1 Chronicles 17
1 When David was living in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I live in a cedar house, but the ark of the LORD’s covenant is in a tent.”
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 Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.”
Nathani akamjibu Daudi, “Lolote ulilo nalo moyoni mwako litende, kwa maana Mungu yu pamoja nawe.”
3 That same night, the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Usiku ule neno la Mungu likamjia Nathani, kusema:
4 “Go and tell David my servant, ‘The LORD says, “You shall not build me a 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 lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent 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 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”’
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, you shall tell my servant David, ‘The LORD of Hosts says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince 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 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who 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 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first,
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 from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that the LORD will build you a 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 It will happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your offspring after you, who will be of your 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 will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
Yeye ndiye atakayejenga nyumba kwa ajili yangu, nami nitakifanya imara kiti cha ufalme wake milele.
13 I will be his father, and he will be my son. I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you;
Mimi nitakuwa baba yake, naye atakuwa mwanangu. Kamwe sitaondoa upendo wangu kwake, kama nilivyouondoa kwa yeye aliyekutangulia.
14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne will be established forever.”’”
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 Nathan spoke to David.
Nathani akamwarifu Daudi maneno yote ya maono haya.
16 Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD; and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
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 This was a small thing in your eyes, O God, but you have spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the standard of a man of high degree, 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 say yet more to you concerning the honour which is done to your servant? For you know your servant.
“Daudi aweza kukuambia nini zaidi kuhusu kumheshimu mtumishi wako? Kwa maana wewe unamjua mtumishi wako,
19 LORD, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, to make 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 LORD, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, 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 What one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people whom you 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 you made your people Israel your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
Uliwafanya watu wako Israeli kuwa watu wako wewe mwenyewe milele, nawe, Ee Bwana Mungu, umekuwa Mungu wao.
23 Now, LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.
“Sasa basi, Bwana ahadi uliyoweka kuhusu mtumishi wako na nyumba yake na uithibitishe milele. Fanya kama ulivyoahidi,
24 Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of Hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.’
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 you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.
“Wewe, Mungu wangu, umemfunulia mtumishi wako Daudi kwamba utamjengea yeye nyumba. Hivyo mtumishi wako amekuwa na ujasiri wa kukuomba maombi haya.
26 Now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.
Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Mungu! Umemwahidi mtumishi wako mambo haya mazuri.
27 Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.”
Basi imekupendeza kuibariki nyumba ya mtumishi wako, ili idumu milele machoni pako; kwa ajili yako, Ee Bwana, umeibariki, nayo itabarikiwa milele.”
