2 Chronicles 6
1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh, you said that you would live in a dark cloud.
Entonces Salomón dijo: “El Señor ha dicho que vive en las profundas tinieblas.
2 But now I have built a glorious temple for you to live in forever!”
Sin embargo, te he construido un magnífico Templo, un lugar para que vivas para siempre”.
3 Then while all the people stood there, Solomon turned toward the people and he [asked God to] bless them.
Entonces el rey se volvió y bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, mientras todos estaban de pie.
4 He said to them, “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, who has caused to happen what he promised to my father David. What he said to David was this:
Dijo: “Alabado sea el Señor, Dios de Israel, que ha cumplido la promesa que le hizo a mi padre David cuando le dijo:
5 ‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city in Israel in which a temple should be built for people to [worship] me there. Nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of my Israeli people.
‘Desde el día en que saqué a mi pueblo del país de Egipto, no he elegido una ciudad de ninguna tribu de Israel donde se pudiera construir un Templo para honrarme, y no he elegido a nadie para que sea gobernante de mi pueblo Israel.
6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the place for people to worship me, and I have chosen you to rule my Israeli people.’”
Pero ahora he elegido a Jerusalén para que se me honre allí, y he elegido a David para que gobierne a mi pueblo Israel’.
7 [Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.
“Mi padre David quería construir este Templo para honrar al Señor, el Dios de Israel.
8 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: ‘Realmente querías construirme un Templo para honrarme, y era bueno que quisieras hacerlo.
9 However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple; it is one of your own sons who [I want to] build a temple for me.’
Pero no vas a construir el Templo. Tu hijo, uno de tus hijos, construirá el Templo para honrarme’.
10 “And Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling the people, like Yahweh promised, and I have arranged for this temple to be built for us to worship Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.
“Ahora el Señor ha cumplido la promesa que hizo. Porque yo he ocupado el lugar de mi padre y me he sentado en el trono de Israel, como dijo el Señor, y he construido el Templo para honrar al Señor, Dios de Israel.
11 I have put the Sacred Chest in the temple, in which are the stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with us Israeli people.”
He colocado allí el Arca, que tiene en su interior el acuerdo que el Señor hizo con Los hijos de Israel”.
12 Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was in front of the people of Israel who had gathered there.
Entonces Salomón se puso delante del altar del Señor, ante toda la asamblea de Israel, y extendió las manos en oración.
13 His workers had built a bronze platform there [for him to stand on], which was 7-1/2 feet long and 7-1/2 feet wide and 4-1/2 feet high. They put it in the outer courtyard. Solomon stood on that platform and then knelt down in front of all the people of Israel who had gathered there, and he spread out his arms toward heaven,
Salomón había hecho una plataforma de bronce de cinco codos de largo, cinco de ancho y tres de alto. La había colocado en medio del patio, y estaba de pie sobre ella. Entonces se arrodilló ante toda la asamblea de Israel y extendió sus manos hacia el cielo.
14 and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, there is no God like you in heaven or 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 ningún dios como tú en el cielo ni en la tierra, que mantiene tu acuerdo de amor confiable con tus siervos que te siguen con total devoción.
15 “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 those things for him, and today we see that by your power you have caused it all to happen.
Tú has cumplido la promesa que hiciste a tu siervo, mi padre David. Con tu propia boca hiciste esa promesa, y con tus propias manos la has cumplido hoy.
16 “So now, Yahweh, the God we Israelis belong to, please do the things that you promised to my father David that you would do. You said that there would always be some of his descendants to rule Israel, if they faithfully conduct their lives as he did.
“Así que ahora, Señor Dios de Israel, te ruego que cumplas la promesa que hiciste a tu siervo David, mi padre, cuando le dijiste: ‘Si tus descendientes se empeñan en seguir mi camino y en cumplir mi ley como tú lo has hecho, nunca faltará uno de ellos para sentarse en el trono de Israel’.
17 So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised David, who served you [well], to happen.
Ahora, Señor Dios de Israel, cumple esta promesa que hiciste a tu siervo David.
18 “But, my God, will you really live on earth among people? 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, ¿realmente vivirá Dios aquí en la tierra entre la gente? Los cielos, incluso los más altos, no pueden contenerte, ¡y mucho menos este Templo que he construido!
