2 Samuel 7

1 And it came to pass, when the king had taken up his abode in his house, —and Yahweh had given him rest round about, from all his enemies,

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene nofo ʻae tuʻi ʻi hono fale, pea kuo tuku kiate ia ʻe Sihova ʻae mālōlō mei hono ngaahi fili kotoa pē naʻe nofo takatakai;

2 that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See, I pray thee—I, have my abode in a house, of cedar, but, the ark of God, abideth in, the midst, of curtains.

Naʻe pehē ʻe he tuʻi kia Natani ko e palōfita, “Vakai eni, ʻoku ou nofo au ʻi ha fale sita, ka ʻoku nofo ʻae puha tapu ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he loto puipui [pe].”

3 And Nathan said unto the king, All that is in thy heart, go—do, —for Yahweh is with thee.

Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Natani ki he tuʻi, “ʻAlu, ʻo fai ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ʻi ho loto he ʻoku ʻiate koe ʻa Sihova.”

4 But so it was, in that night, that the word of Yahweh came unto Nathan, saying:

Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē ʻi he pō pe ko ia, naʻe ongo mai ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kia Natani, ʻo pehē.

5 Go and say unto my servant—unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh, —Shalt, thou, build me a house, for me to dwell in;

“ʻAlu ʻo tala ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita, ‘ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, He te ke langa ʻe koe kiate au ha fale ke u nofo ai?

6 seeing that I have not dwelt in a house, since the day that I brought up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, —but have been wandering in a tent as my habitation?

Kae ʻosi kuo ʻikai te u nofo ʻi ha fale talu mei he kuonga naʻaku ʻomi ai ʻae fānau ʻa ʻIsileli mei ʻIsipite, ʻo aʻu mai ki he ʻaho ni, ka kuo u ʻeveʻeva ʻi ha fale tupenu mo ha fale fehikitaki.

7 Wheresoever I have wandered with any of the sons of Israel, spake I ever, a word, with any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I charged to shepherd my people Israel, saying, —Wherefore have ye not built me a house, of cedar?

‌ʻI he potu kotoa pē kuo u ʻalu ai mo e fānau kotoa pē ʻa ʻIsileli, kuo u lea ʻaki koā ha momoʻi lea ki ha tokotaha ʻoe ngaahi faʻahinga ʻo ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻaku fekau ke fafangaʻi ʻa hoku kakai ko ʻIsileli, ke pehē, Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai te mou langa hoku fale sita?’

8 Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant, unto David: Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee away from the pasture, from after the flock, —to become leader over my people, over Israel;

Pea ko ia foki te ke pehē ai ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita, ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi, ‘Naʻaku hiki mai koe mei he lotoʻā sipi, mei hoʻo muimui ʻi he fanga sipi, ke ke pule ki hoku kakai ko ʻIsileli;

9 and was with thee, whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies, from before thee, —and will make thee a name, like the name of the great ones who are in the earth;

Pea naʻaku ʻiate koe ʻi he potu kotoa pē naʻa ke ʻalu ki ai, pea kuo u fakaʻauha atu ʻa ho ngaahi fili kotoa pē mei ho ʻao, pea kuo u ngaohi ke ongoongoa lahi ho hingoa, ʻo tatau mo e hingoa ʻoe kau ongoongoa ʻoku ʻi māmani.

10 and will appoint a place for my people, for Israel, and will plant them, and they shall inhabit their place, and be unsettled no more, —neither shall the sons of perversity again humiliate them, as at first;

Pea te u tuʻutuʻuni foki ha potu maʻa hoku kakai ʻIsileli, pea te u fokotuʻu ʻakinautolu, ke nau nofo ʻi ha potu ʻoku ʻonautolu pe, pea ʻikai toe hiki; pea ʻe ʻikai toe fakamamahi ʻakinautolu ʻe he fānau ʻoe angakovi, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi muʻa,

11 even from the day when I put judges in charge over my people Israel, thus will I give thee rest from all thine enemies. And Yahweh must tell thee that, a house, will Yahweh make for thee.

