2 Crónicas 6

1 Entonces Salomón dijo: “Yahvé ha dicho que moraría en la espesa oscuridad.

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

2 Pero yo te he construido una casa y un hogar, un lugar para que habites para siempre”.

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

3 El rey volvió su rostro y bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel; y toda la asamblea de Israel se puso en 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: “Bendito sea Yahvé, el Dios de Israel, que habló con su boca a David, mi padre, y con sus manos lo ha cumplido, diciendo:

“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 de la tierra de Egipto, no elegí ninguna ciudad de todas las tribus de Israel para edificar una casa en la que estuviera mi nombre, y no elegí a ningún hombre para que fuera príncipe 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 Jerusalén, para que mi nombre esté allí; y he elegido a David para que esté sobre 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 El corazón de mi padre era construir una casa para el nombre de Yahvé, 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 Yahvé dijo a David mi padre: ‘Si bien estaba en tu corazón construir una casa para mi nombre, hiciste bien en que estuviera en tu corazón;

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 sin embargo, no construirás la casa, sino tu hijo que saldrá de tu cuerpo, él construirá la casa para mi nombre.’

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 “Yahvé ha cumplido su palabra que había pronunciado, pues me he levantado en lugar de David, mi padre, y me he sentado en el trono de Israel, como lo había prometido Yahvé, y he edificado la Casa para el nombre de Yahvé, el 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 Allí he colocado el arca, en la que está la alianza de Yahvé que 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 Se puso de pie ante el altar de Yahvé, en presencia de toda la asamblea de Israel, y extendió sus manos

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

13 (porque Salomón había hecho una plataforma de bronce de cinco codos de largo, cinco codos de ancho y tres codos de alto, y la había colocado en medio del atrio; y se puso de pie sobre ella, y 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 Entonces dijo: “Yahvé, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como tú en el cielo ni en la tierra; tú que guardas el pacto y la bondad amorosa con tus siervos que caminan ante ti de todo corazón;

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 que has cumplido con tu siervo David, mi padre, lo que le prometiste. Sí, tú hablaste con tu boca, y lo has cumplido con tu mano, como sucede 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 “Ahora, pues, Yahvé, Dios de Israel, mantén con tu siervo David, mi padre, lo que le prometiste, diciendo: ‘No te faltará un hombre ante mis ojos para sentarse en el trono de Israel, con tal que tus hijos cuiden su camino, para andar en mi ley como tú has andado delante de mí’.

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, pues, Yahvé, Dios de Israel, haz que se cumpla tu palabra, que has dicho 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, ¿acaso habitará Dios con los hombres en la tierra? He aquí que el cielo y el cielo de los cielos no pueden contenerte; ¡cuánto menos esta casa 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 Sin embargo, respeta la oración de tu siervo y su súplica, Yahvé, mi Dios, para escuchar el clamor y la oración que tu siervo hace 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 para que tus ojos estén abiertos hacia esta casa de día y de noche, hacia el lugar donde has dicho que pondrías tu nombre, para escuchar la oración que tu siervo hará 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 Escucha las peticiones de tu siervo y de tu pueblo Israel, cuando oren hacia este lugar. Sí, escucha desde tu morada, desde el cielo; y cuando oigas, perdona.

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 “Si un hombre peca contra su prójimo, y se le impone un juramento para hacerle jurar, y viene y jura ante tu altar en esta casa,

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 entonces escucha desde el cielo, actúa, y juzga a tus siervos, trayendo el castigo al impío, para hacer recaer su camino sobre su propia cabeza; y justificando al justo, para darle según su justicia.

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 “Si tu pueblo Israel es abatido ante el enemigo por haber pecado contra ti, y se vuelve y confiesa tu nombre, y ora y suplica ante ti en esta casa,

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 hazlo volver a la tierra que les diste a ellos y a sus padres.

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 “Cuando el cielo se cierra y no hay lluvia porque han pecado contra ti, si oran hacia este lugar y confiesan tu nombre, y se convierten de su pecado cuando los afliges,

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 en el cielo, y perdona el pecado de tus siervos, tu pueblo Israel, cuando les enseñas el buen camino por el que deben andar, y envía la lluvia sobre tu tierra, que has dado a tu pueblo como herencia.

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, si hay peste, si hay tizón o moho, langosta u oruga; si sus enemigos los asedian en la tierra de sus ciudades cualquier plaga o cualquier enfermedad que haya —

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 cualquier oración y súplica que haga cualquier hombre, o todo tu pueblo Israel, que conozca cada uno su propia plaga y su propio dolor, y extienda sus manos hacia esta casa,

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 escucha desde el cielo tu morada y perdona, y rinde a cada uno según todos sus caminos, cuyo corazón conoces (porque tú, sólo tú, conoces los corazones de los hijos de los hombres),

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 para que te teman, para que anden en tus caminos mientras vivan en la tierra que diste a nuestros padres.

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 “Además, en cuanto al extranjero, que no es de tu pueblo Israel, cuando venga de un país lejano por causa de tu gran nombre y de tu mano poderosa y de tu brazo extendido, cuando vengan y oren hacia esta casa,

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, desde tu morada, y haz conforme a todo lo que el extranjero te pida; para que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu nombre y te teman, como tu pueblo Israel, y para que sepan que esta casa que he edificado se llama con tu nombre.

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 “Si tu pueblo sale a combatir contra sus enemigos, por cualquier camino que lo envíes, y te ruega hacia esta ciudad que tú has elegido, y hacia la casa que he edificado a tu nombre;

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 su oración y su súplica, y defiende su causa.

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

36 “Si pecan contra ti (pues no hay hombre que no peque), y te enojas con ellos y los entregas al enemigo, de modo que los llevan cautivos a una tierra lejana o cercana;

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 vuelven a entrar en razón en la tierra donde son llevados cautivos, y se vuelven, y te suplican en la tierra de su cautiverio, diciendo: ‘Hemos pecado, hemos actuado perversamente, y hemos hecho mal;’

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 si se vuelven a ti con todo su corazón y con toda su alma en la tierra de su cautiverio, donde han sido llevados cautivos, y oran hacia su tierra que diste a sus padres, y hacia la ciudad que has elegido, y hacia la casa que he edificado a tu nombre;

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, desde tu morada, su oración y sus peticiones, y defiende su causa, y 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, permite, te lo ruego, que tus ojos estén abiertos y que tus oídos estén atentos a la oración que se hace 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 “Ahora, pues, levántate, Yahvé Dios, a tu lugar de descanso, tú y el arca de tu fuerza. Que tus sacerdotes, Yahvé Dios, se revistan de salvación, y que tus santos se regocijen en la 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 “Yahvé Dios, no rechaces el rostro de tu ungido. Acuérdate de tus bondades para con David, tu siervo”.

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