2 Samweli 7
1 Ikawa mfalme alipokuwa amekwisha kukaa katika nyumba yake, na baada ya Yahwe kuwa amemstarehesha kutokana na adui zake wate waliomzunguka,
Afterwarde when the King sate in his house and the Lord had giuen him rest rounde about from all his enemies,
2 mfalme akamwambia nabii Nathani, “Tazama, mimi ninaishi katika nyumba ya mierezi, lakini sanduku la Mungu lipo hemani.
The King saide vnto Nathan the Prophet, Beholde, nowe I dwel in an house of cedar trees, and the Arke of God remayneth within the curtaines.
3 Basi Nathani akamwambia mfalme, “Nenda, fanya lililo moyoni mwako, kwa maana Yahwe yupo nawe.”
Then Nathan sayde vnto the King, Go, and doe all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.
4 Lakini usiku usiku uleule neno la Yahwe lilimjia Nathani kusema,
And the same night the worde of the Lord came vnto Nathan, saying,
5 “Nenda na umwambie mtumishi wangu Daudi, 'Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe: Je utanijengea nyumba ya kuishi?”
Goe and tell my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord, Shalt thou buylde me an house for my dwelling?
6 Kwa maana sijawai kuishi katika nyumba tangu siku ile nilipowaleta wana wa Israeli kutoka Misri hata leo; badala yake nimekuwa nikitembea katika hema, hema la kukutania.
For I haue dwelt in no house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day, but haue walked in a tent and tabernacle.
7 Mahali pote ambapo nimekuwa nikihama miongoni mwa wana wote wa Israeli, Je niliwai kusema lolote na viongozi wa Israeli niliowaweka kuwachunga watu wangu Israeli, kusema, “Kwa nini hamjanijengea nyumba ya mierezi?”
In al the places wherein I haue walked with all the children of Israel, spake I one worde with any of the tribes of Israel when I commanded the iudges to feede my people Israel? or sayde I, Why build ye not me an house of cedar trees?
8 Sasa basi, mwambie Daudi, mtumishi wangu, “Hiki ndicho asemacho Yahwe wa majeshi: 'Nilikutwaa kutoka machungani, kutoka katika kuwafuata kondoo, ili uwe mtawala juu ya watu wangu Israeli.
Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.
9 Nimekuwa pamoja nawe popote ulipokwenda na nimewakatilia mbali adui zako wote mbele yako. Na nitakutengenezea jina kubwa, kama jina la mojawapo ya wakuu walio juu ya nchi.
And I was with thee wheresoeuer thou hast walked, and haue destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and haue made thee a great name, like vnto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
10 Nitatenga mahali kwa ajili ya watu wangu Israeli nami nitawapanda pale, ili kwamba waweze kuishi mahali pao wenyewe na wasisumbuliwe tena. Waovu hawatawatesa tena, kama walivyofanya mwanzo.
(Also I will appoynt a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their owne, and moue no more, neither shall wicked people trouble them any more as before time,
11 Kama walivyofanya tangu siku ile nilipoamuru waamuzi juu ya watu wangu Israeli. Nami nitakustarehesha kutokana na adui zako wote. Zaidi ya hayo, Mimi, Yahwe, nakutamkia kwamba nitakutengenezea nyumba.
And since the time that I set Iudges ouer my people of Israel) and I will giue thee rest from al thine enemies: also the Lord telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.
12 Siku zako zitakapokwisha na ukalala pamoja na baba zako, nitainua mzao baada yako, atokaye katika mwili wako mwenyewe, nitauimalisha ufalme wake.
And when thy daies bee fulfilled, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and I wil set vp thy seede after thee, which shall proceede out of thy body, and will stablish his kingdome.
13 Naye atajenga nyumba kwa jina langu, nami nitakiimalisha kiti chake cha enzi daima.
He shall buyld an house for my Name, and I will stablish ye throne of his kingdome for euer.
14 Nitakuwa baba kwake, naye atakuwa mwanangu. Atakapotenda dhambi, nitamwadhibu kwa fimbo ya wanadamu na kwa mapigo ya wana wa watu.
I will be his father, and hee shall bee my sonne: and if he sinne, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.
15 Lakini uaminifu wa agano langu hautamwondokea, kama nilivyouondoa kutoka kwa Sauli, niliyemwondoa mbele yako.
But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I tooke it from Saul whome I haue put away before thee.
