撒母耳记下 7
1 王住在自己宫中，耶和华使他安靖，不被四围的仇敌扰乱。
Now it happened that, when the king had settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
2 那时，王对先知拿单说：“看哪，我住在香柏木的宫中， 神的约柜反在幔子里。”
he said to the prophet Nathan, “Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins?”
3 拿单对王说：“你可以照你的心意而行，因为耶和华与你同在。”
And Nathan said to the king: “Go, do all that is in your heart. For the Lord is with you.”
4 当夜，耶和华的话临到拿单说：
But it happened in that night, behold, the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:
5 “你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说：‘你岂可建造殿宇给我居住呢？
“Go, and say to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord: Should you build a house for me as a dwelling place?
6 自从我领以色列人出埃及直到今日，我未曾住过殿宇，常在会幕和帐幕中行走。
For I have not lived in a house from the day that I led the sons of Israel away from the land of Egypt, even to this day. Instead, I have walked in a tabernacle, and in a tent.
7 凡我同以色列人所走的地方，我何曾向以色列一支派的士师，就是我吩咐牧养我民以色列的说：你们为何不给我建造香柏木的殿宇呢？’
And in all the places that I have crossed through, with all the sons of Israel, did I ever speak a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel, whom I instructed to pasture my people Israel, saying: Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’
8 “现在，你要告诉我仆人大卫，说万军之耶和华如此说：‘我从羊圈中将你召来，叫你不再跟从羊群，立你作我民以色列的君。
And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel.
9 你无论往哪里去，我常与你同在，剪除你的一切仇敌。我必使你得大名，好像世上大大有名的人一样。
And I have been with you everywhere that you walked. And I have slain all your enemies before your face. And I have made you a great name, beside the name of the great ones who are upon the earth.
10 我必为我民以色列选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住自己的地方，不再迁移；凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们，
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall live there, and they shall no longer be disturbed. Neither shall the sons of iniquity continue to afflict them as before,
11 并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必使你安靖，不被一切仇敌扰乱，并且我—耶和华应许你，必为你建立家室。
from the day when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give rest to you from all your enemies. And the Lord foretells to you that the Lord himself will make a house for you.
12 你寿数满足、与你列祖同睡的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位；我也必坚定他的国。
And when your days will have been fulfilled, and you will sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who will go forth from your loins, and I will make firm his kingdom.
13 他必为我的名建造殿宇；我必坚定他的国位，直到永远。
He himself shall build a house to my name. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom, even forever.
14 我要作他的父，他要作我的子；他若犯了罪，我必用人的杖责打他，用人的鞭责罚他。
I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he will commit any iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and with the wounds of the sons of men.
15 但我的慈爱仍不离开他，像离开在你面前所废弃的扫罗一样。
But my mercy I will not take away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before my face.
16 你的家和你的国必在我面前永远坚立。你的国位也必坚定，直到永远。’”
And your house shall be faithful, and your kingdom shall be before your face, for eternity, and your throne shall be secure continuously.’”
17 拿单就按这一切话，照这默示，告诉大卫。
According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
18 于是大卫王进去，坐在耶和华面前，说：“主耶和华啊，我是谁？我的家算什么？你竟使我到这地步呢？
Then king David entered and sat before the Lord, and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would bring me to this point?
19 主耶和华啊，这在你眼中还看为小，又应许你仆人的家至于久远。主耶和华啊，这岂是人所常遇的事吗？
Moreover, this has seemed little in your sight, O Lord God, unless you also will speak about the house of your servant for a long time. For this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.
20 主耶和华啊，我还有何言可以对你说呢？因为你知道你的仆人。
Therefore, what more will David be able to say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God.
21 你行这大事使仆人知道，是因你所应许的话，也是照你的心意。
Because of your word, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, so that you would make it known to your servant.
22 主耶和华啊，你本为大，照我们耳中听见，没有可比你的；除你以外再无 神。
For this reason, you are magnified, O Lord God. For there is no one like you. And there is no God except you, in all the things that we have heard with our own ears.
23 世上有何民能比你的民以色列呢？你从埃及救赎他们作自己的子民，又在你赎出来的民面前行大而可畏的事，驱逐列邦人和他们的神，显出你的大名。
But what nation is there upon the earth like your people Israel, because of whom God went forth, so that he might redeem a people for himself, and establish a name for himself, and accomplish for them great and terrible things upon the earth, before the face of your people, whom you redeemed for yourself away from Egypt, the nations and their gods.
24 你曾坚立你的民以色列作你的子民，直到永远；你—耶和华也作了他们的 神。
For you have secured your people Israel for yourself, as an everlasting people. And you, O Lord God, have become their God.
25 “耶和华 神啊，你所应许仆人和仆人家的话，求你坚定，直到永远；照你所说的而行。
Now therefore, O Lord God, raise up forever the word that you have spoken over your servant and over his house. And do just as you have said,
26 愿人永远尊你的名为大，说：‘万军之耶和华是治理以色列的 神。’这样，你仆人大卫的家必在你面前坚立。
so that your name may be magnified even forever, and so that it may be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel.’ And the house of your servant David will be established in the sight of the Lord.
27 万军之耶和华—以色列的 神啊，因你启示你的仆人说：‘我必为你建立家室’，所以仆人大胆向你如此祈祷。
For you, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to the ear of your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Because of this, your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
28 “主耶和华啊，惟有你是 神。你的话是真实的；你也应许将这福气赐给仆人。
Now therefore, O Lord God, you are God, and your words shall be true. For you have spoken to your servant these good things.
29 现在求你赐福与仆人的家，可以永存在你面前。主耶和华啊，这是你所应许的。愿你永远赐福与仆人的家！”
Therefore, begin, and bless the house of your servant, so that it may be forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken. And so, let the house of your servant be blessed with your blessing forever.”
