2 Chronicles 7

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1 And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers, fire descended from heaven, and it devoured the holocausts and the victims. And the majesty of the Lord filled the house.	1 Cuando Salomón acabó de orar, bajó fuego del cielo que devoró el holocausto y los sacrificios; y la gloria de Yahveh llenó la Casa.
2 Neither were the priests able to enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.	2 Los sacerdotes no podían entrar en la Casa de Yahveh, porque la gloria de Yahveh llenaba la Casa de Yahveh.
3 Moreover, all the sons of Israel saw the fire descending, and the glory of the Lord upon the house. And falling prone upon the ground, on the layer of pavement stones, they adored and praised the Lord: “For he is good. For his mercy is everlasting.”	3 Entonces todos los hijos de Israel, viendo descender el fuego y la gloria de Yahveh sobre la Casa, se postraron rostro en tierra sobre el pavimento y adoraron y alabaron a Yahveh «porque es bueno, porque es eterno su amor».
4 Then the king and all the people were immolating victims before the Lord.	4 Luego el rey y todo el pueblo ofrecieron sacrificios ante Yahveh.
5 And so, king Solomon slaughtered victims: twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand rams. And the king and the entire people dedicated the house of God.	5 El rey Salomón ofreció en sacrificio 22.000 bueyes y 120.000 ovejas. Así inauguraron la Casa de Dios el rey y todo el pueblo.
6 Then the priests and the Levites were standing in their offices, with the instruments of music for the Lord, which king David made in order to praise the Lord: “For his mercy is eternal.” And they were playing the hymns of David with their hands. And the priests were sounding out with trumpets before them, and all of Israel was standing.	6 Los sacerdotes atendían a su ministerio, mientras los levitas glorificaban a Yahveh con los instrumentos que el rey David fabricó para acompañar los cánticos de Yahveh, «porque es eterno su amor», ejecutando los cánticos compuestos por David. Los sacerdotes estaban delante de ellos tocando las trompetas, y todo Israel se mantenía en pie.
7 Also, Solomon sanctified the middle of the atrium in front of the temple of the Lord. For he had offered the holocausts and the fat of peace offerings in that place because the bronze altar, which he had made, had not been able to support the holocausts and the sacrifices and the fat.	7 Salomón consagró el interior del patio, que está delante de la Casa de Yahveh, pues ofreció allí los holocaustos y las grasas de los sacrificios de comunión, ya que el altar de bronce que había hecho Salomón no podía contener el holocausto, la oblación y las grasas.
8 Therefore, Solomon kept the solemnity, at that time, for seven days, and all of Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath, even to the torrent of Egypt.	8 Entonces Salomón celebró la fiesta durante siete días y con él todo Israel, en magna asamblea, venida desde la Entrada de Jamat hasta el Torrente de Egipto.
9 And on the eighth day, he held a solemn gathering, because he had dedicated the altar over seven days, and he had celebrated the solemnity over seven days.	9 El día octavo tuvo lugar la asamblea solemne, pues habían hecho la dedicación del altar por siete días, de manera que la fiesta duró siete días.
10 And so, on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he dismissed the people to their dwellings, joyful and glad over the good that the Lord had done for David, and for Solomon, and for his people Israel.	10 El día veintitrés del mes séptimo, Salomón envió al pueblo a sus tiendas alegre y contento en su corazón por el bien que Yahveh había hecho a David, a Salomón y a su pueblo Israel.
11 And Solomon completed the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and all that he had resolved in his heart to do for the house of the Lord, and for his own house. And he prospered.	11 Acabó Salomón la Casa de Yahveh y la casa del rey y llevó a cabo todo cuanto se había propuesto hacer en la Casa de Yahveh y en su propia casa.
12 Then the Lord appeared to him by night, and said: “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.	12 Aparecióse entonces Yahveh a Salomón por la noche y le dijo: «He oído tu oración, y me he elegido este lugar como Casa de sacrificio.
13 If I close up heaven, so that no rain will fall, or if I order and instruct the locust to devour the land, or if I send a pestilence among my people,	13 Si yo cierro el cielo y no llueve, si yo mando a la langosta devorar la tierra, o envío la peste entre mi pueblo;
14 and if my people, over whom my name has been invoked, being converted, will have petitioned me and sought my face, and will have done penance for their wicked ways, then I will heed them from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.	14 y mi pueblo, sobre el cual es invocado mi Nombre, se humilla, orando y buscando mi rostro, y se vuelven de sus malos caminos, yo les oiré desde los cielos, perdonaré su pecado y sanaré su tierra.
15 Also, my eyes will be open, and my ears will be attentive, to the prayer of him who shall pray in this place.	15 Mis ojos estarán abiertos, y mis oídos atentos a la oración que se haga en este lugar;
16 For I have chosen and sanctified this place, so that my name may be there continually, and so that my eyes and my heart may remain there, for all days.	16 pues ahora he escogido y santificado esta Casa, para que en ella permanezca mi Nombre por siempre. Allí estarán mis ojos y mi corazón todos los días.
17 And as for you, if you will walk before me, just as your father David walked, and if you will act in accord with all that I have instructed you, and if you will observe my justices and judgments,	17 Y en cuanto a ti, si andas en mi presencia como anduvo tu padre David, haciendo todo lo que he mandado y guardando mis decretos y mis sentencias,
18 I will raise up the throne of your kingdom, just as I promised to your father David, saying: ‘There shall not be taken away a man from your stock who will be ruler in Israel.’	18 afianzaré el trono de tu realeza como pacté con tu padre David diciendo: “No te faltará un hombre que domine en Israel.”
19 But if you will have turned away, and will have forsaken my justices and my precepts, which I have set before you, and going astray, you serve strange gods, and you adore them,	19 Pero si os apartáis, abandonando los decretos y los mandamientos que os he dado, y vais a servir a otros dioses, postrándoos ante ellos,
20 I will uproot you from my land, which I gave to you, and from this house, which I sanctified to my name, and I will cast it away from before my face, and I will deliver it to be a parable and an example for all the peoples.	20 os arrancaré de mi tierra que os he dado; arrojaré de mi presencia esta Casa que yo he consagrado a mi Nombre y la haré objeto de proverbio y de escarnio entre todos los pueblos.
21 And this house will be like a proverb to all who pass by. And being astonished, they shall say: ‘Why has the Lord acted this way toward this land and toward this house?’	21 Y esta Casa que es tan sublime vendrá a ser el espanto de todos los que pasen cerca de ella, de modo que dirán: “¿Por qué ha hecho así Yahveh a esta tierra y a esta Casa?”
22 And they shall respond: ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who led them away from the land of Egypt, and they took hold of foreign gods, and they adored and worshipped them. Therefore, all these evils have overwhelmed them.’ ”	22 Y se responderá: “Porque abandonaron a Yahveh, el Dios de sus padres que los sacó de la tierra de Egipto, y han seguido a otros dioses, se han postrado ante ellos y les han servido; por eso ha hecho venir sobre ellos todo este mal.”»