1 Reyes 8

1 Entonces Salomón reunió alrededor suyo, en Jerusalén, a los ancianos de Israel, a todos los jefes de las tribus y a los príncipes de las familias de los hijos de Israel, para trasladar el Arca de la Alianza de Yahvé, desde la ciudad de David, que es Sión.

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.

2 Concurrieron, pues, al rey Salomón todos los varones de Israel en la fiesta del mes de Etanim, que es el mes séptimo.

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

3 Cuando habían venido todos los ancianos de Israel, alzaron los sacerdotes el Arca,

And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

4 y trasladaron el Arca de Yahvé, con el Tabernáculo de la Reunión, y todos los utensilios sagrados que había dentro del Tabernáculo; y los llevaban los sacerdotes levitas.

They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

5 El rey Salomón y toda la congregación de Israel, reunida en torno suyo, estaban con él delante del Arca, inmolando ovejas y bueyes incontables e innumerables por su muchedumbre.

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

6 Los sacerdotes pusieron el Arca de la Alianza de Yahvé en su sitio, en el lugar más interior de la Casa, en el Santísimo, debajo de las alas de los querubines.

And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

7 Porque los querubines extendían las alas sobre el lugar del Arca y cubrían por arriba el Arca y sus varas.

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

8 Tan largas eran las varas, que sus extremos se dejaban ver desde el Lugar Santo, que está delante del Santísimo; pero no se dejaban ver desde fuera. Allí están hasta el día de hoy.

The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.

9 Dentro del Arca no había sino las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés había depositado en ella en el Horeb al hacer Yahvé alianza con Israel, en la salida de ellos de la tierra de Egipto.

There was nothing in the ark but the two flat stones which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made an agreement with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

10 Y sucedió que al salir los sacerdotes del Santuario, la nube llenó la Casa de Yahvé;

Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, the house of the Lord was full of the cloud,

11 y los sacerdotes no pudieron permanecer (allí) para ejercer su ministerio, a causa de la nube; pues la gloria de Yahvé llenaba la Casa de Yahvé.

So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud, for the house of the Lord was full of the glory of the Lord.

12 Entonces dijo Salomón: “Yahvé ha dicho que moraría en la oscuridad.

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;

13 Pues bien, yo he edificado una casa que sea morada para Ti, el lugar de tu morada para siempre.”

So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.

14 Y volviéndose el rey bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, mientras toda la asamblea de Israel se tenía en pie.

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

15 Dijo: “¡Bendito sea Yahvé!, el Dios de Israel, que habló con su boca a mi padre David y con su mano lo cumplió, diciendo:

And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who himself gave his word to David my father, and with his strong hand has made his word come true, saying,

16 «Desde el día que saqué de Egipto a Israel, mi pueblo, no he escogido ciudad de entre las tribus de Israel para edificar una casa donde resida mi Nombre, aunque escogí a David para que reinase sobre Israel, mi pueblo.»

From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

17 David, mi padre, tuvo el propósito de edificar una casa al Nombre de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel;

Now it was in the heart of David my father to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

18 mas Yahvé dijo a mi padre David: «Teniendo tú el propósito de edificar una casa a mi Nombre, has ideado un buen proyecto.

But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house for my name;

19 Con todo, no edificarás tú la Casa, sino que un hijo tuyo, que saldrá de tus entrañas, edificará la Casa a mi Nombre.»

But you yourself will not be the builder of my house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he it is who will put up a house for my name.

20 Yahvé ha cumplido la palabra que prometió; pues me he levantado yo en el lugar de David, mi padre —y heme sentado sobre el trono de Israel, como Yahvé lo ha anunciado—, y he edificado la Casa al Nombre de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel.

And the Lord has made his word come true; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

21 He establecido allí un lugar para el Arca, donde se halla la Alianza que Yahvé hizo con nuestros padres al sacarlos del país de Egipto.”

In it I have made a place for the ark, in which is the agreement which the Lord made with our fathers, when he took them out of the land of Egypt.

22 Luego, poniéndose Salomón delante del altar de Yahvé, frente a toda la asamblea de Israel, extendió las manos hacia el cielo,

Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,

23 y dijo: “Yahvé, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como Tú, ni arriba en el cielo, ni abajo en la tierra, porque Tú guardas la Alianza y la misericordia con tus siervos que andan en tu presencia de todo corazón.

Said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth; keeping faith and mercy unchanging for your servants, while they go in your ways with all their hearts.

24 Tú has cumplido con tu siervo David, mi padre, lo que prometiste; y lo que con tu boca prometiste, con tu mano lo has puesto por obra, como se ve en este día.

And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.

25 Ahora, pues, oh Yahvé, Dios de Israel, guarda la promesa que has dado a tu siervo David, mi padre, diciendo: «Nunca te faltará varón delante de Mí que se siente sobre el trono de Israel, con tal que tus hijos vigilen sobre sus caminos y anden delante de Mí, como tú has andado en mi presencia.»