Pea hangē ko ia kuo fai talu mei heʻeku fekau ke pule ʻa hoku kakai ʻIsileli ʻe he kau fakamaau; pea kuo u tuku kiate koe ʻae mālōlō mei ho ngaahi fili kotoa pē. Pea ʻoku fakahā mai foki ʻe Sihova te ne fakatupu ho fale ʻoʻou.

12 And it shall be that, when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, then will I raise up thy seed after thee, which proceedeth from thine own body, —and I will establish his kingdom.

Pea ʻoka kakato hoʻo ngaahi ʻaho, pea te ke mohe koe fakataha mo hoʻo ngaahi tamai, te u fokotuʻu hake ho hako ki mui ʻiate koe, ʻakinautolu ʻe haʻu mei ho fatu ʻoʻou, pea te u ʻai ke tuʻu mālohi ʻa hono puleʻanga.

13 He, shall build a house for my name, —and I will establish his kingly throne unto times age-abiding:

Te ne langa ʻe ia ha fale maʻa hoku hingoa, pea te u fokotuʻu ʻae nofoʻanga fakatuʻi ʻo hono puleʻanga ke taʻengata.

14 I, will become his father, And, he, shall become my son: If he commit iniquity, then will I correct him, with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men;

Teu ʻiate ia ko e tamai, pea ko hoku foha ia. Kapau te ne fai ha kovi, te u tautea ʻaki ia ʻae meʻa tā ʻae tangata, pea mo e ngaahi tā ʻae fānau ʻae tangata:

15 But, my lovingkindness, shall not depart from him, —as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I caused to depart from before thee.

Ka ʻe ʻikai mahuʻi ʻa ʻeku ʻaloʻofa meiate ia, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku ʻave ia ʻia Saula, ʻaia naʻaku ʻave ʻeau mei ho ʻao.

16 So shall thy house and thy kingdom be made steadfast unto times age-abiding, before thee, —thy throne, shall be established unto times age-abiding.

Pea ko ho fale, pea mo ho puleʻanga ʻe fokotuʻu ia ʻi ho ʻao ʻo taʻengata; ʻe ʻai ke maʻu ʻo taʻengata ʻa ho nofoʻanga fakatuʻi.

17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so, spake Nathan unto David.

Naʻe lea ʻa Natani kia Tevita ʻo fakatatau mo e ngaahi lea ni, pea tatau mo e meʻa hā mai ni.’”

18 Then entered King David, and tarried before Yahweh, —and said—Who am, I, My Lord, Yahweh, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me, hitherto;

Pea naʻe toki hū atu ʻa Tevita, pea ne nofo ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, pea naʻa ne pehē, “Ko hai au, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua? Pea ko e hā ʻa hoku fale, kuo ke ʻomi ai au ʻo aʻu mai ki he kuonga ni?

19 and hast yet further made this seem little in thine eyes, My Lord, Yahweh, in that thou hast spoken, even of the house, of thy servant, for a great while to come? This, then is the law of manhood, O My Lord, Yahweh!

Pea ko e meʻa siʻi foki ia ʻi ho ʻao, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua; he kuo ke folofola foki ki he fale ʻo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ki he kuonga fuoloa ʻe haʻu. Pea he ko e anga eni ʻoe tangata ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua?

20 What more, then, can David yet further speak unto thee, —seeing that, thou thyself knowest thy servant, O My Lord Yahweh?

Pea ko e hā ha toe lea ʻe faʻa fai ʻe Tevita kiate koe? He ʻoku ke ʻilo ʻe koe, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.

21 For the sake of thine own word, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, —making it known unto thy servant.

Kuo ke fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi ni, koeʻuhi ko hoʻo folofola, pea ʻo hangē ko ho finangalo ʻoʻou, koeʻuhi ke fakaʻilo ia ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki.

