2 Chronicles 2
1 Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
Salomón decidió construir una casa para el nombre de Yahvé y una casa para su reino.
2 He selected 70,000 men to carry the building supplies and 80,000 men to cut stones [(from quarries/walls of rock) in] the hills. He also chose 3,600 men to supervise them.
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 Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre [city]: “[Many years ago] when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
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 “We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to [honor] him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to [honor] Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded.
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 [We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
“La casa que estoy construyendo será grande, porque nuestro Dios es más grande que todos los dioses.
6 But no one can really build a temple that would be big enough for God [to live in], because even the highest heavens are not big enough for him. And I am worthy only to build a place where we can burn sacrifices to 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, please send me a man who knows well how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron, and to make things from purple and red and blue cloth. He should also know well how to engrave designs. I want him to work in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah with my skilled craftsmen, the ones whom my father David appointed.
“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 I know that your workers are skilled in cutting timber, so also please send me cedar logs, pine logs, and juniper logs from the Lebanon mountains. My workers will work with your workers.
“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 In that way, those workers will provide me with plenty of lumber. [We will need plenty, ] because I want the temple that we will build to be large and beautiful.
para prepararme madera en abundancia, porque la casa que voy a construir será grande y maravillosa.
10 I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive 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 [When] Hiram [received that message, he] replied by sending this message to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king.”
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 Hiram added, ] “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very smart/intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh 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 “I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
He enviado a un hombre hábil, dotado de entendimiento, Huram-abi,
14 His mother was from the tribe of Dan, and his father was from [here in] Tyre. He is very able to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron and stone and wood, but he also makes nice things from purple and blue and red cloth, and he does all kinds of engraving. He can make things using any design/pattern that you give to him. He will work with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen who did work for your father, King David.
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 “Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
“Ahora, pues, el trigo, la cebada, el aceite y el vino de que ha hablado mi señor, envíenlo a sus siervos;
16 When you do that, my workers will cut from trees in the Lebanon mountains all the logs that you need [and bring them down to the sea]. Then we will [tie the logs together to] form rafts with them, and float them in the sea to Joppa [city]. From there, you [can arrange for] them [to be] taken up 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 Solomon told his workers to count all the people from other countries who were living in Israel, similar to what his father David had done. There were 153,600 of them.
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 Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone [from quarries in] the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily.
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.
