2 Crónicas 6
1 Entonces dijo Salomón: El SEÑOR ha dicho que él habitaría en la oscuridad.
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh, you said that you would live in a dark cloud.
2 Yo, pues, he edificado una Casa de morada para ti, y una habitación en que mores para siempre.
But now I have built a glorious temple for you to live in forever!”
3 Y volviendo el rey su rostro, bendijo a toda la congregación de Israel; y toda la congregación de Israel estaba en pie.
Then while all the people stood there, Solomon turned toward the people and he [asked God to] bless them.
4 Y él dijo: Bendito sea el SEÑOR Dios de Israel, el cual con su mano ha cumplido lo que habló por su boca a David mi padre, diciendo:
He said to them, “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, who has caused to happen what he promised to my father David. What he said to David was this:
5 Desde el día que saqué mi pueblo de la tierra de Egipto, ninguna ciudad he elegido de todas las tribus de Israel para edificar casa donde estuviese mi Nombre, ni he escogido varón que fuese príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel.
‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city in Israel in which a temple should be built for people to [worship] me there. Nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of my Israeli people.
6 Mas a Jerusalén he elegido para que en ella esté mi nombre, y a David he elegido para que fuese sobre mi pueblo Israel.
But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the place for people to worship me, and I have chosen you to rule my Israeli people.’”
7 Y David mi padre tuvo en el corazón edificar Casa al Nombre del SEÑOR Dios de Israel.
[Then Solomon said], “My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.
8 Mas el SEÑOR dijo a David mi padre: Respecto a haber tenido en tu corazón edificar Casa a mi nombre, bien has hecho en haber tenido esto en tu corazón;
But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good.
9 pero tú no edificarás la Casa, sino tu hijo que saldrá de tus lomos, él edificará Casa a mi nombre.
However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple; it is one of your own sons who [I want to] build a temple for me.’
10 Y el SEÑOR ha cumplido su palabra que dijo, y me levanté yo por David mi padre, y me asenté en el trono de Israel, como el SEÑOR había dicho, y he edificado Casa al nombre del SEÑOR Dios de Israel.
“And Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling the people, like Yahweh promised, and I have arranged for this temple to be built for us to worship Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong.
11 Y en ella he puesto el arca, en la cual está el pacto del SEÑOR que concertó con los hijos de Israel.
I have put the Sacred Chest in the temple, in which are the stone tablets [on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of] the agreement that Yahweh made with us Israeli people.”
12 Se puso luego Salomón delante del altar del SEÑOR, delante de toda la congregación de Israel, y extendió sus manos.
Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was in front of the people of Israel who had gathered there.
13 Porque Salomón había hecho un púlpito de bronce, de cinco codos de largo, y de cinco codos de ancho, y de altura de tres codos, y lo había puesto en medio del atrio; y se puso sobre él, y se arrodilló delante de toda la congregación de Israel, y extendiendo sus manos al cielo, dijo:
His workers had built a bronze platform there [for him to stand on], which was 7-1/2 feet long and 7-1/2 feet wide and 4-1/2 feet high. They put it in the outer courtyard. Solomon stood on that platform and then knelt down in front of all the people of Israel who had gathered there, and he spread out his arms toward heaven,
14 SEÑOR Dios de Israel, no hay Dios semejante a ti en el cielo ni en la tierra, que guardas el pacto y la misericordia a tus siervos que caminan delante de ti de todo su corazón;
and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us, and that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do.
15 que has guardado a tu siervo David mi padre lo que le dijiste; tú lo dijiste de tu boca, mas con tu mano lo has cumplido, como parece este día.
“You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you [very well], that you would do. Truly, you promised to do those things for him, and today we see that by your power you have caused it all to happen.
16 Ahora, pues, SEÑOR Dios de Israel, guarda a David mi padre lo que le has prometido, diciendo: No faltará de ti varón delante de mí, que se siente en el trono de Israel, a condición que tus hijos guarden su camino, andando en mi ley, como tú delante de mí has andado.
“So now, Yahweh, the God we Israelis belong to, please do the things that you promised to my father David that you would do. You said that there would always be some of his descendants to rule Israel, if they faithfully conduct their lives as he did.
17 Ahora pues, oh SEÑOR Dios de Israel, sea firme tu palabra que dijiste a tu siervo David.
So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised David, who served you [well], to happen.
18 ¿Es verdad que Dios ha de habitar con el hombre en la tierra? He aquí, los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no pueden contenerte; ¿cuánto menos esta Casa que he edificado?
“But, my God, will you really live on earth among people? There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven! So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built.
19 Mas tú mirarás a la oración de tu siervo, y a su ruego, oh SEÑOR Dios mío, para oír el clamor y la oración con que tu siervo ora delante de ti;
But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with you this day and do what I am requesting.
20 que tus ojos estén abiertos sobre esta Casa de día y de noche, sobre el lugar del cual dijiste, Mi Nombre estará allí; que oigas la oración con que tu siervo ora en este lugar.
Please protect this temple day and night. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ Please listen to my prayer about this place.
21 Asimismo que oigas el ruego de tu siervo, y de tu pueblo Israel, cuando oraren en este lugar, que tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu habitación; que oigas y perdones.
Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israeli people when they pray. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us.
22 Si alguno pecare contra su prójimo, y él le pidiere juramento haciéndole jurar, y el juramento viniere delante de tu altar en esta casa,
“If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to testify in front of your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’
23 tú oirás desde los cielos, y harás derecho a tus siervos, dando la paga al impío, haciendo volver su proceder sobre su cabeza, y justificando al justo en darle conforme a su justicia.
then you listen from heaven, and you decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent.
