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,
After Solomon’s [workers] had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build,
2 Yavé se apareció a Salomón por segunda vez, como se le apareció en Gabaón.
Yahweh appeared to him [in a dream] a second time, like he had appeared to him at [the city of] 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.
Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your [workers] have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it.
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,
“And as for you, if you conduct your life as I want you to, like your father David did, and if you very sincerely obey all the statutes and laws that I have commanded you to obey,
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.
I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.
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 or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods,
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.
I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise [the people of] Israel and make fun of them.
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?
This temple will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by will be astonished [when they see it], and they will be shocked and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this temple?’
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 other people will reply, ‘It happened because the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh their God, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They started to accept and worship other gods. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’”
10 Aconteció que después de 20 años, durante los cuales Salomón edificó las dos casas: la Casa de Yavé y la casa real,
Solomon’s [workers] labored for 20 years to build the temple and the palace.
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 had [arranged for his workers to] give Solomon all the cedar and pine [logs] and all the gold that he needed [for this work]. After it was all finished, King Solomon gave to Hiram 20 cities in the Galilee region.
12 Pero cuando Hiram salió de Tiro para ver las ciudades que Salomón le dio, no le agradaron,
But when Hiram went from Tyre [to Galilee] to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, he was not pleased with them.
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.
He said to Solomon, “My friend, those cities that you gave me are worthless!” So, that area is still called ‘Worthless’.
14 Hiram había enviado al rey cuatro toneladas de oro.
Hiram paid Solomon only five tons of gold [for those cities].
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 a record of the work that King Solomon forced men to do. He forced them to build the temple and his palace and the terraces/landfills [on the east side of the city], and the wall around Jerusalem, and [to rebuild the cities of] 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.
[The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of] the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned [the houses in] the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon.
17 Salomón reedificó Gezer, Bet-horón de abajo,
So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon [city].
18 Baalat y Tadmor, en la región despoblada del país,
They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar [towns] in the desert in [the southern part of] Judah.
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.
They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.
20 A todo el pueblo que quedó de los amorreos, heteos, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, que no eran de los hijos de Israel,
There were many people who belonged to the Amor people-group, the Heth people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group who were not killed when the Israelis captured their land.
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 descendants still lived in Israel]. It was those people whom Solomon forced to become his slaves [to build all those places], and they are still slaves.
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 Solomon did not force any Israeli people to become slaves. Some Israelis became soldiers and army officers and commanders and drivers of his chariots and soldiers who rode on 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.
There were 550 officials who supervised the slaves who worked [to build all those places].
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.
After [Solomon’s wife, who was] the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the palace that Solomon’s workers built for her, Solomon [told his workers to] fill in the slopes on the east side of the city.
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.
Three times each year Solomon [brought to the temple] offerings that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple.
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.
King Solomon’s [workers] also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber [city], which is near Elath [city], on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group.
27 Hiram envió en la flota a sus esclavos, marineros y conocedores del mar, con los esclavos de Salomón,
[King] Hiram sent some very expert sailors to work on the ships with Solomon’s workers.
28 quienes fueron a Ofir. Tomaron de allí 14 toneladas de oro que llevaron al rey Salomón.
They sailed to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back to Solomon about 16 tons of gold.
