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EL LIBRO DEL PUEBLO DE DIOS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Pueblo del país tomó entonces a Joacaz, hijo de Josías, y lo proclamó rey en Jerusalén en lugar de su padre.	1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and they appointed him king in place of his father, in Jerusalem.
2 Joacaz tenía veintitrés años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses en Jerusalén.	2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.
3 El rey de Egipto lo destituyó para que no reinara en Jerusalén, e impuso al país un tributo de cien talentos de plata y un talento de oro.	3 Then the king of Egypt, when he had arrived in Jerusalem, removed him, and condemned the land to one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4 el rey de Egipto designó a Eliaquim, hermano de Joacaz, rey de Judá y de Jerusalén, y le cambió su nombre por el de Joaquím. A su hermano Joacaz, Necao lo tomó prisionero y se lo llevó a Egipto.	4 And he appointed Eliakim, his brother, as king in his place, over Judah and Jerusalem. And he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Truly, he took Jehoahaz with him, and he led him away to Egypt.
5 Joaquím tenía veinticinco años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó once años en Jerusalén. Hizo lo que es malo a los ojos del Señor, su Dios.	5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did evil before the Lord his God.
6 Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, subió a atacarlo y lo sujetó con doble cadena de bronce, para conducirlo a Babilonia.	6 Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Chaldeans, ascended against him, and led him bound in chains to Babylon.
7 Nabucodonosor llevó también a Babilonia parte de los objetos de Casa del Señor y los puso en su palacio de Babilonia.	7 And to there, he also took away the vessels of the Lord, and he placed them in his temple.
8 El resto de los hechos de Joaquím, las abominaciones que cometió y todo lo que recayó sobre él está escrito en el Libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá. Su hijo Joaquím reinó en lugar de él.	8 But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he worked, and the things that were found in him, are contained in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Then his son, Jehoiachin, reigned in his place.
9 Joaquín tenía dieciocho años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó tres meses y diez días en Jerusalén. Hizo lo que es malo a los ojos del Señor.	9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
10 Al comienzo del año, el rey Nabucodonosor mandó que lo llevaran prisionero a Babilonia, junto con los objetos preciosos de la Casa del Señor, y proclamó rey de Judá y de Jerusalén a su pariente Sedecías.	10 And when the course of a year had turned, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, carrying away, at the same time, the most precious vessels of the house of the Lord. Truly, he appointed his uncle, Zedekiah, as king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Sedecías tenía veintiún años cuando comenzó a reinar, y reinó once años en Jerusalén.	11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 Hizo lo que es malo a los ojos del Señor, su Dios, y no quiso humillarse delante del profeta Jeremías, que hablaba de parte del Señor.	12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. And he did not show remorse before the face of the prophet Jeremiah, who was speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.
13 Incluso, se rebeló contra el rey Nabucodonosor, que le había hecho jurar fidelidad delante de Dios. El se obstinó y endureció su corazón, en lugar de volverse al Señor, el Dios de Israel.	13 Also, he withdrew from king Nebuchadnezzar, who had bound him by an oath to God, and he hardened his own neck and his own heart, so that he did not return to the Lord, the God of Israel.
14 De la misma manera, todos los jefes de Judá, los sacerdotes y el pueblo multiplicaron sus infidelidades, imitando todas las abominaciones de los paganos, y contaminaron el Templo que el Señor se había consagrado en Jerusalén.	14 Then too, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem.
15 El Señor, el Dios de sus padres, les llamó la atención constantemente por medio de sus mensajeros, porque tenía compasión de su pueblo y de su Morada.	15 Then the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation.
16 Pero ellos escarnecían a los mensajeros de Dios, despreciaban sus palabras y ponían en ridículo a sus profetas, hasta que la ira del Señor contra su pueblo subió a tal punto, que ya no hubo más remedio.	16 But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy.
17 Entonces Dios hizo subir contra ellos al rey de los caldeos, y este hizo morir por la espada a sus jóvenes en el interior de su Santuario, sin perdonar a nadie, ni joven ni virgen, ni anciano ni hombre encanecido: los entregó a todos en sus manos.	17 For he led over them the king of the Chaldeans. And he put to death their young men by the sword, in the house of his sanctuary. There was no pity for adolescents, nor virgins, nor the elderly, nor even for the disabled. Instead, he delivered them all into his hands.
18 Todos los objetos de la Casa de Dios, grandes y pequeños, los tesoros de la Casa del Señor, y los tesoros del rey y de sus jefes, todo se lo llevó a Babilonia.	18 And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.
19 Ellos quemaron la Casa de Dios, demolieron las murallas de Jerusalén, prendieron fuego a todos sus palacios y destruyeron todos sus objetos preciosos.	19 The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished.
20 Nabucodonosor deportó a Babilonia a los que habían escapado de la espada y estos se convirtieron en esclavos del rey y de sus hijos hasta el advenimiento del reino persa.	20 If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command,
21 Así se cumplió la palabra del Señor, pronunciada por Jeremías: «La tierra descansó durante todo el tiempo de la desolación, hasta pagar la deuda de todos sus sábados, hasta que se cumplieron setenta años».	21 and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed.
22 En el primer año del reinado de Ciro, rey de Persia, para se cumpliera la palabra del Señor pronunciada por Jeremías, el Señor despertó el espíritu de Ciro, el rey de Persia, y este mandó proclamar de vida voz y por escrito en todo su reino:	22 Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Persians, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, and also in writing, saying:
23 «Así habla Ciro, rey de Persia: El Señor, el Dios del cielo, me ha dado todos los reinos de la tierra y él me ha encargado que le edifique una Casa en Jerusalén, de Judá. Si alguno de ustedes pertenece a ese pueblo, ¡que el Señor, su Dios, lo acompañe y que suba...!».	23 “Thus says Cyrus, the king of the Persians: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea. Who among you is from his entire people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.”