2 Chronicles 2
1 And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
Salomón ordenó la construcción de un Templo para honrar al Señor y un palacio real para él.
2 And he numbered seventy thousand men to carry upon shoulders, and eighty thousand who were hewing stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as their overseers.
Asignó 70.000 hombres como obreros, 80.000 como cortadores de piedra en las montañas y 3.600 como capataces.
3 Also, he sent to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying: “Just as you did for my father David, when you sent him cedar wood, so that he might build a house for himself, in which he then lived,
Salomón envió un mensaje a Hiram, rey de Tiro, diciéndole:
4 do so also for me, so that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, so that I may consecrate it for the burning of incense before him, and for the smoke of aromatics, and for the perpetual bread of the presence, and for the holocausts, in morning and in evening, as well as on the Sabbaths and new moons and solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which have been commanded to Israel.
“Por favor, haz como hiciste con mi padre David cuando le enviaste madera de cedro para que construyera un palacio donde vivir. Estoy a punto de empezar a construir un Templo en honor del Señor, mi Dios, dedicado a él, donde se le ofrecerá incienso aromático, donde los panes de la proposición estarán siempre dispuestos en hileras, y donde se harán holocaustos todas las mañanas y las tardes, en los sábados, en las fiestas de luna nueva y en las fiestas del Señor, nuestro Dios; esto se hará para siempre en Israel.
5 For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
Este Templo que voy a construir debe ser impresionante, porque nuestro Dios es más grande que todos los dioses.
6 So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.
Pero ¿quién puede construirle un Templo para que viva en él, pues los cielos, incluso los más altos, no pueden contenerlo, y quién soy yo para atreverme a construirle una casa, salvo para quemarle incienso?
7 Therefore, send to me a learned man, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, with purple, scarlet, and hyacinth, and who knows how to carve engravings, along with these artisans that I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom my father David has prepared.
“Así que, por favor, envíame un maestro artesano que sepa trabajar el oro, la plata, el bronce y el hierro; y las telas de color púrpura, escarlata y azul. También debe saber grabar, trabajando junto con mis expertos artesanos de Judea y Jerusalén proporcionados por mi padre David.
8 Then too, send to me cedar wood, and juniper, and pine from Lebanon. For I know that your servants know how to cut timber from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants,
Envíame también madera de cedro, de ciprés y de algum del Líbano, porque sé que tus obreros son hábiles para cortar los árboles del Líbano. Enviaré hombres para que ayuden a tus trabajadores
9 so that very much wood may be prepared for me. For the house that I desire to build is exceedingly great and glorious.
a producir una gran cantidad de madera, porque el Templo que estoy construyendo será realmente grande y muy impresionante.
10 In addition, I will give to your servants, the workers who will cut down the trees, for provisions: twenty thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, as well as twenty thousand good measures of oil.”
Pagaré a tus trabajadores, los cortadores de madera, 20.000 cors de trigo triturado, 20.000 cors de cebada, 20.000 baños de vino y 20.000 baños de aceite de oliva”.
11 Then Hiram, the king of Tyre, said, by a letter that had been sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loved his people, for this reason he appointed you to reign over them.”
El rey Hiram de Tiro respondió a Salomón por carta: “Es porque el Señor ama a su pueblo que te ha hecho su rey”.
12 And he added, saying: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who gave to king David a son who is wise, and learned, and intelligent as well as prudent, so that he may build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.
Hiram continuó: “¡Alabado sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que hizo los cielos y la tierra! Él ha dado al rey David un hijo sabio, con perspicacia y entendimiento, que va a construir un Templo para el Señor y un palacio real para él.
13 Therefore, I have sent my father Hiram to you; he is a prudent and very knowledgeable man,
“Te envío a Hiram-Abi, un maestro artesano que sabe y comprende lo que hace.
14 the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, and with marble and timber, as well as with purple, and hyacinth, and fine linen, and scarlet. And he knows how to carve every kind of engraving, and how to devise prudently whatever may be necessary to the work, with your artisans and with the artisans of my lord David, your father.
Su madre es de la tribu de Dan y su padre es de Tiro. Es un experto en trabajar el oro y la plata, el bronce y el hierro, la piedra y la madera, la tela púrpura, azul y carmesí, y el lino fino. Sabe hacer todo tipo de grabados y puede realizar cualquier diseño que se le encargue. Trabajará con tus artesanos y con los artesanos de mi señor, tu padre David.
15 Therefore, send the wheat and barley and oil and wine, which you, my lord, have promised, to your own servants.
“Ahora, mi señor, por favor, envíanos a sus siervos el trigo, la cebada, el aceite de oliva y el vino de que habló.
16 Then we will cut down as much wood from Lebanon as you will need, and we will convey them as rafts by sea to Joppa. Then it will be for you to transfer them to Jerusalem.”
Nosotros cortaremos del Líbano toda la madera que necesites y te la llevaremos por mar en balsas hasta Jope. Desde allí podrás transportarla a Jerusalén”.
17 And so Solomon numbered all the new converts who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering that David his father had done, and they were found to be one hundred fifty thousand and three thousand six hundred.
Salomón mandó hacer un censo de todos los extranjeros en la tierra de Israel, como el censo que había hecho su padre David, y encontró que había 153.600.
18 And he appointed seventy thousand of them, who would carry burdens on shoulders, and eighty thousand who would hew stones in the mountains, then three thousand and six hundred as overseers of the work of the people.
Asignó 70.000 como obreros, 80.000 como canteros en las montañas y 3.600 como capataces.
