2 Crónicas 6

1 Después 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,

2 Por eso te he edificado una Casa para morada, y un lugar estable donde habites para siempre.”

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

3 Luego, volviendo el rey su rostro, bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel, estando de pie toda la asamblea de Israel.

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

4 Dijo: “Bendito sea Yahvé, Dios de Israel, que con su boca habló a David, mi padre, y con su mano ha cumplido (lo prometido) diciendo:

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

5 «Desde el día que saqué a mi pueblo de la tierra de Egipto, no he elegido ninguna ciudad entre todas las tribus de Israel, para edificar una Casa donde estuviese mi Nombre; ni elegí varón que fuese príncipe de Israel, mi pueblo;

From the day when I took my people out of the land 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; and I took no man to be a ruler over my people Israel;

6 pero (ahora) he escogido a Jerusalén, para que esté allí mi Nombre, y he elegido a David para que reine sobre Israel, mi pueblo.»

But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my people Israel.

7 David, mi padre, tuvo la intención de edificar una Casa al Nombre de Yahvé, el Dios de Israel.

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

8 Yahvé, empero, dijo a David, mi padre: «En cuanto a tu intención de edificar una Casa a mi Nombre, bien has hecho en concebir esta idea.

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:

9 Sin embargo, no edificarás tú la Casa, sino que un hijo tuyo que saldrá de tus entrañas, ese será quien edificará la Casa a mi Nombre.»

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

10 Ahora bien, Yahvé ha cumplido la palabra que había pronunciado; me he levantado yo en lugar de David, mi padre, y me he sentado sobre el trono de Israel, como Yahvé había dicho, y he edificado la Casa al Nombre de Yahvé, Dios de Israel;

And the Lord has kept his word; 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 the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

11 y he puesto allí el Arca, en la cual está la Alianza de Yahvé, que Él celebró con los hijos de Israel.”

And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

12 Después (Salomón) se puso ante el altar de Yahvé, frente a toda la asamblea de Israel y extendió las manos —

Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present,

13 pues Salomón había hecho una tribuna de bronce de cinco codos de largo, cinco codos de ancho, y tres codos de alto, que había colocado en medio del atrio— y poniéndose sobre ella se arrodilló y frente a toda la asamblea de Israel, extendió sus manos hacia el cielo,

(For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)

14 y dijo: “Yahvé, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como Tú, ni en el cielo ni en la tierra; Tú guardas la Alianza y la misericordia para con tus siervos que andan delante de Ti con todo su corazón.

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

15 Tú has cumplido todas las promesas que diste a tu siervo David, mi padre, porque con tu boca lo prometiste, y con tu mano lo has cumplido, como (se ve) el día de hoy.

For 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.

16 Ahora, oh Yahvé, Dios de Israel, cumple también lo que prometiste 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 velen sobre su camino andando en mi Ley, como tú has andado delante de Mí.

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 before me on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; if only your children give attention to their ways, walking in my law, as you have done before me.

17 Cúmplase ahora, oh Yahvé, Dios de Israel, tu palabra que prometiste a tu siervo David.

So now, O Lord, the God of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant David.

18 Pero, ¿es realmente posible que Dios habite con los hombres sobre la tierra? He aquí que los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no te pueden abarcar, ¿cuánto menos esta Casa que yo acabo de edificar?

But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men 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:

19 Con todo, atiende a la oración de tu siervo y a su súplica, oh Yahvé, Dios mío, y escucha el clamor y la oración que tu siervo presenta delante de Ti.

Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;

20 ¡Que tus ojos estén abiertos sobre esta Casa día y noche, sobre este lugar del cual has dicho que pondrías allí tu Nombre para escuchar la oración que dirige tu siervo hacia este lugar!

That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that you would put your name there; to give ear to the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

21 Oye, pues, la súplica de tu siervo y de Israel, tu pueblo, cuando oren hacia este lugar. Escucha Tú desde el lugar de tu morada, el cielo; escucha y perdona.

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

22 Si alguno pecare contra su prójimo, y se le impusiere que haga juramento, y si él viniere a jurar delante de 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:

23 escúchale desde el cielo; obra y juzga a tus siervos; da su merecido al inicuo, haciendo recaer su conducta sobre su cabeza, y declarando inocente al justo, remunerándole según su justicia.

