Ii Samuelis 7
1 Factum est autem cum sedisset rex in domo sua, et Dominus dedisset ei requiem undique ab universis inimicis suis,
After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 dixit ad Nathan prophetam: Videsne quod ego habitem in domo cedrina, et arca Dei posita sit in medio pellium?
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
3 Dixitque Nathan ad regem: Omne quod est in corde tuo, vade fac: quia Dominus tecum est.
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and 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 that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,
5 Vade, et loquere ad servum meum David: Haec dicit Dominus: Numquid tu aedificabis mihi domum ad habitandum?
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?
6 Neque enim habitavi in domo ex die illa, qua eduxi filios Israel de Terra Aegypti, usque in diem hanc: sed ambulabam in tabernaculo, et in tentorio.
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
7 Per cuncta loca, quae transivi cum omnibus filiis Israel, numquid loquens locutus sum ad unam de tribubus Israel, cui praecepi ut pasceret populum meum Israel, dicens: Quare non aedificastis mihi domum cedrinam?
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
8 Et nunc haec dices servo meo David: Haec dicit Dominus exercituum: Ego tuli te de pascuis sequentem greges, ut esses dux super populum meum Israel:
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler 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.
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
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 provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
11 ex die qua constitui iudices super populum meum Israel: et requiem dabo tibi ab omnibus inimicis tuis. praedicitque tibi Dominus, quod domum faciat tibi Dominus.
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish 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 are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo, et stabiliam thronum regni eius usque in sempiternum.
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom 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 his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
15 Misericordiam autem meam non auferam ab eo, sicut abstuli a Saul, quem amovi a facie mea.
But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I moved out of your way.
16 Et fidelis erit domus tua, et regnum tuum usque in aeternum ante faciem tuam, et thronus tuus erit firmus iugiter.
Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
17 Secundum omnia verba haec, et iuxta universam visionem istam, sic locutus est Nathan ad David.
So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.
18 Ingressus est autem rex David, et sedit coram Domino, et dixit: Quis ego sum Domine Deus, et quae domus mea, quia adduxisti me hucusque?
Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
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.
And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?
20 Quid ergo addere poterit adhuc David, ut loquatur ad te? tu enim scis servum tuum Domine Deus.
What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
21 Propter verbum tuum, et secundum cor tuum fecisti omnia magnalia haec, ita ut notum faceres servo tuo.
For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
22 Idcirco magnificatus es Domine Deus, quia non est similis tui, neque est Deus extra te, in omnibus quae audivimus auribus nostris.
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
23 Quae 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 Aegypto, gentem, et deum eius.
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
24 Firmasti enim tibi populum tuum Israel in populum sempiternum: et tu Domine Deus factus es eis in Deum.
For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, 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,
And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
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 will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
27 quia tu Domine exercituum Deus Israel revelasti aurem servi tui, dicens: Domum aedificabo tibi: propterea invenit servus tuus cor suum ut oraret te oratione hac.
For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
28 Nunc ergo Domine Deus, tu es Deus, et verba tua erunt vera: locutus es enim ad servum tuum bona haec.
And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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.
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
