2 Kings 3
1 After Jehoshaphat had been ruling Judah for almost 18 years, Ahab’s son Joram became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria [city] for twelve years.
Y Joram, hijo de Acab, comenzó a reinar en Samaria sobre Israel el año diez y ocho de Josafat rey de Judá; y reinó doce años.
2 He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as much evil as his father and mother had done, and he got rid of the pillar [for worshiping] Baal which his father had made.
E hizo lo malo en los ojos de Jehová, aunque no como su padre y su madre; porque quitó las estatuas de Baal, que su padre había hecho.
3 But he committed the sins that [King] Jeroboam had committed and which led the Israeli people to sin, and he did not stop committing those sins.
Mas llegóse a los pecados de Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat, que hizo pecar a Israel; y no se apartó de ellos.
4 Mesha, the king of Moab, raised sheep. [Every year] he was forced to give 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams to the king of Israel, [because his kingdom was controlled by the king of Israel].
Entonces Mesa rey de Moab era pastor, y pagaba al rey de Israel cien mil corderos, y cien mil carneros con sus vellocinos.
5 But after King Ahab died, Mesha rebelled against the king of Israel.
Mas muerto Acab, el rey de Moab se rebeló contra el rey de Israel.
6 So King Joram left Samaria and gathered together all his soldiers.
Y salió entonces de Samaria el rey Joram, y reconoció a todo Israel:
7 Then he sent this message to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. So will your army join my army and fight against the army of Moab?” Jehoshaphat replied, “Yes, we will help you. We are ready to do whatever you want us to. My soldiers and my horses are ready to help you.”
Y fue, y envió a Josafat rey de Judá, diciendo: El rey de Moab se ha rebelado contra mí: ¿irás tú conmigo a la guerra contra Moab? Y él respondió: Si iré, porque como yo, así tú: y como mi pueblo, así también tu pueblo: como mis caballos, así también tus caballos.
8 He asked, “On which road shall we march to attack them?” Joram replied, “We will go [south to Jerusalem, where your army will join us. Then we will all go south of the Dead Sea, and then turn north] through the Edom Desert.”
Y dijo: ¿Por qué camino iremos? Y él respondió: Por el camino del desierto de Idumea.
9 So the king of Israel [and his army] went with the kings of Judah and Edom [and their armies]. They marched for seven days. Then there was no water left for their soldiers or for their animals that carried supplies.
Y partióse el rey de Israel, y el rey de Judá, y el rey de Idumea: y como anduvieron rodeando por el desierto siete días de camino, faltóles el agua para el ejército, y para las bestias, que los seguían.
10 The king of Israel exclaimed, “This is a terrible situation! [It seems that] Yahweh will allow the three of us to be captured by [the army of] [MTY] Moab!”
Entonces el rey de Israel dijo: ¡Ay! que ha llamado Jehová estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de los Moabitas.
11 Jehoshaphat said, “Is there a prophet here who can ask Yahweh for us [what we should do]?” One of Joram’s army officers said, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here. He was Elijah’s assistant.” [IDM]
Mas Josafat dijo: ¿No hay aquí profeta de Jehová, para que consultemos a Jehová por él? Y uno de los siervos del rey de Israel respondió, y dijo: Aquí está Eliseo, hijo de Safat, que daba agua a manos a Elías.
12 Jehoshaphat said, “[It will be good to ask him, because] he speaks what Yahweh tells him to say.” So those three kings went to Elisha.
Y Josafat dijo: Este tendrá palabra de Jehová. Y descendieron a él el rey de Israel, y Josafat, y el rey de Idumea,
13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you come to me [RHQ]? Go and ask those prophets that your father and mother consulted!” But Joram replied, “No, [we want you to ask Yahweh, because it seems that] Yahweh is going to allow us three kings to be captured by the army of Moab.”
Entonces Eliseo dijo al rey de Israel: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo? Vé a los profetas de tu padre, y a los profetas de tu madre. Y el rey de Israel le respondió: No así: porque ha juntado Jehová estos tres reyes para entregarlos en manos de los Moabitas.
14 Elisha replied, “I serve Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven. As surely as he lives, if I did not respect Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not even think about doing anything to help you.
Y Eliseo dijo: Vive Jehová de los ejércitos en cuya presencia estoy, que sino tuviese respeto al rostro de Josafat rey de Judá, no mirara a ti, ni te viera.
