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 he put among the treasures 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.

And after this he gathered together the ancients of Israel, and all the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families, of the children of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Sion.

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

And all the men of Israel came to the king in the solemn day of the seventh month.

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

And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark,

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

And brought it in, together with all the furniture of the tabernacle. And 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!

And king Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, and all that were gathered together before the ark, sacrificed rams, and oxen without number: 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 into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:

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 cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

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.

Now the ends of the staves wherewith the ark was carried, because they were some thing longer, were seen before the oracle: but if a man were a little outward, he could not see them. So the ark has been there unto this 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 but the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the children of Israel, at their coming out of Egypt.

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

Now when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, (for all the priests that could be found there, mere sanctified: and as yet at that time the courses and orders of the ministries were not 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.

Both the Levites and the singing men, that is, both they that were under Asaph, and they that were under Heman, and they that were under Idithun, with their sons, and their brethren, clothed with fine linen, sounded with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing on the east side of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, sounding 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.

So when they all sounded together, both with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and organs, and with divers kind of musical instruments, and lifted up their voice on high: the sound was heard afar off, so that when they began to praise the Lord, and to say: Give glory to the Lord for he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever: 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.

Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.