2 Reyes 24

1 Durante el reinado de Joaquim, Nabucodonosor, tipo de Babilonia, invadió el país y Joaquim se sometió a él. Pero después de tres años Joaquim se rebeló contra Nabucodonosor.

While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.

2 Entonces el Señor envió bandas de asaltantes contra Judá para destruirlos. Vinieron de Babilonia, Harán, Moab y Amón, tal como el Señor había dicho por medio de sus siervos los profetas.

Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.

3 El Señor habló contra Judá para desterrarlos de su presencia a causa de todos los pecados que Manasés había cometido y de la gente inocente que había matado,

These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].

4 llenando Jerusalén con su sangre. El Señor no estaba dispuesto a perdonar esto.

Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.

5 El resto de lo que sucedió en el reinado de Joaquim, y todo lo que hizo, está registrado en el Libro de las Crónicas de los Reyes de Judá.

The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

6 Joaquim murió, y su hijo Joaquim lo sucedió como rey.

When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.

7 El rey de Egipto no volvió a salir de su país, pues el rey de Babilonia se había apoderado de todo el territorio que le pertenecía, desde el Wadi de Egipto hasta el río Éufrates.

[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.

8 Joaquim tenía dieciocho años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante tres meses. Su madre era Nejustá, hija de Elnatán. Ella era de Jerusalén.

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.

9 Joaquim hizo lo malo a los ojos del Señor, tal como lo había hecho su padre.

Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.

10 En aquel tiempo los oficiales de Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, atacaron Jerusalén y la sitiaron.

[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.

11 Entonces Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, vino en persona mientras sus oficiales estaban sitiando la ciudad.

While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.

12 Joaquim, rey de Israel, se rindió al rey de Babilonia, junto con su madre, sus oficiales, sus comandantes y sus funcionarios. Fue en el octavo año de su reinado cuando Nabucodonosor capturó a Joaquim.

Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.

13 Nabucodonosor tomó todos los tesoros del Templo del Señor y del palacio real, y cortó todos los objetos de oro que Salomón, rey de Israel, había hecho para el Templo del Señor, como el Señor había dicho que sucedería.

Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.

14 Deportó a toda Jerusalén, a todos los comandantes y a los soldados experimentados, a todos los artesanos y a los trabajadores del metal, un total de diez mil prisioneros. Sólo quedó la gente muy pobre del país.

They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.

15 Se llevó a Joaquim al exilio en Babilonia, así como a la madre del rey y a las esposas del rey y a sus funcionarios y a los principales hombres del país, a todos los deportó de Jerusalén a Babilonia.

Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.

16 El rey de Babilonia también deportó a Babilonia a los siete mil hombres de combate y a los mil artesanos y metalúrgicos, todos ellos fuertes y preparados para la batalla.

They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.

17 El rey de Babilonia nombró rey a Matanías, tío de Joaquim, en su lugar, y le cambió el nombre por el de Sedequías.

Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.

18 Sedequías tenía veintiún años cuando llegó a ser rey, y reinó en Jerusalén durante once años. Su madre se llamaba Jamutal, hija de Jeremías.

When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].

19 Sus hechos fueron malos a los ojos del Señor, tal como los de Joaquim.

But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.

20 Todo esto sucedió en Jerusalén y en Judá, a causa de la ira del Señor, hasta que finalmente los desterró de su presencia. Sedequías se rebeló contra el rey de Babilonia.

Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.