2 Crónicas 7
1 Cuando Salomón terminó de orar, bajó fuego del cielo y consumió el holocausto y los sacrificios, y la gloria de Yahvé llenó la casa.
Now when Solomon's prayers were ended, fire came down from heaven, burning up all the offerings; and the house was full of the glory of the Lord.
2 Los sacerdotes no podían entrar en la casa de Yahvé, porque la gloria de Yahvé llenaba la casa de Yahvé.
And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord.
3 Todos los hijos de Israel miraban, cuando el fuego descendía y la gloria de Yahvé estaba sobre la casa. Se inclinaron con el rostro hacia el suelo sobre el pavimento, adoraron y dieron gracias a Yahvé, diciendo “Porque él es bueno, porque su bondad es eterna”.
And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
4 Entonces el rey y todo el pueblo ofrecieron sacrificios ante el Señor.
Then the king and all the people made offerings before the Lord.
5 El rey Salomón ofreció un sacrificio de veintidós mil cabezas de ganado y ciento veinte mil ovejas. Así el rey y todo el pueblo dedicaron la casa de Dios.
King Solomon made an offering of twenty-two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people kept the feast of the opening of the house of God.
6 Los sacerdotes estaban de pie, según sus cargos; los levitas también con instrumentos de música de Yahvé, que el rey David había hecho para dar gracias a Yahvé, cuando David alababa por su ministerio, diciendo: “Porque su bondad es eterna.” Los sacerdotes tocaron las trompetas delante de ellos, y todo Israel se puso en pie.
And the priests were in their places, and the Levites with their instruments of music for the Lord's song, which David the king had made for the praise of the Lord whose mercy is unchanging for ever, when David gave praise by their hand; and the priests were sounding horns before them; and all Israel were on their feet.
7 Además, Salomón santificó el centro del atrio que estaba delante de la casa de Yahvé, porque allí ofrecía los holocaustos y la grasa de los sacrificios de paz, porque el altar de bronce que Salomón había hecho no podía recibir el holocausto, el presente y la grasa.
Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.
8 Salomón celebró entonces la fiesta durante siete días, y todo Israel con él, una asamblea muy grande, desde la entrada de Hamat hasta el arroyo de Egipto.
So Solomon kept the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, for the people had come together from the way into Hamath and from as far as the river of Egypt.
9 El octavo día celebraron una asamblea solemne, pues celebraron la dedicación del altar durante siete días, y la fiesta durante siete días.
And on the eighth day they had a holy meeting; the offerings for making the altar holy went on for seven days, and the feast for seven days.
10 El día veintitrés del mes séptimo, despidió al pueblo para que se fuera a sus tiendas, alegres y contentos de corazón por la bondad que Yahvé había mostrado a David, a Salomón y a su pueblo Israel.
And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their tents, full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.
11 Así terminó Salomón la casa de Yahvé y la casa del rey, y completó con éxito todo lo que le vino al corazón de Salomón para hacer en la casa de Yahvé y en su propia casa.
So Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house; and everything which it was in his mind to make in the house of the Lord and for himself had been well done.
12 Entonces Yahvé se le apareció a Salomón de noche y le dijo: “He escuchado tu oración y he elegido este lugar para mí como casa de sacrificio.
Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.
13 “Si cierro el cielo para que no llueva, o si ordeno a la langosta que devore la tierra, o si envío la peste entre mi pueblo,
If, at my word, heaven is shut up, so that there is no rain, or if I send locusts on the land for its destruction, or if I send disease on my people;
14 si mi pueblo, llamado por mi nombre, se humilla, ora, busca mi rostro y se convierte de sus malos caminos, entonces yo escucharé desde el cielo, perdonaré su pecado y sanaré su tierra.
If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.
15 Ahora mis ojos estarán abiertos y mis oídos atentos a la oración que se haga en este lugar.
Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.
16 Porque ahora he elegido y santificado esta casa, para que mi nombre esté allí para siempre; y mis ojos y mi corazón estarán allí perpetuamente.
For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times.
17 “En cuanto a ti, si andas delante de mí como anduvo David, tu padre, y haces todo lo que te he mandado, y guardas mis estatutos y mis ordenanzas,
And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:
18 entonces estableceré el trono de tu reino, según el pacto que hice con David, tu padre, diciendo: ‘No te faltará un hombre que sea gobernante en Israel’.
Then I will make strong the seat of your kingdom, as I gave my word to David your father, saying, You will never be without a man to be ruler in Israel.
19 Pero si se apartan y abandonan mis estatutos y mis mandamientos que he puesto delante de ustedes, y van a servir a otros dioses y los adoran,
But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:
20 entonces los arrancaré de raíz de mi tierra que les he dado; y esta casa, que he santificado para mi nombre, la echaré de mi vista, y la convertiré en proverbio y en palabra de guerra entre todos los pueblos.
Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.
21 Esta casa, que es tan alta, todo el que pase por ella se asombrará y dirá: “¿Por qué ha hecho esto Yahvé a esta tierra y a esta casa?”
And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
22 Responderán: “Porque abandonaron a Yahvé, el Dios de sus padres, que los sacó de la tierra de Egipto, y tomaron otros dioses, los adoraron y los sirvieron. Por eso ha traído sobre ellos todo este mal’”.
And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.
