1 Chronicles 17
1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains.
Baada ya Daudi kuingia rasmi katika jumba lake la kifalme, akamwambia nabii Nathani, “Hebu tazama, mimi ninakaa kwenye nyumba nzuri iliyojengwa kwa mierezi, wakati Sanduku la Agano la Bwana liko ndani ya hema.”
2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.
Nathani akamjibu Daudi, “Lolote ulilo nalo moyoni mwako litende, kwa maana Mungu yu pamoja nawe.”
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Usiku ule neno la Mungu likamjia Nathani, kusema:
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
“Nenda ukamwambie mtumishi wangu Daudi, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana: Wewe hutanijengea mimi nyumba ili nikae humo.
5 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].
Mimi sijakaa ndani ya nyumba tangu siku ile niliyowatoa Israeli kutoka Misri mpaka leo. Nimehama kutoka hema moja hadi jingine na kutoka mahali pamoja hadi pengine.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Je, popote nilipokwenda pamoja na Waisraeli wote, wakati wowote nilimwambia kiongozi yeyote niliyemwagiza kuwachunga watu wangu, kwa nini hujanijengea nyumba ya mierezi?’
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
“Sasa basi, mwambie mtumishi wangu Daudi, ‘Hili ndilo asemalo Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote: Nilikuchukua machungani na kutoka kuandama kondoo ili uwatawale watu wangu Israeli.
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that [are] in the earth.
Nimekuwa pamoja nawe popote ulipokwenda, nami nimekuondolea mbali adui zako wote mbele yako. Basi nitalifanya jina lako kuwa kuu kama majina ya watu walio wakuu sana duniani.
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
Nami nitawapatia watu wangu Israeli mahali na nitawapa ili wawe na mahali pao wenyewe pa kuishi na wasisumbuliwe tena. Watu waovu hawatawaonea tena, kama walivyofanya mwanzoni,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
na ambavyo wamefanya siku zote tangu nilipowachagua viongozi kwa ajili ya watu wangu Israeli. Pia nitawatiisha adui zenu wote. “‘Pamoja na hayo ninakuambia kwamba Bwana atakujengea nyumba:
11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
Wakati wako utakapokuwa umekwisha, nawe ukawa umekwenda kukaa na baba zako, nitamwinua mzao wako aingie mahali pako kuwa mfalme, mmoja wa wana wako mwenyewe, nami nitaufanya imara ufalme wake.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
Yeye ndiye atakayejenga nyumba kwa ajili yangu, nami nitakifanya imara kiti cha ufalme wake milele.
13 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:
Mimi nitakuwa baba yake, naye atakuwa mwanangu. Kamwe sitaondoa upendo wangu kwake, kama nilivyouondoa kwa yeye aliyekutangulia.
14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
Nitamweka juu ya nyumba yangu na ufalme wangu milele; kiti chake cha enzi nitakifanya imara milele.’”
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Nathani akamwarifu Daudi maneno yote ya maono haya.
16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
Ndipo Mfalme Daudi akaingia ndani, akaketi mbele za Bwana, akasema: “Mimi ni nani, Ee Bwana Mungu, na jamaa yangu ni nini, hata umenileta mpaka hapa nilipo?
17 And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] 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.
Kana kwamba hili halitoshi machoni pako, Ee Mungu, umenena pia kuhusu siku zijazo za nyumba ya mtumishi wako. Umeniangalia kama mtu aliyetukuka kuliko watu wote, Ee Bwana Mungu.
18 What can David [speak] more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
“Daudi aweza kukuambia nini zaidi kuhusu kumheshimu mtumishi wako? Kwa maana wewe unamjua mtumishi wako,
19 O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all [these] great things.
Ee Bwana Mungu. Kwa ajili ya mtumishi wako, tena sawasawa na mapenzi yako, umefanya jambo hili kubwa sana na kujulisha ahadi hizi zote zilizo kubwa sana.
20 O LORD, [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
“Hakuna aliye kama wewe, Ee Bwana Mungu, wala hakuna Mungu ila wewe, kama vile tulivyosikia kwa masikio yetu wenyewe.
21 And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem [to be] his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
Naye ni nani aliye kama watu wako Israeli: taifa pekee duniani ambalo Mungu wake alitoka kwenda kulikomboa kwa ajili yake mwenyewe na kujifanyia jina kwa ajili yake mwenyewe, kwa kufanya maajabu makubwa na ya kutisha kwa kuwafukuza mataifa mbele ya watu wako, ambao uliwakomboa kutoka Misri?
22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
Uliwafanya watu wako Israeli kuwa watu wako wewe mwenyewe milele, nawe, Ee Bwana Mungu, umekuwa Mungu wao.
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
“Sasa basi, Bwana ahadi uliyoweka kuhusu mtumishi wako na nyumba yake na uithibitishe milele. Fanya kama ulivyoahidi,
24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.
ili ithibitike na jina lako litakuwa kuu milele. Kisha watu watasema, ‘Bwana Mungu Mwenye Nguvu Zote, Mungu aliye juu ya Israeli, ndiye Mungu wa Israeli.’ Nayo nyumba ya mtumishi wako Daudi itafanywa imara mbele zako.
25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.
“Wewe, Mungu wangu, umemfunulia mtumishi wako Daudi kwamba utamjengea yeye nyumba. Hivyo mtumishi wako amekuwa na ujasiri wa kukuomba maombi haya.
26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Mungu! Umemwahidi mtumishi wako mambo haya mazuri.
27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and [it shall be] blessed for ever.
Basi imekupendeza kuibariki nyumba ya mtumishi wako, ili idumu milele machoni pako; kwa ajili yako, Ee Bwana, umeibariki, nayo itabarikiwa milele.”
