Chronicles I 17
1 And it came to pass as David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord [is] under [curtains] of skins.
大衛住在自己宮中，對先知拿單說：「看哪，我住在香柏木的宮中，耶和華的約櫃反在幔子裏。」
2 And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God [is] with you.
拿單對大衛說：「你可以照你的心意而行，因為上帝與你同在。」
3 And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, [saying],
當夜，上帝的話臨到拿單，說：
4 Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, You shall not build me a house for me to dwell in it.
「你去告訴我僕人大衛，說耶和華如此說：『你不可建造殿宇給我居住。
5 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been in a tabernacle and a tent,
自從我領以色列人出埃及，直到今日，我未曾住過殿宇，乃從這會幕到那會幕，從這帳幕到那帳幕。
6 in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to [any] one tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, [Why is it] that you have not built me a house of cedar?
凡我同以色列人所走的地方，我何曾向以色列的一個士師，就是我吩咐牧養我民的說：你為何不給我建造香柏木的殿宇呢？』
7 And now thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:
現在你要告訴我僕人大衛，說萬軍之耶和華如此說：『我從羊圈中將你召來，叫你不再跟從羊群，立你作我民以色列的君。
8 and I was with you in all places whither you went, and I destroyed all your enemies from before you, and I made for you a name according to the name of the great ones that are upon the earth.
你無論往哪裏去，我常與你同在，剪除你的一切仇敵；我必使你得大名，好像世上大大有名的人一樣。
9 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall dwell by himself, and shall no longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer afflict him, as at the beginning,
我必為我民以色列選定一個地方，栽培他們，使他們住自己的地方，不再遷移；凶惡之子也不像從前擾害他們，
10 and from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel. Also I have humbled all your enemies, and I will increase you, and the Lord will build you a house.
並不像我命士師治理我民以色列的時候一樣。我必治服你的一切仇敵，並且我－耶和華應許你，必為你建立家室。
11 And it shall come to pass when your days shall be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
你壽數滿足歸你列祖的時候，我必使你的後裔接續你的位，我也必堅定他的國。
12 He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne for ever.
他必為我建造殿宇；我必堅定他的國位直到永遠。
13 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew [it] from them that were before you.
我要作他的父，他要作我的子；並不使我的慈愛離開他，像離開在你以前的掃羅一樣。
14 And I will establish him in my house and in his kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be set up for ever.
我卻要將他永遠堅立在我家裏和我國裏；他的國位也必堅定，直到永遠。』」
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.
拿單就按這一切話，照這默示告訴大衛。
16 And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what [is] my house, that you have loved me for ever?
於是大衛王進去，坐在耶和華面前，說：「耶和華上帝啊，我是誰，我的家算甚麼，你竟使我到這地步呢？
17 And these things were little in your sight, O God: you have also spoken concerning the house of your servant for a long time to come, and you have looked upon me as a man looks upon his fellow, and have exalted me, O Lord God.
上帝啊，這在你眼中還看為小，又應許你僕人的家至於久遠。耶和華上帝啊，你看顧我好像看顧高貴的人。
18 What shall David do more toward you to glorify [you]? and you know your servant.
你加於僕人的尊榮，我還有何言可說呢？因為你知道你的僕人。
19 And you have wrought all this greatness according to your heart.
耶和華啊，你行了這大事，並且顯明出來，是因你僕人的緣故，也是照你的心意。
20 O Lord, there is none like you, and there is no God beside you, according to all things which we have heard with our ears.
耶和華啊，照我們耳中聽見，沒有可比你的，除你以外再無上帝。
21 Neither is there another nation upon the earth [such] as your people Israel, whereas God led him in the way, to redeem a people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious name, to cast out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed out of Egypt.
世上有何民能比你的民以色列呢？你上帝從埃及救贖他們作自己的子民，又在你贖出來的民面前行大而可畏的事，驅逐列邦人，顯出你的大名。
22 And you have appointed your people Israel as a people to yourself for ever; and you, Lord, did become a God to them.
你使以色列人作你的子民，直到永遠；你－耶和華也作他們的上帝。
23 And now, Lord, let the word which you spoke to your servant, and concerning his house, be confirmed for ever, and do you as you have spoken.
耶和華啊，你所應許僕人和僕人家的話，求你堅定，直到永遠，照你所說的而行。
24 And let your name [be] established and magnified for ever, [men] saying, Lord, Lord, Almighty God of Israel: and [let] the house of your servant David [be] established before you.
願你的名永遠堅立，被尊為大，說：『萬軍之耶和華是以色列的上帝，是治理以色列的上帝。』這樣，你僕人大衛的家必在你面前堅立。
25 For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build him a house; therefore your servant has found a willingness to pray before you.
我的上帝啊，因你啟示僕人說，我必為你建立家室，所以僕人大膽在你面前祈禱。
26 And now, Lord, you yourself are God, and you have spoken these good things concerning your servant.
耶和華啊，惟有你是上帝，你也應許將這福氣賜給僕人。
27 And now you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it should continue for ever before you: for you, Lord, have blessed [it], and do you bless [it] for ever.
現在你喜悅賜福與僕人的家，可以永存在你面前。耶和華啊，你已經賜福，還要賜福到永遠。」
