撒母耳记下 7
1 王住在自己宫中，耶和华使他安靖，不被四围的仇敌扰乱。
And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
2 那时，王对先知拿单说：“看哪，我住在香柏木的宫中， 神的约柜反在幔子里。”
He said to Nathan the prophet: Dost thou see that I dwell in a house of cedar, and the ark of God is lodged within skins?
3 拿单对王说：“你可以照你的心意而行，因为耶和华与你同在。”
And Nathan said to the king: Go, do all that is in thy heart: because the Lord is with thee.
4 当夜，耶和华的话临到拿单说：
But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
5 “你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说：‘你岂可建造殿宇给我居住呢？
Go, and say to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord: Shalt thou build me a house to dwell in?
6 自从我领以色列人出埃及直到今日，我未曾住过殿宇，常在会幕和帐幕中行走。
Whereas I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt even to this day: but have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.
7 凡我同以色列人所走的地方，我何曾向以色列一支派的士师，就是我吩咐牧养我民以色列的说：你们为何不给我建造香柏木的殿宇呢？’
In all the places that I have gone through with all the children of Israel, did ever I speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
8 “现在，你要告诉我仆人大卫，说万军之耶和华如此说：‘我从羊圈中将你召来，叫你不再跟从羊群，立你作我民以色列的君。
And now thus shalt thou speak to my servant David: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: a I took thee out of the pastures from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel:
9 你无论往哪里去，我常与你同在，剪除你的一切仇敌。我必使你得大名，好像世上大大有名的人一样。
And I have been with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have slain all thy enemies from before thy face: and I have made thee a great man, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.
10 我必为我民以色列选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住自己的地方，不再迁移；凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们，
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell therein, and shall be disturbed no more: neither shall the children of iniquity afflict them any more as they did before,
11 并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必使你安靖，不被一切仇敌扰乱，并且我—耶和华应许你，必为你建立家室。
From the day that I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thy enemies. And the Lord foretelleth to thee, that the Lord will make thee a house.
12 你寿数满足、与你列祖同睡的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位；我也必坚定他的国。
And when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 他必为我的名建造殿宇；我必坚定他的国位，直到永远。
He shall build a house to my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
14 我要作他的父，他要作我的子；他若犯了罪，我必用人的杖责打他，用人的鞭责罚他。
I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
15 但我的慈爱仍不离开他，像离开在你面前所废弃的扫罗一样。
But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.
16 你的家和你的国必在我面前永远坚立。你的国位也必坚定，直到永远。’”
And thy house shall be faithful, and thy kingdom for ever before thy face, and thy throne shall be firm for ever.
17 拿单就按这一切话，照这默示，告诉大卫。
According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
18 于是大卫王进去，坐在耶和华面前，说：“主耶和华啊，我是谁？我的家算什么？你竟使我到这地步呢？
And David went in, 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?
19 主耶和华啊，这在你眼中还看为小，又应许你仆人的家至于久远。主耶和华啊，这岂是人所常遇的事吗？
But yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.
20 主耶和华啊，我还有何言可以对你说呢？因为你知道你的仆人。
And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God:
21 你行这大事使仆人知道，是因你所应许的话，也是照你的心意。
For thy word’s sake, and according to thy own heart thou hast done all these great things, so that thou wouldst make it known to thy servant.
22 主耶和华啊，你本为大，照我们耳中听见，没有可比你的；除你以外再无 神。
Therefore thou art magnified, O Lord God, because there is none like to thee, neither is there any God besides thee, in all the things that we have heard with our ears.
23 世上有何民能比你的民以色列呢？你从埃及救赎他们作自己的子民，又在你赎出来的民面前行大而可畏的事，驱逐列邦人和他们的神，显出你的大名。
And what nation is there upon earth, as thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for them great and terrible things, upon the earth, before the face of thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods.
24 你曾坚立你的民以色列作你的子民，直到永远；你—耶和华也作了他们的 神。
For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be an everlasting people: and thou, O Lord God, art become their God.
25 “耶和华 神啊，你所应许仆人和仆人家的话，求你坚定，直到永远；照你所说的而行。
And now, O Lord God, raise up for ever the word that thou hast spoken, concerning thy servant and concerning his house: and do as thou hast spoken,
26 愿人永远尊你的名为大，说：‘万军之耶和华是治理以色列的 神。’这样，你仆人大卫的家必在你面前坚立。
That thy name may be magnified for ever, and it may be said: The Lord of hosts is God over Israel. And the house of thy servant David shall be established before the Lord.
27 万军之耶和华—以色列的 神啊，因你启示你的仆人说：‘我必为你建立家室’，所以仆人大胆向你如此祈祷。
Because thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying: I will build thee a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee.
28 “主耶和华啊，惟有你是 神。你的话是真实的；你也应许将这福气赐给仆人。
And now, O Lord God, thou art God, and thy words shall be true: for thou hast spoken to thy servant these good things.
29 现在求你赐福与仆人的家，可以永存在你面前。主耶和华啊，这是你所应许的。愿你永远赐福与仆人的家！”
And now begin, and bless the house of thy servant, that it may endure for ever before thee: because thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
