2 Crónicas 24

EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Joás tenía siete años cuando inició su reinado, y reinó cuarenta años en Jerusalén. Su madre se llamaba Sibia, y era de Berseba.	1 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.
2 Joás hizo lo que es recto a los ojos del Señor mientras vivió el sacerdote Iehoiadá,	2 And he did what is good before the Lord during all the days of Jehoiada, the priest.
3 Este lo hizo casar con dos mujeres, y él tuvo hijos e hijas.	3 Now Jehoiada gave to him two wives, from whom he conceived sons and daughters.
4 Después de esto, Joás resolvió restaurar la Casa del Señor.	4 After these things, it pleased Joash to repair the house of the Lord.
5 Reunió a los sacerdotes y a los levitas, y les dijo: «Salgan todos los años por las ciudades de Judá, y recojan dinero de todo Israel para restaurar la Casa de nuestro Dios. Háganlo lo antes posible». Pero los levitas no se apresuraron a hacerlo.	5 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.
6 Entonces el rey llamó al Sumo Sacerdote Iehoiadá y le preguntó: «¿Por qué no les has insistido a los levitas para que traigan de Judá y de Jerusalén las contribuciones que Moisés, el servidores de Dios, y la asamblea de Israel prescribieron para la Carpa del Testimonio?	6 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?
7 Porque Atalía, la impiedad en persona, y sus secuaces han dejado deteriorar la Casa de Dios, y han destinado al culto de los Baales las ofrendas consagradas a la Casa del Señor».	7 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.”
8 Entonces el rey ordenó que se hiciera un cofre y se lo colocara junto a la puerta de la casa del Señor, en la parte exterior;	8 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.
9 y se proclamó en Judá y en Jerusalén que trajeran al Señor la contribución que Moisés, el servidor de Dios, había impuesto a Israel en el desierto.	9 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.
10 Todos los jefes y el pueblo se alegraron, y traían sus ofrendas y las echaban en el cofre hasta que se llenaba.	10 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.
11 Cuando era el momento de llevar el cofre a la administración real por medio de los levitas, si veían que había mucho dinero venía el secretario del rey y el inspector del Sumo Sacerdote, vaciaban el cofre para retirar el dinero y luego lo volvían a colocar en su lugar. Así se hacía cada día, y se reunía mucho dinero.	11 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.
12 El rey y Iehoiadá se lo entregaban a los encargados de las obras de la Casa del Señor, y también herreros y fundidores de bronce para repararla.	12 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.
13 Cuando los obreros pusieron manos a la obra, el trabajo fue progresando hasta que la Casa de Dios quedó restaurada y consolidada.	13 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.
14 Y una vez terminada la obra, trajeron el resto del dinero al rey y a Iehoiadá, a fin de que se fabricaran utensilios para la Casa del Señor: recipientes para el uso litúrgico y para los holocaustos, vasos y objetos de oro y plata. Mientras vivió Iehoiadá se ofrecieron continuamente holocaustos en la Casa del Señor.	14 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.
15 Iehoiadá envejeció y murió colmado de días, cuando tenía ciento treinta años.	15 But Jehoiada was old and full of days. And he died when he was one hundred thirty years old.
16 Lo sepultaron junto a los reyes, en la Ciudad de David, porque había obrado bien en Israel en lo que respecta a Dios y a su Casa.	16 And they buried him in the City of David, with the kings, because he had done good to Israel and to his house.
17 Después de la muerte de Iehoiadá, los jefes de Judá fueron a postrarse delante del rey, y este se dejó llevar por sus palabras.	17 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.
18 Entonces abandonaron la Casa del Señor, el Dios de sus padres, y rindieron culto a los postes sagrados y a los ídolos. Por este pecado, se desató la indignación del Señor contra Judá y Jerusalén.	18 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.
19 Les envió profetas que dieron testimonio contra ellos, para que se convirtieran al Señor, pero no quisieron escucharlos.	19 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.
20 El espíritu de Dios revistió a Zacarías, hijo del sacerdote Iehoiadá, y este se presentó delante del pueblo y les dijo: «Así habla Dios: ¿Por qué quebrantan los mandamientos del Señor? Así no conseguirán nada. ¡Por haber abandonado al Señor, él los abandonará a ustedes!».	20 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?”
21 Ellos se confabularon contra él, y por orden del rey lo apedrearon en el atrio de la Casa del Señor.	21 And gathering together against him, they stoned him, beside the place of the king, in the atrium of the house of the Lord.
22 El rey Joás no se acordó de la fidelidad que le había profesado Iehoiadá, padre de Zacarías, e hizo matar a su hijo, el cual exclamó al morir: «¡Que el Señor vea esto y les pida cuenta!».	22 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.”
23 Al comenzar el año, el ejército de los arameos subió a combatir contra Joás. Invadieron Judá y Jerusalén, ejecutaron a todos los jefes que había en el pueblo, y enviaron el botín al rey de Damasco.	23 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.
24 Aunque el ejército de Aram había venido con pocos hombres, el Señor entregó en sus manos a un ejército mucho más numeroso, por haberlo abandonado a él, el Dios de sus padres. De esta manera, los arameos hicieron justicia con Joás,	24 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.
25 y cuando se fueron, lo dejaron gravemente enfermo. Sus servidores tramaron una conspiración contra él para vengar la sangre del hijo del sacerdote Iehoiadá, y lo mataron cuando estaba en su lecho. Así murió, y fue sepultado en la Ciudad de David, pero no en el sepulcro de los reyes.	25 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.
26 Los conjurados fueron Zabad, hijo de Simat, la monita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrit, la moabita.	26 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.
27 Todo lo que se refiere a sus hijos, a los numerosos oráculos pronunciados contra él y a la restauración de la Casa de Dios, está escrito en el Comentario al libro de los Reyes. Su hijo Amasías reinó en lugar de él.	27 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.