1 Reyes 7
1 Sin embargo, Salomón tardó trece años en terminar de construir todo su palacio.
They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it.
2 Construyó la Casa del Bosque del Líbano, de cien codos de largo, cincuenta de ancho y treinta de alto. Había cuatro filas de pilares de cedro que sostenían vigas que también eran de cedro.
One of the buildings they constructed was [a] large [ceremonial hall]. It was called the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It was supported/held up by four rows of pillars of [wood from] cedar [trees]. There were 15 pillars in each row. There were cedar beams across each row.
3 El techo de cedro de la casa estaba encima de las vigas que se apoyaban en los pilares. Había cuarenta y cinco vigas, quince en cada fila.
[To support the roof] there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars.
4 Las ventanas estaban colocadas en lo alto, en tres filas, cada una frente a la otra.
On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows.
5 Todos los portales y las cubiertas de las puertas tenían marcos rectangulares, con las aberturas una frente a la otra, de tres en tres.
All the windows and doorways had rectangular frames. The windows along the long wall on one side faced the windows on the other side.
6 También mandó hacer la Sala de las Columnas, de cuarenta codos de largo y treinta de ancho. Tenía un pórtico delante, cuyo dosel también estaba sostenido por columnas.
They also built another building called the Hall of Pillars. It was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch [whose roof was] supported by pillars.
7 La sala del trono donde se sentaba como juez se llamaba Sala de la Justicia, y estaba revestida de paneles de cedro desde el suelo hasta el techo.
Then they made a building called the Hall of the Throne. It was also called the Hall of Judgment. That was where Solomon decided/judged concerning people’s disputes. The walls were covered with cedar boards, from the floor to the rafters.
8 El palacio de Salomón, donde vivía, estaba en un patio detrás del pórtico, hecho de manera similar al Templo. También mandó hacer un palacio para la hija del faraón, con la que se había casado.
In the courtyard behind the Hall of Judgment they built a house for Solomon to live in that was made like the other buildings. They also built the same kind of house for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt.
9 Todos estos edificios se construyeron con bloques de piedra, cuya producción era muy costosa. Se cortaban a medida y se recortaban con sierras por dentro y por fuera. Estas piedras se utilizaban desde los cimientos hasta los aleros, desde el exterior del edificio hasta el gran patio.
All of those buildings and the walls around the palace courtyard were made from costly blocks of stone, from the foundations up to the eaves. The stones were cut [at the quarry], according to the sizes that were needed, and the sides of the stones were shaped by cutting/smoothing them with saws.
10 Los cimientos se colocaron con piedras muy grandes de primera calidad, de entre ocho y diez codos de largo.
The foundations were also made from huge blocks of stone [that were prepared at the quarry]. Some of them were twelve feet long and some were fifteen feet long.
11 Sobre ellas se colocaron piedras de primera calidad, cortadas a medida, junto con madera de cedro.
On top of the foundation stones were other blocks of stone that were cut according to the sizes they needed, and cedar beams.
12 Alrededor del gran patio, del patio interior y del pórtico del Templo del Señor había tres hileras de piedra labrada y una hilera de vigas de cedro.
The palace courtyard, the inner courtyard in front of the temple, and the entrance room of the temple had walls made by putting down three layers of cut stones between each layer of cedar beams.
13 Entonces el rey Salomón mandó a traer a Hiram desde Tiro.
There was a man who lived in Tyre [city] whose name was Huram. He knew how to make very nice things from bronze. His father had also lived in Tyre and had also been very skilled at making things from bronze, but Huram’s father was no longer living. His mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was very wise and intelligent and was very skilled at making things from bronze. Solomon invited him to come [to Jerusalem and supervise] all the work of making things from bronze, and Huram agreed.
14 Este era hijo de una viuda de la tribu de Neftalí, y su padre era de Tiro, un artesano que trabajaba el bronce. Hiram tenía una gran experiencia, entendiendo y conociendo toda clase de trabajos en bronce. Acudió al rey Salomón y llevó a cabo todo lo que el rey le pidió.
15 Hiram fundió dos columnas de bronce. Ambas tenían dieciocho codos de altura y doce codos de circunferencia.
He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around. Each was hollow, and the walls of the pillars were 3 in./7.4 cm. thick.
16 También fundió dos capiteles de bronce para colocarlos encima de las columnas. Cada capitel tenía una altura de cinco codos.
He also made two bronze caps to be put on top of the pillars. Each cap was 7-1/2 feet tall.
17 Para ambos capiteles hizo una red de cadenas trenzadas, siete para cada uno.
Then he made bronze wreaths of chains to decorate the top part of each pillar.
