2 Chronicles 5
1 After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple, Solomon put in the temple storage rooms everything that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold and all the other things that were used at the temple.
Una vez que Salomón hubo terminado todas las obras de la casa del Señor, trajo los objetos sagrados que su padre David había dedicado -la plata, el oro y todos los diversos objetos de culto- y los colocó en los tesoros del Templo de Dios.
2 Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes and of the families/clans. He wanted them to help to bring to the temple Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill], where it was in [the part of the city called] ‘The City of David’.
Luego Salomón convocó a Jerusalén a los ancianos de Israel -todos los jefes de las tribus y los jefes de familia de los israelitas- para que trajeran el Arca del Pacto del Señor desde Sión, la Ciudad de David.
3 So all the leaders of Israel gathered together along with the king, during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.
Así que todos los israelitas se reunieron para estar con el rey en la fiesta que se celebra en el séptimo mes.
4 When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the Sacred Chest,
Cuando llegaron todos los ancianos de Israel, los levitas levantaron el Arca.
5 and they carried it and the Sacred Tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them.
Los sacerdotes y los levitas subieron el Arca, la Tienda de la Reunión, estaban con él delante del Arca.
6 King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the Sacred Chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and cattle. No one was able to count them [because there were very many].
¡Sacrificaron tantas ovejas y reses que no se podían contar!
7 The priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Most Holy Place, the inner room of the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the statues of winged creatures.
Entonces los sacerdotes trajeron el Arca del Pacto del Señor y la colocaron en el santuario interior del Templo, el Lugar Santísimo, bajo las alas de los querubines.
8 The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.
Los querubines extendían sus alas sobre el lugar donde estaba el Arca, de modo que los querubines formaban una cubierta sobre el Arca y sus varas.
9 The poles were very long, with the result that they could be seen by [those who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen by anyone standing outside the temple. Those poles are still there.
Los postes eran tan largos que sus extremos podían verse desde el Lugar Santo, frente al Lugar Santísimo, pero no desde afuera. Allí están hasta el día de hoy.
10 The only things that were inside the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai Mountain, where Yahweh made an agreement with the Israeli people after they came out of Egypt.
Dentro del Arca no había nada más que las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés había colocado en el Monte Sinaí, donde el Señor había hecho un acuerdo con el pueblo de Israel al salir de Egipto.
11 Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were there, from every group, had performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to God.
Entonces los sacerdotes salieron del Lugar Santo. Todos los sacerdotes que estaban allí se habían purificado, cualquiera que fuera su división.
12 All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets.
Todos los levitas cantores – Asaf, Hemán, Jedutún y sus hijos y parientes – se pusieron de pie al lado oriental del altar. Estaban vestidos de lino fino, tocando címbalos, arpas y liras, y acompañados por ciento veinte sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas.
13 The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers, made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song: “Yahweh is good [to us]; he faithfully loves us forever.” Then [suddenly] the temple was filled with a cloud.
Los trompetistas y los cantores se unían con una sola voz para alabar y dar gracias al Señor. Acompañados por las trompetas, los címbalos y los instrumentos musicales, los cantores alzaron sus voces, alabando al Señor: “Porque él es bueno; su amor confiable es eterno”. Entonces el Templo, la casa del Señor, se llenó de una nube.
14 The glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue doing their work.
Los sacerdotes no podían levantarse para continuar con el servicio a causa de la nube, porque la gloria del Señor había llenado el Templo de Dios.
