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 comes to pass, when the king sat in his house, and YHWH has given rest to him all around, 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 says to Nathan the prophet, “Now see, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, but the Ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.”

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

And Nathan says to the king, “All that [is] in your heart—go, do, for YHWH [is] with you.”

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

And it comes to pass in that night, that the word of YHWH is to Nathan, saying,

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

“Go, and you have said to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH: Do you build for Me a house for My dwelling 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 even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a dwelling place.

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?

During all [the time] that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, have I spoken a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built a house of cedars for Me?

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:

And now, thus you say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have taken you from the pasture, from after the flock, to be leader 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 am with you wherever you have gone, and I cut off all your enemies from your presence, and have made a great name for you, as the name of the great ones who [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,

and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it has dwelt in its place, and it is not troubled anymore, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it anymore, as in 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.

even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to you from all your enemies, and YHWH has declared to you that YHWH makes 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.

When your days are full, and you have lain with your fathers, then I have raised up your seed after you which goes out from your bowels, and have established his kingdom;

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

he builds a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom for all time.

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 am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealing perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

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

and My kindness does not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from 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 [are] steadfast before you for all time, your throne is established for all time.”

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 spoke Nathan 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?

And King David comes in and sits before YHWH, and says, “Who [am] I, Lord YHWH? And what [is] my house, that You have brought me here?

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 yet this [is] little in Your eyes, Lord YHWH, and You also speak concerning the house of Your servant far off; and this [is] the law of the man, Lord YHWH.

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

And what does David add more to speak to You? And You, You have known Your servant, Lord YHWH.

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

Because of Your word, and according to Your heart, You have done all this greatness, to cause Your servant to know [it].

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

Therefore You have been great, YHWH God, for there is none like You, and there is no God except 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 who [is] as Your people, as Israel—one nation in the earth, whom God has gone to redeem for a people for Himself, and to make for Himself a name—and to do for Yourself the greatness—even fearful things for Your land, at the presence of Your people, whom You have redeemed for Yourself out of Egypt—[among the] nations and their gods?

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

Indeed, You establish Your people Israel for Yourself, for a people for Yourself for all time, and You, YHWH, have been to them for 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, YHWH God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house, establish for all time, and do as You have spoken.

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 Your Name is great for all time, saying, YHWH of Hosts [is] God over Israel, and the house of Your servant David is 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, YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, have uncovered the ear of Your servant, saying, I build a house for you, therefore Your servant has found 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, Lord YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and Your words are truth, and You speak 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.

and now, begin and bless the house of Your servant, to be before You for all time, for You, Lord YHWH, have spoken, and by Your blessing the house of Your servant is blessed for all time.”