1 Kings 8
1 Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes, and the leaders of the clans. He wanted them to join in bringing Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill to the temple], where it was in the part of the city called ‘The City of David’.
Entonces Salomón convocó ante él, en Jerusalén, a los ancianos de Israel, incluidos todos los jefes de las tribus y los jefes de familia de los israelitas. Les ordenó que subieran con ellos el Arca del Pacto del Señor desde Sión, la Ciudad de David.
2 So all the Israeli leaders came to King Solomon during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.
Todos los hombres de Israel se reunieron ante el rey Salomón en la fiesta que se celebra en el séptimo mes, el mes de Etanim.
3 When they had all arrived, the priests lifted up the Sacred Chest
Cuando todos los ancianos de Israel se reunieron, los sacerdotes recogieron el Arca y trajeron el Arca del Señor y la Tienda del Encuentro con todos sus objetos sagrados.
4 and brought it to the temple. The descendants of Levi [who assisted the priests] helped them to carry to the temple the Sacred Tent and all the sacred things that had been in the tent.
Los sacerdotes y los levitas los subieron.
5 Then King Solomon and many of the Israeli people who had gathered in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Chest sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and oxen. No one was able to count the sacrifices [because there were so many].
Delante del Arca, el rey Salomón y toda la congregación de Israel que se había reunido allí con él sacrificaron muchísimas ovejas y bueyes, ¡tan numerosos que no se podían contar!
6 The the priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Very Holy Place in the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the [statues of the] winged creatures.
Luego los sacerdotes llevaron el Arca del Pacto del Señor a su lugar en el santuario interior del Templo, el Lugar Santísimo, debajo de las alas de los querubines.
7 The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
Los querubines desplegaban sus alas sobre el lugar donde estaba el Arca, cubriendo el Arca y las varas para transportarla.
8 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen [by people who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen [by people standing] outside the temple. Those poles are still there.
Las varas eran tan largas que los extremos podían verse desde el Lugar Santo, frente al santuario interior, pero no desde fuera. Allí están hasta el día de hoy.
9 The only things that were in the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai [Mountain], where Yahweh made an agreement with the people after they left Egypt.
No había nada en el Arca, aparte de las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés había colocado en ella en Horeb, donde el Señor había hecho un acuerdo con los israelitas después de salir de la tierra de Egipto.
10 When the priests came out of the temple, [suddenly] it was filled with a cloud.
Cuando los sacerdotes salieron del Lugar Santo, la nube llenó el Templo del Señor.
11 It was the glory/radiance of Yahweh that filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue their work.
Por causa de la nube, los sacerdotes no pudieron quedarse allí para realizar su servicio, pues la gloria del Señor había llenado el Templo del Señor.
12 Then Solomon prayed this: “Yahweh, you have placed the sun in the sky, but you have decided that you would live in very dark [clouds].
Entonces Salomón dijo: “Señor, tú dijiste que vivirías en la espesa nube.
13 I have built for you a magnificent temple, a place for you to live in forever.”
Ahora he construido para ti un Templo majestuoso, un lugar donde podrás vivir para siempre”.
14 Then, while all the people stood there, the king turned around and faced them, and he [asked God to] bless them.
El rey se volvió hacia toda la asamblea de Israel que estaba de pie y los bendijo,
15 He said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong! By his own power he has done what he promised to give to my father David. What he promised was this:
diciendo: “Alabado sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que con su propio poder ha cumplido la promesa que hizo a mi padre David cuando dijo:
16 ‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen any city in Israel in which a temple should be built for my people to worship me there. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.”
‘Desde el día en que saqué a mi pueblo Israel de Egipto no he elegido ninguna ciudad de las tribus de Israel como lugar para construir un Templo en mi honor. Pero he elegido a David como rey de mi pueblo Israel’.
17 [Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple in order that we Israeli people could worship Yahweh our God there.
“Mi padre David quería realmente construir un Templo para honrar al Señor, el Dios de Israel.
18 But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.
Pero el Señor le dijo a mi padre David: ‘Tu viste el deseo de construir un Templo para honrarme, y fue bueno que realmente quisieras hacerlo.
19 However, you are not the one [who I want] to build it. It is one of your sons, who [I want to] build a temple for me.’
Pero no serás tú quien construya este Templo, sino tu hijo que te va a nacer: él construirá el Templo para honrarme’.
