2 Crónicas 6

1 Entonces Salomón dijo: “El Señor ha dicho que vive en las profundas tinieblas.

Then Solomon said: “The Lord has promised that he would dwell in a cloud.

2 Sin embargo, te he construido un magnífico Templo, un lugar para que vivas para siempre”.

But I have built a house to his name, so that he may dwell there forever.”

3 Entonces el rey se volvió y bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, mientras todos estaban de pie.

And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire multitude of Israel, (for the whole crowd was standing and attentive) and he said:

4 Dijo: “Alabado sea el Señor, Dios de Israel, que ha cumplido la promesa que le hizo a mi padre David cuando le dijo:

“Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who has completed the work that he spoke to David my father, saying:

5 ‘Desde el día en que saqué a mi pueblo del país de Egipto, no he elegido una ciudad de ninguna tribu de Israel donde se pudiera construir un Templo para honrarme, y no he elegido a nadie para que sea gobernante de mi pueblo Israel.

‘From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name. And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel.

6 Pero ahora he elegido a Jerusalén para que se me honre allí, y he elegido a David para que gobierne a mi pueblo Israel’.

But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.’

7 “Mi padre David quería construir este Templo para honrar al Señor, el Dios de Israel.

And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,

8 Pero el Señor le dijo a mi padre David: ‘Realmente querías construirme un Templo para honrarme, y era bueno que quisieras hacerlo.

the Lord said to him: ‘In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.

9 Pero no vas a construir el Templo. Tu hijo, uno de tus hijos, construirá el Templo para honrarme’.

But you shall not build the house. Truly, your son, who will go forth from your loins, shall build a house to my name.’

10 “Ahora el Señor ha cumplido la promesa que hizo. Porque yo he ocupado el lugar de mi padre y me he sentado en el trono de Israel, como dijo el Señor, y he construido el Templo para honrar al Señor, Dios de Israel.

Therefore, the Lord has accomplished his word, which he had spoken. And I have risen up in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord spoke. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

11 He colocado allí el Arca, que tiene en su interior el acuerdo que el Señor hizo con Los hijos de Israel”.

And I have placed in it the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he formed with the sons of Israel.”

12 Entonces Salomón se puso delante del altar del Señor, ante toda la asamblea de Israel, y extendió las manos en oración.

Then he stood before the altar of the Lord, facing the entire multitude of Israel, and he extended his hands.

13 Salomón había hecho una plataforma de bronce de cinco codos de largo, cinco de ancho y tres de alto. La había colocado en medio del patio, y estaba de pie sobre ella. Entonces se arrodilló ante toda la asamblea de Israel y extendió sus manos hacia el cielo.

For indeed, Solomon had made a bronze base, and he had positioned it in the midst of the hall; it held five cubits in length, and five cubits in width, and three cubits in height. And he stood upon it. And next, kneeling down while facing the entire multitude of Israel, and lifting up his palms towards heaven,

14 Y dijo: “Señor, Dios de Israel, no hay ningún dios como tú en el cielo ni en la tierra, que mantiene tu acuerdo de amor confiable con tus siervos que te siguen con total devoción.

he said: “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth. You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their hearts.

15 Tú has cumplido la promesa que hiciste a tu siervo, mi padre David. Con tu propia boca hiciste esa promesa, y con tus propias manos la has cumplido hoy.

You fulfilled for your servant David, my father, whatsoever you had said to him. And you carried out the deed that you promised with your mouth, just as the present time proves.

16 “Así que ahora, Señor Dios de Israel, te ruego que cumplas la promesa que hiciste a tu siervo David, mi padre, cuando le dijiste: ‘Si tus descendientes se empeñan en seguir mi camino y en cumplir mi ley como tú lo has hecho, nunca faltará uno de ellos para sentarse en el trono de Israel’.

Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill for your servant David, my father, whatsoever you said to him, saying: ‘There shall not fail to be a man from you before me, who will sit upon the throne of Israel, yet only if your sons will guard their ways, and will walk in my law, just as you also have walked before me.’