16 Nyumba yako na ufalme wako utathibitiswa mbele yako daima. Kiti chako cha enzi kitakuwa imara daima.”
And thine house shall be stablished and thy kingdome for euer before thee, euen thy throne shalbe stablished for euer.
17 Nathani akamwambia Daudi na kumtaarifu maneno haya yote, na akamwambia kuhusu ono lote.
According to all these wordes, and according to all this vision, Nathan spake thus vnto Dauid.
18 Kisha mfalme Daudi akaingia ndani na kuketi mbele ya Yahwe; akasema, “Mimi ni nani, Yahwe Mungu, na familia yangu ni nini hata umenileta hapa nilipo?
Then King Dauid went in, and sate before the Lord, and sayde, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
19 Na hili lilikuwa jambo dogo mbele yako, Bwana Yahwe. Hata ukasema kuhusu familia ya mtumishi wako wakati mkuu ujao, nawe umenionesha vizazi vijavyo, Bwana Yahwe!
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy seruants house for a great while: but doth this appertaine to man, O Lord God?
20 Mimi Daudi, niseme nini zaidi kwako? Umemweshimu mtumishi wako, Bwana Yahwe.
And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.
21 Kwa ajili ya neno lako, na kwa ajili ya kutimiza kusudi lako mwenyewe, umefanya jambo kubwa namna hii na kulidhihirisha kwa mtumishi wako.
For thy words sake, and according to thine owne heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them knowen vnto thy seruant.
22 Kwa hiyo wewe ni mkuu, Bwana Yahwe. Kwa maana hakuna mwingine aliye kama wewe, na hakuna Mungu mwingine badala yako, kama jinsi ambayo tumesikia kwa masikio yetu wenyewe.
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that wee haue heard with our eares.
23 Kwani kuna taifa lipi lililo kama watu wako Israeli, taifa moja juu ya nchi ambalo wewe, Mungu, ulikwenda na kuwakomboa kwa ajili yako wewe mwenyewe? Ulifanya hivi ili kwamba wawe watu kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, kujifanyia jina kwa ajili yako mwenyewe, na kufanya matendo makuu na ya kuogofya kwa ajili ya nchi yako. Uliyaondoa mataifa na miungu yao kutoka mbele ya watu wako, uliowakomboa kutoka Misri.
And what one people in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? whose God went and redeemed them to himselfe, that they might be his people, and that hee might make him a name, and do for you great things, and terrible for thy land, O Lord, euen for thy people, whome thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations, and their gods?
24 Umeiimarisha Israel kama watu wako daima, na wewe, Yahwe, kuwa Mungu wao.
For thou hast ordeyned to thy selfe thy people Israel to be thy people for euer: and thou Lord art become their God.
25 Basi sasa, Yahwe Mungu, ahadi uliyofanya kuhusu mtumishi wako na familia yake iwe imara daima. Ufanye kame uilivyo sema.
Nowe therefore, O Lord God, confirme for euer the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy seruant and his house, and doe as thou hast sayde.
26 Na jina lako liwe kuu daima, ili watu waseme, 'Yahwe wa majeshi ni Mungu wa Israeli,' wakati nyumba yangu, Daudi, mtumishi wako itakapokaa imara mbele zako daima.
And let thy Name bee magnified for euer by them that shall say, The Lord of hostes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruant Dauid be stablished before thee.
27 Kwa maana wewe, Yahwe wa majeshi, Mungu wa Israeli, umedhihirisha kwa mtumishi wako kwamba utamjengea nyumba. Ndiyo maana mimi, mtumishi wako, nimepata ujasiri kuomba kwako.
For thou, O Lord of hostes, God of Israel, hast reueiled vnto thy seruant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy seruant bene bold to pray this prayer vnto thee.
28 Sasa, Bwana Yahwe, wewe ni Mungu, na maneno yako ni amini, na umefanya ahadi hii njema kwa mtumishi wako.
Therefore now, O Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy words be true, and thou hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruant)
29 Sasa basi, na ikupendeze kuibariki nyumba ya mtumishi wako, ili iendelee mbele yako daima. Kwa maana wewe, Bwana Yahwe, umeyasema mambo haya, na kwa ahadi yako nyumba ya mtumishi wako itabarikiwa daima.
Therefore nowe let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it may continue for euer before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and let the house of thy seruant be blessed for euer, with thy blessing.
