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1 Cuatrocientos ochenta años después de que los israelitas salieran de Egipto, en el cuarto año del reinado del rey Salomón, en el mes de Zif, Salomón comenzó a construir el Templo del Señor.
480 years after the Israeli people left Egypt, during the fourth year that Solomon ruled Israel, early in May, Solomon’s workers began to build the temple.
2 El Templo que el rey Salomón construyó para el Señor medía sesenta codos de largo por veinte de ancho y treinta de alto.
Inside, [the main part of] the temple was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
3 La sala de entrada en la parte delantera del Templo tenía veinte codos de ancho. Tenía todo el ancho del Templo y sobresalía diez codos por delante del mismo.
The entrance room was 15 feet long and 30 feet wide, just as wide as the main part of the temple.
4 Mandó hacer ventanas enrejadas para colocarlas en lo alto del Templo.
There were windows in [the walls of] the temple. The windows were narrower on the outside than on the inside.
5 También mandó construir una estructura contra el muro exterior del Templo, tanto en el santuario exterior como en el interior, para disponer de una serie de habitaciones laterales.
Against the two sides and against the back of the temple walls, they built a structure/building that had rooms in it. [This structure had three levels/stories and each was 7-1/2 feet high].
6 La planta baja medía cinco codos de ancho, el primer piso seis codos y el segundo siete codos. Además, mandó colocar repisas a lo largo de todo el exterior, para no tener que introducir vigas en los muros del Templo.
[Each room in] the lowest level/story was 7-1/2 feet wide. [Each room in] the middle level/story was nine feet wide. [The rooms in] the top level/story were 10-1/2 feet wide. The wall of the temple at the top level/story was thinner than the wall at the middle level/story, and the wall of the middle level/story was thinner than the wall at the bottom level/story. The result was that the rooms could be supported by the wall underneath them, and did not require wooden beams to support them.
7 Cuando se construyó el Templo, las piedras se terminaron en la cantera para que no se oyera en el Templo el ruido de ningún martillo, hacha o cualquier herramienta de hierro durante la construcción.
The huge stones for [the foundation of] the temple were cut and shaped at the quarry [to become very smooth]. The result was that while the workers were building the temple there was no noise, because they did not use hammers or chisels or any other iron tools there.
8 La entrada a la planta baja estaba en el lado sur del Templo. Las escaleras conducían al primer piso, y luego al segundo.
The entrance to the bottom level/story [of that attached structure] was on the south side of the temple. There were stairs from the bottom level/story to the middle and top level/story.
9 Salomón terminó de construir el Templo, cubriéndolo con un techo de vigas y tablas de cedro.
So Solomon’s [workers] finished building the [framework of the] temple. They made the ceiling from cedar beams and boards.
10 Construyó la estructura externa a lo largo de todo el Templo. Tenía una altura de cinco codos, unida al Templo con vigas de madera de cedro.
They built the structure that had three levels/stories, that was against the walls of the temple. Each level/story was 7-1/2 feet high, and was joined to the temple with cedar beams.
11 El Señor envió este mensaje a Salomón, diciéndole:
Then Yahweh said this to Solomon:
12 “Sobre este Templo que estás construyendo: si sigues lo que te he dicho, cumpliendo mis requisitos y guardando mis mandamientos en lo que haces, cumpliré la promesa que le hice a tu padre David por medio de ti.
“[I want to tell you] about this temple that you are building. If you continually obey all my statutes and laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised to your father David.
13 Viviré entre los israelitas y no abandonaré a Israel, mi pueblo”.
I will live among the Israeli people, [in this temple, ] and I will never abandon them.”
14 Salomón terminó de construir el Templo.
Solomon’s [workers] finished building the temple.
15 Forró las paredes con paneles de cedro desde el suelo hasta el techo y cubrió el suelo del Templo con tablas de ciprés.
On the inside, they lined/covered the walls with cedar boards. They lined/covered them from the floor to the ceiling. They made the floor from cypress boards.
16 En la parte de atrás del Templo, separó veinte codos con tablas de cedro desde el suelo hasta el techo, haciendo un santuario interior como el Lugar Santísimo.
Inside the back part of the temple they built an inner room, called the Very Holy Place. It was 30 feet long. All the walls of this room were lined with cedar boards.
17 El Templo principal, frente a esta sala, medía cuarenta codos de largo.
In front of the Very Holy Place there was a room that was 60 feet long.
18 Los paneles de cedro del interior del Templo estaban decorados con tallas de calabazas y flores abiertas. Todo estaba revestido de cedro; no se veía nada de la piedra.