20 And now Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling my people, like Yahweh promised. I have [arranged for] this temple [to be] built for us Israelis to worship Yahweh, the God, to whom we Israelis belong.
“Ahora el Señor ha cumplido la promesa que hizo. He sucedido a mi padre David y me he sentado en el trono de Israel, tal como el Señor había prometido. He construido el Templo para honrar al Señor, el Dios de Israel.
21 I have also provided a place [in the temple] for the Sacred Chest in which are the two stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”
He dispuesto allí un lugar para el Arca, que contiene el pacto del Señor que hizo con nuestros antepasados cuando los sacó de la tierra de Egipto”.
22 Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was facing the Israeli people who had gathered there. He spread out his arms toward heaven,
Entonces Salomón se paró frente al altar del Señor, ante toda la asamblea de Israel, y extendió sus manos hacia el cielo.
23 and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people [belong to/worship], there is no god like you up in heaven or down here on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us. And that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do.
Y dijo: “Señor, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como tú en el cielo de arriba ni en la tierra de abajo. Tú mantienes tu palabra de amor fielcon tus siervos, los que te siguen de todo corazón.
24 You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you [very well], that you would do. Truly, you promised to do these things for him, and today we see that by your power you have done them.
Has cumplido la promesa que le hiciste a tu siervo David, mi padre. Tú mismo lo prometiste, y por tu propio poder lo has cumplido hoy.
25 So now, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [belong to/worship], please do the things that you promised my father that you would do. You told him that there would always be some of his descendants who would rule Israel, if they would conduct their lives as he did.
Así que ahora, Señor, Dios de Israel, te ruego que también cumplas la promesa que hiciste a tu siervo, mi padre David, cuando le dijiste: ‘Nunca dejará de haber un descendiente que se siente en mi presencia en el trono de Israel, siempre que se asegure de seguirme como tú lo has hecho’.
26 So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised to do for my father David, who served you [well], to happen.
Ahora, Dios de Israel, cumple la promesa que hiciste a nuestro siervo, mi padre David.
27 But God, you cannot really live on the earth. There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven. So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.
“¿Pero vivirá Dios realmente aquí en la tierra? Los cielos, incluso los más altos, no pueden contenerte, ¡y mucho menos este Templo que he construido!
28 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to me while I am praying to you this day,
Por favor, escucha la oración de tu siervo y su petición, Señor Dios mío. Por favor, escucha las peticiones y las oraciones que tu siervo presenta hoy ante ti.
29 Please keep protecting this temple night and day. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ I request that you listen to me whenever I turn toward this temple and pray.
Que vigiles este Templo día y noche, cuidando el lugar donde dijiste que serías honrado. Que escuches la oración que tu siervo eleva hacia este lugar,
30 I request that when I pray to you and your people pray to you while they turn toward this place, that in your home in heaven you will hear us and forgive us [for the sins that we have committed].
y que escuches la petición de tu siervo y de tu pueblo Israel cuando oran hacia este lugar. Por favor, escucha desde el cielo donde vives. Que escuches y perdones.
31 If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’
“Cuando alguien peca contra otro y se le exige un juramento ante tu altar en este Templo,
32 then you listen from heaven, and decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.
escucha desde el cielo: actúa y juzga a tus siervos. Devuelve la culpa a los culpables; reivindica y recompensa a los que hacen el bien.
33 And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies [in a battle] because they have sinned against you, [and if they are forced to go to some distant country, ] if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], and if they plead [that you will forgive them],
“Cuando tu pueblo Israel sea derrotado por un enemigo porque ha pecado contra ti, y si vuelve arrepentido a ti, orando por el perdón en este Templo,
34 listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they [have committed], and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.
entonces escucha desde el cielo y perdona el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y haz que vuelva a la tierra que le diste a él y a sus antepasados.
35 And when you do not allow any rain to fall on the land because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit that you [have justly punished them], if they turn away from their sinful behavior and [humbly] pray to you,
“Si los cielos se cierran y no llueve porque tu pueblo ha pecado contra ti, si orancon su mirada hacia este lugar y si vuelven arrepentidos a ti, apartándose de su pecado porque los has castigado,
36 listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins [that they have committed]. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then send rain on this land that you have given to your people to belong to them [permanently].
entonces escucha desde el cielo y perdona el pecado de tus siervos, tu pueblo Israel. Enséñales el buen camino para que puedan andar por él, y envía la lluvia sobre la tierra que has dado a tu pueblo como posesión.
