I Paralipomenon 17
1 Cum autem habitaret David in domo sua, dixit ad Nathan prophetam: Ecce ego habito in domo cedrina: arca autem foederis Domini sub pellibus est.
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains.
2 Et ait Nathan ad David: Omnia, quae in corde tuo sunt, fac: Deus enim tecum est.
Then Nathan said to David, Do all that [is] in thy heart; for God [is] with thee.
3 Igitur nocte illa factus est sermo Domini ad Nathan, dicens:
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Vade, et loquere David servo meo: Haec dicit Dominus: Non aedificabis tu mihi domum ad habitandum.
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
5 Neque enim mansi in domo ex eo tempore, quo eduxi Israel, usque ad diem hanc: sed fui semper mutans loca tabernaculi, et in tentorio
For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].
6 manens cum omni Israel. Numquid locutus sum saltem uni Iudicum Israel, quibus praeceperam, ut pascerent populum meum, et dixi: Quare non aedificastis mihi domum cedrinam?
Wherever I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?
7 Nunc itaque sic loqueris ad servum meum David: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Ego tuli te, cum in pascuis sequereris gregem, ut esses dux populi mei Israel.
Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep-cote, [even] from following the sheep, that thou shouldst be ruler over my people Israel:
8 Et fui tecum quocumque perrexisti: et interfeci omnes inimicos tuos coram te, fecique tibi nomen quasi unius magnorum, qui celebrantur in terra.
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thy enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that [are] in the earth.
9 Et dedi locum populo meo Israel: plantabitur, et habitabit in eo, et ultra non commovebitur: nec filii iniquitatis atterent eos, sicut a principio,
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning.
10 ex diebus quibus dedi iudices populo meo Israel, et humiliavi universos inimicos tuos. Annuncio ergo tibi, quod aedificaturus sit tibi Dominus domum.
And since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all thy enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee that the LORD will build thee a house.
11 Cumque impleveris dies tuos ut vadas ad patres tuos, suscitabo semen tuum post te, quod erit de filiis tuis: et stabiliam regnum eius.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days shall be ended that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12 Ipse aedificabit mihi domum, et firmabo solium eius usque in aeternum.
He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
13 Ego ero ei in patrem, et ipse erit mihi in filium: et misericordiam meam non auferam ab eo, sicut abstuli ab eo, qui ante te fuit.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before thee:
14 Et statuam eum in domo mea, et in regno meo usque in sempiternum: et thronus eius erit firmissimus in perpetuum.
But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
15 Iuxta omnia verba haec, et iuxta universam visionem istam, sic locutus est Nathan ad David.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
16 Cumque venisset rex David, et sedisset coram Domino, dixit: Quis ego sum Domine Deus, et quae domus mea, ut praestares mihi talia?
And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is] my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
17 Sed et hoc parum visum est in conspectu tuo, ideoque locutus es super domum servi tui etiam in futurum: et fecisti me spectabilem super omnes homines Domine Deus.
And [yet] this was a small thing in thy eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
18 Quid ultra addere potest David, cum ita glorificaveris servum tuum, et cognoveris eum?
What can David [speak] more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19 Domine propter famulum tuum iuxta cor tuum fecisti omnem magnificentiam hanc, et nota esse voluisti universa magnalia.
O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thy own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all [these] great things.
20 Domine, non est similis tui: et non est alius Deus absque te, ex omnibus, quos audivimus auribus nostris.
O LORD, [there] is none like thee, neither [is there any] God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 Quis enim est alius, ut populus tuus Israel, gens una in terra, ad quam perrexit Deus, ut liberaret, et faceret populum sibi, et magnitudine sua atque terroribus eiiceret nationes a facie eius, quem de Aegypto liberarat?
And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem [to be] his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
22 Et posuisti populum tuum Israel tibi in populum usque in aeternum, et tu Domine factus es Deus eius.
For thy people Israel didst thou make thy own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23 Nunc igitur Domine, sermo, quem locutus es famulo tuo, et super domum eius, confirmetur in perpetuum, et fac sicut locutus es.
Therefore now, LORD, Let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 Permaneatque et magnificetur nomen tuum usque in sempiternum: et dicatur: Dominus exercituum Deus Israel, et domus David servi eius permanens coram eo.
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts [is] the God of Israel, [even] a God to Israel: and [let] the house of David thy servant [be] established before thee.
25 Tu enim Domine Deus meus revelasti auriculam servi tui, ut aedificares ei domum: et idcirco invenit servus tuus fiduciam, ut oret coram te.
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore thy servant hath found [in his heart] to pray before thee.
26 Nunc ergo Domine tu es Deus: et locutus es ad servum tuum tanta beneficia.
And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness to thy servant:
27 Et coepisti benedicere domui servi tui, ut sit semper coram te: te enim Domine benedicente, benedicta erit in perpetuum.
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and [it shall be] blessed for ever.