The cedar [boards on the walls] inside the temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. [The walls were] completely covered with cedar boards, with the result that the stones [of the walls behind them] could not be seen.
19 También mandó hacer el santuario interior dentro del Templo, donde se colocaría el Arca del Pacto del Señor.
At the back of the temple they made the Very Holy Place, where the Sacred Chest would be put.
20 El santuario interior medía veinte codos de largo, veinte de ancho y veinte de alto. Mandó a cubrir el interior con un revestimiento de oro puro, así como el altar de cedro.
That room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. They covered the walls with [very thin sheets of] pure gold. [For burning incense] they also made an altar of cedar [boards].
21 Salomón hizo cubrir todo el interior del Templo con oro puro, Hizo que se extendieran cadenas de oro por la parte delantera del santuario interior, que también estaba cubierta de oro.
Solomon told them to cover the other walls inside the temple with [very thin sheets of] pure gold and to fasten gold chains across the entrance to the Very Holy Place.
22 Cubrió todo el interior del Templo con una capa de oro hasta que estuvo todo terminado. También cubrió de oro todo el altar del santuario interior.
They covered all the walls of the temple and the altar that was outside the Very Holy Place with [very thin sheets of] gold.
23 Mandó hacer dos querubines de madera de olivo para el santuario interior, de diez codos de altura cada uno.
Inside the Very Holy Place, they made from olive tree wood [large statues of] two creatures with wings. Each one was 15 feet tall.
24 Las dos alas del querubín medían cinco codos, lo que hacía una envergadura total de diez codos.
They each were the same size and had the same shape. They each had two wings [which were spread out]. Each wing was 7-1/2 feet long, with the result that the distance between the outer ends of the two wings was 15 feet.
25 El otro querubín también medía diez codos, ya que eran idénticos en tamaño y forma.
26 Ambos querubines medían diez codos.
27 Hizo colocar los querubines dentro del santuario interior del Templo. Como sus alas estaban completamente extendidas, un ala del primer querubín tocaba una pared, un ala del segundo querubín tocaba la otra pared, y en el centro del Templo sus alas se tocaban.
They put those statues next to each other in the Very Holy Place so that the wing of the one touched the one wing of the other in the center of the room, and the outer wings touched the walls.
28 Los querubines también estaban cubiertos con una capa de oro.
They covered the statues with [very thin sheets of] gold.
29 Hizo tallar todas las paredes del Templo, tanto las del santuario interior como las del exterior, con diseños de querubines, palmeras y flores abiertas.
[Solomon told them to] decorate the walls of the main room and the Very Holy Place by carving representations of winged creatures and palm trees and flowers.
30 También mandó cubrir de oro el suelo del Templo, tanto el de los santuarios interiores como el de los exteriores.
They also covered the floor of both rooms with [very thin sheets of] gold.
31 Mandó hacer puertas de madera de olivo para la entrada del santuario interior, con un dintel y jambas de cinco lados.
They made a set of doors from olive tree wood, and placed them at the entrance to the Very Holy Place. The doorposts joined at the top to form a pointed arch.
32 Estas puertas dobles de madera de olivo tenían grabados diseños de querubines, palmeras y flores abiertas. Las tallas de los querubines y las palmeras estaban cubiertas de oro batido.
The doors were decorated by carving on them representations of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. All of these things were covered with [very thin sheets of] gold.
33 De igual manera, mandó a hacer postes de madera de olivo de cuatro lados para la entrada del santuario.
They made a rectangular door frame from olive tree wood, and put it [between the entrance room and] the main room.
34 Sus puertas eran de madera de ciprés, cada una con dos paneles abatibles.
They made two folding doors from cypress wood [and fastened them to the door frame].
35 Las hizo tallar con diseños de querubines, palmeras y flores abiertas, y las cubrió con oro batido uniformemente sobre las tallas.
The doors were also decorated with wood carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, and they were also covered evenly with [very thin sheets of] gold.
36 Salomón hizo construir el patio interior con tres hileras de piedra labrada y una de vigas de cedro.
They built a courtyard in front of the temple. The walls around the courtyard were made of cedar and stone; to make the walls, between each layer of cedar beams they put down two layers of stone.
37 Los cimientos del Templo del Señor fueron puestos en el cuarto año del reinado de Salomón, en el mes de Zif.
They laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh in early May, in the fourth year [that Solomon ruled].
38 El Templo se terminó exactamente como estaba previsto y especificado en el undécimo año de Salomón, en el octavo mes, el mes de Bul. Así que tardó siete años en construir el Templo.
In the eleventh year [that he ruled], in the middle of October, they finished building the temple and all of its parts, doing exactly what Solomon told them to do. It required seven years to build it.
