2 Chronicles · Free Bible Version
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1 Then Solomon spoke, “The Lord said that he lives in deep darkness.
1 ENTONCES dijo Salomón: Jehová ha dicho que él habitaría en la oscuridad.
1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 However, I have built you a magnificent Temple, a place for you to live forever.”
2 Yo pues he edificado una casa de morada para ti, y una habitación en que mores para siempre.
2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
3 Then the king turned and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, as they all stood.
3 Y volviendo el rey su rostro, bendijo á toda la congregación de Israel: y toda la congregación de Israel estaba en pie.
3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
4 He said, “Praise the Lord God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father David when he said,
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:
4 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
5 ‘Ever since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a town from any tribe of Israel where a Temple could be built to honor me, and I have not chosen anyone to be ruler over 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.
5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel;
6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem so that I will be honored there, and I have chosen David to rule 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.
6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
7 My father David really wanted to build this Temple to honor the Lord, the God of Israel.
7 Y David mi padre tuvo en el corazón edificar casa al nombre de Jehová Dios de Israel.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
8 But the Lord told my father David, ‘You really wanted to build me a Temple to honor me—and it was good for you to want to do this.
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.
8 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
9 But you are not going to build the Temple. Your son, one of your children, will build the Temple to honor me.’
9 Empero tú no edificarás la casa, sino tu hijo que saldrá de tus lomos, él edificará casa á mi nombre.
9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
10 Now the Lord has kept the promise he made. For I have taken the place of my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel as the Lord said, and I have built the Temple to honor the Lord 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.
10 “Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
11 I have placed the Ark there, which has inside it the agreement the Lord made 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.
11 There I have set the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”
12 Then Solomon stood in front of the altar of the Lord before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands in prayer.
12 Púsose luego [Salomón] delante del altar de Jehová, en presencia de toda la congregación de Israel, y extendió sus manos.
12 He stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands
13 Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. He had set it in the middle of the courtyard, and he was standing on it. Then he knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward 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:
13 (for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven).
14 He said, “Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth, keeping your agreement of trustworthy love with your servants who follow you with complete devotion.
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;
14 Then he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
15 You have kept the promise you made to your servant, my father David. With your own mouth you made that promise, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.
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.
15 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
16 So now, Lord God of Israel, please keep the promise you made to your servant David, my father, when you told him, ‘If your descendants pay close attention to follow my way, and to keep my law as you have done, you will never fail to have one of them to sit on the throne of Israel.’
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.
16 “Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
17 Now, Lord God of Israel, please fulfill this promise you made to your servant David.
17 Ahora pues, oh Jehová Dios de Israel, verifíquese tu palabra que dijiste á tu siervo David.
17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
18 But will God really live here on earth among people? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple 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?
18 “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
19 Please listen to the prayer of your servant and his request, Lord my God. Please hear the appeals and the prayers that your servant is presenting 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.
19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
20 May you watch over this Temple day and night, caring for the place where you said you would be honored. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place,
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.
20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name, to listen to the prayer which your servant will pray toward this place.
21 and hear the request of your servant and your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Please hear from heaven where you live. May you hear 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.
21 Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
22 When someone sins against another and is required to take an oath declaring the truth before your altar in this Temple,
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,
22 “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
23 listen from heaven, act and judge your servants. Pay back the guilty; vindicate and reward those who do right.
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.
23 then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
24 When your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they come back in repentance to you, praying for forgiveness in this Temple,
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,
24 “If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house,
25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave them and their forefathers.
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.
25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
26 If the skies are closed shut and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and if they come back in repentance to you, turning away from their sin because you have punished 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,
26 “When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
27 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way so that they can follow it, and please send rain on the land that you have given to your people to own.
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.
27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
28 If there is famine in the land, or disease, or blight or mildew on the crops, or if there are locusts or caterpillars, or if an enemy comes to lay siege to the towns in the land—it can be whatever kind of plague or whatever kind of disease—
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;
28 “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—
29 then whatever kind of prayer or whatever kind of appeal is made by anyone or all your people Israel, in fact anyone who, knowing their problems and pains, prays toward this Temple,
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,
29 whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands toward this house,
30 then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and forgive. Give according to the way they live their lives, for you know what people are really like inside, and you alone know the true character of people.
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;)
30 then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men),
31 Then they will respect you and follow your ways all the time they live in the land you gave to our forefathers.
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.
31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
32 As for the foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel but who come from a distant land, having heard of your great nature and power and ability to help, when they come and pray toward this Temple,
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,
32 “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,
33 then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and give them what they're asking. That way, everyone on earth will come to know and respect you, just as your own people Israel do. They will also know that this Temple I have built honors you.
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.
33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
34 When your people go to fight against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you towards the city you have chosen and the house I have built to honor you,
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,
34 “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
35 then hear from heaven what they are praying and asking for, and support their cause.
35 Tú oirás desde los cielos su oración y su ruego, y ampararás su derecho.
35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
36 If they sin against you—and there is nobody who does not sin—you may become angry with them and hand them over to an enemy who takes them away as prisoners to a foreign land, near or far.
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,
36 “If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
37 But if they think again in their land of captivity and repent and plead for mercy from you, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly,’
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;
37 yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’
38 and they come back to you with complete sincerity in their thoughts and attitudes there in their land of captivity; and they pray towards the land you gave their forefathers and the city you chose and the Temple I have built to honor you,
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;
38 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
39 then hear from heaven, the place where you live, and respond and support their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.
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.
39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
40 Now my God, please open your eyes, and may your ears pay attention to the prayers offered in this place.
40 Ahora pues, oh Dios mío, ruégote estén abiertos tus ojos, y atentos tus oídos á la oración en este lugar.
40 “Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
41 ‘Come, Lord, and enter your home, together with your Ark of power. May your priests wear salvation like clothing; may your faithful people shout for joy in your goodness.
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.
41 “Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
42 Lord God, don't reject the king you have chosen. Remember your trustworthy love for your servant David.’”
42 Jehová Dios, no hagas volver el rostro de tu ungido: acuérdate de las misericordias de David tu siervo.
42 “Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”
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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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