1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another . 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
11 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I 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 that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
1 cum autem habitaret David in domo sua dixit ad Nathan prophetam
ecce ego habito in domo cedrina
arca autem foederis Domini sub pellibus est
2 et ait Nathan ad David
omnia quae in corde tuo sunt fac Deus enim tecum est
3 igitur nocte illa factus est sermo Dei ad Nathan dicens
4 vade et loquere David servo meo
haec dicit Dominus non aedificabis tu mihi domum ad habitandum
5 neque enim mansi in domo
ex eo tempore quo eduxi Israhel
usque ad hanc diem
sed fui semper mutans loca tabernaculi
et in tentorio
6 manens cum omni Israhel
numquid locutus sum saltim uni iudicum Israhel
quibus praeceperam ut pascerent populum meum
et dixi quare non aedificastis mihi domum cedrinam
7 nunc itaque sic loqueris ad servum meum David
haec dicit Dominus exercituum
ego tuli te cum in pascuis sequereris gregem
ut esses dux populi mei Israhel
8 et fui tecum quocumque perrexisti
et interfeci omnes inimicos tuos coram te
fecique tibi nomen quasi unius magnorum qui celebrantur in terra
9 et dedi locum populo meo Israhel
plantabitur et habitabit in eo et ultra non commovebitur
nec filii iniquitatis adterent eos sicut a principio
10 ex diebus quibus dedi iudices populo meo Israhel
et humiliavi universos inimicos tuos
adnuntio ergo tibi
quod aedificaturus sit domum tibi Dominus
11 cumque impleveris dies tuos ut vadas ad patres tuos
suscitabo semen tuum post te quod erit de filiis tuis
et stabiliam regnum eius
12 ipse aedificabit mihi domum
et firmabo solium eius usque in aeternum
13 ego ero ei in patrem et ipse erit mihi in filium
et misericordiam meam non auferam ab eo
sicut abstuli ab eo qui ante te fuit
14 et statuam eum in domo mea et in regno meo usque in sempiternum
et thronus eius erit firmissimus in perpetuum
15 iuxta omnia verba haec et iuxta universam visionem istam
sic locutus est Nathan ad David
16 cumque venisset rex David et sedisset coram Domino dixit
quis ego sum Domine Deus et quae domus mea
ut praestares mihi talia
17 sed et hoc parum visum est in conspectu tuo
ideoque locutus es super domum servi tui etiam in futurum
et fecisti me spectabilem super omnes homines
Domine Deus meus
18 quid ultra addere potest David
cum ita glorificaveris servum tuum et cognoveris eum
19 Domine propter famulum tuum
iuxta cor tuum fecisti omnem magnificentiam hanc
et nota esse voluisti universa magnalia
20 Domine non est similis tui et non est alius deus absque te
ex omnibus quos audivimus auribus nostris
21 quis autem est alius ut populus
tuus Israhel
gens una in terra ad quam perrexit Deus
ut liberaret et faceret populum sibi
et magnitudine sua atque terroribus eiceret nationes a
facie eius
quem de Aegypto liberarat
22 et posuisti populum tuum Israhel tibi in populum usque in aeternum
et tu Domine factus es Deus eius
23 nunc igitur Domine
sermo quem locutus es famulo tuo et super domum eius
confirmetur in perpetuum
et fac sicut locutus es
24 permaneatque et magnificetur nomen tuum usque in sempiternum
et dicatur Dominus exercituum Deus Israhel
et domus David servi eius permanens coram eo
25 tu enim Domine Deus meus revelasti auriculam servi tui
ut aedificares ei domum
et idcirco invenit servus tuus fiduciam ut oret coram te
26 nunc ergo Domine tu es Deus
et locutus es ad servum tuum tanta beneficia
27 et coepisti benedicere domui servi tui ut sit semper coram te
te enim Domine benedicente benedicta erit in perpetuum