2 Chronicles 9
1 Also, when the queen of Sheba had heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem, with great riches and with camels which were carrying aromatics, and very much gold, and precious gems, so that she might test him with enigmas. And when she had approached Solomon, she spoke to him all that was in her heart.
Cuando la reina de Sabá oyó la fama de Salomón, fue a Jerusalén para probar a Salomón con preguntas difíciles. Ella llegó con un gran séquito, con camellos cargados de especias, oro en gran abundancia y piedras preciosas. Al llegar ante Salomón, habló con él de todo lo que tenía en su mente.
2 And Solomon explained for her all that she had proposed. And there was nothing that he did not make clear to her.
Salomón respondió todas sus preguntas. No hubo algo tan difícil que Salomón no pudiera explicarle.
3 And after she saw these things, specifically, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
Cuando la reina de Sabá probó la sabiduría de Salomón y vio el palacio que edificó,
4 indeed also the foods of his table, and the habitations of the servants, and the duties of his ministers, and their apparel, and also his cupbearers and their garments, and the victims which he was immolating in the house of the Lord, there was no longer any spirit in her, due to astonishment.
los manjares de su mesa, las habitaciones de sus oficiales y sus ropas, la atención de sus ministros y sus ropas, los holocaustos que ofrecía en la Casa de Yavé y la escalinata que subía a la Casa de Yavé, quedó pasmada.
5 And she said to the king: “The word is true, which I had heard in my own land, about your virtues and wisdom.
Dijo al rey: ¡Es verdad lo que oí en mi tierra con respecto a tus hechos y a tu sabiduría!
6 I did not believe those who described it, until I had arrived and my eyes had seen, and I had proven that not even half of your wisdom had been described to me. You have exceeded your fame with your virtue.
Sin embargo, yo no creía sus informes, hasta cuando vine y vi con mis propios ojos. Ciertamente no me fue contada ni la mitad de la grandeza de tu sabiduría. ¡Tú excedes a la fama que yo oí!
7 Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you at all times and listen to your wisdom.
¡Dichosos tus hombres y estos ministros tuyos que de continuo están en tu presencia y oyen tu sabiduría!
8 Blessed is the Lord your God, who willed to set you upon his throne as a king for the Lord your God. Since God loves Israel, he wishes to preserve them unto eternity. For this reason, he appointed you as king over them, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice.”
¡Bendito sea Yavé tu ʼElohim, que se agradó de ti para colocarte en su trono como rey por Yavé tu ʼElohim! Porque tu ʼElohim ama a Israel y para afirmarlo perpetuamente, te proclamó como su rey para que practiques justicia y equidad.
9 Then she gave to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an exceedingly great abundance of aromatics, and very precious gems. Never were there such aromatics as those that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Ella obsequió al rey cuatro toneladas de oro y gran cantidad de especias aromáticas y piedras preciosas. Nunca hubo especias aromáticas como las que la reina de Sabá trajo al rey Salomón.
10 Then too, the servants of Hiram, with the servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and wood from thyine trees, and very precious gems.
Los esclavos de Hiram y los esclavos de Salomón que llevaban oro de Ofir también llevaban madera de sándalo y piedras preciosas.
11 And the king made, from this particular thyine wood, steps in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king, and also harps and psalteries for the singing men. Never was there seen such wood in the land of Judah.
El rey hizo gradas con la madera de sándalo para la Casa de Yavé y el palacio real, y arpas y salterios para los cantores. Nunca se vio madera como esa en la tierra de Judá.
12 Then king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, and all that she requested, and much more than what she had brought to him. And returning, she went away to her own land with her servants.
El rey Salomón obsequió a la reina de Sabá todo cuanto ella quiso y le pidió, más de lo que ella llevó al rey. Después ella regresó a su tierra con sus esclavos.
13 Now the weight of the gold, which was being brought to Solomon throughout each year, was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
El oro que le llegaba a Salomón cada año pesaba 22 toneladas,
14 apart from the sum that the legates of various nations and the merchants were accustomed to bring, and apart from the gold and silver that all the kings of Arabia, and the princes of the lands, were bringing together for Solomon.
aparte de lo que aportaban los mercaderes y los comerciantes. También todos los reyes de Arabia y los gobernadores de la tierra llevaban oro y plata a Salomón.
