Første Krønikebog 17
1 Engang David sad i sit Hus, sagde han til Profeten Natan: »Se, jeg har et Cedertræshus at bo i, men HERRENS Pagts Ark har Plads i et Telt!«
And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [dwelleth] under curtains.
2 Natan svarede David: »Gør alt, hvad din Hu staar til, thi Gud er med dig!«
And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3 Men samme Nat kom Guds Ord til Natan saaledes:
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 »Gaa hen og sig til min Tjener David: Saa siger HERREN: Ikke du skal bygge mig det Hus, jeg skal bo i!
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5 Jeg har jo ikke haft noget Hus at bo i, siden den Dag jeg førte Israeliterne op, men vandrede med, boende i et Telt.
for I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].
6 Har jeg, i al den Tid jeg vandrede om blandt alle Israeliterne, sagt til nogen af Israels Dommere, som jeg satte til at vogte mit Folk: Hvorfor bygger I mig ikke et Cedertræshus?
In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedar?
7 Sig derfor til min Tjener David: Saa siger Hærskarers HERRE: Jeg tog dig fra Græsgangen, fra din Plads bag Smaakvæget til at være Fyrste over mit Folk Israel,
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:
8 og jeg var med dig, overalt hvor du færdedes, og udryddede alle dine Fjender foran dig; jeg vil skabe dig et Navn som de størstes paa Jorden
and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
9 og skaffe mit Folk Israel en Hjemstavn og plante det, saa det kan blive boende paa sit Sted uden mere at skulle forstyrres i sin Ro, og uden at Voldsmænd mere skal ødelægge det som tidligere,
And 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,
10 dengang jeg satte Dommere over mit Folk Israel; og jeg vil underkue alle dine Fjender. Saa kundgør jeg dig nu: Et Hus vil HERREN bygge dig!
and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
11 Naar dine Dage er omme og du vandrer til dine Fædre, vil jeg efter dig oprejse din Sæd, en af dine Sønner, og grundfæste hans Kongedømme.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 Han skal bygge mig et Hus, og jeg vil grundfæste hans Trone evindelig.
He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
13 Jeg vil være ham en Fader, og han skal være mig en Søn; og min Miskundhed vil jeg ikke tage fra ham, som jeg tog den fra din Forgænger;
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:
14 jeg vil indsætte ham i mit Hus og mit Kongedømme til evig Tid, og hans Trone skal staa fast til evig Tid!«
but I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for ever.
15 Alle disse Ord og hele denne Aabenbaring meddelte Natan David.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 Da gik Kong David ind og dvælede for HERRENS Aasyn og sagde: »Hvem er jeg, Gud HERRE, og hvad er mit Hus, at du har bragt mig saa vidt?
Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
17 Men det var dig ikke nok o Gud, du gav ogsaa din Tjeners Hus Forjættelser for fjerne Tider og lod mig skue kommende Slægter, Gud HERRE!
And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast 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.
18 Hvad mere har David at sige dig? Du kender jo dog din Tjener,
What can David [say] yet more unto thee concerning the honour which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19 HERRE! For din Tjeners Skyld, og fordi din Hu stod dertil, gjorde du alt dette store og kundgjorde alle disse store Ting,
O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
20 HERRE! Ingen er som du, og der er ingen Gud uden dig, efter alt hvad vi har hørt med vore Ører.
O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 Og hvor paa Jorden findes et Folk som dit Folk Israel, et Folk, som Gud kom og udfriede og gjorde til sit Folk for at vinde sig et Navn og udføre store og frygtelige Gerninger ved at drive andre Folkeslag bort foran sit Folk, det, du udfriede fra Ægypten?
And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, which thou redeemedst out of Egypt?
22 Du har grundfæstet dit Folk Israel som dit, Folk til evig Tid, og du, HERRE, er blevet deres Gud.
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23 Saa lad da, HERRE, den Forjættelse, du udtalte om din Tjener og hans Hus, gælde til evig Tid og gør, som du sagde!
And now, O LORD, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
24 Da skal dit Navn staa fast og blive stort til evig Tid, saa man siger: Hærskarers HERRE, Israels Gud, Gud over Israel! Og din Tjener Davids Hus skal staa fast for dit Aasyn.
And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
25 Thi du, min Gud, har aabenbaret for din Tjener: Jeg vil bygge dig et Hus! Derfor har din Tjener dristet sig til at bede for dit Aasyn.
For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to pray before thee.
26 Derfor, HERRE, du er Gud, du har givet din Tjener denne Forjættelse,
And now, O LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:
27 saa lad det behage dig at velsigne din Tjeners Hus, at det til evig Tid maa staa fast for dit Aasyn. Thi du, HERRE, har velsignet det, og det bliver velsignet evindelig!«
and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O LORD, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
