1 Chronicles 17

1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

Y aconteció que morando David en su casa, David dijo al profeta Natán: He aquí, yo habito en casa de cedro, y el arca del concierto de Jehová debajo de cortinas.

2 And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.

Y Natán dijo a David: Haz todo lo que está en tu corazón, porque Dios es contigo.

3 But that same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

En aquella misma noche fue palabra de Dios a Natán, diciendo:

4 Go and say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-place:

Vé y di a David mi siervo: Así dijo Jehová: Tú no me edificarás casa en que habite;

5 For from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

Porque no he habitado en casa alguna desde el día que saqué a los hijos de Israel hasta hoy: antes estuve de tienda en tienda, y de tabernáculo en tabernáculo.

6 In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

En todo cuanto anduve con todo Israel, ¿hablé una palabra a alguno de los jueces de Israel, a los cuales mandé que apacentasen mi pueblo, para decirles: Por qué no me edificáis una casa de cedro?

7 So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people Israel;

Por tanto ahora dirás a mi siervo David: Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: Yo te tomé de la majada de detrás del ganado, para que fueses príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel:

8 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

Y he sido contigo en todo cuanto has andado: y he talado a todos tus enemigos de delante de ti, y héte hecho grande nombre, como el nombre de los grandes que son en la tierra.

9 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

Asimismo he puesto lugar a mi pueblo Israel, y le he plantado para que habite por sí, y que no sea más conmovido; ni los hijos de iniquidad le consumirán más, como antes.

10 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

Y desde el tiempo que puse los jueces sobre mi pueblo Israel, humillé a todos tus enemigos; y te hice anunciar: Jehová te ha de edificar casa.

11 And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

Y será, que cuando tus días fueren cumplidos para irte con tus padres, despertaré tu simiente después de ti, la cual será de tus hijos: y afirmaré su reino.

12 He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

Este me edificará casa, y yo confirmaré su trono eternalmente.

13 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

Yo le seré por padre, y él me será por hijo: y no quitaré de él mi misericordia, como la quité de aquel que fue antes de ti:

14 But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

Mas yo le confirmaré en mi casa, y en mi reino eternalmente: y su trono será firme para siempre.

15 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

Conforme a todas estas palabras, y conforme a toda esta visión, así habló Natán a David.

16 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

Y entró el rey David, y estuvo delante de Jehová, y dijo: Jehová Dios, ¿quién soy yo, y cual es mi casa, que me has traído hasta este lugar?

17 And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

Y aun esto, oh Dios, te ha parecido poco, sino que hayas hablado de la casa de tu siervo para más lejos, y me hayas mirado como a un hombre excelente, Jehová Dios.

18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

¿Qué más puede añadir David, pidiendo de ti para glorificar tu siervo? Mas tú conoces a tu siervo.

19 O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

Oh Jehová, por amor de tu siervo, y según tu corazón has hecho toda esta grandeza, para hacer notorias todas tus grandezas.

20 O Lord, there is no one like you, and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.

Jehová, no hay semejante a ti, ni hay Dios sino tú, según todas las cosas que habemos oído con nuestros oídos.

21 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?

¿Y qué gente hay en la tierra como tu pueblo Israel, cuyo Dios fuese y se redimiese un pueblo, para hacerte nombre, grandezas, y maravillas, echando las gentes de delante de tu pueblo, que tú redimiste de Egipto?

22 For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.

Tú te has puesto a tu pueblo Israel, que sea tu pueblo para siempre, y que tú, Jehová, fueses su Dios.

23 And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.

Ahora pues, Jehová, la palabra que has hablado acerca de tu siervo y de su casa, sea firme para siempre, y haz como has dicho.

24 So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.

Y permanezca, y sea engrandecido tu nombre para siempre, para que se diga: Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, es Dios de Israel, y la casa de tu siervo David sea firme delante de ti.

25 For you, O my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

Porque tú, Dios mío, revelaste al oído a tu siervo que le has de edificar casa, por tanto tu siervo ha tomado atrevimiento de orar delante de ti.

26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

Ahora pues, Jehová, tú eres el Dios que has hablado de tu siervo este bien.

27 And now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.

Y ahora has querido bendecir la casa de tu siervo, para que permanezca perpetuamente delante de ti: porque tu Jehová la has bendecido, y será bendita para siempre.