Ii Samuelis 7
1 Factum est autem cum sedisset rex in domo sua, et Dominus dedisset ei requiem undique ab universis inimicis suis,
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2 dixit ad Nathan prophetam: Videsne quod ego habitem in domo cedrina, et arca Dei posita sit in medio pellium?
That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
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:
And it came to pass that night, that 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, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me an house for me 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.
Whereas I have not dwelled in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
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 the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me an 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 therefore so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over 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 was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like to the name of the great men that are in 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,
Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
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 as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you an house.
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 be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 ipse aedificabit domum nomini meo, et stabiliam thronum regni eius usque in sempiternum.
He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
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 shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 Misericordiam autem meam non auferam ab eo, sicut abstuli a Saul, quem amovi a facie mea.
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
16 Et fidelis erit domus tua, et regnum tuum usque in aeternum ante faciem tuam, et thronus tuus erit firmus iugiter.
And your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever before you: your throne shall be established for ever.
17 Secundum 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.
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 went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that you have brought me till now?
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 this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
20 Quid ergo addere poterit adhuc David, ut loquatur ad te? tu enim scis servum tuum Domine Deus.
And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant.
21 Propter verbum tuum, et secundum cor tuum fecisti omnia magnalia haec, ita ut notum faceres servo tuo.
For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.
22 Idcirco magnificatus es Domine Deus, quia non est similis tui, neque est Deus extra te, in omnibus quae audivimus auribus nostris.
Why you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our 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 what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt, from 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 confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you for ever: and you, LORD, are 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, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do 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,
And let your name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David 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, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you an house: therefore has your servant found 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 haec.
And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words be 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.
Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed for ever.
