Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
2 Crónicas 24
1Siete años tenía Joás cuando empezó a reinar, y reinó cuarenta años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Sibiá, de Bersabee. Joash was seven years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba.2Hizo Joás lo que era recto a los ojos de Yahvé durante toda la vida del sacerdote Joiadá. And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.3Joiadá tomó dos mujeres para Joás, y este engendró hijos e hijas. Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.4Después de esto resolvió Joás restaurar la Casa de Yahvé. After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.5Por lo cual reunió a los sacerdotes y a los levitas y les dijo: “Recorred las ciudades de Judá, y juntad, cada año, en todo Israel dinero para reparar la Casa de vuestro Dios; y apuraos en este asunto.” Pero los levitas no se apuraron. And he gathered together the priests and Levites, and he said to them: “Go out to the cities of Judah, and collect from all of Israel money to repair the surfaces of the temple of your God, throughout each year. And do this promptly.” But the Levites acted negligently.6Llamó entonces el rey a Joiadá, sumo sacerdote, y le dijo: “¿Por qué no has tenido cuidado de que los levitas trajesen de Judá y de Jerusalén la contribución que Moisés, siervo de Yahvé, y la asamblea de Israel han prescrito para el Tabernáculo del Testimonio?” And the king summoned Jehoiada, the leader, and he said to him: “Why was there no concern with you, so that you would compel the Levites to bring, from Judah and from Jerusalem, the money that was appointed by Moses, the servant of the Lord, so as to bring it, from the entire multitude of Israel, to the tabernacle of the testimony?7Pues los partidarios de la impía Atalía habían arruinado la Casa de Dios empleando para los Baales todas las Cosas consagradas a la Casa de Yahvé. For that very impious woman Athaliah and her sons have destroyed the house of God, and they have adorned the shrine of Baal from all the things that had been sanctified in the temple of the Lord.”8Mandó, pues, el rey que se hiciera un arca; la cual fue colocada junto a la puerta de la Casa de Yahvé, por la parte de afuera; Therefore, the king instructed, and they made an ark. And they placed it beside the gate of the house of the Lord, on the outside.9y se promulgó en Judá y en Jerusalén que trajesen a Yahvé la contribución que Moisés, siervo de Dios, había impuesto a Israel en el desierto. And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel.10Todos los jefes y todo el pueblo se alegraron; y trajeron (su contribución) y la echaron en el arca hasta llenarla. And all the leaders and all the people rejoiced. And upon entering, they together took and placed so much into the ark of the Lord that it was filled.11De tiempo en tiempo, cuando veían que había mucho dinero llevaban el arca a los intendentes del rey, por mano de los levitas; y venían el secretario del rey, y el encargado del sumo sacerdote, a vaciar el arca; luego la tomaban y la volvían a su lugar. Así lo hacían cada vez, y recogían dinero en abundancia. And when it was time for them to bring the ark before the king by the hands of the Levites, for they saw that there was much money, the scribe of the king, and the one whom the high priest had appointed, entered. And they poured out the money that was in the ark. Then they carried the ark back to its place. And they did this on each day. And an immense sum of money was gathered.12El rey y Joiadá lo dieron a los que tenían a su cargo la ejecución de las obras de la Casa de Yahvé; y estos tomaron a sueldo canteros y carpinteros para restaurar la Casa de Yahvé; y también a los que trabajaban en hierro y bronce, para reparar la Casa de Yahvé. And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.13Trabajaron, pues, los obreros, y por su mano se hizo la restauración del edificio; restituyeron la Casa de Dios a su (antiguo) estado y la consolidaron. And those who were hired were working industriously. And the breach in the walls was healed by their hands. And they returned the house of the Lord to a pristine state. And they caused it stand firm.14Acabado (todo), entregaron al rey y a Joiadá lo que quedaba del dinero, del cual hicieron objetos para la Casa de Yahvé, utensilios para el ministerio y para los sacrificios, copas y vasos de oro y plata. Durante toda la vida de Joiadá se ofrecieron siempre holocaustos en la Casa de Yahvé. And when they had completed all the works, they brought the remaining part of the money before the king and Jehoiada. And from