1 Chronicles 17
1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.”
Cuando David vivía en su casa, le dijo al profeta Natán: “Mira, yo vivo en una casa de cedro, pero el arca de la alianza de Yahvé está en una tienda.”
2 And Nathan said to David: “Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.”
Natán dijo a David: “Haz todo lo que está en tu corazón, porque Dios está contigo”.
3 And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
Aquella misma noche vino la palabra de Dios a Natán, diciendo:
4 “Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.
“Ve y dile a David, mi siervo, que Yahvé dice: “No me construirás una casa para habitarla;
5 For I have not stayed in a house from the time when I led out Israel, even to this day. Instead, I have been continually changing places, in a tabernacle and tent,
porque no he vivido en una casa desde el día en que hice surgir a Israel hasta hoy, sino que he ido de tienda en tienda, y de tienda en tienda.
6 dwelling with all of Israel. When did I ever speak to any one at all, among the judges of Israel whom I placed in charge so that they might pasture my people, saying: ‘Why have you not built a house of cedar for me?’
En todos los lugares en que he andado con todo Israel, ¿hablé una palabra con alguno de los jueces de Israel, a quienes mandé que fueran pastores de mi pueblo, diciendo: “¿Por qué no me habéis construido una casa de cedro?”’
7 And so, now you shall say this to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you when you were following the flock in the pastures, so that you would be the leader of my people Israel.
“Ahora, pues, le dirás a mi siervo David: “El Señor de los Ejércitos dice: “Te tomé del corral de las ovejas, de seguir a las ovejas, para ser príncipe de mi pueblo Israel.
8 And I have been with you wherever you have gone. And I have slain all your enemies before you, and I have made a name for you like one of the great ones who are celebrated upon the earth.
He estado contigo dondequiera que has ido, y he cortado a todos tus enemigos de delante de ti. Te haré un nombre como el de los grandes que hay en la tierra.
9 And I have given a place to my people Israel. They shall be planted, and they shall live in it, and they shall no longer be moved. Neither shall the sons of iniquity wear them away, as in the beginning,
Yo designaré un lugar para mi pueblo Israel, y lo plantaré, para que habite en su propio lugar y no se mueva más. Los hijos de la maldad no los asolarán más, como al principio,
10 from the days when I gave judges to my people Israel, and I humbled all your enemies. Therefore, I announce to you that the Lord will build a house for you.
y desde el día en que ordené que hubiera jueces sobre mi pueblo Israel. Someteré a todos sus enemigos. Además, te digo que el Señor te construirá una casa.
11 And when you will have completed your days, so that you go to your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall be from your sons. And I will establish his kingdom.
Sucederá que cuando se cumplan tus días en que debes ir a estar con tus padres, yo estableceré a tu descendiente después de ti, que será de tus hijos, y estableceré su reino.
12 He shall build a house for me, and I will make firm his throne, even unto eternity.
Él me construirá una casa, y yo estableceré su trono para siempre.
13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it away from the one who was before you.
Yo seré su padre, y él será mi hijo. No le quitaré mi bondad, como se la quité al que fue antes de ti;
14 And I will station him in my house and in my kingdom, even forever. And his throne will be very firm, in perpetuity.”
sino que lo estableceré en mi casa y en mi reino para siempre. Su trono quedará establecido para siempre””.
15 According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
Según todas estas palabras y según toda esta visión, así habló Natán a David.
16 And when king David had departed, and had sat down before the Lord, he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would grant such things to me?
El rey David entró y se sentó delante de Yahvé, y dijo: “¿Quién soy yo, Yahvé Dios, y cuál es mi casa, para que me hayas traído hasta aquí?
17 But even this has seemed little in your sight, and therefore you have also spoken about the house of your servant even for the future. And you have made me a spectacle above all men, O Lord God.
Esto era una pequeñez a tus ojos, oh Dios, pero has hablado de la casa de tu siervo por mucho tiempo, y me has respetado según la norma de un hombre de alto rango, Yahvé Dios.
18 What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him?
¿Qué más puede decirte David acerca del honor que se le hace a tu siervo? Porque tú conoces a tu siervo.
19 O Lord, because of your servant, in accord with your own heart, you have brought about all this magnificence, and you have willed all these great things to be known.
Yahvé, por causa de tu siervo, y según tu propio corazón, has hecho toda esta grandeza, para dar a conocer todas estas grandes cosas.
20 O Lord, there is no one like you. And there is no other God apart from you, out of all whom we have heard about with our ears.
Yahvé, no hay nadie como tú, ni hay otro Dios fuera de ti, según todo lo que hemos oído con nuestros oídos.
21 For what other single nation upon earth is like your people Israel, to whom God reached out, so that he might free them, and might make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terribleness cast out the nations before the face of those whom he had freed from Egypt?
¿Qué nación hay en la tierra que se parezca a tu pueblo Israel, al que Dios fue a redimir para sí como pueblo, para hacerte un nombre con cosas grandes y asombrosas, al expulsar a las naciones de delante de tu pueblo que redimiste de Egipto?
22 And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God.
Porque hiciste de tu pueblo Israel tu propio pueblo para siempre; y tú, Yahvé, te convertiste en su Dios.
23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken to your servant, and over his house, be confirmed in perpetuity, and do just as you have spoken.
Ahora bien, Yahvé, que la palabra que has pronunciado respecto a tu siervo y a su casa quede establecida para siempre, y haz lo que has dicho.
24 And may your name remain and be magnified even for all time. And let it be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel. And the house of his servant David remains forever before him.’
Que tu nombre sea establecido y engrandecido para siempre, diciendo: “El Señor de los Ejércitos es el Dios de Israel, un Dios para Israel. La casa de David, tu siervo, está establecida ante ti.’
25 For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build a house for him. And therefore your servant has found faith so that he might pray before you.
Porque tú, Dios mío, has revelado a tu siervo que le construirás una casa. Por eso tu siervo ha encontrado valor para orar ante ti.
26 Now then, O Lord, you are God. And you have spoken to your servant such great benefits.
Ahora bien, Yahvé, tú eres Dios y has prometido este bien a tu siervo.
27 And you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it may be always before you. For since it is you who is blessing, O Lord, it shall be blessed forever.”
Ahora te ha parecido bien bendecir la casa de tu siervo, para que permanezca para siempre ante ti; porque tú, Yahvé, la has bendecido, y es bendita para siempre.”
