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2 Chronicles 6 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 Then Solomon said: “The Lord has promised that he would dwell in a cloud.
1 ENTONCES dijo Salomón: Jehová ha dicho que él habitaría en la oscuridad.
2 But I have built a house to his name, so that he may dwell there forever.”
2 Yo pues he edificado una casa de morada para ti, y una habitación en que mores para siempre.
3 And the king turned his face, and he blessed the entire multitude of Israel, (for the whole crowd was standing and attentive) and he said:
3 Y volviendo el rey su rostro, bendijo á toda la congregación de Israel: y toda la congregación de Israel estaba en pie.
4 “Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, who has completed the work that he spoke to David my father, saying:
4 Y él dijo: Bendito sea Jehová Dios de Israel, el cual con su mano ha cumplido lo que habló por su boca á David mi padre, diciendo:
5 ‘From the day when I led my people away from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city from all the tribes of Israel, so that a house would be built in it to my name. And I did not choose any other man, so that he would be the ruler of my people Israel.
5 Desde el día que saqué mi pueblo de la tierra de Egipto, ninguna ciudad he elegido de todas las tribus de Israel para edificar casa donde estuviese mi nombre, ni he escogido varón que fuese príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel.
6 But I chose Jerusalem, so that my name would be in it. And I chose David, so that I might appoint him over my people Israel.’
6 Mas á Jerusalem he elegido para que en ella esté mi nombre, y á David he elegido para que fuese sobre mi pueblo Israel.
7 And though David, my father, had decided that he would build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel,
7 Y David mi padre tuvo en el corazón edificar casa al nombre de Jehová Dios de Israel.
8 the Lord said to him: ‘In so far as it was your will that you build a house to my name, certainly you have done well in having such a will.
8 Mas Jehová dijo á David mi padre: Respecto á haber tenido en tu corazón edificar casa á mi nombre, bien has hecho en haber tenido esto en tu corazón.
9 But you shall not build the house. Truly, your son, who will go forth from your loins, shall build a house to my name.’
9 Empero tú no edificarás la casa, sino tu hijo que saldrá de tus lomos, él edificará casa á mi nombre.
10 Therefore, the Lord has accomplished his word, which he had spoken. And I have risen up in place of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel, just as the Lord spoke. And I have built a house to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
10 Y Jehová ha cumplido su palabra que había dicho; pues levantéme yo en lugar de David mi padre, y heme sentado en el trono de Israel, como Jehová había dicho, y he edificado casa al nombre de Jehová Dios de Israel.
11 And I have placed in it the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he formed with the sons of Israel.”
11 Y en ella he puesto el arca, en la cual está el pacto de Jehová que concertó con los hijos de Israel.
12 Then he stood before the altar of the Lord, facing the entire multitude of Israel, and he extended his hands.
12 Púsose luego [Salomón] delante del altar de Jehová, en presencia de toda la congregación de Israel, y extendió sus manos.
13 For indeed, Solomon had made a bronze base, and he had positioned it in the midst of the hall; it held five cubits in length, and five cubits in width, and three cubits in height. And he stood upon it. And next, kneeling down while facing the entire multitude of Israel, and lifting up his palms towards heaven,
13 Porque Salomón había hecho un púlpito de metal, de cinco codos de largo, y de cinco codos de ancho, y de altura de tres codos, y lo había puesto en medio del atrio: y púsose sobre él, é hincóse de rodillas delante de toda la congregación de Israel, y extendiendo sus manos al cielo, dijo:
14 he said: “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth. You preserve covenant and mercy with your servants, who walk before you with all their hearts.
14 Jehová Dios de Israel, no hay Dios semejante á ti en el cielo ni en la tierra, que guardas el pacto y la misericordia á tus siervos que caminan delante de ti de todo su corazón;
15 You fulfilled for your servant David, my father, whatsoever you had said to him. And you carried out the deed that you promised with your mouth, just as the present time proves.
15 Que has guardado á tu siervo David mi padre lo que le dijiste: tú lo dijiste de tu boca, mas con tu mano lo has cumplido, como [parece] este día.
16 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfill for your servant David, my father, whatsoever you said to him, saying: ‘There shall not fail to be a man from you before me, who will sit upon the throne of Israel, yet only if your sons will guard their ways, and will walk in my law, just as you also have walked before me.’
16 Ahora pues, Jehová Dios de Israel, guarda á tu siervo David mi padre lo que le has prometido, diciendo: No faltará de ti varón delante de mí, que se siente en el trono de Israel, á condición que tus hijos guarden su camino, andando en mi ley, como tú delante de mí has andado.
