| 1 Cuando se terminaron todas las obras que el rey Salomón encargó para el templo del Señor, mandó traer las ofrendas de su padre David: la plata, el oro y todos los enseres, y los depositó en el tesoro del templo de Dios. | 1 Then Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had vowed, the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, which he placed in the treasuries of the house of God. |
| 2 Entonces Salomón convocó en Jerusalén a los ancianos de Israel, a todos los jefes de las tribus y a los cabeza de familia de los hijos de Israel para transportar el Arca de la Alianza del Señor desde la Ciudad de David, es decir, Sión. | 2 After this, he gathered together those greater by birth of Israel, and all the leaders of the tribes, and the heads of the families, from the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem, so that they might bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David, which is Zion. |
| 3 Todos los israelitas se congregaron en torno al rey en la fiesta del mes séptimo. | 3 And so, all the men of Israel went to the king, on the solemn day of the seventh month. |
| 4 Cuando llegaron los ancianos de Israel, los levitas cargaron con el Arca. | 4 And when all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites carried the ark, |
| 5 Los sacerdotes levitas llevaron el Arca, la Tienda del Encuentro y todos los utensilios del santuario que había en la Tienda. | 5 and they brought it in, along with all the equipment of the tabernacle. Then too, the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle. |
| 6 El rey Salomón y toda la comunidad de Israel reunida en torno a él sacrificaron ante el Arca ovejas y bueyes en número incalculable e incontable. | 6 Now king Solomon, and the entire assembly of Israel, and all who had gathered together before the ark, were immolating rams and oxen without any number, for so great was the multitude of the victims. |
| 7 Los sacerdotes llevaron el Arca de la Alianza del Señor a su sitio, a la cámara del Santo de los Santos, situado bajo las alas de los querubines; | 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim, |
| 8 los querubines extendían sus alas sobre el lugar del Arca, y cubrían el Arca y las andas por encima. | 8 so that the cherubim extended their wings over the place where the ark was positioned, and they covered the ark itself and its bars. |
| 9 Las andas se alargaban hasta dejar ver sus extremos desde la nave, delante de la cámara, pero no desde fuera. (Han estado allí hasta el día de hoy). | 9 But concerning the bars by which the ark was carried, because they were a little longer, the ends were able to be seen before the oracle. Yet truly, if anyone were a little ways toward the exterior, he would not be able to see them. And so the ark has been in that place, even to the present day. |
| 10 En el Arca tan solo estaban las dos tablas puestas por Moisés en el Horeb, cuando el Señor pactó con los hijos de Israel al salir de Egipto. | 10 And there was nothing else in the ark, except the two tablets, which Moses had placed there at Horeb when the Lord gave the law to the sons of Israel, at the departure from Egypt. |
| 11 Cuando los sacerdotes salieron del santuario (pues todos los sacerdotes presentes, sin distinción de clases, se habían purificado), | 11 And having gone out from the Sanctuary, the priests (for all the priests who were able to be found there were sanctified, and in that time the turns and orders of the ministries had not yet been divided among them) |
| 12 los levitas cantores —Asaf, Hemán, Yedutún, sus hijos y sus hermanos—, vestidos de lino fino, con platillos, arpas y cítaras, estaban de pie al este del altar, acompañados de ciento veinte sacerdotes que tocaban las trompetas. | 12 with both the Levites and the singing men, that is, those who were under Asaph, and those who were under Heman, and those who were under Jeduthun, with their sons and brothers, clothed in fine linen, sounded out with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, standing toward the eastern side of the altar. And with them were one hundred twenty priests, sounding out with trumpets. |
| 13 Trompeteros y cantores entonaron al unísono la alabanza y la acción de gracias al Señor; cuando ellos elevaban la voz —al son de trompetas, platillos y de instrumentos musicales para alabar al Señor «porque es bueno, porque es eterna su misericordia»—, una nube llenó el templo, el templo del Señor. | 13 And when they all sounded out together, with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and pipes, and with various kinds of musical instruments, lifting their voice on high, the sound was heard from far away, so that when they had begun to praise the Lord, and to say, “Confess to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is eternal,” the house of God was filled with a cloud. |
| 14 Los sacerdotes no pudieron seguir oficiando, porque la gloria del Señor había llenado el templo de Dios. | 14 Neither were the priests able to stand and to minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. |