18 Alrededor de la red de cadenas trenzadas hizo dos hileras de granadas ornamentales para cubrir los capiteles en la parte superior de ambas columnas.
He also made bronze [figures that resembled] pomegranates. He put two rows of pomegranates over the top parts of each pillar.
19 Los capiteles colocados en la parte superior de las columnas del pórtico tenían forma de lirios, de cuatro codos de altura.
The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each [lily leaf] was six feet tall.
20 En los capiteles de ambas columnas estaban las doscientas hileras de granadas que las rodeaban, justo encima de la parte redonda que estaba junto a la red de cadenas trenzadas.
These top parts were placed on a bowl-shaped section around which was draped the wreaths of chains. He made 200 [figures that represented] pomegranates and put them in two rows around the top/head of each pillar.
21 Erigió las columnas en el pórtico de entrada del Templo. A la columna del sur le puso el nombre de Jaquín, y a la del norte, el de Booz.
His [helpers] set up the pillars in front of the entrance of the temple. The pillar on the south side was named Jakin, and the pillar on the north side was named Boaz.
22 Los capiteles de las columnas tenían forma de lirios. Así quedó terminada la obra de las columnas.
The bronze top parts that were shaped like lilies were placed on top of the pillars. So Huram and his helpers finished making the bronze pillars.
23 Luego hizo la fuente de metal fundido. Su forma era circular, y medía diez codos de borde a borde, cinco codos de altura y treinta codos de circunferencia.
Huram also constructed a very large round bronze tank that was made of metal and cast [in a clay mold]. It was 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high, 30 feet/9 meters across/wide, and 45 feet/13.5 meters around it.
24 Debajo del borde estaba decorado con calabazas ornamentales que lo rodeaban, diez por cada codo en todo el contorno. Estaban en dos filas fundidas como una sola pieza con la fuente de metal.
Around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of gourds that were made of bronze. [But] the gourds [were not cast separately; they] were cast in the same mold as the rest of the tank. For each foot of length around the rim of the tank there were six [figures of] gourds.
25 La fuente de metal se apoyaba en doce bueyes de metal. Tres miraban al norte, tres al oeste, tres al sur y tres al este. La fuente de metal estaba colocada sobre ellos, con las espaldas hacia el centro.
Huram [also cast] twelve [bronze statues of] oxen. He placed them to face outward. He placed three of them to face north, three to face west, three to face south, and three to face east. His helpers put the bronze tank on the backs of [the statues of] the oxen.
26 Era tan gruesas como el ancho de una mano, y su borde era como el borde acampanado de una copa o de una flor de lis. En ella cabían dos mil baños.
The sides [of the tank] were 3 in./8 cm. thick. The rim was like the rim of a cup. It [curved outward, ] like the petals of a lily. [When the tank was full, ] it held about 10,000 gallons [of water].
27 También hizo diez carros para transportar los lavamanos. Las carretillas medían cuatro codos de largo, cuatro de ancho y tres de alto.
Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall.
28 El montaje de las carretillas era el siguiente: los paneles laterales estaban unidos a los postes.
[On the sides of the carts] there were panels which were set in frames.
29 Tanto los paneles laterales como los postes estaban decorados con leones, bueyes y querubines. Encima y debajo de los leones y los bueyes había guirnaldas decorativas.
On those panels were [bronze figures of] lions, bulls, and winged creatures. Below and above the lions and bulls there were decorations of bronze wreaths.
30 Y cada carro tenía cuatro ruedas de bronce con ejes de bronce. Un lavamanos descansaba sobre cuatro soportes que tenían coronas decorativas a cada lado.
Each cart had four bronze wheels and two axles made of bronze. At the top corners of each cart were bronze supports to hold up a basin. On these supports were also decorations of bronze wreaths.
31 En la parte superior de cada carro había una abertura redonda a modo de pedestal para sostener el lavamanos. La abertura tenía un codo de profundidad y un codo y medio de ancho. La abertura tenía tallas a su alrededor. Los paneles del carro eran cuadrados, no redondos.
On top of each cart, [under each basin, ] was a frame [that resembled] a circular collar. The top of each circular frame was 18 inches above the top of the cart, and the bottom of it was nine inches below the top of the cart. There were also decorations of bronze wreaths on the frame engraved within square panels.
32 Las cuatro ruedas estaban debajo de los paneles, y los ejes de las ruedas estaban unidos al carro. Cada rueda medía un codo y medio de diámetro.
The wheels were 27 inches high. They were below the panels. The wheels were connected to axles that had been cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
33 Las ruedas estaban hechas de la misma manera que las ruedas de las carretillas; sus ejes, llantas, radios y cubos estaban hechos de fundición.