15 And so, king Solomon made two hundred gold spears, from six hundred gold pieces, the amount used for each spear,
Además el rey Salomón hizo 200 escudos grandes de oro martillado. Empleó 6,6 kilogramos de oro martillado en cada escudo
16 and also three hundred gold shields, from three hundred gold pieces, which covered each shield. And the king placed them in the armory, which was situated in a forest.
e [hizo] 300 escudos pequeños de oro martillado. En cada uno de éstos emplearon 3,3 kilogramos de oro. El rey colocó los escudos en la casa del bosque del Líbano.
17 Also, the king made a great ivory throne, and he clothed it with the purest gold.
El rey también hizo un gran trono de marfil y lo recubrió con oro puro.
18 And there were six steps, by which he would ascend to the throne, and a footstool of gold, and two arms, one on each side, and two lions standing beside the arms.
El trono tenía seis gradas con una tarima pequeña de oro fijada a él para los pies, brazos a uno y otro lado del asiento, y dos leones que estaban junto a los brazos.
19 Moreover, there were twelve additional little lions standing upon the six steps on both sides. There was no similar throne in all the kingdoms.
De la misma manera, a ambos lados estaban colocados 12 leones sobre las seis gradas. Jamás se hizo algo semejante para algún otro reino.
20 Also, all the vessels for the feasts of the king were of gold, and the vessels of the forest house of Lebanon were from the purest gold. For silver in those days was considered as nothing.
Todos los vasos de beber del rey Salomón eran de oro puro, y también todos los objetos de la casa del bosque del Líbano. Nada era de plata, pues en el tiempo de Salomón ésta era considerada como nada.
21 For indeed, the ships of the king went to Tarshish, with the servants of Hiram, once every three years. And they brought from there gold, and silver, and ivory, and primates, and peacocks.
Porque el rey poseía naves que iban a Tarsis con los esclavos de Hiram, y una vez cada tres años llegaban las naves de Tarsis con oro, plata, marfil, monos y pavos reales.
22 And so, Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in wealth and glory.
Así el rey Salomón se engrandeció más que todos los reyes de la tierra en riqueza y en sabiduría.
23 And all the kings of the lands were desiring to see the face of Solomon, so that they might hear the wisdom that God had granted to his heart.
Todos los reyes de la tierra procuraban estar en presencia de Salomón para escuchar la sabiduría que ʼElohim puso en su mente.
24 And they were bringing to him gifts, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armor, and aromatics, and horses, and mules, throughout each year.
Año tras año cada uno llevaba su presente: objetos de plata, objetos de oro, ropas, armas, especias aromáticas, caballos y mulas.
25 Also, Solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables, and twelve thousand chariots and horsemen, and he appointed them to the cities of the chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.
Salomón poseía caballerizas para 4.000 caballos y carruajes, y 12.000 jinetes, los cuales instaló en las ciudades que tenía para sus carruajes y en Jerusalén cerca del rey.
26 Now he also exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates as far as the land of the Philistines, and as far as the borders of Egypt.
Dominaba sobre todos los reyes desde el río Éufrates hasta la tierra de los filisteos y hasta la frontera de Egipto.
27 And he brought forth so much silver that it was as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones. And cedar trees were as great in number as the sycamores that spring up in the plains.
El rey acumuló plata en Jerusalén en abundancia como las piedras, y madera de cedro como los sicómoros de la Sefela.
28 And horses were brought to him from Egypt and from every region.
De Egipto y de todas las tierras se importaban caballos para Salomón.
29 Now the rest of the works of Solomon, the first and the last, have been written in the words of Nathan, the prophet, and in the books of Ahijah, the Shilonite, as well as in the vision of Iddo, the seer, against Jeroboam, the son of Nabat.
El resto de los hechos de Salomón, los primeros y los últimos, ¿no están escritos en las crónicas del profeta Natán, en la profecía de Ahías silonita, y en la visión del vidente Iddo contra Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat?
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem, over all of Israel, for forty years.
Salomón reinó 40 años en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel.
31 And he slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the City of David. And his son, Rehoboam, reigned in his place.
Salomón descansó con sus antepasados, y lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de su padre David. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Roboam.
