撒母耳記下 7
1 那時，君王住在宮殿裏，上主賜他安享太平，不為四周仇敵所侵擾，
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 君王遂對納堂先知說：「請看，我住在香柏木的宮殿，而天主的約櫃卻在帳幕內。」
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
3 納堂回答君王說：「你心內打算的，你全可照辦! 因為上主與你同在。」
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
4 但是，當夜就有上主的話傳於納堂說：「
But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
5 你去告訴我的僕人達味，上主這樣說：你要建築一座殿宇給我居住嗎﹖
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
6 我自從埃及領以色列子民上來那一天起，直到今日，從沒有居住過殿宇，只隨帳棚和會幕漂泊。
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
7 我與去色列子民同行時，我何嘗向我立為牧養我民以色列的一個民長說過：你們為什麼不為我建造一座香柏木的殿宇﹖
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
8 現在，你要對我的僕人達味說：萬軍的上主這樣說：是我揀選你離開牧場，離開放羊的事，作我民以色列的領袖。
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.
9 你不論到那裏去，我總是偕同你，由你面前消滅你的一切仇敵；我要使你成名，像世上出名的大人物；
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.
10 我要把我民以色列安置在一個地方，裁培他們，在那裏久住，再也不受驚恐，再也不像先前受惡人的欺壓，
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
11 有如自從我為我民以色列立了民長以來一樣；我要賜他們安寧，不受仇敵的騷擾。上主也告訴你：他要為你建立家室。
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
12 當你的日子滿期與你祖先長眠時，我必在你以後興起一個後裔，即你所生的兒子；我必鞏固他的王權。
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 是他要為我的名建立殿宇；我要鞏固他的王位直到永遠。
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 我要作他的父親，他要作我的兒子；若是他犯了罪，我必用人用的鞭，世人用的棍，來懲戒他；
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
15 但我決不由他收回我的恩情，就如在你以前由撒烏耳收回我的恩情一樣。
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
16 你的家室和王權，在我面前永遠存在，你的王位也永遠堅定不移。」
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
17 納堂便照這一切話，將整個啟示告訴了達味。
So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
18 達味王就進去，端坐在上主面前說：「我主上主! 我是誰﹖我的家族又算什麼，你竟領我到了這個地步﹖
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?
19 我主上主! 這在你眼中還以為太小，而你又說明了你僕人的家族未來的遠景，並將此事顯示給我這個人，我主上主!
And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
20 達味還對你說什麼﹖我主上主! 你認識你的僕人。
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
21 你為了你的預許，按照你的心意，成就了這些偉大的事，為叫你的僕人認識清楚。
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
22 我主上主! 為此，你是偉大的，沒有與你相似的；按照我耳所聽的，除了你以外，沒有別的神。
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
23 世上又那裏有一個民族能比得上你的民族以色列﹖天主親自去解救他們出來，作為自己的民族；為使他們成名，在你從埃及解救出來的人民前，行了大而可畏的奇事，驅除異民以及他們的神。
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
24 你將你民以色列永遠堅定為你的民族，你，上主做了他們的天主。
For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.
25 我主上主! 現在，求你永遠堅持你論及你的僕人和他的家室所說的話，按照你所說的履行罷!
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
26 願你的名永遠受尊崇! 人要說：萬軍的上主是以色列的天主! 願你僕人達味的家室，永遠堅家在你面前!
so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
27 萬軍的上主，以色列的天主! 因為你曾啟示你的僕人說：我要建立你的家室，因此，你的僕人纔敢在你面前向你如此祈禱。
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
28 我主上主，惟有你是天主! 你的話是真理，是你向你僕人應許了這些恩惠。
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
29 求你如今就祝福你僕人的家室，使永遠你面前存立，因為是你，我主上主所預許的，因此，你僕人的家室，必因你的祝福永遠獲得祝福。」
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
