2 Chronicles 6

1 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men,

Entonces Salomón dijo: Yavé dijo que Él moraría en densa oscuridad.

2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

Yo te edifiqué una Casa sublime, un lugar donde mores para siempre.

3 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

Toda la congregación de Israel se mantenía en pie. El rey volvió su rostro y bendijo a toda la congregación de Israel:

4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to my father David, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

Bendito sea Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, Quien cumplió con su mano lo que habló con su boca a mi padre David, al decir:

5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

Desde el día cuando saqué a mi pueblo de la tierra de Egipto, no escogí ninguna ciudad de entre las tribus de Israel para edificar una Casa donde esté mi Nombre, ni escogí a algún hombre para que sea caudillo de mi pueblo Israel.

6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

Pero escogí a Jerusalén para que mi Nombre more allí, y escogí a David para que fuera rey de mi pueblo Israel.

7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

El anhelo de edificar una Casa al Nombre de Yavé ʼElohim de Israel estuvo en el corazón de mi padre David.

8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name:

Pero Yavé dijo a mi padre David: Bien hiciste al tener en tu corazón edificar Casa a mi Nombre, porque tuviste esto en tu corazón,

9 But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

pero tú no edificarás la Casa, sino tu hijo edificará la Casa a mi Nombre.

10 And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

Yavé cumplió su Palabra, pues yo me levanté en lugar de mi padre David y me senté en el trono de Israel, tal como Yavé habló, y edifiqué la Casa al Nombre de Yavé ʼElohim de Israel.

11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

Puse allí el Arca en la cual está el Pacto que Yavé hizo con los hijos de Israel.

12 Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

Entonces Salomón se levantó en pie delante del altar de Yavé frente a la congregación de Israel y extendió sus manos.

13 (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

Salomón había hecho una plataforma de bronce y la puso en medio del patio. Tanto su longitud como su anchura eran de 2,25 metros y su altura 1,35 metros. Se levantó sobre ella, se arrodilló delante de toda la congregación de Israel, extendió sus manos al cielo y dijo:

14 And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts;

Oh Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, no hay ʼElohim como Tú en el cielo ni en la tierra. Tú guardas el Pacto y la misericordia a tus esclavos que andan delante de Ti con todo su corazón.

15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

Tú cumpliste lo que prometiste a tu esclavo David, mi padre. Cumpliste con tu mano lo que prometiste con tu boca como se ve hoy.

16 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

Ahora pues, oh Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, cumple lo que le prometiste a tu esclavo David, mi padre: No te faltará varón que se siente en el trono de Israel delante de Mí, con tal que tus hijos guarden su camino para andar en mi Ley, como tú anduviste delante de Mí.

17 So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

Ahora pues, oh Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, te ruego que sea confirmada tu Palabra que hablaste a tu esclavo David.

18 But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:

Pero, ¿en verdad ʼElohim morará con el hombre en la tierra? Ciertamente el cielo y el más alto cielo no te pueden contener, ¡cuánto menos esta Casa que edifiqué!

19 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

Sin embargo, oh Yavé ʼElohim mío, Tú prestarás atención a la oración de tu esclavo y su súplica, para oír el clamor y la oración que tu esclavo presenta ante Ti,

20 That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

a fin de que tus ojos estén abiertos hacia esta Casa día y noche, hacia el lugar del cual dijiste que pondrías allí tu Nombre para escuchar la oración que tu esclavo haga hacia este lugar.

21 And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

Tú escucharás las súplicas de tu esclavo y de tu pueblo Israel cuando oren hacia este lugar. Escucha Tú desde el lugar de tu morada en el cielo, y cuando escuches, perdona.

22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

Cuando un hombre peque contra otro, y se le exija juramento, y entre en esta Casa para jurar ante tu altar,

23 Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

escucha Tú desde el cielo, actúa y juzga a tus esclavos, condena al perverso, para que caiga su conducta sobre su propia cabeza y justifica al justo, a fin de retribuirle según su justicia.