it, the vessels of the temple were made, for the ministry and for the holocausts, including bowls and other vessels of gold and silver. And holocausts were being offered in the house of the Lord continually, during all the days of Jehoiada.15Envejeció Joiadá y murió, harto de días. Tenía ciento treinta años cuando murió. But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.16Le sepultaron en la ciudad de David, con los reyes, por sus méritos por Israel, por Dios y su Casa. And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.17Después de la muerte de Joiadá vinieron los príncipes de Judá, se postraron delante del rey, y el rey les prestó oído. Then, after Jehoiada passed away, the leaders of Judah entered and reverenced the king. And he was enticed by their obsequiousness, and so he acquiesced to them.18Abandonaron entonces la Casa de Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, y sirvieron a las ascheras y a las estatuas, de manera que estalló la ira (de Dios) contra Judá y Jerusalén a causa de esta su culpa. And they abandoned the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and they served sacred groves and graven images. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem because of this sin.19Yahvé les envió profetas, los cuales dieron testimonios contra ellos, para que se convirtiesen a Él, pero no les hicieron caso. And he sent prophets to them, so that they might return to the Lord. And though they were offering testimony, they were not willing to listen to them.20Entonces el Espíritu de Dios revistió a Zacarías, hijo de Joiadá, el sacerdote; el cual puesto de pie se presentó delante del pueblo y les dijo: “Así dice Dios: ¿Por qué traspasáis los mandamientos de Yahvé? No tendréis éxito; pues por cuanto habéis dejado a Yahvé, Él os ha dejado a vosotros.” And so the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood in the sight of the people, and he said to them: “Thus says the Lord God: Why have you transgressed the precept of the Lord, though it was not to your benefit, and why have you abandoned the Lord, so that he would then abandon you?”21Mas ellos conspiraron contra él, y por mandato del rey le apedrearon en el atrio de la Casa de Yahvé. And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.22Pues el rey Joás no se acordó de los beneficios que le había hecho Joiadá, padre de (Zacarías), sino que mató al hijo del mismo, el cual exclamó muriendo: “¡Véalo Yahvé y tome venganza!” And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”23Al cabo de un año subió contra Joás el ejército de los sirios, que invadieron a Judá y Jerusalén, mataron de entre el pueblo a todos los príncipes del pueblo y enviaron todos sus despojos al rey de Damasco. And when a year had turned, the army of Syria ascended against him. And they went to Judah and Jerusalem. And they put to death all the leaders of the people. And they sent all the spoils to the king of Damascus.24El ejército de los sirios había venido con poca gente, pero Yahvé entregó en su mano un ejército muy grande; pues habían dejado a Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres. Así (los sirios) ejecutaron el juicio contra Joás. And although certainly there had arrived a very small number of Syrians, the Lord delivered into their hands an immense multitude. For they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Also, against Joash they executed disgraceful judgments.25Y cuando ellos se retiraron de él, dejándole en grandes dolores, se conjuraron contra él sus siervos, a causa de la sangre de los hijos del sacerdote Joiadá, y le mataron en su lecho, y así murió. Le sepultaron en la ciudad de David, mas no en los sepulcros de los reyes. And upon departing, they left him greatly debilitated. Then his servants rose up against him, in vengeance for the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest. And they killed him on his bed, and he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings.26Los que conspiraron contra él fueron Zabad, hijo de Simeat, ammonita, y Josabad, hijo de Simrit, moabita. Truly, those who ambushed him were Zabad, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shimrith.27Lo relativo a sus hijos, las graves amenazas pronunciadas contra él, y la restauración de la Casa de Dios, he aquí que esto se halla escrito en el comentario del libro de los reyes. En su lugar reinó Amasías, su hijo. But concerning his sons, and the sum of money that had been amassed under him, and the repairing of the house of God, these things have been written more diligently in the book of kings. Then his son, Amaziah, reigned in his place.