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1 Entonces congregó Salomón a los ancianos de Israel en Jerusalén para hacer subir el arca de la alianza de Yahveh desde la ciudad de David, que es Sión.	1 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.
2 Se reunieron junto al rey Salomón todos los hombres de Israel, en el mes de Etanim, (que es el mes séptimo) en la fiesta,	2 And all of Israel assembled before king Solomon, on the solemn day in the month of Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
3 y los sacerdotes llevaron el arca,	3 And all the elders of Israel arrived, and the priests took up the ark.
4 y la Tienda del Encuentro, con todos los objetos sagrados que había en la Tienda.	4 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.
5 El rey Salomón y todo Israel con él sacrificaron ante el arca ovejas y bueyes en número incalculable e innumerable.	5 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.
6 Los sacerdotes llevaron el arca de la alianza de Yahveh a su sitio, al Debir de la Casa, en el Santo de los Santos, bajo las alas de los querubines,	6 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.
7 porque los querubines extendían las alas por encima del sitio del arca, cubriendo los querubines el arca y su varales por encima.	7 For indeed, the cherubim extended their wings over the place of the ark, and they protected the ark and its bars from above.
8 Los varales eran tan largos que se veían sus puntas desde el Santo, desde la parte anterior del Debir, pero no se veían desde fuera. Están allí hasta el día de hoy.	8 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.
9 En el arca no había nada más que las dos tablas de piedra que Moisés hizo poner en ella, en el Horeb, las tablas de la alianza que pactó Yahveh con los israelitas cuando salieron de la tierra de Egipto.	9 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.
10 Al salir los sacerdotes del Santo, la nube llenó la Casa de Yahveh.	10 Then it happened that, when the priests had exited from the Sanctuary, a cloud filled the house of the Lord.
11 Y los sacerdotes no pudieron continuar en el servicio a causa de la nube, porque la gloria de Yahveh llenaba la Casa de Yahveh.	11 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.
12 Entonces Salomón dijo: «Yahveh quiere habitar en densa nube.	12 Then Solomon said: “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a cloud.
13 He querido erigirte una morada un lugar donde habites para siempre».	13 Building, I have built a house as your dwelling place, your most firm throne forever.”
14 Se volvió el rey y bendijo a toda la asamblea de Israel mientras que toda la asamblea de Israel estaba en pie.	14 And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire assembly of Israel. For the entire assembly of Israel was standing.
15 El dijo: «Bendito sea Yahveh, Dios de Israel, que habló por su boca a mi padre David y ha cumplido por su mano lo que dijo:	15 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 en que saqué de Egipto a mi pueblo Israel no he elegido ninguna ciudad entre todas las tribus de Israel para edificar una Casa en la que esté mi Nombre, pero he elegido a David para que esté al frente de mi pueblo Israel.”	16 ‘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.’
17 Mi padre David pensó en su corazón edificar una Casa al Nombre de Yahveh, Dios de Israel,	17 And my father David wanted to build a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
18 pero Yahveh dijo a David mi padre: “Cuanto a haber pensado en tu corazón edificar una Casa a mi Nombre, bien has hecho en tener tal voluntad,	18 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.
19 pero no edificarás tú la Casa, sino que un hijo tuyo, salido de tus entrañas, ése será quien edifique la Casa a mi Nombre.”	19 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.’
20 Yahveh ha cumplido la promesa que dijo; he sucedido a mi padre David, me he sentado sobre el trono de Israel, como Yahveh había dicho, y he construido la Casa al Nombre de Yahveh, Dios de Israel,	20 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.
21 y he señalado en ella un lugar al arca en que está la alianza que Yahveh pactó con nuestros padres cuando los sacó de la tierra de Egipto».	21 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.”
22 Salomón se puso ante el altar de Yahveh en presencia de toda la asamblea de Israel; extendió sus manos al cielo	22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward heaven.
23 y dijo: «Yahveh, Dios de Israel, no hay Dios como tú en lo alto de los cielos ni abajo sobre la tierra, tú que guardas la alianza y el amor a tus siervos que andan en tu presencia con todo su corazón,	23 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.
24 tú que has mantenido a mi padre David la promesa que le hiciste, pues por tu boca lo prometiste y por tu mano lo has cumplido este día.	24 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 this day proves.
