1 أخبار 17

١ 1 وَبَعْدَ أَنِ اسْتَقَرَّ الْمَقَامُ بِدَاوُدَ فِي قَصْرِهِ قَالَ لِنَاثَانَ النَّبِيِّ: «أَنَا أَسْكُنُ فِي قَصْرٍ مَبْنِيٍّ مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ بَيْنَمَا تَابُوتُ عَهْدِ الرَّبِّ لَا يَزَالُ فِي خَيْمَةٍ».

After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

٢ 2 فَأَجَابَ نَاثَانُ: «اصْنَعْ مَا يُحَدِّثُكَ بِهِ قَلْبُكَ لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مَعَكَ».

And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

٣ 3 وَلَكِنْ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ نَاثَانَ:

But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

٤ 4 «تَوَجَّهْ إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي وَبَلِّغْهُ هَذَا مَا يَقُولُهُ الرَّبُّ: لَسْتَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَبْنِي لِي بَيْتاً،

“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

٥ 5 فَأَنَا لَمْ أَسْكُنْ فِي بَيْتٍ مُنْذُ أَنْ أَخْرَجْتُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، بَلْ كُنْتُ أَنْتَقِلُ مِنْ خَيْمَةٍ إِلَى خَيْمَةٍ، وَمِنْ مَسْكَنٍ إِلَى مَسْكَنٍ.

For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.

٦ 6 فَهَلْ فِي أَثْنَاءِ مُرَافَقَتِي لإِسْرَائِيلَ طَالَبْتُ وَلَوْ بِكَلِمَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ أَحَدَ قُضَاتِهِمِ الَّذِينَ أَوْكَلْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ رِعَايَةَ شَعْبِي، قَائِلاً: لِمَاذَا لَمْ تَبْنُوا لِي بَيْتاً مِنْ خَشَبِ الأَرْزِ؟

In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

٧ 7 وَالآنَ هَذَا مَا تَقُولُهُ لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ: يَقُولُ لَكَ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرُ: لَقَدِ اخْتَرْتُكَ مِنَ الْمَرْبَضِ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الأَغْنَامِ لأَجْعَلَكَ مَلِكاً عَلى شَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

٨ 8 وَرَافَقْتُكَ حَيْثُمَا تَوَجَّهْتَ، وَأَفْنَيْتُ جَمِيعَ أَعْدَائِكَ مِنْ أَمَامِكَ، وَجَعَلْتُ اسْمَكَ يَتَعَظَّمُ مِثْلَ عُظَمَاءِ الأَرْضِ،

I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

٩ 9 وَخَصَّصْتُ لِشَعْبِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْضاً يَسْتَقِرُّ فِيهَا، فَاسْتَوْطَنَهَا لَا يَتَزَحْزَحُ مِنْهَا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي وُسْعِ أَبْنَاءِ الإِثْمِ اضْطِهَادُهُ كَمَا حَدَثَ سَابِقاً.

And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

١٠ 10 وَمُنْذُ أَنْ أَقَمْتُ قُضَاةً يَحْكُمُونَ شَعْبِي. لَقَدْ قَهَرْتُ جَمِيعَ أَعْدَائِكَ؛ وَالآنَ أُخْبِرُكَ أَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيَجْعَلُ ذُرِّيَّتَكَ مُلُوكاً لإِسْرَائِيلَ.

and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.

١١ 11 فَعِنْدَمَا يَحِينُ الأَوَانُ لِتَلْتَحِقَ بِآبَائِكَ، أَخْتَارُ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ ابْناً مِنْ نَسْلِكَ لِيَخْلُفَكَ، وَأُرَسِّخُ مَمْلَكَتَهُ.

And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

١٢ 12 وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُشَيِّدُ لِي بَيْتاً، وَأَنَا أُرَسِّخُ عَرْشَهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ.

He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

١٣ 13 أَنَا أَكُونُ لَهُ أَباً وَهُوَ يَكُونُ لِيَ ابْناً، وَلَنْ أَحْرِمَهُ مِنْ رَحْمَتِي كَمَا حَرَمْتُ مِنْهَا شَاوُلَ،

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

١٤ 14 بَلْ أُثَبِّتُهُ فِي بَيْتِي وَمَلَكُوتِي، وَلا يَتَزَعْزَعُ عَرْشُهُ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».

But I will set him over My house and My kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.”

