2 Samuel 7
1 A hmuen pueng koe kaawm e a tarannaw e kut dawk hoi BAWIPA ni a hloutsaknae hah, siangpahrang ni a coe teh a im dawk karoumcalah ao navah,
After [King] David began to live in his palace, Yahweh protected him from all his enemies.
2 Siangpahrang ni profet Nathan hah kaw teh, khenhaw! kai teh Sidar thing im dawk ka o. Cathut e thingkong teh lukkarei yap e thung sut ao.
One day he said to the prophet Nathan, “[It is not right that] I am here, living in a [beautiful] house made of cedar [wood], but the chest that contains God’s Ten Commandments is kept in a tent!”
3 Nathan ni cet nateh na lung dawk kaawm e patetlah sak. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nang koe BAWIPA ao telah atipouh.
Then Nathan said to the king, “Yahweh is helping/directing you, so do [regarding that chest] whatever you are thinking.”
4 Hote tangmin vah BAWIPA e lawk hah Nathan koe a pha.
But that night, Yahweh said to Nathan,
5 Ka san Devit koe cet nateh dei pouh, BAWIPA ni hettelah a dei, ka o nahane im nang ni na sak pouh han na maw.
“Go and tell my servant, David, that this is what [I], Yahweh, am saying to him: ‘You are not the one [RHQ] who should build a temple for me to live in.
6 Isarelnaw hah Izip ram hoi ka tâcokhainae koehoi im dawk kaawm hoeh, lukkareiim dawk doeh ka o.
I have not lived in any building from the day that I brought the Israeli people up from Egypt until now. Instead, I have been living in a tent, moving from one place to another [when the Israelis] moved to other places.
7 Isarelnaw koe ka cei nah tangkuem dawk hoi ka tami Isarelnaw kawkhik sak hanelah kai ni ka patoun e lawkcengkungnaw koe nang teh kai hanelah Sidar thing hoi im hah, bangkongmaw na sak hoeh ka ti boimaw.
Wherever I went with all the Israelis [as they traveled], I never said [RHQ] to any of their leaders whom I appointed to lead them, “Why have you not built me a temple made of cedar [wood]?”’
8 Hatdawkvah, ka san Devit koevah, ransahu BAWIPA ni a dei e teh, tu a pânae hmuen koe tu na khoum navah, ka tami Isarelnaw uk hanelah na rawi toe.
So this is what you should say to my servant David: ‘The Almighty Commander of the armies of angels says that he took you from a pasture where you were taking care of sheep, [and appointed you] to become the ruler of my Israeli people.
9 Na cei nah tangkuem koe kai ka o vaiteh tarannaw pueng na hmaitung ka thei vaiteh talai dawk a min ka lentoe e a min patetlah ka lentoe poung e min hah na poe toe.
I have (been with/helped) you wherever you have gone. I have gotten rid of all your enemies as you advanced. I will enable you to become very famous, as well-known as the names of all the greatest men [who have ever lived] on the earth.
10 Ka tami Isarelnaw a onae hmuen hah ka rakueng pouh toe. Ahnimanaw bout a kampuen awh hoeh nahan, amamae hmuen koe o sak hanelah, ka caksak han. Tami kathoutnaw teh ayan e tueng dawk hoi thoseh,
Formerly, during the time that I appointed leaders for my Israeli people, many violent groups oppressed the Israelis. But this will not happen any more. I have chosen a place where my Israeli people can live [peacefully] and no one will disturb them any more. I will give them rest from [being attacked by] their enemies. And I will defeat all your enemies. I declare to you that I, Yahweh, will enable your descendants to rule after you [die].
11 Ka tami Isarelnaw thung e lawkcengkungnaw hah ka rawinae tueng dawk thoseh, dudam e patetlah bout dudam awh mahoeh toe. Nang hai tarannaw e kut dawk hoi na kâhat sak teh, na imthung hah a kangdue sak han telah BAWIPA ni a dei toe.
12 Na hnin akuep teh, mintoenaw hoi na kâhat torei teh, na thitak dawk hoi ka tâcawt e na capa hah ka tawmrasang vaiteh, a ram ka kangdue sak han.
When your life ends [EUP] and you go to be with your ancestors, I will appoint one of your sons to be king, and I will enable his kingdom to (be strong/resist all their enemies).
13 Ahni ni ka min o nahane im a sak han. A uknaeram bawitungkhung a yungyoe ka caksak han.
He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built for me [MTY], and I will cause his [descendants] to be kings [MTY] [of Israel] forever.
14 A na pa lah ka o vaiteh, ahni teh ka capa lah ao han. Payonpakainae sak pawiteh tami ni a hno e bongpai hoi ka yue han. Tami ni a hem e patetlah ka hem han.
I will be [like] a father to him, and [it will be as though] he [is] a son to me [MET]. When he does something that is wrong, I will punish him as fathers punish their sons.
15 Hatei na hmalah ka takhoe e Sawl dawk hoi kai ni na pahrennae ka lae patetlah nange na ca dawk hoi ka lat mahoeh.
But I will not stop faithfully loving him as I stopped loving Saul, whom I removed from being king before you became king.