17 And now, O Lord God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you spoke to your servant David.
17 Ahora pues, oh Jehová Dios de Israel, verifíquese tu palabra que dijiste á tu siervo David.
18 How then is it to be believed that God would dwell with men upon the earth? If heaven and the heavens of the heavens do not contain you, how much less this house that I have built?
18 Mas ¿es verdad que Dios ha de habitar con el hombre en la tierra? He aquí, los cielos y los cielos de los cielos no pueden contenerte: ¿cuánto menos esta casa que he edificado?
19 But it has been done for this only, so that you may look with favor upon the prayer of your servant, and on his supplication, O Lord my God, and so that you may hear the prayers which your servant pours out before you,
19 Mas tú mirarás á la oración de tu siervo, y á su ruego, oh Jehová Dios mío, para oir el clamor y la oración con que tu siervo ora delante de ti.
20 and so that you may open your eyes over this house, day and night, over the place where you promised that your name would be invoked,
20 Que tus ojos estén abiertos sobre esta casa de día y de noche, sobre el lugar del cual dijiste, Mi nombre estará allí; que oigas la oración con que tu siervo ora en este lugar.
21 and so that you may heed the prayer which your servant is praying within it, and so that you may heed the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel. Whoever will pray in this place, listen from your habitation, that is, from heaven, and forgive.
21 Asimismo que oigas el ruego de tu siervo, y de tu pueblo Israel, cuando en este lugar hicieren oración, que tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu morada: que oigas y perdones.
22 If anyone will have sinned against his neighbor, and he arrives to swear against him, and to bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house,
22 Si alguno pecare contra su prójimo, y él le pidiere juramento haciéndole jurar, y el juramento viniere delante de tu altar en esta casa,
23 you will hear him from heaven, and you will execute justice for your servants, so that you return, to the iniquitous man, his own way upon his own head, and so that you vindicate the just man, repaying him according to his own justice.
23 Tú oirás desde los cielos, y obrarás, y juzgarás á tus siervos, dando la paga al impío, tornándole su proceder sobre su cabeza, y justificando al justo en darle conforme á su justicia.
24 If your people Israel will have been overwhelmed by their enemies, (for they will sin against you) and having been converted will do penance, and if they will have beseeched your name, and will have prayed in this place,
24 Si tu pueblo Israel cayere delante de los enemigos, por haber prevaricado contra ti, y se convirtieren, y confesaren tu nombre, y rogaren delante de ti en esta casa,
25 you will heed them from heaven, and you will forgive the sin of your people Israel, and you will lead them back into the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.
25 Tú oirás desde los cielos, y perdonarás el pecado de tu pueblo Israel, y los volverás á la tierra que diste á ellos y á sus padres.
26 If the heavens have been closed, so that rain does not fall, because of the sin of the people, and if they will petition you in this place, and confess to your name, and be converted from their sins when you will afflict them,
26 Si los cielos se cerraren, que no haya lluvias por haber pecado contra ti, si oraren á ti en este lugar, y confesaren tu nombre, y se convirtieren de sus pecados, cuando los afligieres,
27 heed them from heaven, O Lord, and forgive the sins of your servants and of your people Israel, and teach them the good way, by which they may advance, and give rain to the land that you gave to your people as a possession.
27 Tú [los] oirás en los cielos, y perdonarás el pecado de tus siervos y de tu pueblo Israel, y les enseñarás el buen camino para que anden en él, y darás lluvia sobre tu tierra, la cual diste por heredad á tu pueblo.
28 If a famine will have risen up in the land, or pestilence, or fungus, or mildew, or locusts, or beetles, or if enemies will have laid waste to the countryside and will have besieged the gates of the cities, or whatever scourge or infirmity will have pressed upon them,
28 Y si hubiere hambre en la tierra, ó si hubiere pestilencia, si hubiere tizoncillo ó añublo, langosta ó pulgón; ó si los cercaren sus enemigos en la tierra de su domicilio; cualquiera plaga ó enfermedad que sea;
29 if anyone from your people Israel, knowing his own scourge and infirmity, will have made supplication and will have extended his hands in this house,
29 Toda oración y todo ruego que hiciere cualquier hombre, ó todo tu pueblo Israel, cualquiera que conociere su llaga y su dolor en su corazón, si extendiere sus manos á esta casa,
30 you will heed him from heaven, indeed from your sublime habitation, and you will forgive, and you will repay each one according to his ways, which you know him to hold in his heart. For you alone know the hearts of the sons of men.
