sal, donde mató a diez mil de los hijos de Seir;
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.
Y diez mil más fueron apresados por los hijos de Israel, y los hicieron subir a la cima de la roca, empujandolos desde la cima de la roca para que sus cuerpos se rompieran por la caída.
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 los hombres de la tropa que Amasías envió y no se llevaron a la lucha, atacaron las ciudades de Judá, desde Samaria hasta Bet-horon, y mataron a tres mil de sus habitantes y se los llevaron una gran cantidad de sus bienes.
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.
Cuando Amasías regresó de la destrucción de los edomitas, tomó a los dioses de los hijos de Seir y los convirtió en sus dioses, adorándolos y quemando ofrendas ante ellos.
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?”
Y la ira del Señor se movió contra Amasías, y le envió un profeta que le dijo: ¿Por qué has ido tras los dioses de las personas que no le han dado la salvación a su propio pueblo de tus manos?
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.
Pero mientras él le estaba hablando, el rey le dijo: ¿Te hemos convertido en uno de los consejeros del rey? No digas más, o será la causa de tu muerte. Entonces el profeta dejó de protestar y dijo: Me queda claro que el propósito de Dios es tu destrucción, porque has hecho esto y no has escuchado mis palabras.
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.”
Entonces Amasías, rey de Judá, siguiendo la sugerencia de sus siervos, envió a Joás, hijo de Joacaz, hijo de Jehú, rey de Israel, diciendo: Ven, tengamos una reunión cara a cara.
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.
Entonces Joás, rey de Israel, envió a Amasías, rey de Judá, diciendo: El cardo envió al cedro del Líbano, diciendo: Da tu hija a mi hijo por esposa, pero una bestia pasó por bosques en el Líbano, aplastando al cardo bajo sus pies.
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: Mira, yo he vencido a Edom; y tu corazón se enorgullece: ahora quédate en tu país; ¿Por qué causas problemas al ponerte a ti y a Judá en peligro de caída?
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 le prestó atención; y este era el propósito de Dios, para que él pudiera entregarlos a las manos de Joás, porque habían perseguido a los dioses de Edom.
21 So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh [city] in Judah.
Y así subió Joás, rey de Israel; y él y Amasías, rey de Judá, se encontraron cara a cara en Bet-semes en Judá.
22 The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes.
Y Judá fue vencido delante de Israel, y huyeron, cada uno a su tienda.
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.
Entonces Joás, rey de Israel, hizo a Amasías, rey de Judá, hijo de Joás, hijo de Joacaz, prisionero en Bet-semes, y lo llevó a Jerusalén; y hizo que el muro de Jerusalén fuera derribado de la puerta de Efraín a la puerta en el ángulo, cuatrocientos codos.
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.
Y tomó todo el oro y la plata y todos los vasos que estaban en la casa del Señor, bajo el cuidado de Obed-edom, y todas las riquezas de la casa del rey, así como rehenes y volví 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, continuó viviendo quince 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’.
Ahora, el resto de los actos de Amasías, comienzo y fin, están registrados en el libro de los reyes de Judá e 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 momento en que Amasías dejó de adorar al Señor, hicieron designios secretos contra él en Jerusalén; y se fue a huir a Laquis, pero enviaron a Laquis tras él y lo mataron allí.
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’.
Y tomaron su cuerpo a caballo y lo enterraron con sus padres en el pueblo de David.
