1 Chronicles 17

1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.”

Y aconteció que morando David en su casa, David dijo al profeta Natán: He aquí, yo habito en casa de cedro, y el arca del concierto de Jehová debajo de cortinas.

2 And Nathan said to David: “Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.”

Y Natán dijo a David: Haz todo lo que está en tu corazón, porque Dios es contigo.

3 And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

En aquella misma noche fue palabra de Dios a Natán, diciendo:

4 “Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.

Vé y di a David mi siervo: Así dijo Jehová: Tú no me edificarás casa en que habite;

5 For I have not stayed in a house from the time when I led out Israel, even to this day. Instead, I have been continually changing places, in a tabernacle and tent,

Porque no he habitado en casa alguna desde el día que saqué a los hijos de Israel hasta hoy: antes estuve de tienda en tienda, y de tabernáculo en tabernáculo.

6 dwelling with all of Israel. When did I ever speak to any one at all, among the judges of Israel whom I placed in charge so that they might pasture my people, saying: ‘Why have you not built a house of cedar for me?’

En todo cuanto anduve con todo Israel, ¿hablé una palabra a alguno de los jueces de Israel, a los cuales mandé que apacentasen mi pueblo, para decirles: Por qué no me edificáis una casa de cedro?

7 And so, now you shall say this to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you when you were following the flock in the pastures, so that you would be the leader of my people Israel.

Por tanto ahora dirás a mi siervo David: Así dijo Jehová de los ejércitos: Yo te tomé de la majada de detrás del ganado, para que fueses príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel:

8 And I have been with you wherever you have gone. And I have slain all your enemies before you, and I have made a name for you like one of the great ones who are celebrated upon the earth.

Y he sido contigo en todo cuanto has andado: y he talado a todos tus enemigos de delante de ti, y héte hecho grande nombre, como el nombre de los grandes que son en la tierra.

9 And I have given a place to my people Israel. They shall be planted, and they shall live in it, and they shall no longer be moved. Neither shall the sons of iniquity wear them away, as in the beginning,

Asimismo he puesto lugar a mi pueblo Israel, y le he plantado para que habite por sí, y que no sea más conmovido; ni los hijos de iniquidad le consumirán más, como antes.

10 from the days when I gave judges to my people Israel, and I humbled all your enemies. Therefore, I announce to you that the Lord will build a house for you.

Y desde el tiempo que puse los jueces sobre mi pueblo Israel, humillé a todos tus enemigos; y te hice anunciar: Jehová te ha de edificar casa.

11 And when you will have completed your days, so that you go to your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall be from your sons. And I will establish his kingdom.

Y será, que cuando tus días fueren cumplidos para irte con tus padres, despertaré tu simiente después de ti, la cual será de tus hijos: y afirmaré su reino.

12 He shall build a house for me, and I will make firm his throne, even unto eternity.

Este me edificará casa, y yo confirmaré su trono eternalmente.

13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it away from the one who was before you.

Yo le seré por padre, y él me será por hijo: y no quitaré de él mi misericordia, como la quité de aquel que fue antes de ti:

14 And I will station him in my house and in my kingdom, even forever. And his throne will be very firm, in perpetuity.”

Mas yo le confirmaré en mi casa, y en mi reino eternalmente: y su trono será firme para siempre.

15 According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

Conforme a todas estas palabras, y conforme a toda esta visión, así habló Natán a David.

16 And when king David had departed, and had sat down before the Lord, he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would grant such things to me?

Y entró el rey David, y estuvo delante de Jehová, y dijo: Jehová Dios, ¿quién soy yo, y cual es mi casa, que me has traído hasta este lugar?

17 But even this has seemed little in your sight, and therefore you have also spoken about the house of your servant even for the future. And you have made me a spectacle above all men, O Lord God.

Y aun esto, oh Dios, te ha parecido poco, sino que hayas hablado de la casa de tu siervo para más lejos, y me hayas mirado como a un hombre excelente, Jehová Dios.

18 What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him?

¿Qué más puede añadir David, pidiendo de ti para glorificar tu siervo? Mas tú conoces a tu siervo.

19 O Lord, because of your servant, in accord with your own heart, you have brought about all this magnificence, and you have willed all these great things to be known.

Oh Jehová, por amor de tu siervo, y según tu corazón has hecho toda esta grandeza, para hacer notorias todas tus grandezas.

20 O Lord, there is no one like you. And there is no other God apart from you, out of all whom we have heard about with our ears.

Jehová, no hay semejante a ti, ni hay Dios sino tú, según todas las cosas que habemos oído con nuestros oídos.

21 For what other single nation upon earth is like your people Israel, to whom God reached out, so that he might free them, and might make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terribleness cast out the nations before the face of those whom he had freed from Egypt?

¿Y qué gente hay en la tierra como tu pueblo Israel, cuyo Dios fuese y se redimiese un pueblo, para hacerte nombre, grandezas, y maravillas, echando las gentes de delante de tu pueblo, que tú redimiste de Egipto?

22 And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God.

Tú te has puesto a tu pueblo Israel, que sea tu pueblo para siempre, y que tú, Jehová, fueses su Dios.

23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken to your servant, and over his house, be confirmed in perpetuity, and do just as you have spoken.

Ahora pues, Jehová, la palabra que has hablado acerca de tu siervo y de su casa, sea firme para siempre, y haz como has dicho.

24 And may your name remain and be magnified even for all time. And let it be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel. And the house of his servant David remains forever before him.’

Y permanezca, y sea engrandecido tu nombre para siempre, para que se diga: Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, es Dios de Israel, y la casa de tu siervo David sea firme delante de ti.

25 For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build a house for him. And therefore your servant has found faith so that he might pray before you.

Porque tú, Dios mío, revelaste al oído a tu siervo que le has de edificar casa, por tanto tu siervo ha tomado atrevimiento de orar delante de ti.

26 Now then, O Lord, you are God. And you have spoken to your servant such great benefits.

Ahora pues, Jehová, tú eres el Dios que has hablado de tu siervo este bien.

27 And you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it may be always before you. For since it is you who is blessing, O Lord, it shall be blessed forever.”

Y ahora has querido bendecir la casa de tu siervo, para que permanezca perpetuamente delante de ti: porque tu Jehová la has bendecido, y será bendita para siempre.