2 Kings · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
2 Kings 2 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Justo antes de que el Señor se llevara a Elías al cielo en un torbellino, Elías y Eliseo caminaban juntos en su camino desde Gilgal.
1 When Yahweh was about to take Elijah up by a whirlwind into heaven, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Y Elías le dijo a Eliseo: “Por favor, quédate aquí, porque el Señor me ha enviado a Betel”. Pero Eliseo respondió: “Vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré”. Así que se fueron a Betel.
2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel.” Elisha said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
3 Los hijos de los profetas que vivían en Betel se acercaron a Eliseo y le dijeron: “Sabes que el Señor te va a quitar hoy a tu señor, ¿no?” . “Sí, lo sé”, respondió. “No hables de ello”.
3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?” He said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”
4 Entonces Elías le dijo: “Quédate aquí, Eliseo, porque el Señor me ha enviado a Jericó”. Él respondió: “Vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré”. Así que fueron a Jericó.
4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho.
5 Los hijos de los profetas que vivían en Jericó se acercaron a Eliseo y le dijeron: “Sabes que el Señor te va a quitar hoy a tu señor, ¿no?” . “Sí, lo sé”, respondió. “No hables de ello”.
5 The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from over you today?” He answered, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”
6 Entonces Elías le dijo: “Quédate aquí, Eliseo, porque el Señor me ha enviado al Jordán”. Él respondió: “Vive el Señor y vives tú, no te dejaré”. Así que siguieron viajando juntos.
6 Elijah said to him, “Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” Then they both went on.
7 Entonces un grupo de cincuenta de los hijos de los profetas fue y se puso frente a Elías y Eliseo a cierta distancia, mientras los dos estaban junto al Jordán.
7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.
8 Elías tomó su manto, lo enrolló y golpeó el agua. Se dividió a un lado y al otro y ambos cruzaron en seco.
8 Elijah took his mantle, and rolled it up, and struck the waters; and they were divided here and there, so that they both went over on dry ground.
9 Cuando llegaron al otro lado, Elías le preguntó a Eliseo: “¿Qué puedo hacer por ti antes de ser llevado?” . “Por favor, dame una cantidad doble de tu espíritu”, respondió Eliseo.
9 When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”
10 “Lo que has pedido es difícil”, respondió Elías. “Pero si me ves cuando me quiten de ti, lo tendrás, si no, no”.
10 He said, “You have asked a hard thing. If you see me when I am taken from you, it will be so for you; but if not, it will not be so.”
11 Mientras caminaban hablando, un carro de fuego y caballos de fuego se interpuso entre ellos, y Elías fue llevado en el torbellino al cielo.
11 As they continued on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 Eliseo vio lo ocurrido y gritó: “¡Padre mío! ¡Padre mío! ¡Mira! ¡Los carros y los jinetes de Israel!” Entonces Eliseo ya no pudo verlo. Tomó sus ropas y las hizo pedazos.
12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” He saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 Entonces Eliseo recogió el manto de Elías que se le había caído, y regresó y se puso a la orilla del Jordán.
13 He also took up Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
14 Tomó el manto de Elías que se le había caído, golpeó el agua y gritó: “¿Dónde está el Señor, el Dios de Elías?” . Cuando golpeó el agua, ésta se dividió hacia un lado y hacia el otro y Eliseo cruzó.
14 He took Elijah’s mantle that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, “Where is Yahweh, the God of Elijah?” When he also had struck the waters, they were divided apart, and Elisha went over.
15 Los hijos de los profetas que vivían en Jericó lo vieron desde el lado opuesto y gritaron: “¡El espíritu de Elías descansa ahora sobre Eliseo!” Fueron a su encuentro y se postraron en el suelo ante él.
15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 “Mira”, le dijeron a Eliseo, “nosotros, tus siervos, tenemos aquí cincuenta hombres buenos. Por favor, permíteles ir a buscar a tu amo. Tal vez el Espíritu del Señor se lo ha llevado y lo ha puesto en una montaña o en un valle en alguna parte”. “No te molestes en enviarlos”, respondió Eliseo.
16 They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps Yahweh’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”
17 Pero ellos siguieron tratando de persuadirlo hasta que se sintió demasiado avergonzado para decir que no. “Adelante, envíenlos”, les dijo. Así que enviaron a cincuenta hombres, que buscaron a Elías durante tres días, pero no pudieron encontrarlo.