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

24 Si Israel, tu pueblo, fuere vencido por el enemigo, por haber pecado contra Ti, y ellos se convirtieren y confesaren tu Nombre, orando y suplicando ante Ti en esta Casa,

And if 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 and requesting your grace in this house:

25 escúchalos desde el cielo, y perdona el pecado de Israel, tu pueblo, y llévalos de nuevo a la tierra que les diste a ellos y a sus padres.

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

26 Si se cerrare el cielo, de manera que no haya lluvia, por haber pecado ellos contra Ti; si entonces oraren hacia este lugar y confesaren tu Nombre, convirtiéndose de su pecado por afligirlos Tú,

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:

27 escúchalos en el cielo, y perdona el pecado de tus siervos y de Israel, tu pueblo, enseñándoles el buen camino en que deben andar, y envía lluvia sobre la tierra que has dado por herencia a tu pueblo.

Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin 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.

28 Si sobreviniere hambre en el país, si hubiere peste, o si hubiere tizón, o añublo, langosta u otra clase de insectos, o si su enemigo los cercare en el país, en las ciudades, o si hubiere cualquier otra plaga o enfermedad,

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

29 si entonces un hombre, o todo Israel, tu pueblo, hiciere oraciones y súplicas, y uno, reconociendo su llaga y su dolor, tendiere 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:

30 escúchale desde el cielo, lugar de tu morada, y perdona, remunerando a cada uno conforme a todos sus caminos, estándote manifiesto su corazón —pues solamente Tú conoces el corazón de los hijos de los hombres—

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, 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 the children of men; )

31 para que te teman, andando en tus caminos todo el tiempo que vivieren en la tierra que Tú diste a nuestros padres.

So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land which you gave to our fathers.

32 También al extranjero, que no es de tu pueblo de Israel, si viniere de tierras lejanas a causa de tu gran Nombre, tu mano fuerte y tu brazo extendido, cuando viniere y orare en esta Casa,

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far country because of the glory of your name and your strong hand and your outstretched arm; when he comes to make his prayer, turning to this house:

33 escúchale desde el cielo, lugar de tu morada, y haz conforme a todo lo que te pidiere el extranjero, a fin de que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu Nombre y te teman, como Israel, tu pueblo, y sepan que tu Nombre es invocado sobre esta Casa por mí edificada.

Then give ear from 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 may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

34 Si saliere tu pueblo a campaña contra sus enemigos siguiendo el camino por el cual Tú le envíes, si oraren a Ti, dirigiendo su rostro hacia esta ciudad que Tú has escogido, 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 prayers to you turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have put up for your name:

35 escucha Tú desde el cielo su oración y su plegaria, y hazles justicia.

Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

36 Cuando pecaren contra Ti —pues no hay hombre que no peque— y Tú irritado contra ellos los entregares en poder de un enemigo que los lleve cautivos a un país lejano o cercano,

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 prisoners to a land far off or near;

37 y ellos volviendo en sí en el país de su cautiverio se convirtieren y te suplicaren en la tierra de su cautiverio, diciendo: «Hemos pecado, hemos cometido iniquidad, hemos obrado mal»;

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning 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;

38 si de veras se convirtieren a Ti de todo su corazón y con toda su alma en el país de su cautiverio a que fueron llevados cautivos, y oraren mirando hacia la tierra que Tú diste a sus padres, y hacia la ciudad que Tú escogiste, y hacia la Casa que yo he edificado a tu Nombre,

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

39 escucha desde el cielo, desde el lugar de tu morada, su oración y su plegaria; hazles justicia y perdona a tu pueblo los pecados cometidos contra Ti.

Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

40 Estén, oh Dios mío, tus ojos abiertos, y tus oídos atentos a la oración que se haga en este lugar.

Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

41 ¡Y ahora, levántate, oh Yahvé, Dios (y ven) al lugar de tu reposo, Tú y el Arca de tu poderío! ¡Que tus sacerdotes, oh Yahvé Dios, se revistan de salud y tus santos gocen de tus bienes!

Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

42 Yahvé, Dios mío, no rechaces el rostro de tu ungido; acuérdate de las misericordias (otorgadas) a David, tu siervo.”

O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.