¹大卫有意为耶和华建殿（撒下7:1-17）

¹Now 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拿单对大卫说：“你可以照你的心意去作，因为　神与你同在。”

²Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

³当夜，　神的话临到拿单，说：

³And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

⁴“你去对我的仆人大卫说：‘耶和华这样说：你不可建殿给我居住。

⁴Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

⁵因为自从我领以色列人上来那天起，直到今日，我都未曾住过殿宇，只是从这帐幕到那帐幕，从这帐棚到那帐棚。

⁵For 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我和以色列众人，无论走到什么地方，从没有向以色列的一个士师，就是我所吩咐牧养我的子民的，说：你们为什么不给我建造香柏木的殿宇呢？’

⁶Wheresoever 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现在你要对我的仆人大卫说：‘万军之耶和华这样说：我把你从羊圈中选召出来，使你不再跟随羊群，使你作领袖管治我的子民以色列。

⁷Now 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无论你到哪里去，我总与你同在；在你面前消灭你所有的仇敌；我必使你获得名声，好像世上伟人的名声一样。

⁸And 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我要为我的子民以色列人选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住在自己的地方，不再受搅扰，也不再像从前被恶徒苦害他们，

⁹Also 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好像我吩咐士师统治我的子民以色列人的日子一样。我必制伏你所有的仇敌，并且我告诉你，耶和华必为你建立家室。

¹⁰And 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你的寿数满足，归你列祖那里的时候，我必兴起你的后裔接替你，他是你的众子中的一位；我必坚立他的国。

¹¹And 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他要为我建造殿宇，我必坚立他的王位，直到永远。

¹²He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

¹³我要作他的父亲，他要作我的儿子；我的慈爱必不离开他，像离开在你以前的那位一样；

¹³I 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我却要把他坚立在我的家里和我的国里，直到永远；他的王位必永远坚立。’”

¹⁴But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

¹⁵拿单就按着这一切话和他所见的一切，告诉了大卫。

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

¹⁶大卫的祷告与称颂（撒下7:18-29）于是大卫王进去，坐在耶和华面前，说：“耶和华　神啊，我是什么人？我的家算什么，你竟带领我到这个地步？

¹⁶And 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　神啊，这在你眼中看为小事，你对你仆人的家的未来发出应许！耶和华　神啊，你看我好像一个高贵的人。

¹⁷And 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你把荣耀加在你仆人身上，我还有什么话可以对你说呢？你认识你的仆人。

¹⁸What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

¹⁹耶和华啊，为了你仆人的缘故，也是按着你的心意，你行了这一切大事，为要使人知道这一切大事。

¹⁹O 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耶和华啊，照着我们耳中所听见的，没有谁能与你相比；除你以外，再没有别的神。

²⁰O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²¹世上有哪一个国能比得上你的子民以色列呢？　神亲自把他们救赎出来，作自己的子民，又在你从埃及所救赎出来的子民面前驱逐列国，以大而可畏的事建立自己的名。

²¹And 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你使你的子民以色列永远作你的子民；耶和华啊，你也作了他们的　神。

²²For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

²³耶和华啊，现在求你永远坚立你应许你仆人和他的家的话，照着你所说的实行吧。

²³Therefore 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愿你的名永远坚立、尊大，以致人人都说：‘万军之耶和华以色列的　神，实在是以色列人的　神。’这样，你仆人大卫的家就在你面前得到坚立了。

²⁴Let 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我的　神啊，因为你启示了你的仆人，要你的仆人为你建造殿宇，所以你仆人才敢在你面前这样祷告。

²⁵For 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耶和华啊，唯有你是　神，你曾应许把这福气赐给你的仆人；

²⁶And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:

²⁷现在请你赐福你仆人的家，使它在你面前永远存留。耶和华啊，因为你已经赐福了你仆人的家，它必永远蒙福。”

²⁷Now 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.