¹Zvino Dhavhidhi akati agere mumba make, Dhavhidhi akati kumuporofita Natani, Tarira, ini ndigere muimba yomusidhari, asi areka yesungano yaJehovha igere pasi petende.

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.

²Natani akati kuna Dhavhidhi, Itai henyu zvose zviri mumoyo menyu, nekuti Mwari anemi.

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

³Zvino nousiku uhwo shoko raMwari rakasvika kuna Natani, richiti,

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

⁴Enda unoudza Dhavhidhi muranda wangu, uti, Iwe haungandivakiri imba mandingagara,

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

⁵nekuti handina kugara mumba kubva pazuva randakandotora vaIsiraeri, kusvikira zuva ranhasi; asi ndakabva patende rimwe ndichienda kune rimwe, napatabhenakeri imwe ndichienda kune imwe.

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.

⁶Pose pandakafamba navaIsiraeri vose, ndakatongotaura here shoko rimwe kune mumwe wavatongi vaIsiraeri vose, vandakaraira kufudza vanhu vangu, ndichiti Makaregereiko kundivakira imba yomusidhari?

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?

⁷Naizvozvo zvino, unofanira kuti kumuranda wangu Dhavhidhi, Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Ndakakutora kumafuro, kwawakanga uchifudza makwai, kuti uve mubati wavanhu vangu vaIsiraeri;

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:

⁸ndikava newe pose pawakafamba, ndikaparadza vavengi vako vose pamberi pako; ndichakuitira zita ringafanana namazita avakuru vari panyika.

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.

⁹Ndichagadzirira vanhu vangu valsiraeri nzvimbo, ndichavasima, vagare panzvimbo yavo, varege kubviswazve; navakaipa havangavaparadzizve sapakutanga,

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,

¹⁰nokubva pazuva randakaraira vatongi kuti vabate vanhu vangu valsiraeri; uye ndichakunda vavengi vako vose. Uye ndinokuudza kuti Jehovha achakumisira imba.

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.

¹¹Zvino kana nguva yako yasvika, yaunofanira kuenda nayo kunamadzibaba ako, ndichamutsa mumwe worudzi rwako ruchakutevera, uchava mumwe wavanakomana vako; ndichasimbisa ushe hwake.

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.

¹²Iye achandivakira imba, neni ndichasimbisa chigaro chake choushe nokusingaperi.

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

¹³Ini ndichava baba vake, naiye achava mwanakomana wangu; handingabvisi nyasha dzangu kwaari, sezvandakadzibvisa kuna iye wakakutangira;

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:

¹⁴asi ndichamugarisa mumba mangu nomuushe hwangu nokusingaperi; chigaro chake choushe chichasimbiswa nokusingaperi.

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

¹⁵Natani akaudza Dhavhidhi mashoko awa ose, nezvose zvaakaratidzwa.

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

¹⁶Ipapo mambo Dhavhidhi akapinda, akagara pamberi paJehovha, akati, Jehovha Mwari, ndini aniko, neimba yangu chinyiko, zvamakandisvitsa kusvikira pano?

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?

¹⁷Asi chinhu ichi chakanga chiri chiduku pamberi penyu, Mwari, asi makataura pamusoro peimba yomuranda wenyu kusvikira panguva huru inozouya, mukandiitira sezvinoitirwa munhu anokudzwa kwazvo, Jehovha Mwari.

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.

¹⁸Dhavhidhi angareveikozve kwamuri pamusoro pokukudzwa komuranda wenyu? nekuti munoziva muranda wenyu.

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

¹⁹Jehovha makaita izvi zvikuru zvose nokuda komuranda wenyu, uye nokuda komoyo wenyu, kuti muzivise zvinhu izvi zvose zvikuru.

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.

²⁰Jehovha, hakuna mumwe akafanana nemi, hakuna mumwe Mwari asi imwi moga, sezvatakanzwa zvose nenzeve dzedu.

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

²¹Rumwe rudzi ruripiko panyika rwakafanana navanhu venyu vaIsiraeri, vakandodzikunurwa naMwari, vave vanhu vake, kuti muzviitire zita, nezviito zvikuru nezvinotyisa, zvamakadzinga ndudzi pamberi pavanhu venyu, vamakadzikunura paEgipita?

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?

²²Nekuti vanhu venyu vaIsiraeri makavaita vanhu venyu pauzima nokusingaperi; imwi Jehovha mukava Mwari wavo.

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

²³Zvino Jehovha shoko ramakataura pamusoro pomuranda wenyu napamusoro peimba yake ngarisimbiswe nokusingaperi, muite sezvamakataura.

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.

²⁴Uye zita renyu ngarisimbiswe nokukudzwa nokusingaperi, zvichinzi, Jehovha wehondo ndiye Mwari waIsiraeri; ndiye Mwari kuna Isiraeri; imba yaDhavhidhi muranda wenyu ichamiswa pamberi penyu.

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.

²⁵Nekuti imi, Mwari wangu, makazivisa muranda wenyu kuti muchamumisira imba; saka muranda wenyu akatsunga kunyengetera pamberi penyu.

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.

²⁶Zvino Jehovha, ndimi Mwari, makapikira muranda wenyu chinhu ichi;

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

²⁷zvino makafara nazvo kuropafadza imba yomuranda wenyu, kuti irambe iripo pamberi penyu nokusingaperi; nekuti imwi Jehovha makairopafadza zvino icharopafadzwa nokusingaperi.

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.