2 Samweli 7
1 Ikawa mfalme alipokuwa amekwisha kukaa katika nyumba yake, na baada ya Yahwe kuwa amemstarehesha kutokana na adui zake wate waliomzunguka,
And it cometh to pass, when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah hath given rest to him round about, from all his enemies,
2 mfalme akamwambia nabii Nathani, “Tazama, mimi ninaishi katika nyumba ya mierezi, lakini sanduku la Mungu lipo hemani.
that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, 'See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.'
3 Basi Nathani akamwambia mfalme, “Nenda, fanya lililo moyoni mwako, kwa maana Yahwe yupo nawe.”
And Nathan saith unto the king, 'All that [is] in thine heart — go, do, for Jehovah [is] with thee.'
4 Lakini usiku usiku uleule neno la Yahwe lilimjia Nathani kusema,
And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying,
5 “Nenda na umwambie mtumishi wangu Daudi, 'Hivi ndivyo asemavyo Yahwe: Je utanijengea nyumba ya kuishi?”
'Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?
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 have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a 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?”
During all [the time] that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, 'Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars?
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.
and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over 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 am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who [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.
and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning,
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.
even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.
12 Siku zako zitakapokwisha na ukalala pamoja na baba zako, nitainua mzao baada yako, atokaye katika mwili wako mwenyewe, nitauimalisha ufalme wake.
'When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;
13 Naye atajenga nyumba kwa jina langu, nami nitakiimalisha kiti chake cha enzi daima.
He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.
14 Nitakuwa baba kwake, naye atakuwa mwanangu. Atakapotenda dhambi, nitamwadhibu kwa fimbo ya wanadamu na kwa mapigo ya wana wa watu.
I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,
15 Lakini uaminifu wa agano langu hautamwondokea, kama nilivyouondoa kutoka kwa Sauli, niliyemwondoa mbele yako.
and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,
16 Nyumba yako na ufalme wako utathibitiswa mbele yako daima. Kiti chako cha enzi kitakuwa imara daima.”
and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.'
17 Nathani akamwambia Daudi na kumtaarifu maneno haya yote, na akamwambia kuhusu ono lote.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.
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?
And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, 'Who [am] I, Lord Jehovah? and what my 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 yet this [is] little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this [is] the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.
20 Mimi Daudi, niseme nini zaidi kwako? Umemweshimu mtumishi wako, Bwana Yahwe.
And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah.
21 Kwa ajili ya neno lako, na kwa ajili ya kutimiza kusudi lako mwenyewe, umefanya jambo kubwa namna hii na kulidhihirisha kwa mtumishi wako.
Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know [it].
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.
Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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 who [is] as Thy people, as Israel — one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name — and to do for you the greatness — even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt — [among the] nations and their gods?
24 Umeiimarisha Israel kama watu wako daima, na wewe, Yahwe, kuwa Mungu wao.
Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.
25 Basi sasa, Yahwe Mungu, ahadi uliyofanya kuhusu mtumishi wako na familia yake iwe imara daima. Ufanye kame uilivyo sema.
'And now, Jehovah God, the word which Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, establish unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;
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 Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts [is] God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established 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, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;
28 Sasa, Bwana Yahwe, wewe ni Mungu, na maneno yako ni amini, na umefanya ahadi hii njema kwa mtumishi wako.
And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,
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.
And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed — to the age.'