25 Ahora, pues, Yahveh, Dios de Israel, mantén a tu siervo David mi padre la promesa que le hiciste deciéndole: “ Nunca será quitado de mi presencia uno de los tuyos que se siente en el trono de Israel, con tal que tus hijos guarden su camino andando en mi presencia como has andado tú delante de mí.”	25 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.’
26 Ahora, Dios de Israel, que se cumpla la palabra que dijiste a tu siervo David, mi padre.	26 And now, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, my father.
27 ¿Es que verdaderamente habitará Dios con los hombres sobre la tierra? Si los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no pueden contenerte, ¡cuánto menos esta Casa que yo te he construido!	27 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?
28 Atiende a la plegaria de tu siervo y a su petición, Yahveh Dios mío, y escucha el clamor y la plegaria que tu siervo hace hoy en tu presencia,	28 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,
29 que tus ojos estén abiertos día y noche sobre esta Casa, sobre este lugar del que dijiste: “En él estará mi Nombre”; escucha la oración que tu servidor te dirige en este lugar.	29 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.
30 «Oye, pues, la plegaria de tu siervo y de tu pueblo Israel cuando oren en este lugar. Escucha tú desde el lugar de tu morada, desde el cielo, escucha y perdona.	30 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 un hombre peque contra su prójimo y éste pronuncie una imprecación sobre él haciéndole jurar delante de tu altar en esta Casa,	31 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,
32 escucha tú desde los cielos y obra; juzga a tus siervos, declarando culpable al malo, para hacer recaer su conducta sobre su cabeza y declarando inocente al justo para darle según su justicia.	32 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 tu pueblo Israel sea batido por su enemigo por haber pecado contra ti, si se vuelven a ti y alaban tu Nombre, orando y suplicando ante ti en esta Casa,	33 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,
34 escucha tú desde los cielos y perdona el pecado de tu pueblo Israel y vuélvelos a la tierra que diste a sus padres.	34 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 los cielos estén cerrados y no haya lluvia porque pecaron contra ti, si oran en este lugar y alaban tu Nombre y se convierten de su pecado porque les humillaste,	35 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,
36 escucha tú desde los cielos y perdona el pecado de tu siervo y de tu pueblo Israel, pues les enseñarás el camino bueno por el que deberán andar, y envía lluvia sobre tu tierra, la que diste a tu pueblo en herencia.	36 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 el país, cuando haya peste, tizón, añublo, langosta o pulgón, cuando su enemigo le asedie en una de sus puertas, en todo azote y toda emfermedad,	37 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,
38 si un hombre cualquiera, experimentando remordimiento en su corazón, eleva cualquier plegaria o cualquier súplica y extiende las manos hacia esta Casa,	38 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,
39 escucha tú desde los cielos, lugar de tu morada, perdona y da a cada uno según sus caminos, pues tú conoces su corazón y sólo tú conoces el corazón de todos los hijos de los hombres,	39 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.
40 para que te teman todos los días que vivan sobre la faz de la tierra que has dado a nuestros padres.	40 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 al extranjero que no es de tu pueblo Israel, al que viene de un país lejano a causa de tu Nombre,	41 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 porque oirá hablar de tu gran Nombre, de tu mano fuerte y de tu tenso brazo, y vendrá a orar a esta Casa,	42 and your outstretched arm everywhere: so when he arrives and prays in this place,
43 escucha tú desde los cielos, lugar de tu morada, y haz según cuanto te pida el extranjero, para que todos los pueblos de la tierra conozcan tu Nombre y te teman como tu pueblo Israel, y sepan que tu Nombre es invocado en esta Casa que yo he construido.	43 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 «Si tu pueblo va a la guerra contra su enemigo por el camino por el que tú le envíes, y suplican a Yahveh vueltos hacia la ciudad que has elegido y hacia la Casa que yo he construido para tu Nombre,	44 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.
45 escucha tú desde los cielos su oración y su plegaria y hazles justicia.	45 And you will hear in heaven their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish judgment for them.
