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 se propuso edificar una Casa al Nombre de Yavé y un palacio real para él.
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 designó 70.000 cargadores y 80.000 canteros para labrar piedras en la región montañosa, y 3.600 supervisores.
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: Haz conmigo como hiciste con mi padre David, al enviarle cedros para que edificara una casa para vivir.
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.
Ciertamente yo voy a edificar una Casa al Nombre de Yavé mi ʼElohim para consagrarla a Él y quemar incienso aromático ante Él para la presentación continua de los panes, para los holocaustos de la mañana, la llegada de la noche, los holocaustos de los sábados, las lunas nuevas y las fiestas solemnes de Yavé nuestro ʼElohim, lo cual se hará perpetuamente en Israel.
5 [We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
La Casa que voy a edificar es grande, pues nuestro ʼElohim es más grande que todos los ʼelohim.
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 será capaz de edificarle Casa, cuando el cielo y el más alto cielo no lo pueden contener? ¿Quién soy yo para que le edifique Casa, sino solo 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 en oro, plata, bronce, hierro, [tela de] púrpura, carmesí y azul, y que sepa cómo hacer grabados para que trabaje con los expertos que están conmigo en Judá y Jerusalén, a quienes mi padre David contrató.
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.
a fin de preparar madera en abundancia, porque la Casa que tengo que edificar será grande y portentosa.
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.”
Mira, para el sustento de tus esclavos que cortan y labran la madera doy 4.400.000 litros de trigo, 4.400.000 litros de cebada, 440.000 litros de vino y 440.000 litros 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.”
Hiram, rey de Tiro, respondió en una carta que envió a Salomón: A causa del amor de Yavé por su pueblo, te designó rey.
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.
Y Hiram añadió: ¡Bendito sea Yavé ʼElohim de Israel, Quien hizo el cielo y la tierra, Quien dio al rey David un hijo sabio, dotado de discreción y entendimiento, quien edificará una Casa para Yavé y un palacio real para él!
13 “I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
Yo, pues, te envío a Hiram-abí, hombre hábil dotado de entendimiento,
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 es de Tiro. Él sabe trabajar en oro, plata, bronce, hierro, piedra, madera, y [tela de] púrpura, azul, carmesí y lino fino. Puede hacer toda clase de grabados y ejecutar cualquier proyecto que le sea encomendado, quien se podrá colocar entre tus peritos y los peritos de mi ʼadón David, tu padre.
15 “Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
En cuanto al trigo, la cebada, el aceite y el vino de los cuales mi ʼadón habló, entréguelos a sus esclavos,
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 nosotros mismos talaremos árboles del Líbano de acuerdo con todas tus necesidades. Te los llevaremos en balsas por mar a Jope, y tú los 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 todos los extranjeros que estaban en la tierra de Israel, según el censo que hizo su padre David. Se halló que había 153.600.
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.
Designó a 70.000 de ellos como cargadores, a 80.000 para tallar piedras en la región montañosa y a 3.600 supervisores para vigilar la labor de la gente.