17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.
18 Cuando regresaron a Eliseo, que se encontraba en Jericó, éste les dijo: “¿No les dije que no se molestaran en ir?”
18 They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
19 La gente del pueblo le dijo a Eliseo: “Mira, señor, aunque nuestro pueblo tiene una buena ubicación, como puedes ver, el agua es mala y la tierra es pobre”.
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”
20 “Tráiganme un cuenco nuevo y pónganle sal”, respondió él. Así que se lo trajeron.
20 He said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.” Then they brought it to him.
21 Entonces Eliseo fue al manantial, echó la sal en él y dijo: “Esto es lo que dice el Señor: ‘He purificado esta agua. Ya no causará muertes ni abortos’”.
21 He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’”
22 El agua de allí sigue siendo pura hasta el día de hoy, tal como dijo Eliseo que sería.
22 So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
23 Eliseo siguió desde allí hasta Betel. Cuando iba por el camino, llegó un grupo de jóvenes del pueblo. Se burlaron de él, gritando: “¡Sube, calvo! ¡Sube, calvo!”
23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldy!”
24 Volviéndose, los miró y lanzó una maldición sobre ellos en nombre del Señor. De repente, dos osos hembras salieron del bosque y mutilaron a cuarenta y dos de ellos.
24 He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in Yahweh’s name. Then two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of those youths.
25 Eliseo continuó hasta el monte Carmelo, y desde allí volvió a Samaria.
25 He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
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Elisha
Son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah, found plowing with twelve teams of oxen when Elijah threw his cloak around him, who inherited a double portion of Elijah's spirit, worked many…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:9
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- 1 Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5; 1 Kings 19:16–21; 1 Kings 19:11; Joshua 4:19
- 2 2 Kings 2:6; 2 Kings 4:30; Ruth 1:15–18; 2 Kings 2:4; 1 Samuel 1:26
- 3 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 4:1; 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:15
- 4 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 6:26; Luke 19:1; 1 Kings 16:34; 2 Kings 4:30
- 5 2 Kings 2:3; Joshua 1:1–2; Acts 1:2; Isaiah 41:1; Ecclesiastes 3:7
- 6 2 Kings 2:2; Joshua 3:15
- 7 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 2:17; 1 Kings 18:13
- 8 1 Kings 19:19; Exodus 14:21–22; Joshua 3:14–17; 2 Kings 2:14; Isaiah 11:15
- 9 Numbers 11:17; Deuteronomy 21:17; John 16:7; Acts 20:25–36; Zechariah 12:8
- 10 John 16:24; Mark 11:22–24; 2 Kings 2:12; Acts 1:9–10
- 11 2 Kings 6:17; Psalm 104:3–4; Hebrews 1:14; Psalm 68:17; Ezekiel 10:9–22
- 12 2 Kings 13:14; Isaiah 57:1–2; Proverbs 30:4; Acts 8:2; Isaiah 37:21
- 13 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:8
- 14 John 14:12; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 115:2; Acts 3:12–13; Joshua 1:1–9
- 15 1 Peter 4:14; Acts 1:8; Isaiah 59:21; 2 Kings 6:1–7; Isaiah 11:2
- 16 1 Kings 18:12; Acts 8:39; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 3:14; 2 Corinthians 12:2–3
- 17 2 Kings 8:11; Hebrews 11:5; Romans 10:2; Luke 11:8; 2 Samuel 18:22–23
- 19 Exodus 23:26; Deuteronomy 28:2–4; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:15–18; 1 Kings 16:34
- 20 Zephaniah 2:9; Judges 9:45; Ezekiel 47:11
- 21 Exodus 15:25–26; 2 Kings 4:41; Leviticus 2:13; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 22:2–3
- 23 2 Chronicles 36:16; Job 19:18; Job 30:1; Amos 5:5; Proverbs 22:6
- 24 Acts 13:9–11; Acts 5:5; Hosea 13:8; Acts 5:9; Amos 7:17
- 25 2 Kings 4:25; 1 Kings 18:19–20; 1 Kings 18:42
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When God's Prophet Elisha was going up, children called after him mocking, "Go up thou bald head, Go up thou bald head:" but he, not so much in cruelty as in mystery, made those children to be devoured by bears out of the wood. If those children had not been devoured, would they have lived even till now?
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