2 Crónicas 6

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

Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

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

But I have built a house to your name, holy to you, and prepared [for you] to dwell in for ever.

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 blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood by.

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

And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, 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 brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over 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 that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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

And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for 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.

But the Lord said to my father David, Whereas it came into your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it came into your heart.

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

Nevertheless you shall not build the house; for your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for 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.

And the Lord has confirmed this word, which he spoke; and I am raised up in the room of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel as the Lord said, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord 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 set there the ark in which [is] the covenant of the Lord, which he made with Israel.

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

And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread out 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 Solomon [had] made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it [was] five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to 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.

and said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven, or on the earth; keeping covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with [their] whole heart.

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.

Even as you have kept [them] with your servant David my father, as you have spoken to him in words: —you have both spoken with your mouth, and have fulfilled [it] with your hands, as it is this day.

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’.

and now, Lord God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father the things which you spoke to him, saying, There shall not fail you a man before me sitting on the throne of Israel, if only your sons will take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you did walk before me.

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

And now, Lord God of Israel, let, I pray you, your word be confirmed, which you have spoken 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!

For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice you, what then is this house which 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.

Yet you shall have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to my petition, O Lord God, so as to listen to the petition and the prayer which your servant prays before you this day:

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,

so that your eyes should be open over this house by day and by night, towards this place, whereon you said your name should be called, so as to hear the prayer which your servant prays towards this house.

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 you shall hear the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, whatever prayers they shall make towards this place: and you shall listen in your dwelling-place out of heaven, yes you shall hear, and be merciful.

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

If a man sin against his neighbor, and he bring an oath upon him so as to make him swear, and he come and swear 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.

then shall you listen out of heaven, and do, and judge your servants, to recompense the transgressor, and to return his ways upon his head: and to justify the righteous, to recompense him according to his righteousness.

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,

And if your people Israel should be put to the worse before the enemy, if they should sin against you, and [then] turn and confess to your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

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.

then shall you listen out of heaven and shall be merciful to the sins of your people Israel, and you shall restore them to the land which 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,

When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against you, and [when] they shall pray towards this place, and praise your name, and shall turn from their sins, because you shall 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.

then shall you listen from heaven, and you shall be merciful to the sins of your servants, and of your people Israel; for you shall show them the good way in which they shall walk; and you shall send rain upon your land, which you gave to your people for an inheritance.

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 there should be famine upon the land, if there should be death, a pestilent wind an blight; if there should be locust and caterpiller, and if the enemy should harass them before their cities: in whatever plague and whatever distress [they may be];

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,

Then whatever prayer and whatever supplication shall be made by any man and all your people Israel, if a man should know his own plague and his own sickness, and should spread forth his hands toward 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.

then shall you hear from heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, and shall be merciful, and shall recompense to the man according to his ways, as you shall know his heart [to be]; for you alone know the heart of the children of men:

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

that they may reverence all your ways all the days which 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,

And every stranger who is not himself of your people Israel, and who shall have come from a distant land because of your great name, and your mighty hand, and your high arm; when they shall come and worship toward 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.

then shall you listen out of heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, and shall do according to all that the stranger shall call upon you for; that all the nations of the earth may know your name, and that they may fear you, as your people Israel [do], and that they may know that your name is called upon 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,

And if your people shall go forth to war against their enemies by the way by which you shall send them, and shall pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and [toward] the house which I have built to your name;

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

then shall you hear out of heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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.

Whereas if they shall sin against you, (for there is no man who will not sin, ) and you shall strike them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or 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] they shall repent in their land whither they were carried captive, and shall also turn and make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have wrought unrighteously;

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 shall turn to you with all their heart and all their soul in the land of them that carried them captives, whither they carried them captives, and shall pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you did choose, and the house which I 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.

then shall you hear out of heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplication, and you shall execute justice, and shall be merciful to your people that sin against you.

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

And now, Lord, let, I pray you, your eyes be opened, and your ears be attentive to the petition [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.

And now, O Lord God, arise into your resting-place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and your sons rejoice in prosperity.

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

O Lord God, turn not away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of your servant David.