37 And when the people of this land experience famines, or if there is a plague/illness that causes many people to become sick, or if [their crops are destroyed by] very hot winds or [by] mildew or [by] locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities [in order to attack them], if any of those bad things happen to them,
“Si hay hambre en la tierra, o enfermedad, o tizón o moho en las cosechas, o si hay langostas u orugas, o si un enemigo viene a sitiar las ciudades de la tierra – sea cualquier tipo de plaga o cualquier tipo de enfermedad –
38 when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you knowing that they are suffering because they [have sinned], and if they stretch out their arms toward this temple and pray,
entonces cualquier oración o apelación que haga un israelita o todo tu pueblo Israel – incluso cualquiera que, reconociendo sus problemas y dolores – oremirando hacia este Templo,
39 listen to them from your home in heaven, and forgive them, and help them. You are the only one who knows what people are thinking, so act toward everyone as they deserve,
entonces escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, y perdona. Contéstales según la forma en que viven sus vidas, porque tú sabes cómo son realmente las personas por dentro, y sólo tú conoces el verdadero carácter de las personas.
40 in order that your people may then have an awesome respect for you, all the years that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
Entonces te respetarán y seguirán tus caminos todo el tiempo que vivan en la tierra que les diste a nuestros antepasados.
41 There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they come here to this temple to worship you and pray,
“En cuanto a los extranjeros que no pertenecen a tu pueblo Israel, sino que vienen de una tierra lejana,
– habiendo oído hablar de tu gran naturaleza y poder para ayudarlos, – que cuando vengan y oren hacia este Templo,
43 in your home in heaven, listen to their prayers, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that so that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we your Israeli people do. And then they will know that this temple that I have [caused to be] built to honor you, is where you [should be worshiped].
tú escúchalos desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, y dales lo que piden. De esta manera, todos los habitantes de la tierra llegarán a conocerte y respetarte, al igual que tu propio pueblo Israel. También sabrán que este Templo que he construido está dedicado a ti.
44 And if you send your people to go to fight against their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you,
“Cuando tu pueblo vaya a luchar contra sus enemigos, donde quiera que lo envíes, y cuando oren, mirando hacia la ciudad que has elegido y la casa que he construido para honrarte,
45 listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you to do, and assist them.
entonces escucha desde el cielo lo que están orando y pidiendo, y apoya su causa.
46 [It is true that] everyone sins. So, if your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to defeat them and capture them and take them away to their enemies’ country, even to countries that are far away.
“Si pecan contra ti – y no hay nadie que no peque – podrás enojarte con ellos y entregarlos a un enemigo que los lleve como prisioneros a una tierra extranjera, cercana o lejana.
47 If that happens, while they are in those countries to which they were forced to go, if they sincerely repent and plead with you there saying ‘We have sinned and have done things that are very wicked,’
Pero si recapacitan en su tierra de cautiverio y se arrepienten y te piden misericordia, diciendo: ‘Hemos pecado, hemos hecho el mal, hemos actuado con maldad’,
48 if they very sincerely repent, and turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen [to be the place where we should worship you], and toward this temple that I have [caused to be] built for you, and if they pray,
y vuelven a ti con total sinceridad en sus pensamientos y actitudes allí en su tierra de cautiverio; y oran mirando hacia la tierra que les diste a sus antepasados, la ciudad que elegiste y el Templo que he construido para honrarte,
49 then from your home in heaven listen to them while they plead [for your help], and assist them.
entonces escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, responde y apoya su causa.
50 Forgive them for all the sins that they [have committed] against you, and cause their enemies to be kind to them.
Perdona a tu pueblo que ha pecado contra ti, todos los actos de rebeldía que ha cometido contra ti. Haz que quienes los han capturado se apiaden de ellos.
51 Do not forget that the Israelis are your people; they are your special possession; you brought [our ancestors] out of Egypt where [they were greatly suffering as though] they were in a blazing furnace.
Porque ellos son tu pueblo, te pertenecen. Tú los sacaste de Egipto, de en medio de un horno donde se funde el hierro.
52 I request that you always listen to your Israeli people and to me, their king, and heed their prayers whenever they call out to you [to help them].
“Presta atención a las peticiones de tu siervo, y a las de tu pueblo Israel, y responde siempre que te invoquen.
