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».

It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains."

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

Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you."

٣ 3 وَلَكِنْ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ نَاثَانَ:

It happened the same night, that 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 David my servant, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

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 lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but have gone about from tent to tent, and from tabernacle to tabernacle.

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 places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not 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 therefore, you shall tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that you should be prince 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 have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.

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

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,

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

and from the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

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

And it will come about when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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

He will build me a house, 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 shall be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;

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

but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne shall be established forever."'"

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

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

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 and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

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

This was a small thing in your eyes, God, but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and you have let me look upon the generation of humankind to come, LORD God.

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

What can David say yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? For you know your servant, LORD.

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

For your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make known to your servant all these great things.

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

LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our 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 to be a people for himself, to make a name for yourself by great and awesome deeds, by driving out from before your people, whom you redeemed out of Egypt, a nation and its gods?

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

And you made your people Israel for yourself to be your people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.

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

Now, LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.

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

Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel,' and the house of David your servant is 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 have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

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

Now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this good thing 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».

Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever."