2 Chronicles 5

1 After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple, Solomon put in the temple storage rooms everything that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold and all the other things that were used at the temple.

Y ACABADA que fué toda la obra que hizo Salomón para la casa de Jehová, metió Salomón [en ella] las cosas que David su padre había dedicado; y puso la plata, y el oro, y todos los vasos, en los tesoros de la casa de Dios.

2 Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes and of the families/clans. He wanted them to help to bring to the temple Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion [Hill], where it was in [the part of the city called] ‘The City of David’.

Entonces Salomón juntó en Jerusalem los ancianos de Israel, y todos los príncipes de las tribus, los cabezas de las familias de los hijos de Israel, para que trajesen el arca del pacto de Jehová de la ciudad de David, que es Sión.

3 So all the leaders of Israel gathered together along with the king, during the Festival of [Living in Temporary] Shelters, in October.

Y juntáronse al rey todos los varones de Israel, á la solemnidad del mes séptimo.

4 When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the Sacred Chest,

Y vinieron todos los ancianos de Israel, y tomaron los Levitas el arca:

5 and they carried it and the Sacred Tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them.

Y llevaron el arca, y el tabernáculo del testimonio, y todos los vasos del santuario que estaban en el tabernáculo: los sacerdotes y los Levitas los llevaron.

6 King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the Sacred Chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and cattle. No one was able to count them [because there were very many].

Y el rey Salomón, y toda la congregación de Israel que se había á él reunido delante del arca, sacrificaron ovejas y bueyes, que por la multitud no se pudieron contar ni numerar.

7 The priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Most Holy Place, the inner room of the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the statues of winged creatures.

Y los sacerdotes metieron el arca del pacto de Jehová en su lugar, en el oratorio de la casa, en el lugar santísimo, bajo las alas de los querubines:

8 The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried.

Pues los querubines extendían las alas sobre el asiento del arca, y cubrían los querubines por encima así el arca como sus barras.

9 The poles were very long, with the result that they could be seen by [those who were standing] at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen by anyone standing outside the temple. Those poles are still there.

E hicieron salir fuera las barras, de modo que se viesen las cabezas de las barras del arca delante del oratorio, mas no se veían desde fuera: y allí estuvieron hasta hoy.

10 The only things that were inside the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai Mountain, where Yahweh made an agreement with the Israeli people after they came out of Egypt.

En el arca no había sino las dos tablas que Moisés había puesto en Horeb, con las cuales Jehová había hecho alianza con los hijos de Israel, después que salieron de Egipto.

11 Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were there, from every group, had performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to God.

Y como los sacerdotes salieron del santuario, (porque todos los sacerdotes que se hallaron habían sido santificados, y no guardaban sus veces;

12 All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets.

Y los Levitas cantores, todos los de Asaph, los de Hemán, y los de Jeduthún, juntamente con sus hijos y sus hermanos, vestidos de lino fino, estaban con címbalos y salterios y arpas al oriente del altar; y con ellos ciento veinte sacerdotes que tocaban trompetas: )

13 The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers, made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song: “Yahweh is good [to us]; he faithfully loves us forever.” Then [suddenly] the temple was filled with a cloud.

Sonaban pues las trompetas, y cantaban con la voz todos á una, para alabar y confesar á Jehová: y cuando alzaban la voz con trompetas y címbalos é instrumentos de música, cuando alababan á Jehová, [diciendo]: Porque es bueno, porque su misericordia es para siempre: la casa se llenó entonces de una nube, la casa de Jehová.

14 The glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue doing their work.

Y no podían los sacerdotes estar para ministrar, por causa de la nube; porque la gloria de Jehová había henchido la casa de Dios.