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EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Josafat se fue a descansar con sus padres, y lo sepultaron con sus antepasados en la Ciudad de David. Su hijo Joram lo sucedió en el trono.	1 Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and he was buried with them in the City of David. And his son, Jehoram, reigned in his place.
2 Joram tenía seis hermanos, hijos de Josafat, que eran: Azarías, Iejiel, Zacarías, Azariahu, Micael y Sefatías. Todos eran hijos de Josafat, rey de Israel.	2 And he had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah.
3 Su padre les había hecho muchos regalos de oro, plata y objetos preciosos, además de algunas ciudades fortificadas de Judá. Pero él había entregado el reino a Joram porque era el hijo mayor;	3 And their father gave to them many gifts of silver, and gold, and valuables, with very fortified cities in Judah. But the kingdom he handed on to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn.
4 y cuando Joram tomó posesión del reino de su padre y se afianzó en el poder, degolló a todos sus hermanos y a algunos de los jefes de Israel.	4 Therefore, Jehoram rose up over the kingdom of his father. And when he had established himself, he killed with the sword all his brothers, and certain ones from the leaders of Israel.
5 Joram tenía treinta y dos años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó ocho años en Jerusalén.	5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.
6 Siguió el camino de los reyes de Israel, conforme a lo que había hecho la casa de Ajab, porque se había casado con una hija de Ajab; e hizo lo que es malo a los ojos del Señor.	6 And he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For his wife was a daughter of Ahab, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
7 Pero el Señor no quiso destruir a la casa de David, en razón de la alianza que había concluido con él, y de la promesa que le había hecho de darles, a él y a sus hijos, una lámpara para siempre.	7 But the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had formed with him, and because he had promised that he would provide a lamp to him, and to his sons, for all time.
8 Durante el reinado de Joram, Edom se rebeló contra Judá, y se instituyó un rey.	8 In those days, Edom rebelled, so as not to be subject to Judah, and they appointed for themselves a king.
9 Entonces Joram cruzó la frontera con sus jefes y todos sus carros de guerra. Durante la noche atacó a los edomitas que lo tenían cercado, a él y a los jefes de los carros de guerra.	9 And when Jehoram had gone across with his leaders, and all the horsemen who were with him, he arose in the night, and struck the Edomites (who had surrounded him), and all the commanders of his horsemen.
10 Sin embargo, Edom se libró de la dominación de Judá hasta el día de hoy. También Libná se rebeló contra él en esa misma época, porque él había abandonado al Señor, el Dios de sus padres.	10 Even so, Edom rebelled, so as not to be under the authority of Judah, even to this day. Also at that time, Libnah withdrew, so as not to be under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.
11 Además, Joram construyó los lugares altos en las montañas de Judá, incitó a la prostitución a los habitantes de Jerusalén e hizo extraviar a Judá.	11 Moreover, he also constructed high places in the cities of Judah. And he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, and Judah to prevaricate.
12 Entonces le llegó un escrito del profeta Elías que decía: «Así habla el Señor, el Dios de tu padre David: Tú no has seguido los caminos de tu padre Josafat, ni los de Asá, rey de Judá,	12 Then letters were conveyed to him from the prophet Elijah, in which it was written: “Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat, your father, nor in the ways of Asa, the king of Judah,
13 sino que imitaste a los reyes de Israel e incitaste a Judá y a los habitantes de Jerusalén a que se prostituyeran como la familia de Ajab. También has asesinado a tus hermanos, la familia de tu padre, que eran mejores que tú.	13 but instead you have advanced along the paths of the kings of Israel, and you have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fornicate, imitating the fornication of the house of Ahab, and moreover, you have killed your brothers, the house of your father, who are better than you:
14 Por eso el Señor infligirá un terrible castigo a tu pueblo, a tus hijos, a tus mujeres y a todos tus bienes.	14 behold, the Lord will strike you with a great plague, with all your people, and your sons and wives, and all your substance.
15 Tú mismo padecerás muchas dolencias, y una enfermedad maligna te irá carcomiendo las entrañas día tras día».	15 And you shall be sickened by a very grievous disease of your bowels, until your inner organs depart, little by little, each day.”
16 El Señor excitó contra Joram la hostilidad de los filisteos y de los árabes vecinos de los cusitas,	16 Therefore, the Lord stirred up, against Jehoram, the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who are along the borders of the Ethiopians.
17 que atacaron a Judá, la invadieron y se apoderaron de todos los tesoros que había en el palacio real, y también de sus hijos y de sus mujeres; solamente le quedó Ocozías, que era el menor de sus hijos.	17 And they ascended into the land of Judah. And they laid waste to it. And they despoiled all the substance that was found in the house of the king, including even his sons and wives. Neither did there remain for him any son, except Jehoahaz, who was the youngest born.
18 Por último, el Señor lo hirió con una enfermedad incurable del vientre.	18 And in addition to all these things, the Lord struck him with an incurable disease of the bowels.
19 Y después de un tiempo, al cabo de dos años, la enfermedad le carcomió las entrañas, y murió en medio de terribles dolores. Su pueblo no quemó perfumes por él, como había hecho por sus padres.	19 And as day followed after day, and the space of time turned, the course of two years was completed. And after having been wasted by a long consumption, so much so that even his inner organs were discharged, the disease ended along with his life. And so he died of a very grievous illness. And the people did not make a funeral for him, according to the custom of burning, as they had done for his ancestors.
20 Tenía treinta y dos años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó ocho años en Jerusalén. Se fue sin que lo lloraran, y lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de David, pero no en los sepulcros de los reyes.	20 He was thirty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. And he did not walk uprightly. And they buried him in the City of David, yet truly, not in the sepulcher of the kings.