2 Chronicles 5
1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
Una vez que Salomón hubo terminado todas las obras de la casa del Señor, trajo los objetos sagrados que su padre David había dedicado -la plata, el oro y todos los diversos objetos de culto- y los colocó en los tesoros del Templo de Dios.
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Luego Salomón convocó a Jerusalén a los ancianos de Israel -todos los jefes de las tribus y los jefes de familia de los israelitas- para que trajeran el Arca del Pacto del Señor desde Sión, la Ciudad de David.
3 Why all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
Así que todos los israelitas se reunieron para estar con el rey en la fiesta que se celebra en el séptimo mes.
4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
Cuando llegaron todos los ancianos de Israel, los levitas levantaron el Arca.
5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
Los sacerdotes y los levitas subieron el Arca, la Tienda de la Reunión, estaban con él delante del Arca.
6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
¡Sacrificaron tantas ovejas y reses que no se podían contar!
7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim:
Entonces los sacerdotes trajeron el Arca del Pacto del Señor y la colocaron en el santuario interior del Templo, el Lugar Santísimo, bajo las alas de los querubines.
8 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
Los querubines extendían sus alas sobre el lugar donde estaba el Arca, de modo que los querubines formaban una cubierta sobre el Arca y sus varas.
9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is to this day.
Los postes eran tan largos que sus extremos podían verse desde el Lugar Santo, frente al Lugar Santísimo, pero no desde afuera. Allí están hasta el día de hoy.
10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
Dentro del Arca no había nada más que las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés había colocado en el Monte Sinaí, donde el Señor había hecho un acuerdo con el pueblo de Israel al salir de Egipto.
11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
Entonces los sacerdotes salieron del Lugar Santo. Todos los sacerdotes que estaban allí se habían purificado, cualquiera que fuera su división.
12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brothers, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets: )
Todos los levitas cantores – Asaf, Hemán, Jedutún y sus hijos y parientes – se pusieron de pie al lado oriental del altar. Estaban vestidos de lino fino, tocando címbalos, arpas y liras, y acompañados por ciento veinte sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas.
13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
Los trompetistas y los cantores se unían con una sola voz para alabar y dar gracias al Señor. Acompañados por las trompetas, los címbalos y los instrumentos musicales, los cantores alzaron sus voces, alabando al Señor: “Porque él es bueno; su amor confiable es eterno”. Entonces el Templo, la casa del Señor, se llenó de una nube.
14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
Los sacerdotes no podían levantarse para continuar con el servicio a causa de la nube, porque la gloria del Señor había llenado el Templo de Dios.