53 You chose them from all the other people-groups in the world to belong to you, which is what you told Moses to tell them when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
Porque los apartaste de todas las naciones del mundo como un pueblo que te pertenece, tal como lo declaraste por medio de tu siervo Moisés cuando sacaste a nuestros padres de Egipto”.
54 After Solomon had finished praying and pleading to Yahweh [for his help], he stood up in front of the altar where he had been kneeling. He lifted up his arms.
Cuando Salomón terminó de hacer todas estas oraciones y peticiones al Señor, se levantó ante el altar del Señor, donde había estado arrodillado con las manos extendidas hacia el cielo.
55 Then he [asked God to] bless all the Israeli people. [He prayed] loudly, saying,
Entonces Salomón se puso de pie, y en voz alta bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, diciendo:
56 “Praise Yahweh, who has given us his people peace, like he promised that he would do. He has done every one of the good things that he promised to Moses, the man who served him [very well].
“Alabado sea el Señor, que ha dado descanso a su pueblo Israel según todo lo que prometió. Ni una sola palabra ha fallado entre todas las buenas promesas que hizo por medio de su siervo Moisés.
57 I pray that our God will be with us like he was with our ancestors, and that he will never abandon us.
Que el Señor, nuestro Dios, esté con nosotros como lo estuvo con nuestros antepasados. Que nunca nos deje ni nos abandone.
58 I pray that he will cause us to loyally serve him, to conduct our lives as he wants us to, and to obey all his commandments and statutes and laws that he gave to our ancestors.
Que nos ayude a acercarnos a él, a seguir todos sus caminos y a cumplir los mandamientos, estatutos y reglamentos que ordenó a nuestros antepasados.
59 I pray that Yahweh our God will never forget these words that I have prayed, pleading for his help; I pray that he will think about them by day and by night. I pray that he will always help [us] Israeli people and me, giving us the things that we need day by day.
Que estas palabras mías con las que he hecho mi petición en presencia del Señor estén ante el Señor, nuestro Dios, día y noche. Así él podrá apoyar la causa de su siervo y de su pueblo Israel como es necesario cada día,
60 If he does that, all the people-groups in the world will know that he is the only one who is God, and that there is no other one who is God.
para que todos en la tierra sepan que el Señor es Dios y que no hay otro.
61 I pray that you, [his people, ] will always be fully committed to Yahweh, and that you will obey all his statutes and commands, like you are doing now.”
Así que asegúrense de estar completamente comprometidos con el Señor, nuestro Dios, tal como lo están hoy, y sean diligentes en seguir sus estatutos y cumplir sus mandamientos”.
62 Then the king and all the Israeli people who were there offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
Entonces el rey y todo Israel ofrecieron sacrificios ante el Señor.
63 They sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then the king and all the people dedicated the temple.
Salomón presentó como ofrendas de paz al Señor 22.000 bueyes y 120.000 ovejas. De este modo, el rey y todo el pueblo de Israel dedicaron el Templo del Señor.
64 On that day, the king also dedicated/set apart the middle part of the courtyard that was in front of the temple. Then he offered sacrifices that would be completely burned [in the courtyard], the offerings of grain and the fat of the animals that were sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. They sacrificed them there because the bronze altar was not big enough for all those sacrifices to be burned on it [that day].
Ese mismo día, el rey dedicó el centro del patio frente al Templo del Señor. Allí presentó los holocaustos, las ofrendas de grano y la grasa de las ofrendas de paz, ya que el altar de bronce que estaba en la presencia del Señor era demasiado pequeño para contener todas estas ofrendas.
65 Then Solomon and all the Israeli people celebrated the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people there, some of whom had come from [distant places like] Hamath [in the far north] and the border of Egypt [in the far south].
Entonces Salomón, junto con todo Israel, observó la fiesta ante el Señor, nuestro Dios, durante siete días, y luego otros siete días; en total, catorce días. Era una gran asamblea de gente, que venía desde tan lejos como Lebó-jamat hasta el Wadi de Egipto.
66 On the eighth day, Solomon sent the people to their homes. They all praised him and went home happy because of all the things that Yahweh had done to bless [King] David and his Israeli people.
Un día después Salomón envió al pueblo a casa. Bendijeron al rey y se fueron a casa, llenos de alegría y felices por todas las cosas buenas que el Señor había hecho por su siervo David y por su pueblo Israel.
