2 Chronicles 2
1 And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
Salomón decidió construir una casa para el nombre de Yahvé y una casa para su reino.
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.
Salomón contó con setenta mil hombres para llevar cargas, ochenta mil hombres que cortaban piedras en las montañas, y tres mil seiscientos para supervisarlos.
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 a decir a Hiram, rey de Tiro: “De la misma manera que trataste con David mi padre y le enviaste cedros para que le construyera una casa en la que habitar, así trata conmigo.
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.
He aquí que voy a construir una casa al nombre de Yahvé, mi Dios, para dedicársela, para quemar ante él incienso de especias dulces, para el pan de la muestra continua y para los holocaustos de la mañana y de la tarde, en los sábados, en las lunas nuevas y en las fiestas señaladas de Yahvé, nuestro Dios. Esta es una ordenanza para siempre para Israel.
5 For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
“La casa que estoy construyendo será grande, 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 una casa, ya que el cielo y el cielo de los cielos no pueden contenerlo? ¿Quién soy yo, pues, para construirle una casa, sino para quemar incienso ante él?
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.
“Ahora, pues, envíame un hombre hábil para trabajar el oro, la plata, el bronce, el hierro, la púrpura, el carmesí y el azul, y que sepa grabar, para que esté con los hombres hábiles que están conmigo en Judá y en Jerusalén, que me proporcionó mi padre.
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 cedros, cipreses y sándalos del Líbano. Ciertamente mis esclavos irán con los tuyos porque yo sé que tus esclavos saben talar los árboles del Líbano
9 so that very much wood may be prepared for me. For the house that I desire to build is exceedingly great and glorious.
para prepararme madera en abundancia, porque la casa que voy a construir será grande y maravillosa.
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.”
He aquí que yo daré a tus siervos, los cortadores que cortan la madera, veinte mil cors de trigo batido, veinte mil baños de cebada, veinte mil baños de vino y veinte mil baños de aceite.”
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.”
Entonces Huram, rey de Tiro, respondió por escrito, que envió a Salomón: “Porque Yahvé ama a su pueblo, te ha hecho rey sobre él.”
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.
Huram continuó: “Bendito sea Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, que hizo el cielo y la tierra, que ha dado al rey David un hijo sabio, dotado de discreción y entendimiento, que construya una casa para Yahvé y una casa para su reino.
13 Therefore, I have sent my father Hiram to you; he is a prudent and very knowledgeable man,
He enviado a un hombre hábil, dotado de entendimiento, Huram-abi,
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.
hijo de una mujer de las hijas de Dan; y su padre era un hombre de Tiro. Él es hábil para trabajar en oro, en plata, en bronce, en hierro, en piedra, en madera, en púrpura, en azul, en lino fino y en carmesí, también para grabar cualquier clase de grabado e idear cualquier dispositivo, para que se le asigne un lugar con tus hombres hábiles, y con los hombres hábiles de mi señor David, tu padre.
15 Therefore, send the wheat and barley and oil and wine, which you, my lord, have promised, to your own servants.
“Ahora, pues, el trigo, la cebada, el aceite y el vino de que ha hablado mi señor, envíenlo a sus siervos;
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.”
y cortaremos madera del Líbano, toda la que necesites. Te la llevaremos en balsas por mar hasta Jope; luego la subirás 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 contó a todos los extranjeros que estaban en la tierra de Israel, según el censo con que los había contado su padre David, y hallaron ciento cincuenta y tres mil seiscientos.
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.
Puso a setenta mil de ellos para que llevaran cargas, a ochenta mil que eran cortadores de piedra en las montañas, y a tres mil seiscientos capataces para que asignaran al pueblo su trabajo.
