2 Crónicas 9
1 Cuando la reina de Sabá se enteró de la fama de Salomón, vino a poner a prueba a Salomón con preguntas difíciles en Jerusalén, con una caravana muy grande, con camellos que llevaban especias, oro en abundancia y piedras preciosas. Cuando llegó a Salomón, le habló de todo lo que tenía en su corazón.
The queen who ruled [the] Sheba [area in Arabia] heard that Solomon had become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer]. She came with a large group of servants, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the things/topics in which she was interested.
2 Salomón respondió a todas sus preguntas. No hubo nada que se le ocultara a Salomón que no le dijera.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
3 Cuando la reina de Sabá vio la sabiduría de Salomón, la casa que había construido,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
4 la comida de su mesa, los asientos de sus sirvientes, la asistencia de sus ministros, su ropa, sus coperos y su vestimenta, y su ascenso por el que subía a la casa de Yahvé, no hubo más espíritu en ella.
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw how his officials were seated at the table, their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be completely burned on the altar. She was extremely amazed.
5 Ella dijo al rey: “Fue un informe verdadero el que oí en mi tierra sobre tus actos y tu sabiduría.
She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
6 Sin embargo, no creí sus palabras hasta que llegué y mis ojos lo vieron; y he aquí que la mitad de la grandeza de tu sabiduría no me fue contada. Superas la fama que he oído.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. You are [extremely wise and rich, ] more than what people told me.
7 Dichosos tus hombres, y dichosos estos tus siervos, que están continuamente ante ti y oyen tu sabiduría.
The men who work for you are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
8 Bendito sea Yahvé, tu Dios, que se deleitó en ti y te puso en su trono para que fueras rey de Yahvé, tu Dios, porque tu Dios amó a Israel, para establecerlo para siempre. Por eso te hizo rey sobre ellos, para que hicieras justicia y rectitud”.
Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
9 Ella le dio al rey ciento veinte talentos de oro, especias en gran abundancia y piedras preciosas. Nunca antes hubo tantas especias como las que la reina de Saba dio al rey Salomón.
Then the queen gave to Solomon about 4-1/2 tons of gold and a large amount of spices and gems. Never had King Solomon received more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
10 Los siervos de Hiram y los siervos de Salomón, que trajeron oro de Ofir, también llevaban madera de sándalo y piedras preciosas.
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land. [In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, ] Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon [told his workers] to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel.
11 El rey utilizó la madera de sándalo para hacer gradas para la casa de Yahvé y para la casa del rey, y arpas e instrumentos de cuerda para los cantantes. No se había visto nada igual en la tierra de Judá.
12 El rey Salomón le dio a la reina de Sabá todo lo que pidió, más de lo que había traído al rey. Entonces se volvió y se fue a su tierra, ella y sus sirvientes.
13 El peso del oro que llegó a Salomón en un año fue de seiscientos sesenta y seis talentosde oro,
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
14 además de lo que trajeron los comerciantes y mercaderes. Todos los reyes de Arabia y los gobernadores del país trajeron oro y plata a Salomón.
That was in addition to the [taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders. Also, the kings of Arabia and the governors of [the districts in] Israel brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 El rey Salomón hizo doscientos escudos grandes de oro batido. Seiscientos siclos de oro batido fueron para un escudo grande.
King Solomon’s [workers took this] gold [and] hammered [it] into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put almost 7-1/2 pounds of gold on each shield.
16 Hizo trescientos escudos de oro batido. Trescientos siclos de oro fueron para un escudo. El rey los puso en la Casa del Bosque del Líbano.
His [workers] made 300 [smaller] shields. They covered each of them with almost 4 pounds of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Además, el rey hizo un gran trono de marfil y lo recubrió de oro puro.
His [workers] also made for him a large throne. [Part of] it was covered with [decorations made from] ivory and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
18 Había seis escalones para el trono, con un escabel de oro, que estaban fijados al trono, y reposabrazos a cada lado junto al lugar del asiento, y dos leones de pie junto a los reposabrazos.
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a [small statue of a] lion.
19 Doce leones se encontraban allí a un lado y al otro en los seis escalones. No se hizo nada parecido en ningún otro reino.
On the six steps there were twelve statues of lions, one on each side. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 Todos los vasos del rey Salomón eran de oro, y todos los vasos de la Casa del Bosque del Líbano eran de oro puro. La plata no se consideraba valiosa en los días de Salomón.
All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. [They did not make things from silver], because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
21 Porque el rey tenía barcos que iban a Tarsis con los servidores de Hiram. Una vez cada tres años, los barcos de Tarsis llegaban trayendo oro, plata, marfil, monos y pavos reales.
The king had a fleet of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
22 Así, el rey Salomón superó a todos los reyes de la tierra en riqueza y sabiduría.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
23 Todos los reyes de la tierra buscaban la presencia de Salomón para escuchar su sabiduría, que Dios había puesto en su corazón.
Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had enabled him to know.
24 Cada uno de ellos traía un tributo: vasos de plata, vasos de oro, ropa, armaduras, especias, caballos y mulas cada año.
All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons, or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
25 Salomón tenía cuatro mil establos para caballos y carros, y doce mil jinetes que destinaba a las ciudades de los carros y al rey en Jerusalén.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
26 Dominaba a todos los reyes desde el río hasta el país de los filisteos y hasta la frontera de Egipto.
Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] to the border of Egypt [in the south].
27 El rey hizo que la plata fuera tan común en Jerusalén como las piedras, e hizo que los cedros fueran tan abundantes como los sicómoros que hay en las tierras bajas.
[During the years that Solomon was] king, [he] caused silver to become as common in Jerusalem as stones; and he caused cedar trees in the foothills of Judah to become as plentiful as fig trees.
28 Trajeron caballos para Salomón de Egipto y de todas las tierras.
Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
29 Los demás hechos de Salomón, los primeros y los últimos, ¿no están escritos en la historia del profeta Natán, en la profecía de Ahías el silonita y en las visiones del vidente Iddo sobre Jeroboam hijo de Nabat?
Lists of all the other things that Solomon did are recorded in the scrolls written by the prophet Nathan and by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city], and in [the scroll in which were written] the visions that the prophet Iddo saw concerning [King] Jeroboam.
30 Salomón reinó en Jerusalén sobre todo Israel durante cuarenta años.
Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
31 Salomón durmió con sus padres, y fue enterrado en la ciudad de su padre David; y reinó en su lugar Roboam, su hijo.
Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
