1 Crónicas 17

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 Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

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

And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.

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

But that same 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 say to David my servant, The Lord says, You are not to make me a house for my living-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 from the day when I took Israel up, till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from tent to tent, and from living-place to living-place.

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?

In all the places where I have gone with all Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, whom I made the keepers of my people, Why have you not made for me a house of cedar?

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.

So now, say to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping sheep, so that you might be a ruler over 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 went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name like the name of the greatest ones of 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 will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

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 time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will overcome all those who are against you; and I will make you great and the head of a line of kings.

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 the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

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

He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

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 to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

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

But I will make his place in my house and in my kingdom certain for ever; and the seat of his authority will never be overturned.

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

So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

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?

Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

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.

And this was only a small thing to you, O God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, looking on me as on one of high position, O Lord God.

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

What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

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, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

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 no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to 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?

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?

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

For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became 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.

And now, Lord, let your words about your servant and about his family be made certain for ever, and do as you have said.

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.

So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.

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 my God, have let your servant see that you will make him head of a line of kings; and so it has come into your servant's heart to make his prayer to you.

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

And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have said you will give this good thing to your servant:

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 now you have been pleased to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you; you, O Lord, have given your blessing, and a blessing will be on it for ever.