2 Chronicles 8

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

Salomón había tardado veinte años en construir el Templo del Señor y su propio palacio.

2 Then his [workers] rebuilt the cities that [King] Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities.

Salomón reconstruyó las ciudades que Hiram le había dado y envió israelitas a vivir allí.

3 Solomon’s [army] then went to Hamath-Zobah [town] and captured it.

Luego Salomón atacó a Hamat-zoba y la capturó.

4 His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor [town] in the desert, and in [the] Hamath [region] in all the towns where they kept supplies.

Edificó Tadmor en el desierto y también construyó todas las ciudades-almacén de Hamat.

5 They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon [town] and Lower Beth-Horon [city], and built walls around them with gates [in the walls] and bars [to fasten the gates].

Reconstruyó Bet-horón Alto y Bajo, ciudades fortificadas con murallas y puertas enrejadas,

6 They also rebuilt Baalath [town] and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s [workers] built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled.

y también Baalat. Construyó todas las ciudades-almacén que le pertenecían, y todas las ciudades donde guardaba sus carros y caballos. Construyó todo lo que quiso en Jerusalén, en el Líbano y en todo su reino.

7 Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups.

Hubo algunos pueblos que permanecieron en la tierra: los hititas, amorreos, ferezeos, heveos y jebuseos, gente que no era israelita.

8 They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves.

Eran los descendientes restantes de los pueblos que los israelitas no habían destruido. Salomón los hizo trabajar como mano de obra forzada, como lo hacen hasta el día de hoy.

9 But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers.

Pero Salomón no hizo trabajar a ninguno de los israelitas como esclavos. En cambio, eran sus militares, sus oficiales y los comandantes de sus carros y jinetes.

10 They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.

También eran los principales oficiales del rey Salomón, 250 hombres que supervisaban al pueblo.

11 Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from [the place outside Jerusalem called] ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that [my father] King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest [was in that palace for a while], and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.”

Salomón trasladó a la hija del faraón de la Ciudad de David al palacio que había construido para ella. Porque dijo: “Mi mujer no puede vivir en el palacio de David, rey de Israel, porque donde ha ido el Arca del Señor hay lugares sagrados”.

12 On the altar that Solomon’s [workers] had built in front of the entrance [to the temple], Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.

Entonces Salomón presentó holocaustos al Señor en el altar del Señor que había construido frente al pórtico del Templo.

13 He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters.

Siguió el requisito de las ofrendas diarias, tal como lo había ordenado Moisés para los sábados, las lunas nuevas y las tres fiestas anuales: la Fiesta de los Panes sin Levadura, la Fiesta de las Semanas y la Fiesta de los Tabernáculos.

14 Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God [very well], had commanded.

Siguiendo las instrucciones de su padre David, asignó las divisiones de los sacerdotes para su servicio, y a los levitas en sus responsabilidades para ofrecer alabanzas, y para ayudar a los sacerdotes en sus tareas diarias. También asignó a los porteros por sus divisiones en cada puerta, tal como lo había instruido David, el hombre de Dios.

15 The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including [taking care of] the storerooms.

Siguieron exactamente las instrucciones de David en cuanto a los sacerdotes, los levitas y todo lo relacionado con los tesoros.

16 They did all the work [of building the temple] that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.

Así se llevó a cabo toda la obra de Salomón, desde el día en que se pusieron los cimientos del Templo del Señor hasta que se terminó. Así quedó terminado el Templo del Señor.

17 Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath [cities] on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group.

Después de esto, Salomón fue a Ezión-geber y a Elot, en la costa del país de Edom.

18 King Hiram sent to Solomon from [Tyre city] some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to [the] Ophir [region] and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.

Hiram le envió barcos al mando de sus propios oficiales, junto con marineros experimentados. Fueron con los hombres de Salomón a Ofir, donde cargaron 450 talentos de oro, que luego llevaron al rey Salomón.