Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
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1Entonces 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 all those greater by birth of Israel, with the leaders of the tribes and the rulers of the families of the sons of Israel, gathered together before king Solomon at Jerusalem, so that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, from the city of David, that is, from Zion.2Concurrieron, pues, al rey Salomón todos los varones de Israel en la fiesta del mes de Etanim, que es el mes séptimo. And all of Israel assembled before king Solomon, on the solemn day in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.3Cuando habían venido todos los ancianos de Israel, alzaron los sacerdotes el Arca, And all the elders of Israel arrived, and the priests took up the ark.4y 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. And they carried the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the covenant, and all the vessels of the Sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites carried these.5El 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. Then king Solomon, and the entire multitude of Israel, who had assembled before him, advanced with him before the ark. And they immolated sheep and oxen, which could not be numbered or estimated.6Los 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 brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim.7Porque los querubines extendían las alas sobre el lugar del Arca y cubrían por arriba el Arca y sus varas. For indeed, the cherubim extended their wings over the place of the ark, and they protected the ark and its bars from above.8Tan 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. And since the bars projected outward, their ends were visible from without, in the Sanctuary before the oracle; but they were not visible farther outward. And they have been in that place even to the present day.9Dentro 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. Now inside the ark, there was nothing other than the two tablets of stone, which Moses had placed in it at Horeb, when the Lord formed a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they departed from the land of Egypt.10Y sucedió que al salir los sacerdotes del Santuario, la nube llenó la Casa de Yahvé; Then it happened that, when the priests had exited from the Sanctuary, a cloud filled the house of the Lord.11y 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. And the priests were unable to stand and minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.12Entonces dijo Salomón: “Yahvé ha dicho que moraría en la oscuridad. Then Solomon said: “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a cloud.13Pues bien, yo he edificado una casa que sea morada para Ti, el lugar de tu morada para siempre.” Building, I have built a house as your dwelling place, your most firm throne forever.”14Y volviéndose el rey bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, mientras toda la asamblea de Israel se tenía en pie. And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire assembly of Israel. For the entire assembly of Israel was standing.15Dijo: “¡Bendito sea Yahvé!, el Dios de Israel, que habló con su boca a mi padre David y con su mano lo cumplió, diciendo: And Solomon said: “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to my father David, and who, with his own hands, has perfected it, 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 led my people Israel away from Egypt, I did not choose any city out of all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built, and so that my name might be there. Instead, I chose David to be over my people Israel.’17David, mi padre, tuvo el propósito de edificar una casa al Nombre de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel; And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.18mas 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 my father David: ‘Since you have planned in your heart to build a house to my name, you have done well by considering this plan in your mind.19Con todo, no edificarás tú la Casa, sino que un hijo tuyo, que saldrá de tus entrañas, edificará la Casa a mi Nombre.» Yet truly, you shall not build a house for me. Instead, your son, who shall go forth from your loins, he himself shall build a house to my name.’20Yahvé 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. The Lord has confirmed his word which he spoke. And so I stand in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord said. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.21He establecido allí un lugar para el Arca, donde se halla la Alianza que Yahvé hizo con nuestros padres al sacarlos del país de Egipto.” And there I have appointed a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he struck with our fathers, when they went forth from the land of Egypt.”22Luego, poniéndose Salomón delante del altar de Yahvé, frente a toda la asamblea de Israel, extendió las manos hacia el cielo, Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward heaven.23y 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. And he said: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, nor on the earth below. You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart.24Tú 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. You have fulfilled, for your servant David, my father, that which you said to him. With your mouth, you spoke; and with your hands, you completed; just as this day proves.25Ahora, 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.» Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill, for your servant David, my father, that which you spoke to him, saying, ‘There shall not be taken away from you a man before me, who may sit upon the throne of Israel, if only your sons will guard their way, so that they walk before me, just as you have walked in my sight.’26Cúmplase ahora, oh Dios de Israel, la promesa que diste a tu siervo David, mi padre. And now, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, my father.27Pero ¿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? Is it, then, to be understood that truly God would dwell upon the earth? For if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, are not able to contain you, how much less this house, which I have built?28Con 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. Yet look with favor upon the prayer of your servant and upon his petitions, O Lord, my God. Listen to the hymn and the prayer, which your servant prays before you this day,29Que 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». so that your eyes may be open over this house, night and day, over the house about which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ so that you may heed the prayer that your servant is praying in this place to you.30Oye, 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.” So may you heed the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel, whatever they will pray for in this place, and so may you heed them in your dwelling place in heaven. And when you heed, you will be gracious.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, But if any man sins against his neighbor, and he has any kind of an oath by which he is bound, and he arrives because of the oath, before your altar in your house,32óyelo 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.” you will hear in heaven, and you will act and judge your servants, condemning the impious, and repaying his own way upon his own head, but justifying the just, and rewarding him in accord with his justice.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, And if your people Israel will have fled from their enemies, because they have sinned against you, and doing penance and confessing to your name, shall arrive and pray and petition you in this house,34óyelo Tú en el cielo, y perdona el pecado de Israel, tu pueblo, y hazlos volver al país que diste a sus padres.” listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and lead them back to 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, And if the heavens have closed, so that there is no rain, because of their sins, and they, praying in this place, shall do penance to your name, and shall be converted from their sins, by occasion of their afflictions,36óyelos 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.” hear them from heaven, and forgive the sins of your servants and of your people Israel. And reveal to them the good way, along which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as a possession.