1 Chronicles 17
1 And it comes to pass as David sat in his house, that David says to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH [is] under curtains”;
大卫住在自己宫中，对先知拿单说：“看哪，我住在香柏木的宫中，耶和华的约柜反在幔子里。”
2 and Nathan says to David, “All that [is] in your heart do, for God [is] with you.”
拿单对大卫说：“你可以照你的心意而行，因为 神与你同在。”
3 And it comes to pass on that night that a word of God is to Nathan, saying,
当夜， 神的话临到拿单，说：
4 “Go, and you have said to My servant David, Thus said YHWH: You do not build for Me the house to dwell in.
“你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说：‘你不可建造殿宇给我居住。
5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, and I am [going] from tent to tent, and from the Dwelling Place.
自从我领以色列人出埃及，直到今日，我未曾住过殿宇，乃从这会幕到那会幕，从这帐幕到那帐幕。
6 Wherever I have walked up and down among all Israel, have I spoken a word with one of [the] judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built a house of cedars for Me?
凡我同以色列人所走的地方，我何曾向以色列的一个士师，就是我吩咐牧养我民的说：你为何不给我建造香柏木的殿宇呢？’
7 And now, thus you say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have taken you from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,
现在你要告诉我仆人大卫，说万军之耶和华如此说：‘我从羊圈中将你召来，叫你不再跟从羊群，立你作我民以色列的君。
8 and I am with you wherever you have walked, and I cut off all your enemies from your presence, and have made a name for you like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth.
你无论往哪里去，我常与你同在，剪除你的一切仇敌；我必使你得大名，好像世上大大有名的人一样。
9 And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it has dwelt in its place, and is not troubled anymore, and the sons of perverseness do not add to wear it out as at first,
我必为我民以色列选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住自己的地方，不再迁移；凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们，
10 indeed, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I have humbled all your enemies, and I declare to you that YHWH builds a house for you.
并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必治服你的一切仇敌，并且我—耶和华应许你，必为你建立家室。
11 And it has come to pass, when your days have been fulfilled to go with your fathers, that I have raised up your seed after you, who is of your sons, and I have established his kingdom;
你寿数满足归你列祖的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位，我也必坚定他的国。
12 he builds a house for Me, and I have established his throne for all time;
他必为我建造殿宇；我必坚定他的国位直到永远。
13 I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and I do not turn aside My kindness from him as I turned it aside from him who was before you,
我要作他的父，他要作我的子；并不使我的慈爱离开他，像离开在你以前的扫罗一样。
14 and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom for all time, and his throne is established for all time.”
我却要将他永远坚立在我家里和我国里；他的国位也必坚定，直到永远。’”
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.
拿单就按这一切话，照这默示告诉大卫。
16 And David the king comes in and sits before YHWH, and says, “Who [am] I, O YHWH God, and what [is] my house, that You have brought me here?
于是大卫王进去，坐在耶和华面前，说：“耶和华 神啊，我是谁，我的家算什么，你竟使我到这地步呢？
17 And this is small in Your eyes, O God, and You speak concerning the house of Your servant far off, and have seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O YHWH God!
神啊，这在你眼中还看为小，又应许你仆人的家至于久远。耶和华 神啊，你看顾我好像看顾高贵的人。
18 What more does David add to You for the honor of Your servant; and You have known Your servant.
你加于仆人的尊荣，我还有何言可说呢？因为你知道你的仆人。
19 O YHWH, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
耶和华啊，你行了这大事，并且显明出来，是因你仆人的缘故，也是照你的心意。
20 O YHWH, there is none like You, and there is no god except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
耶和华啊，照我们耳中听见，没有可比你的，除你以外再无 神。
21 And who [is] as Your people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God has gone to ransom to Himself for a people, to make a great and fearful name for Yourself, to cast out nations from the presence of Your people whom You have ransomed out of Egypt?
世上有何民能比你的民以色列呢？你 神从埃及救赎他们作自己的子民，又在你赎出来的民面前行大而可畏的事，驱逐列邦人，显出你的大名。
22 Indeed, You appoint Your people Israel to Yourself for a people for all time, and You, O YHWH, have been to them for God.
你使以色列人作你的子民，直到永远；你—耶和华也作他们的 神。
23 And now, O YHWH, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house, be steadfast for all time, and do as You have spoken;
耶和华啊，你所应许仆人和仆人家的话，求你坚定，直到永远，照你所说的而行。
24 and let it be steadfast, and Your Name is great for all time, saying, YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, [is] God to Israel, and the house of Your servant David is established before You;
愿你的名永远坚立，被尊为大，说：‘万军之耶和华是以色列的 神，是治理以色列的 神。’这样，你仆人大卫的家必在你面前坚立。
25 for You, O my God, have uncovered the ear of Your servant—to build a house for him, therefore Your servant has found [desire] to pray before You.
我的 神啊，因你启示仆人说，我必为你建立家室，所以仆人大胆在你面前祈祷。
26 And now, YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and You speak this goodness concerning Your servant;
耶和华啊，惟有你是 神，你也应许将这福气赐给仆人。
27 and now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, to be before You for all time; for You, O YHWH, have blessed, and it is blessed for all time.”
现在你喜悦赐福与仆人的家，可以永存在你面前。耶和华啊，你已经赐福，还要赐福到永远。”
