Ii Samuelis 7

1 Factum est autem cum sedisset rex in domo sua, et Dominus dedisset ei requiem undique ab universis inimicis suis,

Now it happened that, when the king had settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

2 dixit ad Nathan prophetam: Videsne quod ego habitem in domo cedrina, et arca Dei posita sit in medio pellium?

he said to the prophet Nathan, “Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins?”

3 Dixitque Nathan ad regem: Omne quod est in corde tuo, vade fac: quia Dominus tecum est.

And Nathan said to the king: “Go, do all that is in your heart. For the Lord is with you.”

4 Factum est autem in illa nocte: et ecce sermo Domini ad Nathan, dicens:

But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

5 Vade, et loquere ad servum meum David: Hæc dicit Dominus: Numquid tu ædificabis mihi domum ad habitandum?

“Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place?

6 Neque enim habitavi in domo ex die illa, qua eduxi filios Israel de Terra Ægypti, usque in diem hanc: sed ambulabam in tabernaculo, et in tentorio.

For I have not lived in a house from the day that I led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt, even to this day. Instead, I have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.

7 Per cuncta loca, quæ transivi cum omnibus filiis Israel, numquid loquens locutus sum ad unam de tribubus Israel, cui præcepi ut pasceret populum meum Israel, dicens: Quare non ædificastis mihi domum cedrinam?

And in all the places that I have crossed through, with all the sons of Israel, did I ever speak a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I instructed to pasture my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’

8 Et nunc hæc dices servo meo David: Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum: Ego tuli te de pascuis sequentem greges, ut esses dux super populum meum Israel:

And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel.

9 et fui tecum in omnibus ubicumque ambulasti, et interfeci universos inimicos tuos a facie tua: fecique tibi nomen grande, iuxta nomen magnorum, qui sunt in terra.

And I have been with you everywhere that you walked. And I have slain all your enemies before your face. And I have made you a great name, beside the name of the great ones who are upon the earth.

10 Et ponam locum populo meo Israel, et plantabo eum, et habitabit sub eo, et non turbabitur amplius: nec addent filii iniquitatis ut affligant eum sicut prius,

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall live there, and they shall no longer be disturbed. Neither shall the sons of iniquity continue to afflict them as before,

11 ex die qua constitui iudices super populum meum Israel: et requiem dabo tibi ab omnibus inimicis tuis. prædicitque tibi Dominus, quod domum faciat tibi Dominus.

from the day when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give rest to you from all your enemies. And the Lord foretells to you that the Lord himself will make a house for you.

12 Cumque completi fuerint dies tui, et dormieris cum patribus tuis, suscitabo semen tuum post te, quod egredietur de utero tuo, et firmabo regnum eius.

And when your days will have been fulfilled, and you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will go forth from your loins, and I will make firm his kingdom.

13 ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo, et stabiliam thronum regni eius usque in sempiternum.

He himself shall build a house to my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom, even forever.

14 Ego ero ei in patrem, et ipse erit mihi in filium: qui si inique aliquid gesserit, arguam eum in virga virorum, et in plagis filiorum hominum.

I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men.

15 Misericordiam autem meam non auferam ab eo, sicut abstuli a Saul, quem amovi a facie mea.

But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.

16 Et fidelis erit domus tua, et regnum tuum usque in æternum ante faciem tuam, et thronus tuus erit firmus iugiter.

And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, for eternity, and your throne shall be secure continuously.’”

17 Secundum omnia verba hæc, et iuxta universam visionem istam, sic locutus est Nathan ad David.

According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

18 Ingressus est autem rex David, et sedit coram Domino, et dixit: Quis ego sum Domine Deus, et quæ domus mea, quia adduxisti me hucusque?

Then king David entered and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would bring me to this point?

19 Sed et hoc parum visum est in conspectu tuo Domine Deus, nisi loquereris etiam de domo servi tui in longinquum: ista est enim lex Adam, Domine Deus.

Moreover, this has seemed little in your sight, O Lord God, unless you also will speak about the house of your servant for a long time. For this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.

20 Quid ergo addere poterit adhuc David, ut loquatur ad te? tu enim scis servum tuum Domine Deus.

Therefore, what more will David be able to say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God.

21 Propter verbum tuum, et secundum cor tuum fecisti omnia magnalia hæc, ita ut notum faceres servo tuo.

Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant.

22 Idcirco magnificatus es Domine Deus, quia non est similis tui, neque est Deus extra te, in omnibus quæ audivimus auribus nostris.

For this reason, you are magnified, O Lord God. For there is no one like you. And there is no God except you, in all the things that we have heard with our own ears.

23 Quæ est autem, ut populus tuus Israel, gens in terra, propter quam ivit Deus, ut redimeret eam sibi in populum, et poneret sibi nomen, faceretque eis magnalia, et horribilia super terram, a facie populi tui, quem redemisti tibi ex Ægypto, gentem, et deum eius.

But what nation is there upon the earth like your people Israel, because of whom God went forth, so that he might redeem a people for himself, and establish a name for himself, and accomplish for them great and terrible things upon the earth, before the face of your people, whom you redeemed for yourself away from Egypt, the nations and their gods.

24 Firmasti enim tibi populum tuum Israel in populum sempiternum: et tu Domine Deus factus es eis in Deum.

For you have secured your people Israel for yourself, as an everlasting people. And you, O Lord God, have become their God.

25 Nunc ergo Domine Deus verbum, quod locutus es super servum tuum, et super domum eius, suscita in sempiternum: et fac sicut locutus es,

Now therefore, O Lord God, raise up forever the word that you have spoken over your servant and over his house. And do just as you have said,

26 ut magnificetur nomen tuum usque in sempiternum, atque dicatur: Dominus exercituum, Deus super Israel. Et domus servi tui David erit stabilita coram Domino,

so that your name may be magnified even forever, and so that it may be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And the house of your servant David will be established in the sight of the Lord.

27 quia tu Domine exercituum Deus Israel revelasti aurem servi tui, dicens: Domum ædificabo tibi: propterea invenit servus tuus cor suum ut oraret te oratione hac.

For you, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to the ear of your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Because of this, your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

28 Nunc ergo Domine Deus, tu es Deus, et verba tua erunt vera: locutus es enim ad servum tuum bona hæc.

Now therefore, O Lord God, you are God, and your words shall be true. For you have spoken to your servant these good things.

29 Incipe ergo, et benedic domui servi tui, ut sit in sempiternum coram te: quia tu Domine Deus locutus es, et benedictione tua benedicetur domus servi tui in sempiternum.

Therefore, begin, and bless the house of your servant, so that it may be forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken. And so, let the house of your servant be blessed with your blessing forever.”