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, Then, if famine rises over the land, or pestilence, or corrupt air, or blight, or locust, or mildew, or if their enemy afflicts them, besieging the gates, or any harm or infirmity,38si 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, or whatever curse or divine intervention may happen to any man among your people Israel, if anyone understands, having been wounded in his heart, and if he will have extended his hands in this house,39óyelo 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— you will hear in heaven, in your dwelling place, and you will forgive. And you will act so that you give to each one in accord with his own ways, just as you see in his heart, for you alone know the heart of all the sons of men.40para que te teman todos los días que vivan en la tierra que diste a nuestros padres. So may they fear you, all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which you have given to our fathers.41“También el extranjero, que no es de tu pueblo Israel, cuando viniere de tierras lejanas a causa de tu Nombre Moreover, the foreigner too, who is not of your people Israel, when he will have arrived from a distant land because of your name, for they shall hear about your great name, and your strong hand,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, and your outstretched arm everywhere: so when he arrives and prays in this place,43óyelo 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.” you will listen in heaven, in the firmament of your dwelling place. And you will do all the things, for which that foreigner will have called upon you. So may all the peoples of the earth learn to fear your name, just as your people Israel do. And so may they show that your name has been invoked over this house, which I have built.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, And if your people have gone out to war against their enemies, along whatever way you will send them, they shall pray to you in the direction of the city, which you have chosen, and toward the house, which I have built to your name.45escucha Tú en el cielo su oración y su plegaria, y hazles justicia.” And you will hear in heaven their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish judgment for 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; But if they sin against you, for there is no man who does not sin, and you, being angry, deliver them to their enemies, and they will have been led away as captives to the land of their enemies, whether far or near,47si 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 do penance in their heart, in the place of captivity, and having been converted, make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we acted unjustly; we committed impiety,’48y 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 they return to you with all their heart and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which they have been led away as captives, and if they pray to you in the direction of their land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the temple, which I have built to your name:49entonces oye Tú en el cielo, lugar de tu morada, su oración y su súplica y hazles justicia; you will hear in heaven, in the firmament of your throne, their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish their judgment.50y 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. And you will forgive your people, who have sinned against you, and all their iniquities, by which they have transgressed against you. And you will grant to them mercy in the sight of those who have made them captives, so that they may take pity on them.51Porque 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 inheritance, whom you have led away from the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron.52Estén abiertos tus ojos a la súplica de tu siervo, y a la súplica de Israel, tu pueblo, para escucharlos en todo cuanto te invoquen. So may your eyes be open to the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel. And so may you heed them in all the things about which they will call upon you.53Pues 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 have separated them to yourself as an inheritance, from among all the peoples of the earth, just as you spoke by Moses, your servant, when you led our fathers away from Egypt, O Lord God.”54Después 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; And it happened that, when Solomon had completed praying this entire prayer and supplication to the Lord, he rose up from the sight of the altar of the Lord. For he had fixed both knees upon the ground, and he had extended his hands toward heaven.55y puesto en pie, bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, diciendo en alta voz: Then he stood and blessed the entire assembly of Israel in a great voice, saying: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. “Blessed is the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel, in accord with all that he said. Not even one word, out of all the good things that he spoke by his servant Moses, has fallen away.57Yahvé, nuestro Dios, sea con nosotros así como estuvo con nuestros padres. ¡Que Él no nos abandone ni nos deseche, May the Lord our God be with us, just as he was with our fathers, not abandoning us, and not rejecting us.58sino 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! But may he incline our hearts to himself, so that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandments, and his ceremonies, and whatever judgments he commanded 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, by which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God, day and night, so that he may accomplish judgment for his servant and for his people Israel, throughout each day.60y sepan todos los pueblos de la tierra que Yahvé es Dios y no hay otro! So may all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.61Sea, pues, vuestro corazón recto para con Yahvé, vuestro Dios, de suerte que cumplamos sus leyes y guardemos sus mandamientos, como al presente.” Also, may our hearts be perfect with the Lord our God, so that we may walk in his decrees, and keep his commandments, as also on this day.”62Después el rey, y con él todo Israel, ofrecieron sacrificios ante Yahvé. Then the king, and all of Israel with him, immolated victims before the Lord.63Inmoló 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 slew sacrifices of peace offerings, which he immolated to the Lord: twenty-two thousand oxen, and twenty thousand one hundred sheep. And the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the temple of the Lord.64En 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. On that day, the king sanctified the middle of the atrium, which was before the house of the Lord. For in that place, he offered holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of peace offerings. For the bronze altar, which was before the Lord, was too small and was not able to hold the holocaust, and the sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings.65Así 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. Then Solomon made, at that time, a celebratory festival, and all of Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Hamath to the river of Egypt, in the sight of the Lord our God, for seven days plus seven days, that is, fourteen days.66El 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 dismissed the people. And blessing the king, they set out for their tents, rejoicing and cheerful in heart over all the good things that the Lord had done for his servant David and for his people Israel.