2 Crónicas 5

1 Una vez que Salomón hubo terminado todas las obras de la casa del Señor, trajo los objetos sagrados que su padre David había dedicado -la plata, el oro y todos los diversos objetos de culto- y los colocó en los tesoros del Templo de Dios.

Then Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, which he placed in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 Luego Salomón convocó a Jerusalén a los ancianos de Israel -todos los jefes de las tribus y los jefes de familia de los israelitas- para que trajeran el Arca del Pacto del Señor desde Sión, la Ciudad de David.

After this, he gathered together those greater by birth of Israel, and all the leaders of the tribes, and the heads of the families, from the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, so that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion.

3 Así que todos los israelitas se reunieron para estar con el rey en la fiesta que se celebra en el séptimo mes.

And so, all the men of Israel went to the king, on the solemn day of the seventh month.

4 Cuando llegaron todos los ancianos de Israel, los levitas levantaron el Arca.

And when all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites carried the ark,

5 Los sacerdotes y los levitas subieron el Arca, la Tienda de la Reunión, estaban con él delante del Arca.

and they brought it in, along with all the equipment of the tabernacle. Then too, the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle.

6 ¡Sacrificaron tantas ovejas y reses que no se podían contar!

Now king Solomon, and the entire assembly of Israel, and all who had gathered together before the ark, were immolating rams and oxen without any number, for so great was the multitude of the victims.

7 Entonces los sacerdotes trajeron el Arca del Pacto del Señor y la colocaron en el santuario interior del Templo, el Lugar Santísimo, bajo las alas de los querubines.

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim,

8 Los querubines extendían sus alas sobre el lugar donde estaba el Arca, de modo que los querubines formaban una cubierta sobre el Arca y sus varas.

so that the cherubim extended their wings over the place where the ark was positioned, and they covered the ark itself and its bars.

9 Los postes eran tan largos que sus extremos podían verse desde el Lugar Santo, frente al Lugar Santísimo, pero no desde afuera. Allí están hasta el día de hoy.

But concerning the bars by which the ark was carried, because they were a little longer, the ends were able to be seen before the oracle. Yet truly, if anyone were a little ways toward the exterior, he would not be able to see them. And so the ark has been in that place, even to the present day.

10 Dentro del Arca no había nada más que las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés había colocado en el Monte Sinaí, donde el Señor había hecho un acuerdo con el pueblo de Israel al salir de Egipto.

And there was nothing else in the ark, except the two tablets, which Moses had placed there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the sons of Israel, at the departure from Egypt.

11 Entonces los sacerdotes salieron del Lugar Santo. Todos los sacerdotes que estaban allí se habían purificado, cualquiera que fuera su división.

And having gone out from the Sanctuary, the priests (for all the priests who were able to be found there were sanctified, and in that time the turns and orders of the ministries had not yet been divided among them)

12 Todos los levitas cantores – Asaf, Hemán, Jedutún y sus hijos y parientes – se pusieron de pie al lado oriental del altar. Estaban vestidos de lino fino, tocando címbalos, arpas y liras, y acompañados por ciento veinte sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas.

with both the Levites and the singing men, that is, those who were under Asaph, and those who were under Heman, and those who were under Jeduthun, with their sons and brothers, clothed in fine linen, sounded out with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing toward the eastern side of the altar. And with them were one hundred twenty priests, sounding out with trumpets.

13 Los trompetistas y los cantores se unían con una sola voz para alabar y dar gracias al Señor. Acompañados por las trompetas, los címbalos y los instrumentos musicales, los cantores alzaron sus voces, alabando al Señor: “Porque él es bueno; su amor confiable es eterno”. Entonces el Templo, la casa del Señor, se llenó de una nube.

And when they all sounded out together, with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and pipes, and with various kinds of musical instruments, lifting their voice on high, the sound was heard from far away, so that when they had begun to praise the Lord, and to say, “Confess to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is eternal,” the house of God was filled with a cloud.

14 Los sacerdotes no podían levantarse para continuar con el servicio a causa de la nube, porque la gloria del Señor había llenado el Templo de Dios.

Neither were the priests able to stand and to minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.