2 Crónicas 2
1 Determinó, pues, Salomón edificar Casa al nombre del SEÑOR, y otra casa para su reino.
And Solomon resolved to build a house to the name of the Lord, and a palace for himself.
2 Y contó Salomón setenta mil hombres que llevasen cargas, y ochenta mil hombres que cortasen en el monte, y tres mil seiscientos que los gobernasen.
And he numbered seventy thousand men to carry upon shoulders, and eighty thousand who were hewing stones in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as their overseers.
3 Y envió a decir Salomón a Hiram rey de Tiro: Haz conmigo como hiciste con David mi padre, enviándole cedros para que edificara para sí casa en que morase.
Also, he sent to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying: “Just as you did for my father David, when you sent him cedar wood, so that he might build a house for himself, in which he then lived,
4 He aquí yo tengo que edificar Casa al nombre del SEÑOR mi Dios, para consagrársela, para quemar incienso aromático delante de él, y para la colocación continua de los panes de la proposición, y para holocaustos a mañana y tarde; y para sábados, y nuevas lunas, y fiestas solemnes del SEÑOR nuestro Dios; lo cual ha de ser perpetuo en Israel.
do so also for me, so that I may build a house to the name of the Lord my God, so that I may consecrate it for the burning of incense before him, and for the smoke of aromatics, and for the perpetual bread of the presence, and for the holocausts, in morning and in evening, as well as on the Sabbaths and new moons and solemnities of the Lord our God forever, which have been commanded to Israel.
5 Y la Casa que tengo que edificar, ha de ser grande; porque el Dios nuestro es grande sobre todos los dioses.
For the house that I desire to build is great. For our God is great, above all gods.
6 Mas ¿quién será tan poderoso que le edifique Casa? Los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no le pueden comprender; ¿quién pues soy yo, para que le edifique Casa, sino para quemar incienso delante de él?
So then, who will be able prevail, so that he may build a worthy house for him? If heaven and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him, what am I that I would be able to build a house to him? But let it be for this only, so that incense may be burned before him.
7 Envíame, pues, ahora un hombre sabio, que sepa obrar en oro, y en plata, y en bronce, y en hierro; en púrpura, y en grana, y en cárdeno, y que sepa esculpir figuras con los maestros que están conmigo en Judá y en Jerusalén, los cuales previno mi padre.
Therefore, send to me a learned man, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, with purple, scarlet, and hyacinth, and who knows how to carve engravings, along with these artisans that I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom my father David has prepared.
8 Envíame también madera de cedro, de haya, y de pino del Líbano; porque yo sé que tus siervos son maestros de cortar madera en el Líbano; y he aquí, mis siervos irán con los tuyos,
Then too, send to me cedar wood, and juniper, and pine from Lebanon. For I know that your servants know how to cut timber from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants,
9 para que me aparejan mucha madera, porque la Casa que tengo de edificar ha de ser grande e insigne.
so that very much wood may be prepared for me. For the house that I desire to build is exceedingly great and glorious.
10 Y he aquí para los cortadores, los cortadores de la madera, tus siervos, he dado veinte mil coros de trigo en grano, y veinte mil coros de cebada, y veinte mil batos de vino, y veinte mil batos de aceite.
In addition, I will give to your servants, the workers who will cut down the trees, for provisions: twenty thousand cor of wheat, and the same number of cor of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, as well as twenty thousand good measures of oil.”
11 Entonces Hiram rey de Tiro respondió por letras, las que envió a Salomón: Porque el SEÑOR amó a su pueblo, te ha puesto por rey sobre ellos.
Then Hiram, the king of Tyre, said, by a letter that had been sent to Solomon: “Because the Lord loved his people, for this reason he appointed you to reign over them.”
12 Y además decía Hiram: Bendito sea el SEÑOR el Dios de Israel, que hizo los cielos y la tierra, y que dio al rey David hijo sabio, entendido, cuerdo y prudente, que edifique Casa al SEÑOR, y casa para su reino.
And he added, saying: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who gave to king David a son who is wise, and learned, and intelligent as well as prudent, so that he may build a house to the Lord, and a palace for himself.
13 Yo pues te he enviado un hombre hábil y entendido, que fue de Hiram mi padre,
Therefore, I have sent my father Hiram to you; he is a prudent and very knowledgeable man,
14 Hijo de una mujer de las hijas de Dan, mas su padre fue de Tiro; el cual sabe obrar en oro, y plata, y bronce, y hierro, en piedra y en madera, en púrpura y cárdeno, en lino y en carmesí; asimismo para esculpir todas figuras, y inventar toda suerte de diseño que se le propusiere, con tus sabios, y con los sabios de mi señor David tu padre.
the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, and with marble and timber, as well as with purple, and hyacinth, and fine linen, and scarlet. And he knows how to carve every kind of engraving, and how to devise prudently whatever may be necessary to the work, with your artisans and with the artisans of my lord David, your father.
15 Ahora pues, enviará mi señor a sus siervos el trigo, y cebada, y aceite, y vino, que ha dicho;
Therefore, send the wheat and barley and oil and wine, which you, my lord, have promised, to your own servants.
16 y nosotros cortaremos en el Líbano la madera que hubieres menester, y te la traeremos en balsas por el mar hasta Jope, y tú la harás llevar hasta Jerusalén.
Then we will cut down as much wood from Lebanon as you will need, and we will convey them as rafts by sea to Joppa. Then it will be for you to transfer them to Jerusalem.”
17 Y contó Salomón todos los varones extranjeros que estaban en la tierra de Israel, después de haberlos ya contado David su padre, y fueron hallados ciento cincuenta y tres mil seiscientos.
And so Solomon numbered all the new converts who were in the land of Israel, after the numbering that David his father had done, and they were found to be one hundred fifty thousand and three thousand six hundred.
18 Y señaló de ellos setenta mil para llevar cargas, y ochenta mil que cortasen piedra en el monte, y tres mil y seiscientos por sobrestantes para hacer trabajar al pueblo.
And he appointed seventy thousand of them, who would carry burdens on shoulders, and eighty thousand who would hew stones in the mountains, then three thousand and six hundred as overseers of the work of the people.
