¹大卫有意为耶和华建殿（代上17:1-2）

¹And it cometh to pass, when the king sat in his house, and Jehovah hath given rest to him round about, from all his enemies,

²王对拿单先知说：“你看！我自己住在香柏木的宫里，耶和华的约柜却停在帐幕内。”

²that the king saith unto Nathan the prophet, `See, I pray thee, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.`

³拿单对王说：“你可以照着你心所想的一切去作，因为耶和华与你同在。”

³And Nathan saith unto the king, `All that [is] in thine heart — go, do, for Jehovah [is] with thee.`

⁴拿单把　神的话传给大卫（代上17:3-15）那天晚上，耶和华的话临到拿单说：

⁴And it cometh to pass in that night, that the word of Jehovah is unto Nathan, saying,

⁵“你去对我的仆人大卫说：耶和华这样说：‘你要建造一座殿宇给我居住吗？

⁵`Go, and thou hast said unto My servant, unto David, Thus said Jehovah, Dost thou build for Me a house for My dwelling in?

⁶因为自从我把以色列人从埃及带上来的那天起，直到今日，我都没有住过殿宇。我一直都住在帐棚和会幕里，到处漂泊。

⁶for I have not dwelt in a house even from the day of My bringing up the sons of Israel out of Egypt, even unto this day, and am walking up and down in a tent and in a tabernacle.

⁷我与以色列众人一起走过的地方，我可曾对以色列的一个支派的官长，就是我所吩咐要牧养我子民以色列的，说：你们为什么不给我建造一座香柏木的殿宇呢？’

⁷During all [the time] that I have walked up and down among all the sons of Israel, a word have I spoken with one of the tribes of Israel which I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, `Why have ye not built to Me a house of cedars?

⁸现在你要对我的仆人大卫这样说：‘万军之耶和华这样说：我把你从牧场中、从照顾羊群的工作中拣选出来，使你作我子民以色列的领袖，

⁸and now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the comely place, from after the flock, to be leader over My people, over Israel;

⁹你无论到哪里去，我都与你同在；我必在你面前剪除你所有的仇敌。我要使你得享大名，像世上那些伟人的名一样。

⁹and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a great name, as the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth,

¹⁰我要为我的子民以色列选定一个地方，不再受骚扰；恶人也不能再像以前那样苦待他们，

¹⁰and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning,

¹¹像我立了士师治理我的子民以色列的那天以来那样。我要使你安享太平，不受你所有的仇敌侵扰。耶和华向你宣告，耶和华要亲自为你建立一个朝代。

¹¹even from the day that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I have given rest to thee from all thine enemies, and Jehovah hath declared to thee that Jehovah doth make for thee a house.

¹²到了你的寿数满足，你与你的列祖一起长眠的时候，我必兴起你亲生的后裔接替你，并且我要坚固他的国。

¹²`When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;

¹³他必为我的名建造一座殿宇，我要永远坚固他的国位。

¹³He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age.

¹⁴我要作他的父亲，他要作我的儿子，他若是犯了罪，我要用人的刑杖、用世人的鞭子纠正他。

¹⁴I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son; whom in his dealings perversely I have even reproved with a rod of men, and with strokes of the sons of Adam,

¹⁵但我的慈爱必不离开他，像离开在你面前的扫罗一样。

¹⁵and My kindness doth not turn aside from him, as I turned it aside from Saul, whom I turned aside from before thee,

¹⁶你的家和你的王国，也必在我的面前永远坚定，你的王位也必永远坚立。’”

¹⁶and stedfast [is] thy house and thy kingdom unto the age before thee, thy throne is established unto the age.`

¹⁷拿单按着这一切话，又照着全部的默示，都对大卫说了。

¹⁷According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.

¹⁸大卫的祷告与称颂（代上17:16-27）于是，大卫王进去，坐在耶和华面前，说：“主耶和华啊！我是谁，我的家又算什么，你竟带领我到这地步？

¹⁸And king David cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who [am] I, Lord Jehovah? and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?

¹⁹主耶和华啊，这在你眼中还看为小事，你也说到你仆人的家未来的事。主耶和华啊，这岂是人常遇到的事吗？

¹⁹And yet this [is] little in Thine eyes, Lord Jehovah, and Thou dost speak also concerning the house of Thy servant afar off; and this [is] the law of the Man, Lord Jehovah.

²⁰主耶和华啊，你认识你的仆人，大卫还有什么话可以对你说呢？

²⁰And what doth David add more to speak unto Thee? and Thou, Thou hast known Thy servant, Lord Jehovah.

²¹你因自己应许的缘故，又按照自己的心意，行了这大事，为要使你仆人明白。

²¹Because of Thy word, and according to Thy heart, Thou hast done all this greatness, to cause Thy servant to know [it].

²²主耶和华啊，因此，你是伟大的！按照我们耳朵所听见的，没有像你的，除了你以外，再没有别的　神。

²²Therefore Thou hast been great, Jehovah God, for there is none like Thee, and there is no God save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²³世上有哪一个国家像你的子民以色列呢？　神曾亲自救赎他们，使他们作自己的子民，又为他自己立名，为他们作了大事，为你的地作了可畏的事；在你的子民面前，就是你从埃及救赎出来归你自己的子民面前，赶出了列国的人和他们的神。

²³`And who [is] as Thy people, as Israel — one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name — and to do for you the greatness — even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt — [among the] nations and their gods?

²⁴你为自己坚立了你的子民以色列，使他们永远作你的子民；耶和华啊，你也作了他们的　神。

²⁴Yea, Thou dost establish to Thee Thy people Israel, to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, Jehovah, hast been to them for God.

²⁵耶和华　神啊！你所应许关于你仆人和他的家的话，现在求你永远坚守，并且照着你所说的去行吧；

²⁵`And now, Jehovah God, the word which Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, establish unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;

²⁶这样，你的名必永远为大，以致人要说：‘万军之耶和华是以色列的　神。’你仆人大卫的家也必在你面前得坚立。

²⁶And Thy Name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts [is] God over Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee,

²⁷万军之耶和华以色列的　神啊！因为你曾启示你的仆人说：‘我要为你建立家室。’所以你的仆人才敢来向你作这样的祷告。

²⁷For Thou, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant, saying, A house I build for thee, therefore hath Thy servant found his heart to pray unto Thee this prayer;

²⁸主耶和华啊！你是　神；你的话是真实可信的。你向你仆人应许了这美好的福分。

²⁸And now, Lord Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thy words are truth, and Thou speakest unto Thy servant this goodness,

²⁹现在求你乐意赐福给你仆人的家，使它在你面前可以永远存在。主耶和华啊！因为你曾经这样应许，愿你仆人的家因你的赐福永远蒙福。”

²⁹And now, begin and bless the house of Thy servant, to be unto the age before Thee, for Thou, Lord Jehovah, hast spoken, and by Thy blessing is the house of Thy servant blessed — to the age.`