24 And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

Cuando tu pueblo Israel sea derrotado por el enemigo porque pecó contra Ti, si ellos se vuelven a Ti, confiesan tu Nombre, oran y te suplican en esta Casa,

25 Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

escucha Tú desde el cielo, perdona el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y devuélvelos a la tierra que les diste a ellos y a sus antepasados.

26 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

Cuando los cielos estén cerrados y no caiga lluvia porque ellos pecaron contra Ti, si oran hacia este lugar, confiesan tu Nombre y se devuelven de su pecado por el cual los afligiste,

27 Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

escucha Tú desde el cielo y perdona el pecado de tus esclavos y de tu pueblo Israel. Ciertamente, enséñales el buen camino por el cual deben andar y dales lluvia sobre tu tierra que diste a tu pueblo como herencia.

28 If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:

Cuando venga hambruna en la tierra, cuando haya pestilencia, honguillo o parásito, saltamontes o pulgón, o cuando sus enemigos lo acosen en sus propias puertas, cualquiera que sea la plaga o la enfermedad,

29 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

toda oración o toda súplica que haga cualquier persona de todo tu pueblo Israel, y reconozca cada uno su aflicción y su dolor y extiendan sus manos hacia esta Casa,

30 Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men; )

escucha Tú desde el cielo, el lugar de tu morada, y perdona. Retribuye conforme a todos sus procedimientos a cada uno cuyo corazón Tú conoces, porque solo Tú conoces el corazón de los hijos de hombres,

31 So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

para que te teman y anden en tus caminos todos los días que vivan en la tierra que Tú diste a nuestros antepasados.

32 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

También con respecto al extranjero que no es de tu pueblo Israel, cuando venga de una tierra lejana por causa de tu gran Nombre, tu poderosa mano y tu brazo extendido, y venga y ore hacia esta Casa,

33 Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

escucha Tú desde el cielo, desde tu morada. Haz según todo lo que el extranjero te pida, para que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu Nombre, te teman como tu pueblo Israel y sepan que a tu Nombre está consagrada esta Casa.

34 If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:

Cuando tu pueblo salga a la batalla contra sus enemigos, cualquiera que sea el camino en el cual lo envíes, y ore a Ti hacia esta ciudad que escogiste, hacia la Casa que construí a tu Nombre,

35 Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

escucha Tú desde el cielo su oración y su súplica, y ampara su causa.

36 If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin, ) and you are angry with them, and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away prisoners to a land far off or near;

Cuando pequen contra Ti, porque no hay hombre que no peque, y Tú, airado contra ellos, los entregues al enemigo, y sus captores los lleven cautivos a una tierra lejana o cercana,

37 And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

si en la tierra adonde sean llevados cautivos ellos recapacitan, y en su cautiverio se arrepienten y te suplican, y dicen: Pecamos, hicimos iniquidad, actuamos perversamente;

38 If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

si en la tierra de su cautiverio adonde fueron llevados cautivos, ellos se devuelven a Ti con todo su corazón y toda su alma, y oran a Ti en dirección a la tierra que diste a sus antepasados, hacia la ciudad que Tú escogiste, hacia la Casa que construí a tu Nombre,

39 Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

escucha Tú desde el cielo su oración y sus súplicas, el lugar de tu morada, ampara su causa y perdona a tu pueblo que pecó contra Ti.

40 Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

Ahora pues, oh ʼElohim mío, te ruego que tus ojos estén abiertos y tus oídos atentos a la oración que se eleva en este lugar.

41 Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

Entonces, ¡levántate, oh Yavé ʼElohim, a morar en tu reposo, Tú y el Arca de tu poder! ¡Vístanse de salvación tus sacerdotes, oh Yavé ʼElohim, y regocíjense tus santos en tu bondad!

42 O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.

¡Oh Yavé ʼElohim, no rechaces a tu ungido! Acuérdate de tus misericordias hacia tu esclavo David.