30 Tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu habitación, y perdonarás, y darás á cada uno conforme á sus caminos, habiendo conocido su corazón; (porque solo tú conoces el corazón de los hijos de los hombres;)
31 So may they fear you, and so may they walk in your ways, during all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which you gave to our fathers.
31 Para que te teman y anden en tus caminos, todos los días que vivieren sobre la haz de la tierra que tú diste á nuestros padres.
32 Also, if the outsider, who is not from your people Israel, will have arrived from a far away land, because of your great name, and because of your robust hand and your outstretched arm, and if he will adore in this place,
32 Y también al extranjero que no fuere de tu pueblo Israel, que hubiere venido de lejanas tierras á causa de tu grande nombre, y de tu mano fuerte, y de tu brazo extendido, si vinieren, y oraren en esta casa,
33 you will heed him from heaven, your most firm habitation, and you will accomplish all the things about which this sojourner will have called out to you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, and may fear you, just as your people Israel do, and so that they may know that your name is invoked over this house, which I have built.
33 Tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu morada, y harás conforme á todas las cosas por las cuales hubiere clamado á ti 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 sobre esta casa que he edificado yo.
34 If, having gone out to war against their adversaries along the way that you will send them, your people adore you facing in the direction of this city, which you have chosen, and of this house, which I have built to your name,
34 Si tu pueblo saliere á la guerra contra sus enemigos por el camino que tú los enviares, y oraren á ti hacia esta ciudad que tú elegiste, hacia la casa que he edificado á tu nombre,
35 you will heed their prayers from heaven, and their supplications, and you will vindicate them.
35 Tú oirás desde los cielos su oración y su ruego, y ampararás su derecho.
36 But if they will have sinned against you (for there is no man who does not sin) and you will have become angry against them, and if you will have delivered them to their enemies, and so they lead them away as captives to a far away land, or even to one that is near,
36 Si pecaren contra ti, (pues no hay hombre que no peque,) y te airares contra ellos, y los entregares delante de sus enemigos, para que los que los tomaren los lleven cautivos á tierra de enemigos, lejos ó cerca,
37 and if, having been converted in their heart in the land to which they had been led as captives, they will do penance, and beseech you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted unjustly,’
37 Y ellos volvieren en sí en la tierra donde fueren llevados cautivos; si se convirtieren, y oraren á ti en la tierra de su cautividad, y dijeren: Pecamos, hemos hecho inicuamente, impíamente hemos obrado;
38 and if they will have returned to you, with their whole heart and with their whole soul, in the land of their captivity to which they were led away, and if they will adore you in the direction of their own land, which you gave to their fathers, and of the city, which you have chosen, and of the house, which I have built to your name,
38 Si se convirtieren á ti de todo su corazón y de toda su alma en la tierra de su cautividad, donde los hubieren llevado cautivos, y oraren hacia su tierra que tú diste á sus padres, hacia la ciudad que tu elegiste, y hacia la casa que he edificado á tu nombre;
39 from heaven, that is, from your firm habitation, you will heed their prayers, and you will accomplish judgment, and you will forgive your people, even though they are sinners.
39 Tú oirás desde los cielos, desde el lugar de tu morada, su oración y su ruego, y ampararás su causa, y perdonarás á tu pueblo que pecó contra ti.
40 For you are my God. Let your eyes be open, I beg you, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
40 Ahora pues, oh Dios mío, ruégote estén abiertos tus ojos, y atentos tus oídos á la oración en este lugar.
41 Now therefore, rise up, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your holy ones rejoice in what is good.
41 Oh Jehová Dios, levántate ahora para [habitar en] tu reposo, tú y el arca de tu fortaleza; sean, oh Jehová Dios, vestidos de salud tus sacerdotes, y gocen de bien tus santos.