The wheels of the carts were like the wheels of chariots. The axles, the rims, the spokes, and the hubs were all cast [from bronze].
34 Cada carretilla tenía cuatro asas, una en cada esquina, hechas como parte del soporte.
At the top corners of each cart there were handles. These were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
35 En la parte superior de la carretilla había un anillo de medio codo de ancho. Los soportes y los paneles estaban fundidos como una sola pieza con la parte superior de la carretilla.
There was a nine-inch bronze band around the top of each cart. There were braces attached to the corners of each cart. The bands and the braces were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart.
36 Hizo grabar diseños de querubines, leones y palmeras en los paneles, los soportes y el armazón, donde hubiera espacio, con coronas decorativas alrededor.
The braces and the panels [on the sides of the carts] were also decorated with [figures of] winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, whenever there was space for them, and there were bronze wreaths all around them.
37 Así hizo las diez carretillas, con los mismos moldes, tamaño y forma.
That is how Huram made the ten carts. They [were all cast in the same mold, so they] were all alike: They all were the same size and had the same shape.
38 Luego hizo diez pilas de bronce. Cada una tenía capacidad para cuarenta baños y medía cuatro codos de ancho, una pila para cada una de las diez carretillas.
Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons [of water].
39 Colocó cinco carretillas en el lado sur del Templo y cinco en el lado norte. Colocó la fuente de metal en el lado sur, junto a la esquina sureste del Templo.
Huram placed five of the carts on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put the big tank at the southeast corner.
40 También hizo las ollas, las tenazas y los aspersorios. Así, Hiram terminó de hacer todo lo que el rey Salomón le había pedido para el Templo del Señor:
Huram also made pots, shovels [for carrying ashes], and bowls [for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed]. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. [This is a list of the bronze things he made]:
41 las dos columnas; los dos capiteles con forma de cuenco en la parte superior de las columnas; las dos redes de cadenas trenzadas que decoraban las cuencas de los capiteles en la parte superior de las columnas;
the two pillars; the two top parts to be put over the pillars; the two wreaths of chains to decorate the tops of the pillars;
42 las cuatrocientas granadas ornamentales para las redes de cadenas (en dos filas para las redes de cadenas que cubrían los capiteles en la parte superior de las columnas);
the 400 [figures of] pomegranates, in two rows, with 100 in each row, that were placed over the top parts of the pillars;
43 las diez carretillas; los diez lavamanossobre las carretillas;
the ten carts; the ten basins;
44 la fuente de metal; los doce bueyes bajo la fuente de metal;
the big tank; the twelve [statues of] oxen on whose backs the tank was placed;
45 y las ollas, las tenazas y los aspersorios. Todo lo que Hiram hizo para el rey Salomón en el Templo del Señor era de bronce pulido.
the pots, shovels [for the ashes of the altar], and bowls. Huram [and his workers] made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze.
46 El rey las hizo fundir en moldes hechos de arcilla en el valle del Jordán, entre Sucot y Saretán.
They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan [River] Valley, between [the cities of] Succoth and Zarethan.
47 Salomón no pesó nada de lo que se había hecho, porque era mucho: no se podía medir el peso del bronce utilizado.
Solomon did not [tell his workers to] weigh those bronze objects, because there were many items. So no one ever knew what they weighed.
48 Salomón también había hecho todos los elementos para el Templo del Señor el altar de oro; la mesa de oro donde se colocaba el Pan de la Presencia;
Solomon’s [workers] also made all the gold items for the temple: the altar; the table on which the priests put the sacred bread placed before God;
49 los candelabros de oro puro que estaban delante del santuario interior, cinco a la derecha y cinco a la izquierda; las flores, las lámparas y las tenazas, que eran todas de oro puro;
the ten lampstands [that were put] in front of the Very Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north side; the [decorations that resembled] flowers; the lamps; the tongs [to grasp the hot coals];
50 las copas, los adornos para las mechas, los aspersorios, la vajilla y los incensarios que también eran todos de oro puro; y las bisagras de oro para las puertas del santuario interior, el Lugar Santísimo, además de las puertas de la sala principal del Templo.
the cups, the gold lamp wick snuffers, the small lamp bowls, the dishes for incense, the pans [for carrying the hot coals], and the hinges for the doors at the entrance to the Very Holy Place and for the doors at the entrance [to the main room] of the temple. Those things were all made of gold.
51 De esta manera se completó toda la obra del rey Salomón para el Templo del Señor. Luego Salomón trajo los objetos que su padre David había dedicado, los objetos especiales de plata, el oro y el mobiliario del Templo, y los colocó en la tesorería del Templo del Señor.
So Solomon’s [workers] finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items.
