1 Reyes 9

1 Y como Salomón hubo acabado la obra de la casa de Jehová, y la casa real, y todo lo que Salomón quiso hacer,

After Solomon’s [workers] had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build,

2 Jehová apareció a Salomón la segunda vez, como le había aparecido en Gabaón,

Yahweh appeared to him [in a dream] a second time, like he had appeared to him at [the city of] Gibeon.

3 Y díjole Jehová: Yo he oído tu oración, y tu ruego, que has hecho en mi presencia. Yo he santificado esta casa que tú has edificado, para poner mi nombre en ella para siempre, y en ella estarán mis ojos y mi corazón todos los días.

Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your [workers] have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it.

4 Y tú, si anduvieres delante de mí, como anduvo David tu padre, en integridad de corazón, y en equidad, haciendo todas las cosas que yo te he mandado, y guardando mis estatutos y mis derechos;

“And as for you, if you conduct your life as I want you to, like your father David did, and if you very sincerely obey all the statutes and laws that I have commanded you to obey,

5 Yo afirmaré el trono de tu reino sobre Israel para siempre, como hablé a David tu padre, diciendo: No faltará de ti varón en el trono de Israel.

I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants.

6 Mas si apartando os apartareis de mí vosotros y vuestros hijos, y no guardareis mis mandamientos, y mis estatutos que yo he dado delante de vosotros, mas fuereis, y sirviereis a dioses ajenos, y los adorareis:

“But if you or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods,

7 Yo cortaré a Israel de sobre la haz de la tierra, que yo les he entregado; y esta casa que he santificado a mi nombre yo la echaré de delante de mí, e Israel será por proverbio y fábula a todos los pueblos.

I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise [the people of] Israel and make fun of them.

8 Y esta casa que estaba en estima, cualquiera que pasare por ella se pasmará, y silbará: y dirán: ¿Por qué ha hecho así Jehová a esta tierra, y a esta casa?

This temple will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by will be astonished [when they see it], and they will be shocked and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this temple?’

9 Y dirán: Por cuanto dejaron a Jehová su Dios, que había sacado a sus padres de tierra de Egipto, y echaron mano a los dioses ajenos, y los adoraron, y les sirvieron: por eso ha traído Jehová sobre ellos todo aqueste mal.

And other people will reply, ‘It happened because the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh their God, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They started to accept and worship other gods. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’”

10 Y aconteció al cabo de veinte años que Salomón había edificado las dos casas; es a saber, la casa de Jehová, y la casa real,

Solomon’s [workers] labored for 20 years to build the temple and the palace.

11 (Para las cuales Hiram rey de Tiro había traído a Salomón madera de cedro y de haya, y oro, cuanto él quiso, ) que el rey Salomón dio a Hiram veinte ciudades en tierra de Galilea.

Hiram, the king of Tyre had [arranged for his workers to] give Solomon all the cedar and pine [logs] and all the gold that he needed [for this work]. After it was all finished, King Solomon gave to Hiram 20 cities in the Galilee region.

12 E Hiram salió de Tiro para ver las ciudades que Salomón le había dado, y no le contentaron.

But when Hiram went from Tyre [to Galilee] to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, he was not pleased with them.

13 Y dijo: ¿Qué ciudades son estas que me has dado, hermano? Y púsoles por nombre, tierra de Cabul, hasta hoy.

He said to Solomon, “My friend, those cities that you gave me are worthless!” So, that area is still called ‘Worthless’.

14 E Hiram había enviado al rey ciento y veinte talentos de oro.

Hiram paid Solomon only five tons of gold [for those cities].

15 Y esta es la cuenta del tributo que el rey Salomón impuso para edificar la casa de Jehová, y su casa, y a Mello, y el muro de Jerusalem, y a Heser, y Mageddo, y Gazer.

This is a record of the work that King Solomon forced men to do. He forced them to build the temple and his palace and the terraces/landfills [on the east side of the city], and the wall around Jerusalem, and [to rebuild the cities of] Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer.

16 Faraón el rey de Egipto había subido, y tomado a Gazer, y la había quemado, y había muerto los Cananeos que habitaban la ciudad, y la había dado en don a su hija, la mujer de Salomón.

[The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of] the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned [the houses in] the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon.

17 Y Salomón restauró a Gazer, y a la baja Bet-orón.

So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon [city].

18 Y a Baalat, y a Tadmor, en tierra del desierto.

They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar [towns] in the desert in [the southern part of] Judah.

19 Asimismo todas las ciudades donde Salomón tenía municiones, y las ciudades de los carros, y las ciudades de la gente de a caballo, y todo lo que Salomón deseó edificar en Jerusalem, en el Líbano, y en toda la tierra de su señorío.

They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled.

20 A todos los pueblos que quedaron de los Amorreos, Jetteos, Ferezeos, Heveos, Jebuseos, que no fueron de los hijos de Israel,

There were many people who belonged to the Amor people-group, the Heth people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group who were not killed when the Israelis captured their land.

21 A sus hijos, que quedaron en la tierra después de ellos, que los hijos de Israel no pudieron acabar, hizo Salomón que sirviesen con tributo hasta hoy.

[Their descendants still lived in Israel]. It was those people whom Solomon forced to become his slaves [to build all those places], and they are still slaves.

22 Mas a ninguno de los hijos de Israel impuso Salomón servicio, sino eran, o hombres de guerra, o sus criados, o sus príncipes, o sus capitanes, o príncipes de sus carros, o su gente de a caballo.

But Solomon did not force any Israeli people to become slaves. Some Israelis became soldiers and army officers and commanders and drivers of his chariots and soldiers who rode on horses.

23 Y eran los que Salomón había hecho príncipes, y prepósitos sobre las obras de Salomón, quinientos y cincuenta, los cuales estaban sobre el pueblo que trabajaba en aquella obra.

There were 550 officials who supervised the slaves who worked [to build all those places].

24 Y subió la hija de Faraón de la ciudad de David a su casa, que Salomón le había edificado: entonces él edificó a Mello.

After [Solomon’s wife, who was] the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the palace that Solomon’s workers built for her, Solomon [told his workers to] fill in the slopes on the east side of the city.

25 Y ofrecía Salomón tres veces cada un año holocaustos y pacíficos sobre el altar que él edificó a Jehová: y quemaba perfumes sobre el que estaba delante de Jehová, después que la casa fue acabada.

Three times each year Solomon [brought to the temple] offerings that were completely burned [on the altar] and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple.

26 Hizo también el rey Salomón navíos en Asión-gaber, que es junto a Elat a la ribera del mar Bermejo, en la tierra de Edom;

King Solomon’s [workers] also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber [city], which is near Elath [city], on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group.

27 Y envió Hiram en ellos a sus siervos, marineros y diestros en la mar, con los siervos de Salomón:

[King] Hiram sent some very expert sailors to work on the ships with Solomon’s workers.

28 Los cuales fueron a Ofir, y tomaron de allá oro, cuatrocientos y veinte talentos, y trajéron lo al rey Salomón.

They sailed to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back to Solomon about 16 tons of gold.