2 Chronicles 9
1 The queen who ruled [the] Sheba [area in Arabia] heard that Solomon had become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer]. She came with a large group of servants, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the things/topics in which she was interested.
Cuando la reina de Sabá oyó la fama de Salomón, fue a Jerusalén para probar a Salomón con preguntas difíciles. Ella llegó con un gran séquito, con camellos cargados de especias, oro en gran abundancia y piedras preciosas. Al llegar ante Salomón, habló con él de todo lo que tenía en su mente.
2 Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
Salomón respondió todas sus preguntas. No hubo algo tan difícil que Salomón no pudiera explicarle.
3 The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
Cuando la reina de Sabá probó la sabiduría de Salomón y vio el palacio que edificó,
4 she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw how his officials were seated at the table, their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be completely burned on the altar. She was extremely amazed.
los manjares de su mesa, las habitaciones de sus oficiales y sus ropas, la atención de sus ministros y sus ropas, los holocaustos que ofrecía en la Casa de Yavé y la escalinata que subía a la Casa de Yavé, quedó pasmada.
5 She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
Dijo al rey: ¡Es verdad lo que oí en mi tierra con respecto a tus hechos y a tu sabiduría!
6 But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. You are [extremely wise and rich, ] more than what people told me.
Sin embargo, yo no creía sus informes, hasta cuando vine y vi con mis propios ojos. Ciertamente no me fue contada ni la mitad de la grandeza de tu sabiduría. ¡Tú excedes a la fama que yo oí!
7 The men who work for you are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
¡Dichosos tus hombres y estos ministros tuyos que de continuo están en tu presencia y oyen tu sabiduría!
8 Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
¡Bendito sea Yavé tu ʼElohim, que se agradó de ti para colocarte en su trono como rey por Yavé tu ʼElohim! Porque tu ʼElohim ama a Israel y para afirmarlo perpetuamente, te proclamó como su rey para que practiques justicia y equidad.
9 Then the queen gave to Solomon about 4-1/2 tons of gold and a large amount of spices and gems. Never had King Solomon received more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
Ella obsequió al rey cuatro toneladas de oro y gran cantidad de especias aromáticas y piedras preciosas. Nunca hubo especias aromáticas como las que la reina de Sabá trajo al rey Salomón.
10 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land. [In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, ] Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon [told his workers] to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel.
Los esclavos de Hiram y los esclavos de Salomón que llevaban oro de Ofir también llevaban madera de sándalo y piedras preciosas.
El rey hizo gradas con la madera de sándalo para la Casa de Yavé y el palacio real, y arpas y salterios para los cantores. Nunca se vio madera como esa en la tierra de Judá.
El rey Salomón obsequió a la reina de Sabá todo cuanto ella quiso y le pidió, más de lo que ella llevó al rey. Después ella regresó a su tierra con sus esclavos.
13 Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
El oro que le llegaba a Salomón cada año pesaba 22 toneladas,
14 That was in addition to the [taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders. Also, the kings of Arabia and the governors of [the districts in] Israel brought gold and silver to Solomon.
aparte de lo que aportaban los mercaderes y los comerciantes. También todos los reyes de Arabia y los gobernadores de la tierra llevaban oro y plata a Salomón.
15 King Solomon’s [workers took this] gold [and] hammered [it] into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put almost 7-1/2 pounds of gold on each shield.
Además el rey Salomón hizo 200 escudos grandes de oro martillado. Empleó 6,6 kilogramos de oro martillado en cada escudo
16 His [workers] made 300 [smaller] shields. They covered each of them with almost 4 pounds of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
e [hizo] 300 escudos pequeños de oro martillado. En cada uno de éstos emplearon 3,3 kilogramos de oro. El rey colocó los escudos en la casa del bosque del Líbano.
17 His [workers] also made for him a large throne. [Part of] it was covered with [decorations made from] ivory and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
El rey también hizo un gran trono de marfil y lo recubrió con oro puro.
18 There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a [small statue of a] lion.
El trono tenía seis gradas con una tarima pequeña de oro fijada a él para los pies, brazos a uno y otro lado del asiento, y dos leones que estaban junto a los brazos.
19 On the six steps there were twelve statues of lions, one on each side. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
De la misma manera, a ambos lados estaban colocados 12 leones sobre las seis gradas. Jamás se hizo algo semejante para algún otro reino.
20 All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. [They did not make things from silver], because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
Todos los vasos de beber del rey Salomón eran de oro puro, y también todos los objetos de la casa del bosque del Líbano. Nada era de plata, pues en el tiempo de Salomón ésta era considerada como nada.
21 The king had a fleet of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
Porque el rey poseía naves que iban a Tarsis con los esclavos de Hiram, y una vez cada tres años llegaban las naves de Tarsis con oro, plata, marfil, monos y pavos reales.
22 King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
Así el rey Salomón se engrandeció más que todos los reyes de la tierra en riqueza y en sabiduría.
23 Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had enabled him to know.
Todos los reyes de la tierra procuraban estar en presencia de Salomón para escuchar la sabiduría que ʼElohim puso en su mente.
24 All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons, or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
Año tras año cada uno llevaba su presente: objetos de plata, objetos de oro, ropas, armas, especias aromáticas, caballos y mulas.
25 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
Salomón poseía caballerizas para 4.000 caballos y carruajes, y 12.000 jinetes, los cuales instaló en las ciudades que tenía para sus carruajes y en Jerusalén cerca del rey.
26 Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] to the border of Egypt [in the south].
Dominaba sobre todos los reyes desde el río Éufrates hasta la tierra de los filisteos y hasta la frontera de Egipto.
27 [During the years that Solomon was] king, [he] caused silver to become as common in Jerusalem as stones; and he caused cedar trees in the foothills of Judah to become as plentiful as fig trees.
El rey acumuló plata en Jerusalén en abundancia como las piedras, y madera de cedro como los sicómoros de la Sefela.
28 Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
De Egipto y de todas las tierras se importaban caballos para Salomón.
29 Lists of all the other things that Solomon did are recorded in the scrolls written by the prophet Nathan and by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city], and in [the scroll in which were written] the visions that the prophet Iddo saw concerning [King] Jeroboam.
El resto de los hechos de Salomón, los primeros y los últimos, ¿no están escritos en las crónicas del profeta Natán, en la profecía de Ahías silonita, y en la visión del vidente Iddo contra Jeroboam, hijo de Nabat?
30 Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
Salomón reinó 40 años en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel.
31 Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
Salomón descansó con sus antepasados, y lo sepultaron en la Ciudad de su padre David. Reinó en su lugar su hijo Roboam.
