1 Reyes 9
1 Cuando Salomón terminó el Templo del Señor y el palacio real, y habiendo logrado todo lo que había querido hacer,
After Solomon’s [workers] had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build,
2 el Señor se le apareció por segunda vez, como se le había aparecido en Gabaón.
Yahweh appeared to him [in a dream] a second time, like he had appeared to him at [the city of] Gibeon.
3 Y el Señor le dijo: “He escuchado tu oración y tu petición a mí. He dedicado este Templo que has construido poniendo mi nombre en él para siempre; siempre velaré por él y lo cuidaré.
Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your [workers] have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it.
4 “En cuanto a ti, si sigues mis caminos como lo hizo tu padre David, haciendo todo lo que te he dicho que hagas, y si guardas mis leyes y reglamentos,
“And as for you, if you conduct your life as I want you to, like your father David did, and if you very sincerely obey all the statutes and laws that I have commanded you to obey,
5 entonces aseguraré tu trono para siempre. Yo hice este pacto con tu padre David, diciéndole: ‘Siempre tendrás un descendiente que gobierne sobre Israel’.
I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.
6 “Pero si tú o tus descendientes se apartan y no guardan las leyes y los mandamientos que les he dado, y si van a servir y adorar a otros dioses,
“But if you or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods,
7 entonces sacaré a Israel de la tierra que les he dado. Desterraré de mi presencia este Templo que he dedicado a mi honor, y lo convertiré en objeto de burla entre las naciones.
I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise [the people of] Israel and make fun of them.
8 Este Templo se convertirá en un montón de escombros. Todos los que pasen junto a él se horrorizarán y silbarán diciendo: ‘¿Por qué ha actuado el Señor de esta manera con esta tierra y este Templo?’
This temple will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by will be astonished [when they see it], and they will be shocked and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this temple?’
9 La respuesta será: ‘Porque han abandonado al Señor, su Dios, que sacó a sus antepasados de Egipto, y han abrazado a otros dioses, adorándolos y sirviéndolos. Por eso el Señor ha traído sobre ellos todo este problema’”.
And other people will reply, ‘It happened because the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh their God, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They started to accept and worship other gods. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’”
10 Salomón tardó veinte años en construir los dos edificios: el Templo del Señor y su propio palacio. Después de esto,
Solomon’s [workers] labored for 20 years to build the temple and the palace.
11 el rey Salomón dio veinte ciudades en Galilea a Hiram, rey de Tiro, porque Hiram le había proporcionado todo el cedro y el enebro y el oro que quería.
Hiram, the king of Tyre had [arranged for his workers to] give Solomon all the cedar and pine [logs] and all the gold that he needed [for this work]. After it was all finished, King Solomon gave to Hiram 20 cities in the Galilee region.
12 Pero cuando Hiram fue desde Tiro a ver las ciudades que Salomón le había dado, no quedó contento con ellas.
But when Hiram went from Tyre [to Galilee] to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, he was not pleased with them.
13 “¿Qué son estas ciudades que me has dado, hermano mío?”, le reclamó Hiram. Y las llamó la tierra de Cabul, el nombre con el que se les conoce hasta hoy.
He said to Solomon, “My friend, those cities that you gave me are worthless!” So, that area is still called ‘Worthless’.
14 Aun así, Hiram le envió al rey 120 talentos de oro como pago.
Hiram paid Solomon only five tons of gold [for those cities].
15 Este es el relato de los trabajos forzados que el rey Salomón impuso para construir el Templo del Señor, su propio palacio, las terrazas y la muralla de Jerusalén, así como Hazor, Meguido y Guézer.
This is a record of the work that King Solomon forced men to do. He forced them to build the temple and his palace and the terraces/landfills [on the east side of the city], and the wall around Jerusalem, and [to rebuild the cities of] Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.
16 El faraón, rey de Egipto, había atacado y capturado Guézer. La había incendiado y había matado a los cananeos que vivían en la ciudad. Luego se la había dado como dote de boda a su hija, la esposa de Salomón.
[The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of] the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned [the houses in] the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon.
17 Salomón reconstruyó Guézer y la parte baja de Bet-horón,
So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon [city].
18 Baalat y Tamar en el desierto, en la tierra de Judá,
They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar [towns] in the desert in [the southern part of] Judah.
19 y todas las ciudades de Salomón para almacenamiento, y las ciudades para sus carros y para sus jinetes, además de todo lo que Salomón quería construir en Jerusalén, en el Líbano y en todo su reino.
They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.
20 Los descendientes de los amorreos, hititas, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos (pueblos que no eran israelitas)
There were many people who belonged to the Amor people-group, the Heth people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group who were not killed when the Israelis captured their land.
21 que permanecieron en la tierra – losque los israelitas no pudieron destruir por completo – fueronreclutados por Salomón para trabajar como mano de obra forzosa, como lo siguen haciendo hasta hoy.
[Their descendants still lived in Israel]. It was those people whom Solomon forced to become his slaves [to build all those places], and they are still slaves.
22 Pero Salomón no esclavizó a ningún israelita. Ellos eran sus soldados, oficiales, comandantes, capitanes, jefes de carros y jinetes.
But Solomon did not force any Israeli people to become slaves. Some Israelis became soldiers and army officers and commanders and drivers of his chariots and soldiers who rode on horses.
23 También eran los principales oficiales a cargo de los programas de Salomón: 550 al mando de la gente que realizaba las obras.
There were 550 officials who supervised the slaves who worked [to build all those places].
24 Una vez que la hija del faraón se trasladó de la Ciudad de David al palacio que Salomón había construido para ella, éste construyó las terrazas de la ciudad.
After [Solomon’s wife, who was] the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the palace that Solomon’s workers built for her, Solomon [told his workers to] fill in the slopes on the east side of the city.
25 Tres veces al año Salomón sacrificaba holocaustos y ofrendas de paz en el altar que había construido para el Señor, quemando incienso ante el Señor con ellos, y así cumplía con lo que se exigía en el Templo.
Three times each year Solomon [brought to the temple] offerings that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple.
26 El rey Salomón construyó una flota de barcos en Ezion-guéber, que está cerca de Elot, a orillas del Mar Rojo, en la tierra de Edom.
King Solomon’s [workers] also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber [city], which is near Elath [city], on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group.
27 Hiram envió a sus marineros, que conocían el mar, a servir en la flota con los hombres de Salomón.
[King] Hiram sent some very expert sailors to work on the ships with Solomon’s workers.
28 Navegaron hasta Ofir y trajeron de allí 420 talentos de oro y se los entregaron a Salomón.
They sailed to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back to Solomon about 16 tons of gold.