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come true, when you said, You will never be without a man to take his place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel before me, if only your children give attention to their ways, walking before me as you have done.

26 Cúmplase ahora, oh Dios de Israel, la promesa que diste a tu siervo David, mi padre.

So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.

27 Pero ¿es verdad que Dios habita sobre la tierra? He aquí que los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no pueden contenerte, ¿cuánto menos esta Casa que yo acabo de edificar?

But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!

28 Con todo vuelve tu rostro a la oración de tu siervo y a su súplica, oh Yahvé, Dios mío, para escuchar el clamor y la oración que tu siervo hace hoy delante de Ti.

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

29 Que estén abiertos tus ojos, noche y día, hacia esta Casa y este lugar, acerca del cual has dicho: «Estará allí mi Nombre, para escuchar la oración que tu siervo haga en este lugar».

That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

30 Oye, pues, la súplica de tu siervo y de Israel, tu pueblo, cuando oraren en este lugar. Oye Tú desde el lugar de tu morada, el cielo; escucha y perdona.”

Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

31 “Cuando pecare alguno contra su prójimo, y se le impusiere juramento, haciéndole jurar, y él viniere a jurar ante tu altar en esta Casa,

If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

32 óyelo Tú desde el cielo, y obra; juzga a tus siervos, condenando al inicuo y haciendo recaer su conducta sobre su misma cabeza, justificando, en cambio, al justo y premiándolo conforme a su justicia.”

Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving your decision against the wrongdoer, so that punishment for his sins may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

33 “Cuando Israel, tu pueblo, fuere vencido por un enemigo, por haber pecado contra Ti, y ellos vueltos a Ti confesaren tu Nombre y oraren, suplicándote en esta Casa,

When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

34 óyelo Tú en el cielo, y perdona el pecado de Israel, tu pueblo, y hazlos volver al país que diste a sus padres.”

Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.

35 “Cuando se cierre el cielo, de manera que no haya lluvia, por haber ellos pecado contra ti, y si oraren (dirigiendo sus miradas) hacia este lugar, y alabando tu Nombre, y si se convirtieren de su pecado por haberlos Tú afligido,

When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

36 óyelos en el cielo, y perdona el pecado de tus siervos y de Israel, tu pueblo, enseñándoles el recto camino, por el cual deben andar; y envía lluvia sobre tu tierra que diste por herencia a tu pueblo.”

Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

37 “Cuando haya hambre en la tierra, o peste, o roya, añublo, langosta, u otra clase de insectos, o cuando el enemigo asedie (a tu pueblo) en su país, en sus ciudades, o cuando haya plagas o enfermedades de cualquier clase,

If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be:

38 si entonces uno en particular, o todo Israel, tu pueblo, se dirija a Ti con oraciones y súplicas, y si cada cual, reconociendo la plaga de su corazón, extienda sus manos hacia esta Casa,

Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

39 óyelo Tú en el cielo, lugar de tu morada, y perdona; obra y retribuye a cada uno conforme a todos sus caminos, ya que conoces su corazón —pues Tú solo conoces el corazón de todos los hijos de los hombres—

Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:

40 para que te teman todos los días que vivan en la tierra que diste a nuestros padres.

So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.

41 “También el extranjero, que no es de tu pueblo Israel, cuando viniere de tierras lejanas a causa de tu Nombre

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name:

42 —pues ellos oirán hablar de tu gran Nombre y de tu poderosa mano y de tu brazo extendido¾, cuando venga, pues, a orar en esta Casa,

(For they will have news of your great name and your strong hand and your out-stretched arm; ) when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

43 óyelo Tú en el cielo, lugar de tu morada, y otorga todo lo que te pidiere aquel extranjero, a fin de que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu Nombre, para temerte como (te teme) Israel, tu pueblo, y sepan que tu Nombre ha sido invocado sobre esta Casa que yo he edificado.”

Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.

44 “Cuando tu pueblo salga a combatir a sus enemigos por el camino por el cual Tú los enviares, y oraren a Yahvé, mirando hacia la ciudad que Tú elegiste y la Casa que yo he edificado a tu Nombre,

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:

45 escucha Tú en el cielo su oración y su plegaria, y hazles justicia.”

Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

46 “Cuando pecaren contra Ti —pues no hay hombre que no peque— y Tú, irritado contra ellos, los entregares en poder del enemigo, y el vencedor los llevare cautivos a la tierra enemiga, sea lejana o cercana;

If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin, ) and you are angry with them and give them up into the power of those who are fighting against them, so that they take them away as prisoners into a strange land, far off or near;

47 si ellos entonces se arrepintieren en la tierra de su cautividad y convertidos pidieren perdón en el país de sus apresadores, diciendo: «Hemos pecado, hemos cometido iniquidad, hemos obrado perversamente»;

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

48 y si se volvieren a ti de todo corazón y con toda su alma, en la tierra de sus enemigos que los cautivaron, y suplicaren a Ti, mirando hacia su tierra que Tú diste a sus padres, hacia la ciudad que has escogido, y hacia la Casa que yo he edificado a tu Nombre,

And with all their heart and soul are turned again to you, in the land of those who took them prisoners, and make their prayer to you, turning their eyes to this land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I made for your name:

49 entonces oye Tú en el cielo, lugar de tu morada, su oración y su súplica y hazles justicia;

Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;

50 y perdona a tu pueblo los pecados cometidos contra Ti, y todas sus transgresiones con que contra Ti se rebelaron, y haz que hallen misericordia delante de los que los llevaron cautivos, para que los traten con compasión.

Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;

51 Porque son tu pueblo y tu herencia, que Tú sacaste de Egipto, de en medio del horno de hierro.

For they are your people and your heritage, which you took out of Egypt, out of the iron fireplace;

52 Estén abiertos tus ojos a la súplica de tu siervo, y a la súplica de Israel, tu pueblo, para escucharlos en todo cuanto te invoquen.

Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

53 Pues Tú los separaste para Ti mismo, como herencia, de entre todos los pueblos de la tierra; como lo prometiste por boca de Moisés, tu siervo, cuando sacaste a nuestros padres de Egipto, oh Señor, Yahvé.”

For you made them separate from all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, as you said by Moses your servant, when you took our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

54 Después de dirigir a Yahvé toda esta oración y súplica, se levantó Salomón de delante del altar de Yahvé, donde estaba arrodillado con las manos extendidas hacia el cielo;

Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven;

55 y puesto en pie, bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, diciendo en alta voz:

And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,

56 “¡Bendito sea Yahvé, que ha dado descanso a Israel, su pueblo, conforme a todo lo que había prometido! No ha fallado una sola palabra de todas aquellas buenas promesas que anunció por boca de su siervo Moisés.

Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true.

57 Yahvé, nuestro Dios, sea con nosotros así como estuvo con nuestros padres. ¡Que Él no nos abandone ni nos deseche,

Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up;

58 sino que incline nuestro corazón hacia sí, a fin de que andemos por todos sus caminos y guardemos sus mandamientos, sus leyes y preceptos que prescribió a nuestros padres!

Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

59 ¡Que estas palabras de mi súplica que he pronunciado ante Yahvé estén presentes día y noche ante Yahvé, nuestro Dios, para que haga justicia a su siervo y a Israel, su pueblo, en todo tiempo;

And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need.

60 y sepan todos los pueblos de la tierra que Yahvé es Dios y no hay otro!

So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

61 Sea, pues, vuestro corazón recto para con Yahvé, vuestro Dios, de suerte que cumplamos sus leyes y guardemos sus mandamientos, como al presente.”

Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

62 Después el rey, y con él todo Israel, ofrecieron sacrificios ante Yahvé.

Now the king, and all Israel with him, were making offerings before the Lord.

63 Inmoló Salomón como sacrificios pacíficos, ofreciéndolos a Yahvé, veintidós mil bueyes y ciento veinte mil ovejas. De esta manera el rey y todos los hijos de Israel inauguraron la Casa de Yahvé.

And Solomon gave to the Lord for peace-offerings, twenty-two thousand oxen and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel kept the feast of the opening of the Lord's house.

64 En aquel día el rey consagró el interior del atrio, que está delante de la Casa de Yahvé; pues ofreció allí los holocaustos, las oblaciones y los sebos de los sacrificios pacíficos, por cuanto el altar de bronce que había ante Yahvé, no era tan grande que pudiesen caber en él los holocaustos, las oblaciones y las grasas de los sacrificios pacíficos.

The same day the king made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering there the burned offering and the meal offering and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar of the Lord for the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings.

65 Así en ese tiempo, Salomón, y con él todo Israel, una muchedumbre inmensa venida desde la entrada de Hamat hasta el Arroyo de Egipto, celebró fiesta delante de Yahvé, nuestro Dios, durante siete días, y otros siete días, esto es, catorce días.

So Solomon and all Israel with him, a very great meeting, (for the people had come together from the way into Hamath to the river of Egypt, ) kept the feast at that time before the Lord our God, for two weeks, even fourteen days.

66 El día octavo despidió el rey al pueblo; y ellos bendijeron al rey y se fueron a sus tiendas gozosos y contentos por todos los beneficios que Yahvé había hecho a David, su siervo, y a Israel, su pueblo.

And on the eighth day he sent the people away, and, blessing the king, they went to their tents full of joy and glad in their hearts, because of all the good which the Lord had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.