¹In zgodi se, ko je prebival kralj v hiši svoji in mu je GOSPOD dal pokoj od vseh sovražnikov njegovih okoli,

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,

²da reče kralj Natanu proroku: Poglej zdaj, jaz stanujem v cedrovi hiši, skrinja Božja pa prebiva pod preprogami.

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.`

³In Natan veli kralju: Pojdi, stóri vse, kar ti je v srcu, zakaj GOSPOD je s teboj.

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

⁴A še to noč pride beseda GOSPODOVA k Natanu, govoreč:

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

⁵Pojdi in reci hlapcu mojemu, Davidu: Tako pravi GOSPOD: Ali mi boš ti zgradil hišo, da prebivam v njej?

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?

⁶Saj nisem prebival v hiši od dne, ko sem odpeljal sinove Izraelove iz Egipta, do današnjega dne, temuč sem hodil ž njimi v šatoru in prebivališču.

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.

⁷Kamorkoli sem šel z vsemi sinovi Izraelovimi, sem li kdaj besedo govoril s katerim rodov Izraelovih, ki sem jim zapovedal pasti ljudstvo moje, Izraela, rekoč: Zakaj mi niste zgradili cedrove hiše?

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?

⁸Tako 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;

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;

⁹in sem bil s teboj, kamorkoli si šel, in sem zatrl vse sovražnike tvoje pred teboj in storil ti veliko ime, kakor ime velikašev, ki so na zemlji.

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,

¹⁰In hočem pripraviti mesto ljudstvu svojemu in jih posaditi, da bodo prebivali na svojem in se več ne premikali, da jih tudi ne bodo stiskali več sinovi krivice kakor poprej

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,

¹¹in odkar sem zapovedal sodnikom, da naj bodo nad ljudstvom mojim, Izraelom. In dal sem ti pokoj pred vsemi sovražniki tvojimi. Vrhutega ti GOSPOD oznanja, da GOSPOD zgradi hišo tebi.

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.

¹²Ko se ti dopolnijo dnevi in boš ležal z očeti svojimi, hočem za tabo obuditi seme tvoje, ki pride iz osrčja tvojega, in utrditi kraljestvo njegovo.

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;

¹³On zgradi hišo imenu mojemu, in jaz utrdim kraljestva njegovega prestol na veke.

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

¹⁴Jaz mu bodem za očeta, in on mi bode za sina. Kadar stori kaj krivega, ga bom pokoril s človeško šibo in kaznoval z udarci človečjih otrok.

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,

¹⁵Ali milost moja ne odstopi od njega, kakor sem jo odtegnil Savlu, ki sem ga odpravil izpred tebe.

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

¹⁶Ampak hiša tvoja in kraljestvo tvoje bode stanovitno pred teboj vekomaj, prestol tvoj bodi utrjen na veke.

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

¹⁷Po vseh teh besedah in po vsej tej prikazni je točno govoril Natan Davidu.

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

¹⁸Tedaj stopi David noter in sede pred GOSPODA in reče: Kdo sem jaz, o Gospod Jehova, in kaj je hiša moja, da si me privedel tako daleč?

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?

¹⁹In to se je še premalo videlo tvojim očem, o Gospod Jehova, kajti govoril si tudi o hlapca svojega hiši za daljno prihodnost, in to po načinu človeka, Gospod Jehova!

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.

²⁰In kaj more David še govoriti tebi? Saj poznaš hlapca svojega, o Gospod Jehova!

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

²¹Zaradi besede svoje in po srcu svojem si storil vso to velikost, oznanivši jo hlapcu svojemu.

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

²²Zategadelj si velik, o Jehova Bog! kajti ni ga tebi enakega, tudi ni Boga razen tebe, po vsem tem, kar smo slišali z ušesi svojimi.

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.

²³In je li en narod na zemlji podoben ljudstvu tvojemu, Izraelu, ki je zaradi njega šel Bog, da ga odkupi sebi v ljudstvo ter si napravi veliko ime in stori take velike in strašne reči zanj in za deželo svojo, vpričo ljudstva svojega, ki si ga sebi odkupil iz Egipta, izpod oblasti narodov in njih bogov?

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?

²⁴In pripravil si sebi ljudstvo svoje, Izraela, da ti bodi ljudstvo na veke, ti pa, Jehova, si postal njih Bog!

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.

²⁵Sedaj pa, o Jehova Bog, potrdi na vekomaj besedo, ki si jo govoril za hlapca svojega in za hišo njegovo, in stori, kakor si govoril.

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;

²⁶Da naj se poveličuje ime tvoje vekomaj in se govori: GOSPOD nad vojskami je Bog nad Izraelom. In hiša hlapca tvojega Davida bodi trdna pred teboj!

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,

²⁷Zakaj ti, GOSPOD nad vojskami, Bog Izraelov, si razodel ušesu hlapca svojega, rekoč: Hišo ti hočem zgraditi. Zato se je hlapec tvoj osrčil, da moli to molitev tebi.

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;

²⁸In sedaj, o Gospod Jehova, ti si Bog, in besede tvoje so resnica, in ti si govoril hlapcu svojemu to predobro obljubo:sedaj torej rači blagosloviti hlapca svojega hišo, da ostane pred teboj vekomaj, zakaj ti, o Gospod Jehova, si to obljubil. Bodi torej z blagoslovom tvojim blagoslovljena tvojega hlapca hiša vekomaj!

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

²⁹sedaj torej rači blagosloviti hlapca svojega hišo, da ostane pred teboj vekomaj, zakaj ti, o Gospod Jehova, si to obljubil. Bodi torej z blagoslovom tvojim blagoslovljena tvojega hlapca hiša vekomaj!

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.`