17 Ahora, Señor Dios de Israel, cumple esta promesa que hiciste a tu siervo David.

And now, O Lord God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you spoke to your servant David.

18 “Pero, ¿realmente vivirá Dios aquí en la tierra entre la gente? Los cielos, incluso los más altos, no pueden contenerte, ¡y mucho menos este Templo que he construido!

How then is it to be believed that God would dwell with men upon the earth? If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you, how much less this house that I have built?

19 Por favor, escucha la oración de tu siervo y su petición, Señor Dios mío. Por favor, escucha las súplicas y las oraciones que tu siervo presenta ante ti.

But it has been done for this only, so that you may look with favor upon the prayer of your servant, and on his supplication, O Lord my God, and so that you may hear the prayers which your servant pours out before you,

20 Que vigiles este Templo día y noche, cuidando el lugar donde dijiste que serías honrado. Que escuches la oración que tu siervo eleva hacia este lugar,

and so that you may open your eyes over this house, day and night, over the place where you promised that your name would be invoked,

21 y que escuches la petición de tu siervo y de tu pueblo Israel cuando oran hacia este lugar. Por favor, escucha desde el cielo donde vives. Que escuches y perdones.

and so that you may heed the prayer which your servant is praying within it, and so that you may heed the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel. Whoever will pray in this place, listen from your habitation, that is, from heaven, and forgive.

22 “Cuando alguien peca contra otro y se le exige un juramento declarando la verdad ante tu altar en este Templo,

If anyone will have sinned against his neighbor, and he arrives to swear against him, and to bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house,

23 escucha desde el cielo, actúa y juzga a tus siervos. Repara a los culpables; reivindica y recompensa a los que hacen el bien.

you will hear him from heaven, and you will execute justice for your servants, so that you return, to the iniquitous man, his own way upon his own head, and so that you vindicate the just man, repaying him according to his own justice.

24 “Cuando tu pueblo Israel sea derrotado por un enemigo porque ha pecado contra ti, y si vuelve arrepentido a ti, orando por el perdón en este Templo,

If your people Israel will have been overwhelmed by their enemies, (for they will sin against you) and having been converted will do penance, and if they will have beseeched your name, and will have prayed in this place,

25 entonces escucha desde el cielo y perdona el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y haz que vuelva a la tierra que le diste a él y a sus antepasados.

you will heed them from heaven, and you will forgive the sin of your people Israel, and you will lead them back into the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.

26 “Si los cielos se cierran y no llueve porque tu pueblo ha pecado contra ti, si oran mirando hacia este lugar y si vuelven arrepentidos a ti, apartándose de su pecado porque los has castigado,

If the heavens have been closed, so that rain does not fall, because of the sin of the people, and if they will petition you in this place, and confess to your name, and be converted from their sins when you will afflict them,

27 entonces escucha desde el cielo y perdona el pecado de tus siervos, tu pueblo Israel. Enséñales el buen camino para que puedan andar por él, y envía la lluvia sobre la tierra que le has dado a tu pueblo como posesión.

heed them from heaven, O Lord, and forgive the sins of your servants and of your people Israel, and teach them the good way, by which they may advance, and give rain to the land that you gave to your people as a possession.

28 “Si hay hambre en la tierra, o enfermedad, o tizón o moho en las cosechas, o si hay langostas u orugas, o si viene un enemigo a sitiar las ciudades de la tierra – sea cualquier tipo de plaga o de enfermedad –

If a famine will have risen up in the land, or pestilence, or fungus, or mildew, or locusts, or beetles, or if enemies will have laid waste to the countryside and will have besieged the gates of the cities, or whatever scourge or infirmity will have pressed upon them,

29 entonces cualquier tipo de oración o cualquier tipo de apelación que haga cualquiera o todo tu pueblo Israel, de hecho cualquiera que, consciente de sus problemas y dolores, ore mirando hacia este Templo,

if anyone from your people Israel, knowing his own scourge and infirmity, will have made supplication and will have extended his hands in this house,

30 entonces tú escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, y perdona. Dales según su modo de vivir, porque tú sabes cómo son realmente las personas por dentro, y sólo tú conoces el verdadero carácter de las personas.

you will heed him from heaven, indeed from your sublime habitation, and you will forgive, and you will repay each one according to his ways, which you know him to hold in his heart. For you alone know the hearts of the sons of men.

