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».

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

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

Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.

٣ 3 وَلَكِنْ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ خَاطَبَ الرَّبُّ نَاثَانَ:

And it came to pass 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 saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an 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 dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

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؟

Wherever I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

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 thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

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

And I have been with thee wherever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thy enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that 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.

Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

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

And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thy enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.

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

And it shall come to pass, when thy days shall be ended that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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

He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

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: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

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

But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

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

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

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

And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast 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!

And yet this was a small thing in thy eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, 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 can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

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

O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

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

O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, 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 what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

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

For thy people Israel didst thou make thy own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

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

Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

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

Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

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

For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.

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

And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness to thy 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 therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.