22 For this cause, hast thou magnified thyself, O Yahweh Elohim, —for there is none like unto, thee, yea there is no God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Ko ia ʻoku ke lahi koe, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua: he ʻoku ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻoku hangē ko koe, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha ʻOtua mo koe, ʻo tatau mo ia kotoa pē kuo fanongo ki ai ʻa homau telinga.

23 Who, then, is like thy people, like Israel, a nation alone in the earth? whom God went to redeem for himself as a people, so to make himself a name, and to do for you the great deed, fearful things also for thy land, to make way for thy people, whom thou hadst redeemed for thyself, out of Egypt, [dealing with] nations and their god’s;

Pea ko fē ia ha puleʻanga pe taha ʻi māmani kuo tatau mo hoʻo kakai, ke hangē ko ʻIsileli, ʻaia naʻe ʻalu atu ʻae ʻOtua ke ne huhuʻi ia ko e kakai maʻana, pea ke fakaongoongolelei foki ia, pea ke fai maʻamoutolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi mo fakamanavahē, koeʻuhi ko ho fonua, pea ʻi he ʻao ʻo hoʻo kakai, ʻaia naʻa ke huhuʻi kiate koe mei ʻIsipite, mo e ngaahi puleʻanga pea mo honau ngaahi ʻotua?

24 and hast established for thyself thy people Israel—for thyself as a people, unto times age-abiding, —thou thyself, also, O Yahweh, becoming their God.

He kuo ke fakapapau kiate koe ʻa hoʻo kakai ʻIsileli, ko e kakai kiate koe ke taʻengata: pea ko koe ʻe Sihova kuo ke hoko ko honau ʻOtua.

25 Now, therefore, O Yahweh Elohim, the word which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou, unto times age-abiding, —and do, as thou hast spoken:

Pea ko eni, ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ko e lea kuo ke folofolaʻaki ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, pea koeʻuhi ko hono fale, fokotuʻu ia ke taʻengata, pea ke fai ʻo hangē ko ia kuo ke folofola ki ai.

26 that thy name may be age-abidingly magnified, saying, Yahweh of hosts, is God over Israel, and so, the house of thy servant David, be established before thee.

Pea tuku ke fakahikihikiʻi ʻa ho huafa ʻo taʻengata, ʻo pehē, Ko Sihova ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi, ko e ʻOtua ia ki ʻIsileli: pea tuku ke fokotuʻumaʻu ʻi ho ʻao ʻae fale ʻo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ko Tevita.

27 For, thou, O Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, hast unveiled the ear of thy servant, saying—A house, will I build for thee. For this cause, hath thy servant found in his heart, to pray unto thee, this prayer.

He ko koe, ʻE Sihova ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻIsileli, kuo ke fakahā ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, ʻo pehē, Te u langa hake ha fale moʻou: ko ia kuo ngaue ai ʻae loto ʻo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ke fai ʻae lotu ni kiate koe.

28 Now, therefore, O My Lord, Yahweh, thou, art God, and, thy words, shall prove true, —therefore hast thou spoken unto thy servant this goodness.

Pea ko eni, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ko koe ʻae ʻOtua ko ia, pea ʻoku moʻoni ʻa hoʻo ngaahi folofola, pea kuo ke talaʻofa ʻaki ʻae lelei ni ki hoʻo tamaioʻeiki:

29 Now, therefore, be pleased to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue age-abidingly before thee, —for, thou, O My Lord, Yahweh, hast spoken, therefore, with thine own blessing, shall the house of thy servant be age-abidingly blessed.

Ko ia tuku ke lelei ia kiate koe ke tāpuaki ʻae fale ʻo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki, koeʻuhi ke tuʻumaʻu ia ʻi ho ʻao ʻo taʻengata: he ko koe, ʻE Sihova ko e ʻOtua, kuo ke folofola ki ai: pea ʻi hoʻo tāpuaki tuku ke tāpuakiʻi ʻae fale ʻo hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻo taʻengata.”