31 Entonces te respetarán y seguirán tus caminos todo el tiempo que vivan en la tierra que diste a nuestros antepasados.

So may they fear you, and so may they walk in your ways, during all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which you gave to our fathers.

32 “En cuanto a los extranjeros que no pertenecen a tu pueblo Israel, sino que vienen de una tierra lejana, habiendo oído hablar de tu carácter y poder, cuando vengan y oren mirando hacia este Templo,

Also, if the outsider, who is not from your people Israel, will have arrived from a far away land, because of your great name, and because of your robust hand and your outstretched arm, and if he will adore in this place,

33 entonces escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, y dales lo que piden. De esta manera, todos los habitantes de la tierra llegarán a conocerte y respetarte, al igual que tu propio pueblo Israel. También sabrán que este Templo que he construido te honra.

you will heed him from heaven, your most firm habitation, and you will accomplish all the things about which this sojourner will have called out to you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, and may fear you, just as your people Israel do, and so that they may know that your name is invoked over this house, which I have built.

34 “Cuando tu pueblo vaya a luchar contra sus enemigos, dondequiera que lo envíes, y cuando te ore mirando hacia la ciudad que has elegido y la casa que he construido para honrarte,

If, having gone out to war against their adversaries along the way that you will send them, your people adore you facing in the direction of this city, which you have chosen, and of this house, which I have built to your name,

35 entonces escucha desde el cielo lo que están orando y pidiendo, y apoya su causa.

you will heed their prayers from heaven, and their supplications, and you will vindicate them.

36 “Si pecan contra ti – y no hay nadie que no peque – puedes enojarte con ellos y entregarlos a un enemigo que los lleve como prisioneros a una tierra extranjera, cercana o lejana.

But if they will have sinned against you (for there is no man who does not sin) and you will have become angry against them, and if you will have delivered them to their enemies, and so they lead them away as captives to a far away land, or even to one that is near,

37 Pero si recapacitan en su tierra de cautiverio y se arrepienten y te piden misericordia, diciendo: ‘Hemos pecado, hemos hecho mal, hemos actuado con maldad’,

and if, having been converted in their heart in the land to which they had been led as captives, they will do penance, and beseech you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted unjustly,’

38 y vuelven a ti con total sinceridad en sus pensamientos y actitudes allí en su tierra de cautiverio; y oran mirando hacia la tierra que le diste a sus antepasados y la ciudad que elegiste y el Templo que he construido para honrarte,

and if they will have returned to you, with their whole heart and with their whole soul, in the land of their captivity to which they were led away, and if they will adore you in the direction of their own land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the house, which I have built to your name,

39 entonces escucha desde el cielo, el lugar donde vives, responde y apoya su causa. Perdona a tu pueblo que ha pecado contra ti.

from heaven, that is, from your firm habitation, you will heed their prayers, and you will accomplish judgment, and you will forgive your people, even though they are sinners.

40 “Ahora, Dios mío, abre tus ojos y que tus oídos presten atención a las oraciones ofrecidas en este lugar.

For you are my God. Let your eyes be open, I beg you, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

41 “‘Ven, Señor, y entra en tu casa, junto con tu Arca de poder. Que tus sacerdotes lleven la salvación como un vestido; que tu pueblo fiel grite de alegría por tu bondad.

Now therefore, rise up, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your holy ones rejoice in what is good.

42 “Señor Dios, no rechaces al rey que has elegido. Acuérdate de tu amor fiel a tu siervo David’”.

O Lord God, may you not turn away from the face of your Christ. Remember the mercies of your servant, David.”