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1 Cuando David ya vivía en su casa, sucedió que él dijo al profeta Natán: Ciertamente yo vivo en casa de cedro, pero el Arca del Pacto de Yavé está entre cortinas.

Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.”

2 Natán respondió a David: ¡Haz todo lo que está en tu corazón, porque ʼElohim está contigo!

And Nathan said to David: “Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.”

3 Pero esa misma noche vino Palabra de ʼElohim a Natán:

And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

4 Vé y dí a mi esclavo David: Yavé dice: Tú no me edificarás Casa para que more.

“Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.

5 Porque no moré en alguna casa desde el día cuando saqué a los hijos de Israel hasta hoy, sino estuve de tienda en tienda, y de Tabernáculo en Tabernáculo.

For I have not stayed in a house from the time when I led out Israel, even to this day. Instead, I have been continually changing places, in a tabernacle and tent,

6 Por dondequiera que anduve con todo Israel ¿hablé Palabra con alguno de los jueces de Israel, a quienes mandé a apacentar a mi pueblo? Le dije: ¿por qué no me edifican una Casa de cedro?

dwelling with all of Israel. When did I ever speak to any one at all, among the judges of Israel whom I placed in charge so that they might pasture my people, saying: ‘Why have you not built a house of cedar for me?’

7 Por tanto, ahora dirás a mi esclavo David: Yavé de las huestes dice: Yo te tomé del pasto, de seguir tras las ovejas, para que fueras soberano sobre mi pueblo Israel.

And so, now you shall say this to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you when you were following the flock in the pastures, so that you would be the leader of my people Israel.

8 Estuve contigo en todo lo que anduviste y corté de tu presencia a todos tus enemigos. Te haré un nombre como el nombre de los grandes de la tierra.

And I have been with you wherever you have gone. And I have slain all your enemies before you, and I have made a name for you like one of the great ones who are celebrated upon the earth.

9 Asimismo dispuse un lugar para mi pueblo Israel. Lo planté para que viva en él y no vuelva a ser removido, ni los perversos vuelvan a consumirlos como antes,

And I have given a place to my people Israel. They shall be planted, and they shall live in it, and they shall no longer be moved. Neither shall the sons of iniquity wear them away, as in the beginning,

10 desde el tiempo cuando designé jueces para mi pueblo Israel y sometí a todos tus enemigos. Además, te informo que Yavé te edificará casa.

from the days when I gave judges to my people Israel, and I humbled all your enemies. Therefore, I announce to you that the Lord will build a house for you.

11 Después de ti, cuando tus días sean cumplidos para ir a estar con tus antepasados, habrá uno de tus descendientes y estableceré su reino.

And when you will have completed your days, so that you go to your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall be from your sons. And I will establish his kingdom.

12 Él me edificará Casa, y Yo confirmaré su trono eternamente.

He shall build a house for me, and I will make firm his throne, even unto eternity.

13 Yo le seré Padre y él me será hijo. No apartaré mi misericordia de él, como la aparté del que estaba antes de ti,

I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it away from the one who was before you.

14 sino lo confirmaré en mi Casa y en mi reino eternamente. Su trono será establecido para siempre.

And I will station him in my house and in my kingdom, even forever. And his throne will be very firm, in perpetuity.”

15 Natán habló a David todas estas palabras según toda esta visión.

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

16 Entonces el rey David entró, se colocó delante de Yavé y dijo: ¡Oh Yavé ʼElohim! ¿Quién soy yo y qué es mi casa, para que me trajeras hasta aquí?

And when king David had departed, and had sat down before the Lord, he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would grant such things to me?

17 Aun esto fue poco delante de Ti, oh ʼElohim, pues hablaste del futuro de la casa de tu esclavo en un tiempo lejano y me consideraste como un hombre excelente, oh Yavé ʼElohim.

But even this has seemed little in your sight, and therefore you have also spoken about the house of your servant even for the future. And you have made me a spectacle above all men, O Lord God.

18 ¿Qué más puede David decirte por honrar a tu esclavo? Pues Tú conoces a tu esclavo.

What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him?

19 Oh Yavé, por amor a tu esclavo y según tu corazón, hiciste toda esta grandeza al dar a conocer todas estas grandezas.

O Lord, because of your servant, in accord with your own heart, you have brought about all this magnificence, and you have willed all these great things to be known.

20 Oh Yavé, nadie hay como Tú, ni hay ʼElohim aparte de Ti, conforme a todo lo que escucharon nuestros oídos.

O Lord, there is no one like you. And there is no other God apart from you, out of all whom we have heard about with our ears.

21 ¿Cuál otro pueblo hay en la tierra como tu pueblo Israel, al cual ʼElohim acudió a rescatarlo como pueblo para Él, a fin de darte renombre por medio de grandes y terribles hazañas al expulsar naciones de delante de tu pueblo que rescataste de Egipto?

For what other single nation upon earth is like your people Israel, to whom God reached out, so that he might free them, and might make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terribleness cast out the nations before the face of those whom he had freed from Egypt?

22 Pues estableciste a tu pueblo Israel como pueblo tuyo para siempre, y Tú, oh Yavé, fuiste su ʼElohim.

And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God.

23 Ahora pues, oh Yavé, confirma para siempre la Palabra que hablaste acerca de tu esclavo y de su casa. Haz como dijiste.

Now therefore, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken to your servant, and over his house, be confirmed in perpetuity, and do just as you have spoken.

24 Permanezca y sea engrandecido tu Nombre para siempre, a fin de que se diga: ¡Yavé de las huestes, ʼElohim de Israel, es ʼElohim para Israel! Sea establecida la casa de tu esclavo David delante de Ti.

And may your name remain and be magnified even for all time. And let it be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel. And the house of his servant David remains forever before him.’

25 Porque tú, ʼElohim mío, revelaste al oído de tu esclavo que le edificarás casa. Por eso tu esclavo halló valor para orar ante Ti.

For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build a house for him. And therefore your servant has found faith so that he might pray before you.

26 Ahora pues, Yavé, Tú eres ʼElohim, y prometiste a tu esclavo este bien.

Now then, O Lord, you are God. And you have spoken to your servant such great benefits.

27 Dígnate bendecir la casa de tu esclavo para que permanezca perpetuamente delante de Ti. Porque Tú, oh Yavé, la bendijiste, y será bendita para siempre.

And you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it may be always before you. For since it is you who is blessing, O Lord, it shall be blessed forever.”