2 Kings 16

1 When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah.

En el año diez y siete de Facee, hijo de Romelías, comenzó a reinar Acaz, hijo de Joatam rey de Judá.

2 He was 20 years old when he became the king [of Judah]. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done.

Cuando comenzó a reinar Acaz, era de veinte años, y reinó en Jerusalem diez y seis años: y no hizo lo que era recto en ojos de Jehová su Dios, como David su padre:

3 Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land.

Antes anduvo en el camino de los reyes de Israel; que aun hizo pasar por el fuego a su hijo, según las abominaciones de las gentes, las cuales Jehová echó de delante de los hijos de Israel.

4 Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense [to honor Yahweh] on the tops of many hills and under many [HYP] big trees, [instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded].

Asimismo sacrificó, y quemó perfumes en los altos, y sobre los collados, y debajo de todo árbol sombrío.

5 While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel [came with their armies] and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it.

Entonces subió Rasín rey de Siria, y Facee, hijo de Romelías, rey de Israel, a Jerusalem para hacer guerra, y cercar a Acaz, mas no la pudieron tomar.

6 At that time the [army of the] king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath [city]. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there.

En aquel tiempo restituyó Rasín rey de Siria a Elat a Siria; y echó a los Judíos de Elat, y los Siros vinieron a Elat, y habitaron allí hasta hoy.

7 King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, [as though] I [was] your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.”

Entonces Acaz envió embajadores a Teglat-palasar rey de Asiria, diciendo: Yo soy tu siervo y tu hijo, sube, y defiéndeme de mano del rey de Siria, y de mano del rey de Israel, que se han levantado contra mí.

8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria.

Y tomando Acaz la plata y el oro que se halló en la casa de Jehová, y en los tesoros de la casa real, envió al rey de Asiria un presente.

9 So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed [King] Rezin.

Y el rey de Asiria consintió con él: y subió el rey de Asiria contra Damasco, y tomóla, y trasportó los moradores en Kir, y mató a Rasín.

10 When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest [in Jerusalem], a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus.

Y fue el rey Acaz a recibir a Teglat-palasar rey de Asiria a Damasco. Y viendo el rey Acaz el altar que estaba en Damasco, envió a Urías sacerdote el retrato y la descripción del altar, conforme a toda su hechura.

11 So Uriah built an altar [in Jerusalem], following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned [to Jerusalem] from Damascus.

Y Urías el sacerdote edificó el altar: conforme a todo lo que el rey Acaz había enviado de Damasco, así lo hizo Urías el sacerdote, entre tanto que el rey Acaz venía de Damasco.

12 When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it

Y venido el rey de Damasco, vio el altar, y el rey se acercó al altar, y sacrificó en él.

13 and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God.

Y encendió su holocausto, y su presente, y derramó sus libaciones, y esparció la sangre de sus pacíficos junto al altar.

14 The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, [which was bigger than the old altar].

Y el altar de metal, que estaba delante de Jehová, hízole acercar delante de la frontera de la casa entre el altar y el templo de Jehová, y púsole al lado del altar hacia el aquilón.

15 Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.”

Y mandó el rey Acaz al sacerdote Urías, diciendo: En el grande altar encenderás el holocausto de la mañana, y el presente de la tarde, y el holocausto del rey, y su presente, y asimismo el holocausto de todo el pueblo de la tierra, y su presente, y sus libaciones; y toda sangre de holocausto, y toda sangre de sacrificio esparcirás sobre él: y el altar de metal será mío para preguntar.

16 So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do.

Y el sacerdote Urías lo hizo conforme a todas las cosas que el rey Acaz le mandó.

17 King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts [that were outside the temple] and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze [statues of the] oxen and put it on a stone foundation.

Y cortó el rey Acaz las cintas de las basas, y quitóles las fuentes: y quitó el mar de sobre los bueyes de metal, que estaban debajo de él, y púsole sobre el solado de piedra.

18 Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah.

Y la tienda del sábado, que habían edificado en la casa, y el pasadizo de afuera del rey mudó a las espaldas de la casa de Jehová, por causa del rey de Asiria.

19 [If you want to know about] the other things that Ahaz did, they are written [RHQ] in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

Lo demás de los hechos de Acaz, que hizo, ¿no está todo escrito en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá?

20 Ahaz died [EUP], and he was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king.

Y durmió el rey Acaz con sus padres, y fue sepultado con sus padres en la ciudad de David: y reinó en su lugar Ezequías su hijo.