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1 Determinó, pues, Salomón edificar Casa al nombre del SEÑOR, y otra casa para su reino.
Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built 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.
He selected 70,000 men to carry the building supplies and 80,000 men to cut stones [(from quarries/walls of rock) in] the hills. He also chose 3,600 men to supervise them.
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.
Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre [city]: “[Many years ago] when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too?
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.
“We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to [honor] him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to [honor] Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded.
5 Y la Casa que tengo que edificar, ha de ser grande; porque el Dios nuestro es grande sobre todos los dioses.
[We want] this temple [to] be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other 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?
But no one can really build a temple that would be big enough for God [to live in], because even the highest heavens are not big enough for him. And I am worthy only to build a place where we can burn sacrifices to 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, please send me a man who knows well how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron, and to make things from purple and red and blue cloth. He should also know well how to engrave designs. I want him to work in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah with my skilled craftsmen, the ones whom my father David appointed.
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,
I know that your workers are skilled in cutting timber, so also please send me cedar logs, pine logs, and juniper logs from the Lebanon mountains. My workers will work with your workers.
9 para que me aparejan mucha madera, porque la Casa que tengo de edificar ha de ser grande e insigne.
In that way, those workers will provide me with plenty of lumber. [We will need plenty, ] because I want the temple that we will build to be large and beautiful.
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.
I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive 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.
[When] Hiram [received that message, he] replied by sending this message to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king.”
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 Hiram added, ] “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very smart/intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh and a palace for himself.
13 Yo pues te he enviado un hombre hábil y entendido, que fue de Hiram mi padre,
“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled.
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.
His mother was from the tribe of Dan, and his father was from [here in] Tyre. He is very able to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron and stone and wood, but he also makes nice things from purple and blue and red cloth, and he does all kinds of engraving. He can make things using any design/pattern that you give to him. He will work with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen who did work for your father, King David.
15 Ahora pues, enviará mi señor a sus siervos el trigo, y cebada, y aceite, y vino, que ha dicho;
“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.
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.
When you do that, my workers will cut from trees in the Lebanon mountains all the logs that you need [and bring them down to the sea]. Then we will [tie the logs together to] form rafts with them, and float them in the sea to Joppa [city]. From there, you [can arrange for] them [to be] taken up 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.
Solomon told his workers to count all the people from other countries who were living in Israel, similar to what his father David had done. There were 153,600 of them.
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.
Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone [from quarries in] the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily.
