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| 1Now it came to pass, when David was dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.” | 1After David had settled down to live in his palace, he spoke with the prophet Nathan. "Look, here I am living in this cedar palace, but the ark of the LORD's covenant remains surrounded by curtains!" |
| 2Then Nathan said to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.” | 2"Do everything you have in mind," Nathan replied to David, "because God is with you." |
| 3But it happened that night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, | 3But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from God: |
| 4“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not build Me a house to dwell in. | 4"Go tell David, my servant, 'This is what the Lord says: "'"You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you? |
| 5For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. | 5After all, I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought out Israel until today. Instead, I've lived from tent to tent and from one place to another. |
| 6Wherever I have moved about with all Israel, have I ever spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’ ” ’ | 6Wherever I've moved within all of Israel, did I ever ask even one judge of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, 'Why haven't you built me a cedar house?'"' |
| 7Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts: “I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. | 7"Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I took you from the pasture myself—from tending sheep—to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel. |
| 8And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth. | 8"'"Furthermore, I have remained with you everywhere you have gone, annihilating all your enemies right in front of you. I will make your reputation great, like the reputation of the great ones who have lived on earth. |
| 9Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously, | 9I will establish a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people will not oppress them as happened in the past, |
| 10since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Also I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you a house. | 10during the time I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you deliverance from all your enemies. "'"I'm also announcing to you that the LORD also will himself build a house for you. |
| 11And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, when you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. | 11It will come about that when your life is complete and you go to join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who is related to one of your sons, and I will fortify his kingdom. |
| 12He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. | 12He will build a temple dedicated to me, and I will make his throne last forever. |
| 13I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. | 13I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you. |
| 14And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.” ’ ” | 14I will confirm him in my Temple and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will remain secure forever."'" |
| 15According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. | 15Using precisely these words, Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David. |
| 16Then King David went in and sat before the LORD; and he said: “Who am I, O LORD God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far? | 16Then King David went in, sat down in the presence of the LORD, and said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my household, since you have brought me to this? |
| 17And yet this was a small thing in Your sight, O God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, O LORD God. | 17Furthermore, this is a small thing to you, God, and yet you have spoken concerning your servant's household for a great while to come, and you have seen in me the fulfillment of man's purpose, LORD God. |
| 18What more can David say to You for the honor of Your servant? For You know Your servant. | 18"What more can David say to you about how you are honoring your servant, and you surely know your servant. |
| 19O LORD, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. | 19LORD, for the sake of your servant, and consistent with your heart, you have done all of these great things and are now making these great things known. |
| 20O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | 20"LORD, there is no one like you, and we have heard from no god other than you. |
| 21And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people—to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds, by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt? | 21What other one nation on the earth is like your people Israel, God, which you have redeemed from slavery to become your own people, making a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You did awesome miraculous deeds, driving out nations that stood in their way. |
| 22For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, LORD, have become their God. | 22You took your people Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. |
| 23“And now, O LORD, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said. | 23"And now, LORD, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done forever—and let it be done just as you've promised. |
| 24So let it be established, that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God.’ And let the house of Your servant David be established before You. | 24May your name be made great and honored forever: The LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, is God for Israel, and may the family of David your servant stand before you forever. |
| 25For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build him a house. Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray before You. | 25"Because of you, my God, I have been bold to pray to you, as you have told your servant that you will build him a dynasty. |
| 26And now, LORD, You are God, and have promised this goodness to Your servant. | 26And now, LORD, you are God, and you have promised all of these good things to your servant. |
| 27Now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You have blessed it, O LORD, and it shall be blessed forever.” | 27Furthermore, it has pleased you to bless the dynasty of your servant, so that it will continue in place forever in your presence, because when you, LORD, grant a blessing, it is an eternal blessing." |
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