2 Samuel 7

1 After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

1 大卫住在王宫里，耶和华使他安享太平，不受四围的仇敌侵扰。

2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

2 一天，王对拿单先知说：“你看，我住在香柏木建的王宫中，上帝的约柜却还在帐幕里。”

3 And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

3 拿单答道：“你有什么想法，就去做吧，因为耶和华与你同在。”

4 But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

4 当晚耶和华对拿单说：

5 “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in?

5 “你去告诉我的仆人大卫，‘耶和华说，你要建造殿宇给我居住吗？

6 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.

6 从我把以色列人带出埃及那天起，直到今天，我从未住过殿宇，一路上都住在帐幕里。

7 In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’

7 在我与以色列人同行的日子，我从未责问任何我委派牧养我子民的士师，你为何不为我建香柏木的殿宇呢？’

8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

8 “现在你要告诉我的仆人大卫，万军之耶和华说，‘你原本在草场牧羊，我召你来做我以色列子民的首领。

9 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.

9 无论你去哪里，我都与你同在，为你铲除所有仇敌。现在我要使你声名远扬，与世上的伟人齐名。

10 And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

10–11 我必为我的以色列子民预备一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住在自己的家园，不再受惊扰，不会像从前我设立士师治理他们的时候那样受恶人压迫。我必使你安定，免受仇敌的侵扰。我耶和华向你宣告，我必为你建立王朝。

11 and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.

12 And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.

12 你离世与祖先同眠时，我必兴起你亲生的后裔接替你，使他的国稳固。

13 He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

13 他必为我的名建造殿宇，我必使他的国度王位永固。

14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

14 我要做他的父亲，他要做我的儿子。如果他犯了罪，我必用人的杖、世人的鞭子来惩治他，

15 But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

15 我的慈爱曾离开从你面前被废的扫罗，但我的慈爱必不离开他。

16 Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”

16 你的家和你的国必在我面前永远坚立，你的王位必永远稳固。’”

17 So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.

17 拿单就把所听到的启示全部告诉大卫。

18 Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

18 于是，大卫王进去，在耶和华面前坐下，说：“主耶和华啊，我是谁？我的家算什么？你竟这样厚待我。

19 And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD?

19 主耶和华啊，在你眼中这还不够，你还说到仆人家的将来。主耶和华啊，你竟这样恩待世人！

20 What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.

20 主耶和华啊，大卫还能对你说什么呢？因为你深知你的仆人。

21 For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.

21 你让仆人知道你凭自己的应许、按自己的心意成就这大事。

22 How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

22 主耶和华啊，你真伟大！我们从未听过有谁能与你相比，你是独一无二的上帝。

23 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

23 世上哪个民族比得上你的以色列子民呢？你从埃及救赎他们，让他们做你的子民，又彰显你的大名，行伟大而可畏的事，把列国及其神明从你的以色列子民面前赶走。

24 For You have established Your people Israel as Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

24 你让以色列人永远做你的子民，你耶和华做他们的上帝。

25 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,

25 “耶和华上帝啊，求你永远信守你对仆人和仆人家的应许，求你成就你的应许。

26 so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.

26 这样，你的名必永远被尊崇，人们必说，‘万军之耶和华是以色列的上帝。’你仆人大卫的家必在你面前坚立。

27 For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.

27 以色列的上帝——万军之耶和华啊，因为你曾启示仆人，说要为仆人建立王朝，仆人才敢这样向你祈祷。

28 And now, O Lord GOD, You are God! Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

28 主耶和华啊，唯有你是上帝，你的话真实可靠，你给了仆人美好的应许。

29 Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”

29 现在求你赐福给仆人家，使仆人家在你面前永续不断。主耶和华啊，这些都是你的应许，愿你永远赐福给仆人家。”