15 But, bring a musician to me.” [So they did that]. And when the musician played [on his harp], the power of Yahweh came on Elisha.
Mas ahora traédme un tañedor. Y tañendo el tañedor, la mano de Jehová fue sobre él,
16 He said, “Yahweh says that he will cause this dry stream-bed to be full of water.
Y dijo: Así dijo Jehová: Hacéd en este valle muchas acequias;
17 The result will be that your soldiers and your animals that carry supplies and your livestock will have plenty of water to drink.
Porque Jehová ha dicho así: No veréis viento, ni veréis lluvia, y este valle será lleno de agua, y beberéis vosotros, y vuestras bestias y vuestros ganados.
18 That is not difficult for Yahweh to do. [But he will do more than that]. He will also enable you to defeat [the army of] Moab.
Y esto es cosa ligera en los ojos de Jehová: dará también a los Moabitas en vuestras manos.
19 You will conquer all their beautiful cities, cities that have high walls around them. You must cut down all their fruit trees, stop water from flowing from their springs, and ruin their fertile fields by covering them with rocks.”
Y heriréis a toda ciudad fortalecida, y a toda villa escogida, y todos buenos árboles talaréis, y todas las fuentes de aguas cegaréis, y toda tierra fértil destruiréis con piedras.
20 The next morning, at the time when they offered the sacrifices [of grain], they were surprised to see water flowing from Edom and covering the ground.
Y aconteció, que por la mañana cuando se ofrece el sacrificio, he aquí, vinieron aguas de camino de Idumea, y la tierra fue llena de aguas.
21 When the people of Moab heard that the three kings had come [with their armies] to fight against them, all the men who were able to fight in battles, from the youngest men to the oldest ones, were summoned, and they (took their positions/prepared to fight) at the [southern] border of their land.
Y todos los de Moab, como oyeron que los reyes subían a pelear contra ellos, juntáronse desde todos los que ceñían talabarte arriba, y pusiéronse a los términos.
22 But when they rose early the next morning, they saw that the water across from them appeared to be as red as blood.
Y como se levantaron por la mañana, y el sol salió sobre las aguas, vieron los de Moab desde lejos las aguas bermejas como sangre.
23 They exclaimed, “It is blood! The three enemy armies must have fought and killed each other! So let’s go and take everything that they have left!”
Y dijeron: Sangre es esta de espada. Los reyes se han revuelto, y cada uno ha muerto a su compañero. Ahora pues, a la presa Moab.
24 But when they reached the area where the Israeli soldiers had set up their tents, the Israelis attacked the soldiers from Moab and forced them to retreat. The Israeli soldiers pursued the soldiers from Moab and killed many of them.
Y como llegaron al campo de Israel, levantáronse los Israelitas, e hirieron a los de Moab, los cuales huyeron delante de ellos, e hiriéronlos: e hirieron a los de Moab.
25 The Israelis also destroyed their cities. And whenever they passed fertile fields, they threw rocks on those fields, until the fields were covered with rocks. They stopped water from flowing from the springs and cut down the fruit trees. Finally, only [the capital city, ] Kir-Hareseth, remained. The Israeli soldiers who threw stones with slings surrounded the city and attacked it.
Y asolaron las ciudades, y en todas las heredades fértiles echó cada uno su piedra, e hinchiéronlas, y taparon todas las fuentes de las aguas, y derribaron todos los buenos árboles, hasta que en Kir-jareset solamente dejaron sus piedras, porque los honderos la cercaron, y la hirieron.
26 When the king of Moab realized that his army was being defeated, he took with him 700 men who fought with swords, and they tried to force a way through the Israeli lines of soldiers to escape to [get help from] the king of Syria, but they were unable to escape.
Y cuando el rey de Moab vio que la batalla le vencía, tomó consigo setecientos varones, que sacaban espada, para romper contra el rey de Idumea, mas no pudieron.
27 Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have become the next king, and killed him and offered him for a sacrifice [to their god Chemosh], burning him on top of the city wall. The Israeli soldiers were horrified, with the result that they left that city and returned to their own country.
Entonces arrebató a su primogénito, que había de reinar en su lugar, y sacrificóle en holocausto sobre el muro, y hubo grande enojo en Israel, y retiráronse de él, y volviéronse a su tierra.