46 Cuando pequen contra ti, pues no hay hombre que no peque, y tú irritado contra ellos los entregues al enemigo, y sus conquistadores los lleven al país enemigo, lejano o próximo,	46 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,
47 si se convierten en su corazón en la tierra a que hayan sido llevados, si se arrepienten y te suplican en la tierra de sus deportadores diciendo: “Hemos pecado, hemos sido perversos, somos culpables”,	47 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,’
48 si se vuelven a ti con todo su corazón y con toda su alma en el país de los enemigos que los deportaron, y te suplican vueltos hacia la tierra que tú diste a sus padres y hacia la ciudad que has elegido y hacia la Casa que he edificado a tu Nombre,	48 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:
49 escucha tú desde los cielos, lugar de tu morada,	49 you will hear in heaven, in the firmament of your throne, their prayers and their petitions. And you will accomplish their judgment.
50 y perdona a tu pueblo, que ha pecado contra ti, todas las rebeliones con que te han traicionado, y concédeles que hallen compasión entre sus deportadores para que éstos les tengan piedad,	50 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.
51 porque son tu pueblo y tu heredad, los que sacaste de Egipto, de en medio del crisol del hierro.	51 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.
52 «Que tus ojos estén abiertos a las súplicas de tu siervo y a la súplica de tu pueblo Israel, para escuchar todos sus clamores hacia ti.	52 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.
53 Porque tú los separaste para ti como herencia tuya de entre todos los pueblos de la tierra, como dijiste por boca de Moisés tu siervo cuando sacaste a nuestros padres de Egiptko, Señor Yahveh».	53 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.”
54 Cuando Salomón acabó de dirigir a Yahveh toda esta plegaria y esta súplica, se levantó de delante del altar de Yahveh, del lugar donde se había arrodillado con las manos extendidas hacia el cielo,	54 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.
55 y se puso de pie para bendecir a toda la asamblea de Israel, diciendo en alta voz:	55 Then he stood and blessed the entire assembly of Israel in a great voice, saying:
56 «Bendito sea Yahveh que ha dado reposo a su pueblo Israel, según todas sus promesas; no ha fallado ninguna de las palabras de bien que dijo por boca de Moisés su siervo.	56 “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.
57 Que Yahveh, nuestro Dios, esté con nosotros como estuvo con nuestros padres, que no nos abandone ni nos rechace.	57 May the Lord our God be with us, just as he was with our fathers, not abandoning us, and not rejecting us.
58 Que incline nuestros corazones hacia él para que andemos según todos sus caminos y guardemos todos los mandamientos, los decretos y las sentencias que ordenó a nuestros padres.	58 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 con que he suplicado ante Yahveh permanezcan día y noche junto a Yahveh, nuestro Dios, para que dé lo justo a su siervo y justicia a su pueblo Israel, según las necesidades de cada día,	59 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.
60 para que todos los pueblos de la tierra sepan que Yahveh es Dios y no hay otro,	60 So may all the peoples of the earth know that the Lord himself is God, and there is no other beside him.
61 y vuestros corazones estarán enteramente con Yahveh, nuestro Dios, para caminar según sus decretos y para guardar sus mandamientos como hoy».	61 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.”
62 El rey, y todo Israel con él, ofrecieron sacrificios ante Yahveh.	62 Then the king, and all of Israel with him, immolated victims before the Lord.
63 Salomón sacrificó, como sacrificios de comunión que ofreció en sacrificio a Yahveh, 22.000 bueyes y 120.000 ovejas; así inauguraron la Casa de Yahveh el rey y todos los hijos de Israel.	63 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.
64 Aquel día consagró el rey el interior del patio que está delante de la Casa de Yahveh, pues ofreció allí el holocausto, la oblación y las grasas de los sacrificios de comunión, porque el altar de bronce que estaba ante Yahveh era demasiado pequeño para contener el holocausto, la oblación y las grasas de los sacrificios de comunión.	64 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.
65 En aquella ocasión celebró Salomón la fiesta con todos los israelitas en magna asamblea desde la entrada de Jamat hasta el torrente de Egipto, ante Yahveh nuestro Dios, durante siete días.	65 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.
66 El día octavo despidió al pueblo. Bendijeron al rey y se fueron a sus tiendas, gozosos y con el corazón alegre por todo el bien que Yahveh había hecho a su siervo David y a su pueblo Israel.	66 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.