2 Chronicles 6
1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh, you said that you would live in a dark cloud.
Entonces Salomón dijo: “Yahvé ha dicho que moraría en la espesa oscuridad.
2 But now I have built a glorious temple for you to live in forever!”
Pero yo te he construido una casa y un hogar, un lugar para que habites para siempre”.
3 Then while all the people stood there, Solomon turned toward the people and he [asked God to] bless them.
El rey volvió su rostro y bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel; y toda la asamblea de Israel se puso en 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: “Bendito sea Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, que habló con su boca a David, mi padre, y con sus manos lo ha cumplido, diciendo:
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 de la tierra de Egipto, no elegí ninguna ciudad de todas las tribus de Israel para edificar una casa en la que estuviera mi nombre, y no elegí a ningún hombre para que fuera príncipe 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 Jerusalén, para que mi nombre esté allí; y he elegido a David para que esté sobre mi pueblo Israel.’
7 [Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.
El corazón de mi padre era construir una casa para el nombre de Yahvé, 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 Yahvé dijo a David mi padre: ‘Si bien estaba en tu corazón construir una casa para mi nombre, hiciste bien en que estuviera en tu corazón;
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.’
sin embargo, no construirás la casa, sino tu hijo que saldrá de tu cuerpo, él construirá la casa para mi nombre.’
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.
“Yahvé ha cumplido su palabra que había pronunciado, pues me he levantado en lugar de David, mi padre, y me he sentado en el trono de Israel, como lo había prometido Yahvé, y he edificado la Casa para el nombre de Yahvé, el 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.”
Allí he colocado el arca, en la que está la alianza de Yahvé que 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.
Se puso de pie ante el altar de Yahvé, en presencia de toda la asamblea de Israel, y extendió sus manos
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,
(porque Salomón había hecho una plataforma de bronce de cinco codos de largo, cinco codos de ancho y tres codos de alto, y la había colocado en medio del atrio; y se puso de pie sobre ella, y 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.
Entonces dijo: “Yahvé, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como tú en el cielo ni en la tierra; tú que guardas el pacto y la bondad amorosa con tus siervos que caminan ante ti de todo corazón;
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.
que has cumplido con tu siervo David, mi padre, lo que le prometiste. Sí, tú hablaste con tu boca, y lo has cumplido con tu mano, como sucede 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.
“Ahora, pues, Yahvé, Dios de Israel, mantén con tu siervo David, mi padre, lo que le prometiste, diciendo: ‘No te faltará un hombre ante mis ojos para sentarse en el trono de Israel, con tal que tus hijos cuiden su camino, para andar en mi ley como tú has andado delante de mí’.
17 So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised David, who served you [well], to happen.
Ahora, pues, Yahvé, Dios de Israel, haz que se cumpla tu palabra, que has dicho 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, ¿acaso habitará Dios con los hombres en la tierra? He aquí que el cielo y el cielo de los cielos no pueden contenerte; ¡cuánto menos esta casa 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.
Sin embargo, respeta la oración de tu siervo y su súplica, Yahvé, mi Dios, para escuchar el clamor y la oración que tu siervo hace 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.
para que tus ojos estén abiertos hacia esta casa de día y de noche, hacia el lugar donde has dicho que pondrías tu nombre, para escuchar la oración que tu siervo hará 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.
Escucha las peticiones de tu siervo y de tu pueblo Israel, cuando oren hacia este lugar. Sí, escucha desde tu morada, desde el cielo; y cuando oigas, perdona.
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,’
“Si un hombre peca contra su prójimo, y se le impone un juramento para hacerle jurar, y viene y jura ante tu altar en esta casa,
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.
entonces escucha desde el cielo, actúa, y juzga a tus siervos, trayendo el castigo al impío, para hacer recaer su camino sobre su propia cabeza; y justificando al justo, para darle según su justicia.
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],
“Si tu pueblo Israel es abatido ante el enemigo por haber pecado contra ti, y se vuelve y confiesa tu nombre, y ora y suplica ante ti en esta casa,
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 hazlo volver a la tierra que les diste a ellos y a sus padres.
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,
“Cuando el cielo se cierra y no hay lluvia porque han pecado contra ti, si oran hacia este lugar y confiesan tu nombre, y se convierten de su pecado cuando los afliges,
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 en el cielo, y perdona el pecado de tus siervos, tu pueblo Israel, cuando les enseñas el buen camino por el que deben andar, y envía la lluvia sobre tu tierra, que has dado a tu pueblo como herencia.
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, si hay peste, si hay tizón o moho, langosta u oruga; si sus enemigos los asedian en la tierra de sus ciudades cualquier plaga o cualquier enfermedad que haya —
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,
cualquier oración y súplica que haga cualquier hombre, o todo tu pueblo Israel, que conozca cada uno su propia plaga y su propio dolor, y extienda sus manos hacia esta casa,
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 escucha desde el cielo tu morada y perdona, y rinde a cada uno según todos sus caminos, cuyo corazón conoces (porque tú, sólo tú, conoces los corazones de los hijos de los hombres),
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.
para que te teman, para que anden en tus caminos mientras vivan en la tierra que diste a nuestros padres.
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,
“Además, en cuanto al extranjero, que no es de tu pueblo Israel, cuando venga de un país lejano por causa de tu gran nombre y de tu mano poderosa y de tu brazo extendido, cuando vengan y oren hacia esta casa,
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, desde tu morada, y haz conforme a todo lo que el extranjero te pida; para que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu nombre y te teman, como tu pueblo Israel, y para que sepan que esta casa que he edificado se llama con tu nombre.
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,
“Si tu pueblo sale a combatir contra sus enemigos, por cualquier camino que lo envíes, y te ruega hacia esta ciudad que tú has elegido, y hacia la casa que he edificado a tu nombre;
35 listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you [to do], and assist them.
entonces escucha desde el cielo su oración y su súplica, y defiende 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 (pues no hay hombre que no peque), y te enojas con ellos y los entregas al enemigo, de modo que los llevan cautivos a una tierra lejana o cercana;
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 vuelven a entrar en razón en la tierra donde son llevados cautivos, y se vuelven, y te suplican en la tierra de su cautiverio, diciendo: ‘Hemos pecado, hemos actuado perversamente, y hemos hecho mal;’
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,
si se vuelven a ti con todo su corazón y con toda su alma en la tierra de su cautiverio, donde han sido llevados cautivos, y oran hacia su tierra que diste a sus padres, y hacia la ciudad que has elegido, y hacia la casa que he edificado a tu nombre;
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, desde tu morada, su oración y sus peticiones, y defiende su causa, y 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, permite, te lo ruego, que tus ojos estén abiertos y que tus oídos estén atentos a la oración que se hace 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].
“Ahora, pues, levántate, Yahvé Dios, a tu lugar de descanso, tú y el arca de tu fuerza. Que tus sacerdotes, Yahvé Dios, se revistan de salvación, y que tus santos se regocijen en la 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].”
“Yahvé Dios, no rechaces el rostro de tu ungido. Acuérdate de tus bondades para con David, tu siervo”.