١٥ 15 فَأَبْلَغَ نَاثَانُ دَاوُدَ كُلَّ الْكَلامِ الَّذِي سَمِعَهُ فِي الرُّؤْيَا.

So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.

١٦ 16 فَمَثَلَ الْمَلِكُ دَاوُدُ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ أَنَا أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ، وَمَا هِيَ مَكَانَةُ عَائِلَتِي، حَتَّى رَفَعْتَنِي إِلَى هَذَا الْمُسْتَوَى؟

Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

١٧ 17 وَكَأَنَّ مَا اسْبَغْتَهُ عَلَيَّ قَلَّ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ، فَتَحَدَّثْتَ عَنْ مُسْتَقْبَلِ ذُرِّيَّةِ عَبْدِكَ، وَعَامَلْتَنِي أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ الإِلَهُ وَكَأَنَّنِي أَعْظَمُ الرِّجَالِ شَأْناً!

And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.

١٨ 18 فَمَاذَا يُمْكِنُ لِدَاوُدَ عَبْدِكَ أَنْ يُضِيفَ مِنْ عِبَارَاتِ الشُّكْرِ لَكَ عَلَى مَا أَكْرَمْتَهُ بِهِ، وَأَنْتَ تَعْرِفُ عَبْدَكَ عَلَى حَقِيقَتِهِ؟

What more can David say to You for so honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,

١٩ 19 يَا رَبُّ، لَقَدْ صَنَعْتَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ الْعَظَائِمِ مِنْ أَجْلِ عَبْدِكَ وَبِمُقْتَضَى إِرَادَتِكَ لِتُعْلِنَ عَجَائِبَكَ.

O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.

٢٠ 20 يَا رَبُّ لَيْسَ لَكَ نَظِيرٌ وَلا إِلَهَ سِوَاكَ بِمُوْجِبِ مَا سَمِعْنَاهُ بِآذَانِنَا.

O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

٢١ 21 وَأَيَّةُ أُمَّةٍ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ مِثْلُ شَعْبِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَذِهِ الأُمَّهُ الَّتِي خَرَجْتَ بِنَفْسِكَ لِتَفْتَدِيَهَا، لِتُذِيعَ اسْمَكَ بِفَضْلِ مَا تُجْرِيهِ مِنْ آيَاتٍ وَعَجَائِبَ مُذْهِلَةٍ، إِذْ طَرَدْتَ أُمَماً مِنْ أَمَامِهِمْ، بَعْدَ أَنِ افْتَدَيْتَهُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِ مِصْرَ،

And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.

٢٢ 22 وَجَعَلْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ شَعْباً لَكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، وَصِرْتَ أَنْتَ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهاً لَهُمْ.

For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

٢٣ 23 وَالآنَ يَا رَبُّ لِيَتِمَّ وَعْدُكَ الَّذِي وَعَدْتَ بِهِ عَبْدَكَ وذُرِّيَّتَهُ، وَحَقِّقْهُ كَمَا تَعَهَّدْتَ.

And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,

٢٤ 24 وَلْيَثْبُتِ اسْمُكَ وَيَتَعَظَّمْ إِلَى الأَبَدِ حَتَّى يُقَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّبَّ الْقَدِيرَ إِلَهَ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُوَ حَقّاً اللهُ مَعْبُودُ إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَلْتَدُمْ ذُرِّيَّةُ عَبْدِكَ أَمَامَكَ،

so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

٢٥ 25 لأَنَّكَ يَا إِلهِي أَعْلَنْتَ لِي عَزْمَكَ عَلَى تَثْبِيتِ ذُرِّيَّتِي عَلَى عَرْشِ الْمُلْكِ، لِهَذَا ارْتَأَى عَبْدُكَ أَنْ يَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيْكَ مُصَلِّياً.

For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.

٢٦ 26 نَعَمْ أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ أَنْتَ هُوَ اللهُ، وَقَدْ وَعَدْتَ عَبْدَكَ بِإِغْدَاقِ كُلِّ هَذَا الْخَيْرِ عَلَيْهِ.

And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

٢٧ 27 لَقَدِ ارْتَضَيْتَ أَنْ تُبَارِكَ ذُرِّيَّةَ عَبْدِكَ فَتَظَلَّ مَاثِلَةً أَمَامَكَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ، لأَنَّ مَنْ بَارَكْتَهُ يَا رَبُّ تَمْكُثُ بَرَكَتُكَ عَلَيْهِ مَدَى الدَّهْرِ».

So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”