1 Nyakati 17
1 Ikawa baada ya mfalme kuwa katika nyumba yake, akasema kwa Nathani yule nabii, “Angalia, nina ishi katika nyumba iliyo jengwa na mierezi, lakini sanduku la agano la Yahweh lipo kwenye chini ya hema.”
And it comes to pass as David sat in his house, that David says to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the Ark of the Covenant of YHWH [is] under curtains”;
2 Kisha Nathani akasema kwa Daudi, Nenda, fanya yalio moyoni mwako, kwa kuwa Mungu yupo nawe.”
and Nathan says to David, “All that [is] in your heart do, for God [is] with you.”
3 Lakini usiku huo neno la Mungu lilimjia Nathani, nakusema,
And it comes to pass on that night that a word of God is to Nathan, saying,
4 “Nenda umwambie Daudi mtumishi wangu, 'Hivi ndivyo Yahweh asemavyo: Hautanijengea nyumba ya kuishi.
“Go, and you have said to My servant David, Thus said YHWH: You do not build for Me the house to dwell in.
5 Kwa kuwa sijaishi katika nyumba toka ile siku niliyo ileta Israeli hadi leo. Badala yake, nimeishi ndani ya hema, hema la kukusanyikia, sehemu mbali mbali.
For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, and I am [going] from tent to tent, and from the Dwelling Place.
6 Katika sehemu zote nilizo enda na Israeli, niliwai kusema lolote kwa viongozi wa Israeli niliyo wachagua kuwa chunga watu wangu, kwa kusema, “Kwa nini haujanijengea mimi nyumba ya mierezi?””
Wherever I have walked up and down among all Israel, have I spoken a word with one of [the] judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built a house of cedars for Me?
7 “Kisha sasa, mwambie mtumishi wangu Daudi, 'Hili ndilo Yahweh wa majeshi anasema: Nilikuchugua kutoka malishoni, kufuata kondoo, ilikwamba uwe mtawala wa watu wangu Waisraeli.
And now, thus you say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts: I have taken you from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,
8 Nimekuwa nawe pote ulipo enda na nimewakata maadui zako wote, na na nitakufanyia jina, kama jina la wakuu wa dunia.
and I am with you wherever you have walked, and I cut off all your enemies from your presence, and have made a name for you like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth.
9 Nitachagua sehemu ya watu wangu Israeli na nitawapanda hapo, iliwaishi sehemu yao na wasisumbuke tena. Watu wa ovu hawata watesa tena, kama walivyo fanya mwanzo,
And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it has dwelt in its place, and is not troubled anymore, and the sons of perverseness do not add to wear it out as at first,
10 kama walivyo kuwa wakifanya toka siku zile nilipo waamuru waamuzi kuwa juu ya watu wangu Waisraeli. Kisha nitawatiisha maadui zako wote. Zaidi sana nina kwambia kwamba mimi, Yahweh, nitakujengea nyumba.
indeed, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I have humbled all your enemies, and I declare to you that YHWH builds a house for you.
11 Itakuja kuwa hapo siku zako zitapo timia za wewe kwenda kwa baba zako, nitainua uzao wako baada yako, na mmoja wa uzao wako nitaimarisha ufalme wake.
And it has come to pass, when your days have been fulfilled to go with your fathers, that I have raised up your seed after you, who is of your sons, and I have established his kingdom;
12 Yeye atanijengea nyumba, na nitaimarisha kiti chake cha enzi milele.
he builds a house for Me, and I have established his throne for all time;
13 Nitakuwa baba kwake, naye atakuwa mwana wangu. Sitaondoa uwaminifu wa Agano langu kwake, kama nilivyo ondoa kwa Sauli, aliye tawala kabla yako.
I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and I do not turn aside My kindness from him as I turned it aside from him who was before you,
14 Nitamweka juu ya nyumba yangu na katika ufalme wangu milele, na kiti chake cha enzi kitaimarishwa milele.”
and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom for all time, and his throne is established for all time.”
15 Nathani akanena haya kwa Daudi na kumtaarifu, na akamwambia kuhusu maono yote.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.
16 Kisha Daudi mfalme akaenda ndani na kuketi mbele za Yahweh; akasema, “Mimi ni nani, Yahweh Mungu, na familia yangu ni nini, hadi unilete umbali huu?
And David the king comes in and sits before YHWH, and says, “Who [am] I, O YHWH God, and what [is] my house, that You have brought me here?
17 Hili lilikuwa jambo dogo machoni pako, Mungu. Umezungumzia familia ya mtumishi wako kwa muda mrefu ujao, na umenionyesha vizazi vijavyo, Yahweh Mungu.
And this is small in Your eyes, O God, and You speak concerning the house of Your servant far off, and have seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O YHWH God!
18 Nini zaidi mimi, Daudi, niseme? Umemheshimu mtumishi wako. Umemtambua kwa kipekee mtumishi wako.
What more does David add to You for the honor of Your servant; and You have known Your servant.
19 Yahweh, kwa ajili ya mtumishi wako, na kutimiza kusudi lako, umefanya hili ilikudhihirisha matendo yako makuu.
O YHWH, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart You have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
20 Yahweh, hakuna aliye kama wewe, na hakuna Mungu zaidi yako, kama tulivyo sikia mara zote.
O YHWH, there is none like You, and there is no god except You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 Ni taifa gani duniani kama watu wako Israeli, ambaye wewe, Mungu, uliwaokoa kutoka Misri iliwawe watu wako, kujifanyia jina lako kwa matendo makuu na yahajabu? Uliondoa mataifa mbele za watu wako, uliye waokoa kutoka Misri.
And who [is] as Your people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God has gone to ransom to Himself for a people, to make a great and fearful name for Yourself, to cast out nations from the presence of Your people whom You have ransomed out of Egypt?
22 Ulifanya Israeli watu wako milele, na wewe, Yahweh, ukawa Mungu wao.
Indeed, You appoint Your people Israel to Yourself for a people for all time, and You, O YHWH, have been to them for God.
23 Hivyo sasa, Yahweh, ile ahadi uliyo iweka kuhusu mtumishi wako na nyumba yake itimizwe milele. Fanya kama ulivyo nena.
And now, O YHWH, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house, be steadfast for all time, and do as You have spoken;
24 Jina lako na litukuzwe milele na kuwa kuu, ili watu waseme, 'Yahweh wa majeshi ni Mungu wa Israeli,' na nyumba yangu, mimi Daudi, mtumishi wako ikiwa imeimarishwa mbele zako.
and let it be steadfast, and Your Name is great for all time, saying, YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, [is] God to Israel, and the house of Your servant David is established before You;
25 Kwa kuwa wewe, Mungu wangu, umedhihirisha kwa mtumishi wako utamjengea nyumba. Hiyo ndio sababu, mimi mtumishi wako, nimepata ujasiri wa kuomba kwako.
for You, O my God, have uncovered the ear of Your servant—to build a house for him, therefore Your servant has found [desire] to pray before You.
26 Sasa, Yahweh, wewe ni Mungu, na umefanya hii ahadi nzuri kwa mtumishi wako:
And now, YHWH, You [are] God Himself, and You speak this goodness concerning Your servant;
27 Sasa imekupendeza kubariki nyumba ya mtumishi wako, iliiendelee milele mbele zako. Wewe, Yahweh, umeibariki, na itabarikiwa milele.”
and now, You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, to be before You for all time; for You, O YHWH, have blessed, and it is blessed for all time.”