16 Na imthung hoi na uknaeram teh yungyoe caksak e lah ao vaiteh, na bawitungkhung hah yungyoe caksak e lah ao han. Ka san Devit koe dei pouh, telah ati.
Your descendants will rule the kingdom [of Israel] forever. Their rule will never end. [DOU]’”
17 Hete lawknaw pueng hoi kamnuenae dawk kamnuek e naw patetlah Nathan ni Devit koe a dei pouh.
So Nathan told David everything that Yahweh had told him.
18 Hatnavah siangpahrang Devit ni a kâen teh, BAWIPA e hmalah a tahung. Oe Bawipa Jehovah, bang patetlae tami lah maw ka o teh ka imthung hai bang patetlae na maw. Hettelah na hrawi.
Then David went into [the Sacred Tent] and sat in the presence of Yahweh, and prayed this: “Yahweh, my God, I am not worthy [RHQ] [for you to have done all these things] for me, and my family is not worthy, either.
19 Oe Bawipa Jehovah, het hai na mithmu vah hno titca rah doeh. Hateiteh, na san imthung kong heh kum moikapap hanelah yo na la dei toe. Oe Bawipa Jehovah, hete hnonaw hai taminaw ni hottelah a sak awh e doeh.
“And now, O Yahweh my God, in addition to everything else, you have spoken about what will happen to my descendants in the future for many generations.
20 Devit ni nang nama koe bangmaw a hloilah a dei han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na san heh Oe Bawipa Jehovah nang ni koung na panue.
“Yahweh God, what more can I, David, say to you [for honoring me]? Although you know very well [what I am like], Yahweh my God, you have done things for me as though I was the most important man [on the earth]!
21 Na lawk kecu hoi na lungpouk e boiboe lah na sak e hno ka lentoe e hah na san koe na panue sak.
For my sake and because it is what you wanted to do, you have done all these great things for me.
22 Hatdawkvah, Oe Bawipa Jehovah, nang teh na lentoe poung. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka hnâ hoi ka thainae lah nang patet e awm hoeh. Nang nama hoeh laipalah Cathut alouke khoeroe awm hoeh.
“Yahweh my God, you are great. There is no one like you. Only you are God, just as we have always heard.
23 Izip ram miphun kuep hoi a cathutnaw thung hoi nama hanlah na ratang e, na taminaw hmalah ka lentoe e hno hoi na uk nahane dawk takikatho poung e hno ka sak hane hoi, a ma hanelah a rawi e, na tami Isarelnaw patetlah e, talai dawk miphun alouke apimaw kaawm.
And there is no other nation in the world like Israel. Israel is the only nation on the earth whose people you went out to rescue [RHQ]. By the great and awesome things that you did, you have become famous/well-known throughout the world. As your people advanced [through this land], you expelled other people-groups [who were here in Canaan], who worshiped other gods.
24 Bangkongtetpawiteh, na tami Isarelnaw hah a yungyoe na tami lah o nahane na coung sak teh BAWIPA nang nama teh a Cathut lah na o.
And you caused us Israeli people to be your people forever, and you, Yahweh, have become our God!
25 Oe BAWIPA Cathut, na san dawk thoseh, ka imthung dawk thoseh, na dei e lawk hah a yungyoe caksak haw. Na dei tangcoung e patetlah sak lawih.
“And now, Yahweh my God, [I pray that you will] cause the things that you promised to me about my descendants to be fulfilled forever, and [that you will] do the things that you said [that you would do].
26 Ransahu BAWIPA teh Isarelnaw ka uk e Cathut doeh telah na min hah yungyoe rasang lawi naseh. Nange na san Devit e imthung, na hmaitung caksak e lah ao han.
When that happens, you will become famous forever, and people will exclaim, ‘The Almighty Commander of the armies of angels is the God who rules Israel.’ And you will cause that forever there will be descendants of mine who will rule.
27 Bangkongtetpawiteh, oe ransahu BAWIPA Isarel Cathut, na san koevah na imthung kangdue sak han telah lawk na dei toe. Hatdawkvah, na san ni a lungthin hoi hete ratoum ngainae na hmaitung sak hanelah a hmu toe.
“Yahweh Almighty, the God whom we Israeli people [worship], you have revealed to me that you will make some of my descendants kings. For that reason, I have been brave enough to pray like this to you.
28 Oe Bawipa Jehovah nang teh Cathut lah na o. Na lawk teh atangcalah ao. Na hawinae na san dawk lawk na kam toe.
So now, O Yahweh Almighty, because you are God, we can trust that you will do what you promise. You have promised these good things to me.
29 Hatdawkvah, na san imthung heh, na hmalah yungyoe pou ao thai nahanelah yawhawinae poe haw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Oe Bawipa Jehovah, nama ni yo na dei toe. Na yawhawinae hoi na san imthungnaw teh yungyoe hoi yawhawinae awm seh telah ati.
So now I ask you that if it pleases you, you will bless my descendants, in order that they may continue [to rule] forever. Yahweh God, you have promised these things, and [so I know that] you will keep blessing my descendants forever.”
