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.
El propósito de Salomón era construir una casa con el nombre del Señor y una casa para él mismo como rey.
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.
Y Salomón tenía setenta mil hombres numerados para el transporte, y ochenta mil para cortar piedras en las montañas, y tres mil seiscientos como 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?
Y envió Salomón a Hiram, rey de Tiro, diciendo: Cómo hiciste por mi padre David, enviándole cedros para la construcción de su casa,
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.
Mira, Estoy construyendo una casa para el nombre del Señor mi Dios, para que sea santificada para él, donde los inciensos se quemarán ante él, y el pan santo se colocará en todo momento, y se ofrecerán ofrendas quemadas por la mañana y en la tarde, en los sábados y en las nuevas lunas, y en las fiestas regulares del Señor nuestro Dios. Esta es una ley para siempre a Israel.
5 [We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
Y la casa que estoy construyendo debe ser 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 tener la fuerza suficiente para hacer una casa para él, al ver que el cielo y el cielo de los cielos no son lo suficientemente anchos para ser su lugar de descanso? ¿Quién soy yo para hacerle una casa? Pero lo estoy construyendo solo para la quema de 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.
Entonces, ahora envíame un experto en oro, plata, bronce y hierro, en púrpura, rojo y azul, y en el corte de todo tipo de adornos, para estar con los expertos que están aquí en Judá y en Jerusalén, a los que mi padre David reunió.
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.
Y envíame cedros, cipreses y sándalo del Líbano, porque, según mi conocimiento, tus sirvientes son expertos en la tala de leña en el Líbano; y mis criados estarán con los tuyos,
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 gran cantidad de madera, para la casa que estoy construyendo ya que debe ser grande y una maravilla.
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.”
Y daré como alimento a tus siervos, a los leñadores, veinte mil medidas de grano, veinte mil medidas de cebada, veinte mil medidas de vino y veinte mil medidas 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 Hiram, rey de Tiro, envió a Salomón una respuesta por escrito, diciendo: Debido a su amor por su pueblo, el Señor te ha hecho rey sobre ellos.
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 dijo: Alabado sea el Señor, Dios de Israel, creador del cielo y de la tierra, que ha dado a David el rey un hijo sabio, lleno de sabiduría y buen sentido, para ser el constructor de un casa para el Señor y una casa para él mismo como rey.
13 “I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
Y ahora te envío un sabio y experto, Hiram, que es de mi padre.
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, cuyo padre era un hombre de Tiro, un experto en oro y plata y bronce y hierro, en piedra y madera, en púrpura, azul y lino limpio y rojo, entrenado en el corte de todo tipo de adornos y la invención de todo tipo de diseño; déjale un lugar entre tus expertos trabajadores y los de mi señor, tu padre David.
15 “Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
Ahora, pues, que mi señor envíe a sus siervos el grano, el aceite y el vino, como ha dicho mi señor;
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 haremos cortes de madera del Líbano, tanto como lo necesite, y se los enviaremos por balsas por mar a Jope, y de allí podrá llevarlos 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.
Entonces Salomón tomó el número de todos los hombres extranjeros que vivían en Israel, como lo había hecho su padre David; Había 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.
Setenta mil se dedicaron al trabajo de transporte, ochenta mil a cortar piedras en las montañas y tres mil seiscientos como supervisores para poner a la gente a trabajar.
