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1 Salomón ordenó la construcción de un Templo para honrar al Señor y un palacio real para él.
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself.
2 Asignó 70.000 hombres como obreros, 80.000 como cortadores de piedra en las montañas y 3.600 como capataces.
He selected 70,000 men to carry the building supplies and 80,000 men to cut stones [(from quarries/walls of rock) in] the hills. He also chose 3,600 men to supervise them.
3 Salomón envió un mensaje a Hiram, rey de Tiro, diciéndole:
Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre [city]: “[Many years ago] when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
4 “Por favor, haz como hiciste con mi padre David cuando le enviaste madera de cedro para que construyera un palacio donde vivir. Estoy a punto de empezar a construir un Templo en honor del Señor, mi Dios, dedicado a él, donde se le ofrecerá incienso aromático, donde los panes de la proposición estarán siempre dispuestos en hileras, y donde se harán holocaustos todas las mañanas y las tardes, en los sábados, en las fiestas de luna nueva y en las fiestas del Señor, nuestro Dios; esto se hará para siempre en Israel.
“We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to [honor] him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to [honor] Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded.
5 Este Templo que voy a construir debe ser impresionante, porque nuestro Dios es más grande que todos los dioses.
[We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods.
6 Pero ¿quién puede construirle un Templo para que viva en él, pues los cielos, incluso los más altos, no pueden contenerlo, y quién soy yo para atreverme a construirle una casa, salvo para quemarle incienso?
But no one can really build a temple that would be big enough for God [to live in], because even the highest heavens are not big enough for him. And I am worthy only to build a place where we can burn sacrifices to him.
7 “Así que, por favor, envíame un maestro artesano que sepa trabajar el oro, la plata, el bronce y el hierro; y las telas de color púrpura, escarlata y azul. También debe saber grabar, trabajando junto con mis expertos artesanos de Judea y Jerusalén proporcionados por mi padre David.
Therefore, please send me a man who knows well how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron, and to make things from purple and red and blue cloth. He should also know well how to engrave designs. I want him to work in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah with my skilled craftsmen, the ones whom my father David appointed.
8 Envíame también madera de cedro, de ciprés y de algum del Líbano, porque sé que tus obreros son hábiles para cortar los árboles del Líbano. Enviaré hombres para que ayuden a tus trabajadores
I know that your workers are skilled in cutting timber, so also please send me cedar logs, pine logs, and juniper logs from the Lebanon mountains. My workers will work with your workers.
9 a producir una gran cantidad de madera, porque el Templo que estoy construyendo será realmente grande y muy impresionante.
In that way, those workers will provide me with plenty of lumber. [We will need plenty, ] because I want the temple that we will build to be large and beautiful.
10 Pagaré a tus trabajadores, los cortadores de madera, 20.000 cors de trigo triturado, 20.000 cors de cebada, 20.000 baños de vino y 20.000 baños de aceite de oliva”.
I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.”
11 El rey Hiram de Tiro respondió a Salomón por carta: “Es porque el Señor ama a su pueblo que te ha hecho su rey”.
[When] Hiram [received that message, he] replied by sending this message to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king.”
12 Hiram continuó: “¡Alabado sea el Señor, el Dios de Israel, que hizo los cielos y la tierra! Él ha dado al rey David un hijo sabio, con perspicacia y entendimiento, que va a construir un Templo para el Señor y un palacio real para él.
[And Hiram added, ] “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very smart/intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh and a palace for himself.
13 “Te envío a Hiram-Abi, un maestro artesano que sabe y comprende lo que hace.
“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
14 Su madre es de la tribu de Dan y su padre es de Tiro. Es un experto en trabajar el oro y la plata, el bronce y el hierro, la piedra y la madera, la tela púrpura, azul y carmesí, y el lino fino. Sabe hacer todo tipo de grabados y puede realizar cualquier diseño que se le encargue. Trabajará con tus artesanos y con los artesanos de mi señor, tu padre David.
His mother was from the tribe of Dan, and his father was from [here in] Tyre. He is very able to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron and stone and wood, but he also makes nice things from purple and blue and red cloth, and he does all kinds of engraving. He can make things using any design/pattern that you give to him. He will work with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen who did work for your father, King David.
15 “Ahora, mi señor, por favor, envíanos a sus siervos el trigo, la cebada, el aceite de oliva y el vino de que habló.
“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
16 Nosotros cortaremos del Líbano toda la madera que necesites y te la llevaremos por mar en balsas hasta Jope. Desde allí podrás transportarla a Jerusalén”.
When you do that, my workers will cut from trees in the Lebanon mountains all the logs that you need [and bring them down to the sea]. Then we will [tie the logs together to] form rafts with them, and float them in the sea to Joppa [city]. From there, you [can arrange for] them [to be] taken up to Jerusalem.
17 Salomón mandó hacer un censo de todos los extranjeros en la tierra de Israel, como el censo que había hecho su padre David, y encontró que había 153.600.
Solomon told his workers to count all the people from other countries who were living in Israel, similar to what his father David had done. There were 153,600 of them.
18 Asignó 70.000 como obreros, 80.000 como canteros en las montañas y 3.600 como capataces.
Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone [from quarries in] the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily.
