2 Crónicas 9
1 Entonces la reina de Saba, oyendo las grandes cosas de Salomón, vino a Jerusalén para poner a prueba su sabiduría con preguntas difíciles; y con ella vino un gran tren y camellos cargados de especias y grandes almacenes de oro y joyas: y cuando ella vino a Salomón, habló con él de todo lo que tenía en mente.
The queen who ruled [the] Sheba [area in Arabia] heard that Solomon had become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult [to answer]. She came with a large group of servants, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the things/topics in which she was interested.
2 Y Salomón dio sus respuestas a todas sus preguntas; No había ningún secreto que él no le diera la respuesta.
Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult.
3 Y cuando la reina de Sabá vio la sabiduría de Salomón y la casa que había hecho,
The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace,
4 Y la comida en su mesa, y todos sus siervos estaban sentados allí, y los que lo esperaban en sus lugares, y sus vestiduras, y sus sirvientes de vino y sus vestiduras, y las ofrendas quemadas que hizo en la casa del Señor, se quedó sin aliento.
she saw the food that was served on his table [every day]; she saw how his officials were seated at the table, their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be completely burned on the altar. She was extremely amazed.
5 Y ella dijo al rey: El relato que me fue dado en mi país por tus actos y tu sabiduría era verdadero.
She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true!
6 Pero no creía lo que se decía de ti hasta que vine y vi por mí misma; y en verdad, no se me dio palabra de la mitad de tu gran sabiduría; Eres mucho más grande de lo que dijeron.
But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. You are [extremely wise and rich, ] more than what people told me.
7 Felices son tus esposas y felices estos siervos cuyo lugar está siempre delante de ti, escuchando tus palabras de sabiduría.
The men who work for you are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate!
8 Alabado sea el Señor tu Dios cuyo placer fue ponerte en el trono de su reino para ser el rey del Señor tu Dios: porque, en su amor por Israel, fue el propósito de tu Dios hacerlos fuertes para siempre, él te hizo rey sobre ellos, para ser su juez en justicia.
Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.”
9 Y ella le dio al rey ciento veinte talentos de oro y una gran cantidad de especias y joyas. Nunca se habían visto tales especias como la reina de Saba había dado a Salomón.
Then the queen gave to Solomon about 4-1/2 tons of gold and a large amount of spices and gems. Never had King Solomon received more spices than the queen gave him at that time.
10 Y además los siervos de Hiram y los siervos de Salomón, trajeron oro de Ofir, volvieron con madera de sándalo y joyas.
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land. [In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, ] Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon [told his workers] to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel.
11 Con el sándalo, el rey hizo gradas para el templo del Señor y para la casa del rey, e instrumentos de música para los cantores; nunca antes se había visto algo así en la tierra de Judá.
12 Y el rey Salomón le dio a la reina de Saba todo lo que ella deseaba, cualquier cosa que ella pidiera, además de lo que ella había llevado al rey. Así que ella regresó a su país con sus sirvientes.
13 Ahora bien, el peso del oro que vino a Salomón en un año era seiscientos sesenta y seis talentos;
Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold.
14 Y además de lo que recibió de comerciantes de diferentes clases, todos los reyes de Arabia y los gobernantes del país dieron tributo de oro y plata a Salomón.
That was in addition to the [taxes] paid to him by the merchants and traders. Also, the kings of Arabia and the governors of [the districts in] Israel brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 Y el rey Salomón hizo doscientos escudos de oro martillado, cada una con seiscientos siclos de oro.
King Solomon’s [workers took this] gold [and] hammered [it] into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put almost 7-1/2 pounds of gold on each shield.
16 E hizo trescientas cubiertas de oro martillado más pequeñas, usando trescientos siclos de oro para cada cubierta, y el rey las puso en la casa de los Bosques del Líbano.
His [workers] made 300 [smaller] shields. They covered each of them with almost 4 pounds of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Entonces el rey hizo un gran asiento de marfil, y lo cubrió con el mejor oro.
His [workers] also made for him a large throne. [Part of] it was covered with [decorations made from] ivory and [part of it was covered] with very fine gold.
18 Había seis escalones, un reposapiés de oro fijado a ella y brazos a ambos lados del asiento, con dos leones al lado de los brazos.
There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a [small statue of a] lion.
19 Y doce leones fueron colocados a un lado y al otro lado en los seis escalones, no había nada igual en ningún reino.
On the six steps there were twelve statues of lions, one on each side. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom.
20 Todos los vasos del rey Salomón eran de oro, y todos los vasos de la casa de los Bosques del Líbano eran del mejor oro; nadie pensó en la plata en los días de Salomón.
All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. [They did not make things from silver], because during the years that Solomon [ruled], silver was not considered to be valuable.
21 Porque el rey tenía a los barcos de Tarsis navegando con los sirvientes de Hiram, una vez cada tres años los barcos de Tarsis volvían con oro y plata, marfil y monos y pavos reales.
The king had a fleet of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned [from the places to which they had sailed], bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks).
22 Y el rey Salomón fue mayor que todos los reyes de la tierra en riqueza y en sabiduría.
King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth.
23 Y todos los reyes de la tierra vinieron a ver a Salomón y escuchar su sabiduría, que Dios había puesto en su corazón.
Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had enabled him to know.
24 Y todos llevaban con él una ofrenda, vasos de plata y vasos de oro, y túnicas, y abrigos de metal, y especias, y caballos y bestias para el transporte, regularmente año tras año.
All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons, or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year.
25 Salomón tenía cuatro mil caballerizas para sus caballos y sus carros de guerra, y doce mil jinetes a los que tenía, algunos en los cuarteles de combate y otros con el rey en Jerusalén.
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots.
26 Y fue gobernante sobre todos los reyes desde el río hasta la tierra de los filisteos, hasta el límite de Egipto.
Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the [Euphrates] River [in the northeast] to the Philistia area [in the west] to the border of Egypt [in the south].
27 El rey hizo plata tan común como las piedras en Jerusalén y los cedros como los sicómoros de las llanuras.
[During the years that Solomon was] king, [he] caused silver to become as common in Jerusalem as stones; and he caused cedar trees in the foothills of Judah to become as plentiful as fig trees.
28 Consiguieron caballos para Salomón de Egipto y de todas las tierras.
Solomon’s agents brought horses from [the] Musri [area] and other places.
29 Ahora, el resto de los hechos de Salomón, de principio a fin, no están registrados en la historia de Natán el profeta, y en las palabras de Ahías profeta de Silo, y en las visiones de Iddo, el profeta. Jeroboam, el hijo de Nebat?
Lists of all the other things that Solomon did are recorded in the scrolls written by the prophet Nathan and by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh [city], and in [the scroll in which were written] the visions that the prophet Iddo saw concerning [King] Jeroboam.
30 Salomón fue rey sobre Israel en Jerusalén durante cuarenta años.
Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years.
31 Y Salomón fue enterrado con sus padres, en el pueblo de David su padre; y reinó en su lugar Roboam su hijo.
Then Solomon died and was buried in [the part of Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king.