24 Si tu pueblo Israel cayere delante de los enemigos, por haber pecado contra ti, y si se convirtieren, y confesaren tu Nombre, y oraren, y rogaren delante de ti en esta Casa,
“And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies because they sinned against you, [and forced to go to some distant country, ] if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit [that] you [have justly punished them], and plead [that you will forgive them],
25 tú oirás desde los cielos, y perdonarás el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y los volverás a la tierra que diste a ellos y a sus padres.
listen to them from heaven and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they [have committed], and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors.
26 Si los cielos se cerraren, que no haya lluvias por haber pecado contra ti, si oraren a ti en este lugar, y confesaren tu Nombre, y se convirtieren de sus pecados, cuando los afligieres,
“When you do not allow any rain to fall because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit [that] you [have justly punished them], and turn away from their sinful behavior and humbly pray to you,
27 tú los oirás en los cielos, y perdonarás el pecado de tus siervos, y de tu pueblo Israel, y les enseñarás el buen camino para que anden en él, y darás lluvia sobre tu tierra, la cual diste por heredad a tu pueblo.
hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your Israeli people. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then cause it to rain here on the land that you gave to your people to belong to them [permanently].
28 Y si hubiere hambre en la tierra, o si hubiere pestilencia; si hubiere tizoncillo o añublo, langosta o pulgón; o si los cercaren sus enemigos en la tierra de sus ciudades; o cualquier aflicción o enfermedad que sea;
“And when the people of this land experience famines or if there is a plague, or when their crops are destroyed by very hot winds or by mildew or by locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities [in order to attack them], if any of those bad things happen to them,
29 toda oración y todo ruego que hiciere cualquier hombre, o todo tu pueblo Israel, o cualquiera que conociere su aflicción y su dolor en su corazón, si extendiere sus manos a esta Casa,
when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you, knowing in their inner beings that they are suffering [because they have sinned], if they stretch out their hands toward this temple and pray,
30 tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu habitación, y perdonarás, y darás a cada uno conforme a sus caminos, habiendo conocido su corazón (porque solo tú conoces el corazón de los hijos de los hombres);
hear from your home in heaven, and forgive them. You alone know what each person is thinking, so reward each person according to everything that he does,
31 para que te teman y anden en tus caminos, todos los días que vivieren sobre la faz de la tierra que tú diste a nuestros padres.
in order that they will revere you and conduct their lives as you want them to, all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors.
32 Y también al extranjero que no fuere de tu pueblo Israel, que hubiere venido de lejanas tierras a causa de tu grande Nombre, y de tu mano fuerte, y de tu brazo extendido, si vinieren, y oraren en esta Casa,
“There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they turn toward this temple and pray,
33 tú oirás desde los cielos, desde la habitación de tu morada, y harás conforme a todas las cosas por las cuales hubiere clamado a ti el extranjero; para que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu Nombre, y te teman como tu pueblo Israel, y sepan que tu Nombre es invocado sobre esta Casa que he edificado yo.
from your home in heaven listen to their prayer, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that in order that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we, your own Israeli people do. And then they will know that this is the temple that I have caused to be built for you.
34 Si tu pueblo saliere a la guerra contra sus enemigos por el camino que tú los enviares, y oraren a ti hacia esta ciudad que tú elegiste, hacia la Casa que he edificado a tu Nombre,
“When you send your people to go to places to attack their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built to honor you,
35 tú oirás desde los cielos su oración y su ruego, y harás su juicio.
listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you [to do], and assist them.
36 Si pecaren contra ti, (pues no hay hombre que no peque, ) y te airares contra ellos, y los entregares delante de sus enemigos, para que los que los tomaren los lleven cautivos a tierra de enemigos, lejos o cerca,
[“It is true that] everyone sins. So, when your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to capture them and take them to their countries, even to countries that are far away.
37 Y ellos volvieren en sí en la tierra donde fueren llevados cautivos; si se convirtieren, y oraren a ti en la tierra de su cautividad, y dijeren: Pecamos, hemos hecho inicuamente, impíamente hemos obrado;
When that happens, while they are in the countries to which they were forced to go, if they are sorry for having sinned, if they say, ‘We have sinned; we have done things that are wrong and have done things that are very wicked,’
38 si se convirtieren a ti de todo su corazón y de toda su alma en la tierra de su cautividad, donde los hubieren llevado cautivos, y oraren hacia su tierra que tú diste a sus padres, hacia la ciudad que tu elegiste, y hacia la Casa que he edificado a tu Nombre;
if they repent very sincerely, and if they turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen [to be the place where we should worship you], and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you and pray,
39 tú oirás desde los cielos, desde la morada de su habitación, su oración y su ruego, y harás su juicio, y perdonarás a tu pueblo que pecó contra ti.
then from your home in heaven hear their prayer, and listen to them while they plead [for your help], and do what they ask you to do, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
40 Ahora, pues, oh Dios mío, te ruego estén abiertos tus ojos, y atentos tus oídos a la oración en este lugar.
“Now, my God, look at us and listen to us as we pray to you in this place.
41 Oh SEÑOR Dios, levántate ahora para habitar en tu reposo, tú y el arca de tu fortaleza; sean, oh SEÑOR Dios, vestidos de salud tus sacerdotes, y gocen de bien tus misericordiosos.
Yahweh our God, come and stay in this place with the Sacred Chest, the chest that shows that you are powerful. Yahweh God, cause your priests to know clearly that you have blessed them. Cause us your people to rejoice because of all the good things [that you do for us].
42 SEÑOR Dios, no hagas volver el rostro de tu ungido; acuérdate de las misericordias de David tu siervo.
Yahweh God, do not reject me [the king] whom you have appointed [to be the king of Israel]; do not forget that you greatly loved David, who served you [very well].”
