2 Crónicas 6

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

Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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

But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”

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

The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

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

He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, 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.

‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince 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 now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

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

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the 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 David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in 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, but your son who will come out of your body, 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.

“The LORD has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for 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”.

There I have set the ark, in which is the LORD’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”

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

He stood before the LORD’s altar in the presence of all the assembly 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 bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands 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.

Then he said, “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their 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.

who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.

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 therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’

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

Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which 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!

“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less 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 have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays 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,

that your eyes may be open towards this house day and night, even towards the place where you have said that you would put your name, to listen to the prayer which your servant will pray towards this place.

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.

Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray towards this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.

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

“If a man sins against his neighbour, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your 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 hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give 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,

“If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess 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 hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again 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 the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray towards this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you 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 hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on your land, which you have given 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 is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—

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,

whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands towards 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 hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts 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 fear you, to walk in your ways as long as they live in 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,

“Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray towards this house,

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 hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

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 your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to you towards this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

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

then hear from 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.

“If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive 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’,

yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’

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,

if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray towards their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and towards the house which I have built for 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 hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

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

“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, 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 arise, LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.

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

“LORD God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”