19 But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with you this day and do what I am requesting.
Por favor, escucha la oración de tu siervo y su petición, Señor Dios mío. Por favor, escucha las súplicas y las oraciones que tu siervo presenta ante ti.
20 Please protect this temple day and night. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ Please listen to my prayer about this place.
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,
21 Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israeli people when they pray. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us.
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.
22 “If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to testify in front of 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 declarando la verdad ante tu altar en este Templo,
23 then you listen from heaven, and you 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. Repara a los culpables; reivindica y recompensa a los que hacen el bien.
24 “And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies because they sinned against you, [and 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 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,
25 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.
26 “When you do not allow any rain to fall because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit [that] you [have justly punished them], and 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 oran mirando hacia este lugar y si vuelven arrepentidos a ti, apartándose de su pecado porque los has castigado,
27 hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your Israeli people. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then cause it to rain here on the land that you gave 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 le has dado a tu pueblo como posesión.
28 “And when the people of this land experience famines or if there is a plague, or when 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 viene un enemigo a sitiar las ciudades de la tierra – sea cualquier tipo de plaga o de enfermedad –
29 when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you, knowing in their inner beings that they are suffering [because they have sinned], if they stretch out their hands toward this temple and pray,
entonces cualquier tipo de oración o cualquier tipo de apelación que haga cualquiera o todo tu pueblo Israel, de hecho cualquiera que, consciente de sus problemas y dolores, ore mirando hacia este Templo,
30 hear from your home in heaven, and forgive them. You alone know what each person is thinking, so reward each person according to everything that he does,
entonces tú escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, y perdona. Dales según su modo de vivir, porque tú sabes cómo son realmente las personas por dentro, y sólo tú conoces el verdadero carácter de las personas.
31 in order that they will revere you and conduct their lives as you want them to, all the time 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 diste a nuestros antepasados.
32 “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 turn toward this temple 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 carácter y poder, cuando vengan y oren mirando hacia este Templo,
33 from your home in heaven listen to their prayer, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that in order that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we, your own Israeli people do. And then they will know that this is the temple that I have caused to be built for you.
entonces escucha 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 te honra.
34 “When you send your people to go to places to attack 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 to honor you,
“Cuando tu pueblo vaya a luchar contra sus enemigos, dondequiera que lo envíes, y cuando te ore mirando hacia la ciudad que has elegido y la casa que he construido para honrarte,
35 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.
36 [“It is true that] everyone sins. So, when your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to capture them and take them to their countries, even to countries that are far away.
“Si pecan contra ti – y no hay nadie que no peque – puedes enojarte con ellos y entregarlos a un enemigo que los lleve como prisioneros a una tierra extranjera, cercana o lejana.
37 When that happens, while they are in the countries to which they were forced to go, if they are sorry for having sinned, if they say, ‘We have sinned; we have done things that are wrong 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 mal, hemos actuado con maldad’,
38 if they repent very sincerely, and if they 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 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 le diste a sus antepasados y la ciudad que elegiste y el Templo que he construido para honrarte,
39 then from your home in heaven hear their prayer, and listen to them while they plead [for your help], and do what they ask you to do, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
entonces escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, responde y apoya su causa. Perdona a tu pueblo que ha pecado contra ti.
40 “Now, my God, look at us and listen to us as we pray to you in this place.
“Ahora, Dios mío, abre tus ojos y que tus oídos presten atención a las oraciones ofrecidas en este lugar.
41 Yahweh our God, come and stay in this place with the Sacred Chest, the chest that shows that you are powerful. Yahweh God, cause your priests to know clearly that you have blessed them. Cause us your people to rejoice because of all the good things [that you do for us].
“‘Ven, Señor, y entra en tu casa, junto con tu Arca de poder. Que tus sacerdotes lleven la salvación como un vestido; que tu pueblo fiel grite de alegría por tu bondad.
42 Yahweh God, do not reject me [the king] whom you have appointed [to be the king of Israel]; do not forget that you greatly loved David, who served you [very well].”
“Señor Dios, no rechaces al rey que has elegido. Acuérdate de tu amor fiel a tu siervo David’”.