42 O Lord God, may you not turn away from the face of your Christ. Remember the mercies of your servant, David.”
42 Jehová Dios, no hagas volver el rostro de tu ungido: acuérdate de las misericordias de David tu siervo.
Cross references (42)
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- 1 Exodus 20:21; Psalm 18:8–11; Leviticus 16:2; Deuteronomy 4:11; 1 Kings 8:12–50
- 2 2 Chronicles 2:4–6; Psalm 135:21; Revelation 21:3; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 1 Chronicles 28:6
- 3 1 Kings 8:14; 1 Chronicles 16:2; Numbers 6:23–27; Joshua 22:6; Luke 24:50–51
- 4 Psalm 72:18–19; Psalm 68:32–35; Matthew 24:35; Psalm 41:13; Psalm 68:4
- 5 Deuteronomy 12:11; 1 Kings 8:16; Daniel 9:19; 1 Samuel 13:13–14; 2 Samuel 7:6–7
- 6 1 Chronicles 28:4; Psalm 132:13; 2 Chronicles 12:13; Psalm 78:68–70; Psalm 48:1
- 7 1 Kings 5:3; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2–4; 2 Samuel 7:2–3
- 8 2 Corinthians 8:12; 1 Kings 8:18–21; Mark 14:8
- 9 2 Samuel 7:12–13; 1 Chronicles 17:11–12; 1 Chronicles 17:4
- 10 1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Kings 3:6–7; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Ecclesiastes 1:4; 2 Chronicles 1:1
- 11 2 Chronicles 5:10; 2 Chronicles 5:7; 1 Kings 8:21; Hebrews 9:4; 1 Kings 8:9
- 12 Isaiah 50:10; Exodus 9:33; Psalm 63:4; Job 11:13; Psalm 143:6
- 13 1 Kings 8:54; Nehemiah 8:4; Psalm 95:6; Ezra 9:5; 2 Chronicles 4:9
- 14 Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 7:9; Nehemiah 1:5; Psalm 89:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:12
- 15 1 Chronicles 22:9–10; 1 Kings 8:24; 2 Samuel 7:12
- 16 1 Kings 2:4; John 15:14–15; Psalm 132:12; 2 Chronicles 7:18; Psalm 119:1
- 17 Jeremiah 11:5; 2 Samuel 7:25–29; Exodus 24:10; 2 Chronicles 6:14; Isaiah 41:17
- 18 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 139:7–10; 2 Corinthians 12:2; Acts 7:48–49
- 19 1 Kings 8:28; Psalm 130:2; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 20:1–3; John 17:20
- 20 Psalm 34:15; Psalm 121:5; 2 Chronicles 6:6; Daniel 6:10; Nehemiah 1:6
- 21 Micah 7:18; Daniel 9:19; Isaiah 43:25; 2 Chronicles 6:39; 2 Chronicles 30:27
- 22 Exodus 22:11; Numbers 5:19–22; Matthew 23:18; Leviticus 5:1; 1 Kings 8:31–32
- 23 Jeremiah 51:56; Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 2:9–10; Isaiah 3:10–11; Proverbs 17:15
- 24 Leviticus 26:17; Psalm 44:10; Judges 2:11; Deuteronomy 28:25; Nehemiah 9:1–37
- 25 Jeremiah 33:6–13; Joshua 21:43; Genesis 13:15; Psalm 106:40–47; Ezra 1:1–6
- 26 Deuteronomy 28:23; Deuteronomy 11:17; Leviticus 26:19; Proverbs 28:13; Hosea 5:15–6:1
- 27 Zechariah 10:1; Jeremiah 5:24; 1 Kings 8:35–36; Psalm 94:12; Jeremiah 6:16
- 28 Joel 2:25; Ruth 1:1; James 5:13; Revelation 9:3–11; 2 Chronicles 32:1
- 29 2 Chronicles 6:12–13; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 32:2–6; Proverbs 14:10
- 30 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Samuel 16:7; Revelation 2:23; Matthew 16:27; Hebrews 4:13
- 31 1 Samuel 12:24; Psalm 128:1; Acts 9:31; Exodus 20:20; Job 28:28
- 32 Isaiah 56:3–7; 1 Kings 8:41–43; Matthew 8:10–11; John 12:20; Acts 10:1–4
- 33 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 22:27; Isaiah 49:6; 1 Samuel 17:46; Psalm 46:10
- 34 2 Chronicles 20:6–13; Isaiah 14:32; Judges 1:1–2; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Chronicles 14:9–12
- 35 Psalm 9:3–4; Isaiah 37:21–36; Daniel 9:17–19; Jeremiah 5:28
- 36 1 John 1:8–10; James 3:2; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Job 15:14–16; Psalm 143:2
- 37 Luke 15:17–19; Jeremiah 31:18–20; Isaiah 64:6–12; Daniel 9:5–11; Job 33:27–28
- 38 Joel 2:12–13; Deuteronomy 30:2–6; 2 Chronicles 33:11–13; 2 Chronicles 6:34; Daniel 9:3–4
- 39 2 Chronicles 6:35; Psalm 25:18; Micah 7:18–20; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 40 2 Chronicles 7:15; Psalm 116:2; Psalm 17:1; Nehemiah 1:6; Nehemiah 1:11
- 41 Isaiah 61:10; 1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalm 132:8–10; Philippians 3:3; Revelation 19:8
- 42 Isaiah 55:3; Psalm 132:1; Psalm 2:2; Psalm 89:24; Psalm 132:10
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