2 Chronicles 1
1 David’s son [King] Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful.
Salomón, hijo de David, quedó afirmado en su reino; Yahvé su Dios estaba con él y lo engrandeció sobremanera.
2 [When] David [was king, he had arranged for a new] Sacred Tent [to be] made in Jerusalem. Then David [and the Israeli leaders] had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim [city] to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But [when Solomon became the king, ] the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon [city]. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God [well], had [arranged to be] made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. [One day] Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon [where the Sacred Tent was], and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there.
Entonces habló Salomón a todo Israel, a los jefes de miles y de cientos, a los jueces y a todos los príncipes de todo Israel, a las cabezas de las casas paternas;
y fue Salomón con toda la comunidad que lo acompañaba, al lugar alto que había en Gabaón, porque allí se hallaba el Tabernáculo de la Reunión de Dios, que Moisés, siervo de Yahvé, había hecho en el desierto.
En cuanto al Arca de Dios, David la había llevado de Kiryatyearim al lugar que él le había preparado, pues le había erigido un Tabernáculo en Jerusalén.
El altar de bronce que había hecho Besalel, hijo de Urí, hijo de Hur, estaba también allí, delante de la Morada de Yahvé. Fueron Salomón y la comunidad para consultarle.
6 Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be [killed and] completely burned [on the altar].
Y subió Salomón allí al altar de bronce que estaba ante Yahvé junto al Tabernáculo de la Reunión, y ofreció sobre él mil holocaustos.
7 That night God appeared to Solomon [in a dream] and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.”
En aquella noche se apareció Dios a Salomón y le dijo: “Pídeme lo que quieres que te conceda.”
8 Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him.
Salomón respondió a Dios: “Tú has tenido gran misericordia con David mi padre, y a mí me has hecho rey en su lugar.
9 So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David.
Ahora, oh Yahvé Dios, cúmplase la promesa que hiciste a mi padre David, ya que Tú me has hecho rey sobre un pueblo numeroso como el polvo de la tierra.
10 Please enable me to be wise and to know [what I should do], in order that I may rule these people [well], because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours [without your help].”
Dame ahora sabiduría e inteligencia, para que sepa cómo conducirme ante este pueblo; porque ¿quién podrá gobernar este tu pueblo tan grande?”
11 God replied, “[I am pleased with what] you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that [I enable] you [to] be wise and [to] know [what you should do] in order that you may govern [well] my people whom I have appointed you to rule.
Respondió Dios a Salomón: “Ya que piensas esto en tu corazón, y no has pedido riquezas, ni bienes, ni gloria, ni la muerte de tus enemigos; ni tampoco has pedido larga vida, sino que has pedido para ti sabiduría e inteligencia para gobernar a mi pueblo, del cual te he hecho rey;
12 Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know [what you should do to rule my people well]. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.”
por eso te son dadas la sabiduría y la inteligencia; y además te daré riqueza y bienes y gloria como no las poseyó ningún rey antes de ti ni las tendrá ninguno de tus sucesores.”
13 Then Solomon [and the people who were with him all] left from being in front of he Sacred Tent [on the hill in Gibeon], and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people.
Y Salomón regresó a Jerusalén desde el lugar alto de Gabaón, de delante del Tabernáculo de la Reunión, y reinó sobre Israel.
14 Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode [on horses]. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities.
Salomón juntó carros y gente de a caballo y vino a poseer mil cuatrocientos carros y doce mil jinetes, a los que acuarteló en las ciudades de los carros y junto al rey en Jerusalén.
15 During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and [lumber from] cedar trees were as plentiful as [lumber from] ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills.
El rey hizo que la plata y el oro fuesen en Jerusalén tan común como las piedras, y los cedros tan abundantes como los sicómoros en la Sefelá.
16 Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from [the] Kue [region in Turkey].
Los caballos de Salomón venían por medio de una caravana de comerciantes del rey desde Egipto, donde la caravana los compraba a un precio convenido.
17 In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups.
Sacaban y traían de Egipto un carro por seiscientos siclos de plata, y un caballo por ciento cincuenta. De la misma manera los traían, como intermediarios, para todos los reyes de los heteos y los de Siria.
