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 dijo Salomón: Jehová ha dicho, que él habitará en la oscuridad.

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

Yo pues he edificado una casa de morada para ti, y una habitación en que 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.

Y volviendo el rey su rostro bendijo a toda la congregación de Israel, y toda la congregación de Israel estaba en pie, y él dijo:

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 Jehová Dios de Israel, el cual dijo por su boca a David mi padre, y con su mano ha cumplido, diciendo:

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 que saqué mi pueblo de la tierra de Egipto, ninguna ciudad he elegido de todas las tribus de Israel, para edificar casa donde estuviese mi nombre; ni he escogido varón, que fuese príncipe sobre 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.

Mas a Jerusalem he elegido para que en ella esté mi nombre, y a David he elegido para que fuese sobre 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.

Y David mi padre tuvo en corazón de edificar casa al nombre de Jehová Dios de Israel.

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:

Mas Jehová dijo a David mi padre: De haber tenido en tu corazón de edificar casa a mi nombre, bien has hecho de haber tenido 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.

Empero tú no edificarás la casa; sino tu hijo que saldrá de tus lomos, él edificará 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.

Y Jehová ha cumplido su palabra, que dijo: y levantéme yo por David mi padre, y asentéme en el trono de Israel, como Jehová había dicho; y he edificado casa al nombre de Jehová Dios 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.

Y he puesto en ella el arca en la cual está el concierto de Jehová que concertó 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,

Y púsose delante del altar de Jehová delante de toda 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.)

Porque Salomón había hecho un púlpito de metal, y le había puesto en medio del patio, de longitud de cinco codos, y de anchura de otros cinco, y de altura de tres codos, y púsose sobre él, e hincóse de rodillas delante de toda la congregación de Israel, y extendiendo sus manos al cielo, 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;

Jehová Dios de Israel, no hay Dios semejante a ti en el cielo, ni en la tierra, que guardas el concierto, y la misericordia a tus siervos, que caminan 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.

Que has guardado a tu siervo David mi padre lo que le dijiste: tú lo dijiste de tu boca, mas con tu mano lo has cumplido, como parece este día.

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 Jehová Dios de Israel, guarda a tu siervo David mi padre lo que le has prometido, diciendo: No faltará de ti varón delante de mí que se asiente en el trono de Israel, a condición que tus hijos guarden su camino, andando en mi ley, como tú has andado 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 Jehová Dios de Israel, sea firme tu palabra que dijiste a tu siervo 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:

¿Es verdad que Dios ha de habitar con el hombre en la tierra? He aquí, los cielos, y los cielos de los cielos no te comprenden, ¿cuánto menos esta casa que he edificado?

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;

Mas tú mirarás a la oración de tu siervo, y a su ruego, oh Jehová Dios mío, para oír el clamor y la oración con que tu siervo ora delante de 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.

Que tus ojos estén abiertos sobre esta casa de día y de noche, sobre el lugar del cual dijiste: Mi nombre será allí: que oigas la oración con que tu siervo ora en 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.

Asimismo, que oigas el ruego de su siervo, y de tu pueblo Israel, cuando oraren en este lugar; que tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu habitación; que oigas, y perdones.

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:

Si alguno pecare contra su prójimo, y él le pidiere juramento haciéndolo jurar, y el juramento viniere delante de tu altar en esta casa;

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.

Tú oirás desde los cielos, y harás, y juzgarás a tus siervos, pagando al impío, dándole su camino en su cabeza, y justificando al justo, dándole conforme a 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:

Si tu pueblo Israel cayere delante de los enemigos por haber pecado contra ti, y si se convirtieren, y confesaren tu nombre, y rogaren delante de ti 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.

Tú oirás desde los cielos, y perdonarás el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y volverlos has a la tierra que diste a ellos y a sus padres.

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:

Si los cielos se cerraren, que no haya lluvias por haber pecado contra ti, si oraren a ti en este lugar, y confesaren tu nombre, y se convirtieren de sus pecados cuando los afligieres;

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.

Tú los oirás en los cielos, y perdonarás el pecado de tus siervos, y de tu pueblo Israel, y les enseñarás el buen camino para que anden en él, y darás lluvia sobre tu tierra, la cual diste por heredad a tu pueblo.

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:

Y si hubiere hambre en la tierra, o si hubiere pestilencia, o si hubiere tizoncillo, o niebla, lagarta, langosta, o pulgón; o si los cercaren sus enemigos en la tierra de sus ciudades; o cualquiera llaga, o 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, y todo ruego que cualquier hombre hiciere, o todo tu pueblo Israel, o cualquiera que conociere su llaga, y su dolor en su corazón, si extendiere sus manos a 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; )

Tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu habitación, y perdonarás, y darás a cada uno conforme a sus caminos, habiendo conocido su corazón; porque tú solo conoces el corazón de los hijos de los 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 vivieren sobre la haz de la tierra que tú diste a nuestros padres.

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:

Y también al extranjero, que no fuere de tu pueblo Israel, que hubiere venido de lejas tierras, por causa de tu grande nombre, y de tu mano fuerte, y de tu brazo extendido, si vinieren, y oraren en 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.

Tú oirás desde los cielos, desde la habitación de tu morada, y harás conforme a todas las cosas por las cuales el extranjero hubiere clamado a ti: para que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu nombre, y te teman como tu pueblo Israel; y sepan que tu nombre es invocado sobre esta casa que he edificado.

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:

Si tu pueblo saliere a la guerra contra sus enemigos por el camino que tú los enviares, y oraren a ti hacia esta ciudad que tú elegiste, hacia la casa que he edificado a tu nombre;

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

Tú oirás desde los cielos su oración y su ruego, y defenderás 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;

Si pecaren contra ti, pues que no hay hombre que no peque, y te airares contra ellos, y los entregares delante de sus enemigos, para que los que los tomaren, los lleven cautivos a tierra de enemigos lejos o cerca;

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;

Y ellos volvieren en sí en la tierra donde fueren llevados cautivos, y si se convirtieren, y oraren a ti en la tierra de su cautividad, y dijeren: Pecamos, hemos hecho inicuamente, hemos hecho impíamente;

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:

Y se convirtieren a ti de todo su corazón, y de toda su alma, en la tierra de su cautividad, donde los hubieren llevado cautivos, y oraren hacia su tierra, que tú diste a sus padres, hacia la ciudad que tú elegiste, y hacia la casa que he edificado 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.

Tú oirás desde los cielos, desde la morada de tu habitación, su oración y su ruego, y defenderás su causa, y perdonarás 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 Dios mío, estén, yo te ruego, abiertos tus ojos, y atentas tus orejas a la oración 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.

Oh Jehová Dios, levántate ahora para tu reposo, tú y el arca de tu fortaleza: oh Jehová Dios, tus sacerdotes sean vestidos de salud, y tus misericordiosos gocen de bien.

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.

Jehová Dios, no hagas volver el rostro de tu ungido: acuérdate de las misericordias de David tu siervo.