¹In zgodi se, ko je David prebival v hiši svoji, da reče Natanu proroku: Glej, jaz stanujem v cedrovi hiši, a skrinja zaveze GOSPODOVE prebiva pod preprogami.

¹And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [is] under curtains;`

²In Natan reče Davidu: Stori vse, kar ti je v srcu, kajti Bog je s teboj!

²and Nathan saith unto David, `All that [is] in thy heart do, for God [is] with thee.`

³Še to noč pa pride beseda GOSPODOVA k Natanu, govoreč:

³And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying,

⁴Pojdi in reci hlapcu mojemu Davidu: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ne boš mi ti gradil hiše, da prebivam v njej.

⁴`Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said Jehovah, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:

⁵Saj nisem prebival v hiši od dne, ko sem pripeljal Izraela semkaj, do današnjega dne, ampak hodil sem iz šatora v šator, iz enega bivališča v drugo.

⁵for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,

⁶Kamorkoli sem šel z vsem Izraelom, sem li besedo govoril s katerim sodnikov Izraelovih, ki sem jim zapovedal pasti ljudstvo moje, rekoč: Zakaj mi niste zgradili cedrove hiše?

⁶whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars?

⁷Tako torej véli hlapcu mojemu Davidu: Tako pravi GOSPOD nad vojskami: Jaz sem te vzel s pašnikov, ko si hodil za ovcami, da bodeš vojvoda ljudstvu mojemu Izraelu;

⁷`And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,

⁸in sem bil s teboj, kamorkoli si šel, in sem zatrl vse sovražnike tvoje pred teboj in ti storil ime kakor ime velikašev, ki so na zemlji.

⁸and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth.

⁹In hočem pripraviti kraj ljudstvu svojemu Izraelu in jih zasaditi, da bodo prebivali na svojem in se več ne premikali; tudi jih ne bodo več gonobili sinovi krivice kakor poprej

⁹`And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it hath dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first,

¹⁰in odkar sem zapovedal sodnikom, da bodo nad ljudstvom mojim Izraelom; in ponižam vse sovražnike tvoje. Vrhutega ti pravim, da GOSPOD zgradi hišo tebi.

¹⁰yea, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. `And I have humbled all thine enemies, and I declare to thee that a house doth Jehovah build for thee,

¹¹Ko se ti dopolnijo dnevi, da pojdeš k očetom svojim, hočem postaviti seme tvoje za teboj, ki bode izmed sinov tvojih, in hočem utrditi kraljestvo njegovo.

¹¹and it hath come to pass, when thy days have been fulfilled to go with thy fathers, that I have raised up thy seed after thee, who is of thy sons, and I have established his kingdom,

¹²On mi bo zgradil hišo, in jaz utrdim prestol njegov na veke.

¹²he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;

¹³Jaz mu bodem za očeta, in on mi bode za sina; in mu ne odtegnem milosti svoje, kakor sem jo odtegnil njemu, ki je bil pred teboj,

¹³I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before thee,

¹⁴temuč ustanovitim ga v hiši svoji in v kraljestvu svojem za vekomaj, in prestol njegov bo utrjen vekomaj.

¹⁴and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the age, and his throne is established unto the age.`

¹⁵Po vseh teh besedah in po vsej tej prikazni je točno govoril Natan Davidu.

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

¹⁶Tedaj stopi David noter in sede pred GOSPODA in reče: Kdo sem jaz, o GOSPOD Bog, in kaj je hiša moja, da si me privedel tako daleč?

¹⁶And David the king cometh in and sitteth before Jehovah, and saith, `Who [am] I, O Jehovah God, and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?

¹⁷In to se je še premalo videlo tvojim očem, o Bog, in govoril si o hlapca svojega hiši za daljno prihodnost, in pogledal si me po načinu vzvišenega človeka, GOSPOD Bog.

¹⁷And this is small in Thine eyes, O God, and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off, and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O Jehovah God!

¹⁸Kaj more David še govoriti tebi zastran časti, izkazane hlapcu tvojemu? Saj ti poznaš hlapca svojega.

¹⁸`What doth David add more unto Thee for the honour of Thy servant; and Thou Thy servant hast known.

¹⁹O GOSPOD, zaradi hlapca svojega in po srcu svojem si storil vso to velikost, da oznaniš vse te velike reči.

¹⁹O Jehovah, for Thy servant`s sake, and according to Thine own heart Thou hast done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

²⁰O GOSPOD, ni ga tebi enakega, tudi ni Boga razen tebe, po vsem, kar smo slišali na ušesa svoja.

²⁰O Jehovah, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

²¹In kje je edino ljudstvo na zemlji kakor ljudstvo tvoje Izrael, ki ga je šel Bog odkupit sebi za ljudstvo, da si napraviš ime z velikimi in strahovitimi rečmi, ko si pregnal narode izpred ljudstva svojega, ki si ga odkupil iz Egipta?

²¹`And who [is] as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt — nations?

²²Kajti storil si ljudstvo svoje, Izraela, sebi za ljudstvo na vekomaj, in ti si, GOSPOD, postal njih Bog.

²²Yea, Thou dost appoint Thy people Israel to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, O Jehovah, hast been to them for God.

²³In sedaj, o GOSPOD: beseda, ki si jo govoril o hlapcu svojem in o hiši njegovi, ostani veljavna na vekomaj, in stóri, kakor si govoril.

²³`And now, O Jehovah, the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, let be stedfast unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;

²⁴Da, veljavna ostani in ime tvoje bodi poveličevano vekomaj, ko bodo govorili: GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov, je Bog za Izraela! In hiša tvojega hlapca Davida bodi utrjena pred teboj!

²⁴and let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee;

²⁵Zakaj ti, moj Bog, si razodel hlapcu svojemu, da mu zgradiš hišo; zato se je osrčil hlapec tvoj moliti pred teboj.

²⁵for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant — to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee.

²⁶In sedaj, o GOSPOD, ti si Bog, in ti si govoril hlapcu svojemu to predobro obljubo!In sedaj rači blagosloviti hlapca svojega hišo, da ostane pred teboj vekomaj; ker ti si jo, o GOSPOD, blagoslovil, zato bo blagoslovljena vekomaj.

²⁶`And now, Jehovah, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness;

²⁷In sedaj rači blagosloviti hlapca svojega hišo, da ostane pred teboj vekomaj; ker ti si jo, o GOSPOD, blagoslovil, zato bo blagoslovljena vekomaj.

²⁷and now, Thou hast been pleased to bless the house of Thy servant, to be to the age before Thee; for Thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed to the age.`