1 Reyes 9

1 Sucedió que cuando Salomón acabó la obra de la Casa de Yavé, de la casa real y todo lo que deseaba hacer,

Now it happened that, when Solomon had perfected the building of the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all that he had desired and had willed to do,

2 Yavé se apareció a Salomón por segunda vez, como se le apareció en Gabaón.

the Lord appeared to him a second time, just as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

3 Yavé le dijo: Escuché tu oración y tu súplica que hiciste ante Mí. Yo santifiqué esta Casa que tú edificaste a fin de poner mi Nombre en ella para siempre. Mis ojos y mi corazón estarán allí todos los días.

And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition, which you prayed before me. I have sanctified this house, which you have built, so that I may place my name there forever, and so that my eyes and my heart will be there for all days.

4 Con respecto a ti, si andas delante de Mí como tu padre David anduvo con integridad de corazón y rectitud, haces conforme a todo lo que te mandé y guardas mis Estatutos y mis Preceptos,

Also, if you will walk before me, just as your father walked, in simplicity of heart and in equity, and you do all that I have instructed to you, and you keep my laws and my judgments,

5 Yo afirmaré el trono de tu reino sobre Israel para siempre, como hablé a tu padre David: No te faltará varón sobre el trono de Israel.

then I will set the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised your father David, saying: ‘A man from your stock shall not be taken away from the throne of Israel.’

6 Pero si ustedes y sus hijos se apartan de Mí con obstinación, no guardan mis Mandamientos y mis Estatutos que puse delante de ustedes, van y sirven a otros ʼelohim y se postran ante ellos,

But if you and your sons, wandering, will have turned away, not following me, and not keeping my commandments and my ceremonies, which I have proposed to you, but instead you go away, and you serve strange gods and adore them,

7 entonces cortaré a Israel de sobre la superficie de la tierra que les di, apartaré mi Presencia de la Casa que santifiqué a mi Nombre, e Israel servirá de refrán y escarnio entre todas las naciones.

then I will take away Israel from the face of the land, which I have given to them. And the temple, which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out from my sight. And Israel will be a proverb and a parable among all the peoples.

8 Todo el que pase por esta Casa sublime, se asombrará, se burlará y preguntará: ¿Por qué Yavé hizo esto a esta tierra y a esta Casa?

And this house will become an example: anyone who passes by it will be stupefied, and he will hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord acted in this way to this land and to this house?’

9 Responderán: Porque abandonaron a Yavé su ʼElohim, Quien sacó a sus antepasados de la tierra de Egipto, se aferraron a otros ʼelohim, se postraron ante ellos y les sirvieron. Por eso Yavé trajo sobre ellos todo este mal.

And they will respond: ‘Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their fathers away from the land of Egypt, and they followed strange gods, and they adored them and served them. For this reason, the Lord led all this evil over them.’”

10 Aconteció que después de 20 años, durante los cuales Salomón edificó las dos casas: la Casa de Yavé y la casa real,

Then, when twenty years were fulfilled, after Solomon had built the two houses, that is, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,

11 para las cuales Hiram, rey de Tiro, proporcionó a Salomón madera de cedro y ciprés y oro, conforme a todo su deseo, el rey Salomón dio a Hiram 20 ciudades en [la] tierra de Galilea.

Hiram, the king of Tyre, having supplied Solomon with cedar wood, and spruce wood, and gold, in accord with all that he needed, then Solomon gave Hiram twenty towns in the land of Galilee.

12 Pero cuando Hiram salió de Tiro para ver las ciudades que Salomón le dio, no le agradaron,

And Hiram went out of Tyre, so that he might view the towns that Solomon had given to him. And they did not please him.

13 y dijo: ¿[Qué clase] de ciudades son éstas que me diste, hermano? Y las llamó la tierra de Cabul, nombre que tienen hasta hoy.

And he said, “Are these the cities that you have given to me, brother?” And he called them the land of Cabul, even to this day.

14 Hiram había enviado al rey cuatro toneladas de oro.

And Hiram sent to king Solomon one hundred twenty talents of gold.

15 La razón de la recluta que el rey Salomón impuso fue ésta: Edificar la Casa de Yavé, su propia casa, el muro de Jerusalén, Hazor, Meguido y Gezer.

This is the sum of the expenses that king Solomon offered for the building of the house of the Lord, and his own house, and for Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 Pues Faraón, rey de Egipto, subió y tomó Gezer, la incendió, mató a los cananeos que vivían en la ciudad y la dio como dote matrimonial a su hija, esposa de Salomón.

Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, ascended and seized Gezer, and he burned it with fire. And he put to death the Canaanite who was living in the city, and he gave it as a dowry for his daughter, the wife of Solomon.

17 Salomón reedificó Gezer, Bet-horón de abajo,

Therefore, Solomon built up Gezer, and lower Beth-horon,

18 Baalat y Tadmor, en la región despoblada del país,

and Baalath, and Palmira in the land of the wilderness.

19 y todas las ciudades de almacenaje que tenía Salomón, las ciudades para los carruajes de guerra, las ciudades para los jinetes, y todo lo que Salomón se propuso edificar en Jerusalén, en el Líbano y en toda la tierra de su dominio.

And all the towns which belonged to him, and which were without walls, he walled, along with the cities of the chariots, and the cities of the horsemen, and whatever was pleasing to him that he might build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in the entire land of his dominion.

20 A todo el pueblo que quedó de los amorreos, heteos, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, que no eran de los hijos de Israel,

All the people who had remained of the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel,

21 sino descendientes de aquéllos, que quedaron después de ellos en la tierra, a quienes los hijos de Israel no pudieron exterminar, Salomón los sometió a trabajos forzados hasta hoy.

their sons, who had remained in the land, namely, those whom the sons of Israel had not been able to destroy, Solomon made tributary, even to this day.

22 Pero Salomón no sometió a trabajos forzados a los hijos de Israel, porque ellos eran sus hombres de guerra, esclavos, oficiales, comandantes y capitanes de carruajes y jinetes.

But from the sons of Israel, Solomon did not appoint anyone at all to serve, except the men of war, and his ministers, and leaders, and commanders, and the overseers of the chariots and the horses.

23 Los jefes de los oficiales que Salomón tenía sobre la obra eran 550, quienes daban órdenes a la gente que hacía la obra.

Now there were five hundred fifty leaders in the first place over all the works of Solomon, and they had people subject to them, and these were given orders for the appointed works.

24 Tan pronto como la hija del Faraón salió de la Ciudad de David a la casa que Salomón le construyó, él edificó el muro.

And the daughter of Pharaoh went up from the city of David to her house, which Solomon had built for her. Then he built up Millo.

25 Tres veces al año Salomón ofrecía holocaustos y sacrificios de paz sobre el altar que edificó a Yavé. Cuando terminó la Casa, quemó incienso delante de Yavé.

Also, three times each year, Solomon offered holocausts and victims of peace offerings, upon the altar that he had built to the Lord, and he burned incense before the Lord. And the temple was perfected.

26 El rey Salomón también construyó una flota en Ezión-geber, que está junto a Eilat, a orillas del mar Rojo, en la tierra de Edom.

And king Solomon made a navy at Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shores of the Red Sea, in the land of Idumea.

27 Hiram envió en la flota a sus esclavos, marineros y conocedores del mar, con los esclavos de Salomón,

And Hiram sent his servants to that navy, the sailors and those knowledgeable about the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

28 quienes fueron a Ofir. Tomaron de allí 14 toneladas de oro que llevaron al rey Salomón.

And when they had gone to Ophir, taking from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, they brought it to king Solomon.