2 Chronicles 8
1 Solomon’s [workers] worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.
Después de 20 años, durante los cuales Salomón construyó la Casa de Yavé y su propio palacio,
2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.
Salomón reedificó las ciudades que Hiram le entregó, y estableció en ellas a los hijos de Israel.
3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.
Después Salomón fue a Hamat de Soba y se apoderó de ella.
4 His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.
Reedificó también Tadmor en la región despoblada, y todas las ciudades de almacenamiento que edificó en Hamat.
5 They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].
Además reedificó la Bet-horón de arriba y la Bet-horón de abajo, ciudades fortificadas, con muros, puertas y barras.
6 They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.
[Reedificó] Baalat, todas las ciudades de almacenamiento que Salomón tenía, todas las de los carruajes, las de los jinetes, todo lo que Salomón se propuso edificar en Jerusalén, el Líbano y toda la tierra que estaba bajo su dominio.
7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.
De todo el pueblo que quedó de los heteos, amorreos, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, quienes no eran de Israel,
8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.
cuyos descendientes quedaron después de ellos en la tierra, a quienes los hijos de Israel no expulsaron totalmente, Salomón los sometió a trabajos forzados hasta hoy.
9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.
Pero Salomón no sometió a alguno de los hijos de Israel a servidumbre para su obra. Ellos eran hombres de guerra, sus capitanes escogidos, los comandantes de sus carruajes y jinetes.
10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.
Estos eran los principales oficiales del rey Salomón. Eran 250 quienes ejercían autoridad sobre la gente.
11 Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”
Salomón llevó a la hija de Faraón de la Ciudad de David al palacio que construyó para ella, pues dijo: Mi esposa no vivirá en la Casa de David, rey de Israel, porque aquellas habitaciones en las que entró el Arca de Yavé son sagradas.
12 On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
Entonces Salomón ofreció holocaustos a Yavé sobre el altar de Yavé que edificó en el patio,
13 He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.
según lo prescrito para cada día por mandato de Moisés, para ofrecerlos los sábados, en las lunas nuevas y los tiempos señalados, y tres veces al año: en la fiesta de los Panes sin Levadura, la fiesta de Las Semanas y la fiesta de Las Cabañas.
14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.
También estableció las clases sacerdotales en sus servicios según la ordenanza de su padre David, a los levitas en sus funciones para alabar y ministrar ante los sacerdotes según lo prescrito para cada día, y los porteros para cada puerta según sus grupos, porque así lo ordenó David, varón de ʼElohim.
15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.
No se apartaron del mandato del rey en cuanto a los sacerdotes y a los levitas en ningún asunto, incluso en el de los tesoros.
16 They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.
Toda la obra de Salomón fue ejecutada desde el día cuando los cimientos de la Casa de Yavé fueron puestos hasta acabarla. Y quedó terminada la Casa de Yavé.
17 Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.
Entonces Salomón fue a Ezión-geber y Eilat, a la costa del mar en la tierra de Edom,
18 King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
porque Hiram envió por medio de sus esclavos naves y marineros diestros en el mar, quienes fueron con los esclavos de Salomón a Ofir. Tomaron de allá 14,8 toneladas de oro y los llevaron al rey Salomón.
