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

¹And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah under curtains.

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

²And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.

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

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

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

⁴Go and say to David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou shalt not build me a 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 a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but I have been 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?

⁶In all my going about with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why build ye me not a house of cedars?

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

⁷And now, thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: I took thee from the pasture-grounds, from following the sheep, to be prince 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 wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name, like unto the name of the great men that are on the earth.

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

⁹And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness waste them any more, as formerly,

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

¹⁰and since the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I will subdue all thine enemies; and I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a 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 are fulfilled that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will set 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.

¹²It is he who shall build me a house, and I will establish 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 away my mercy from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

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

¹⁴and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.

¹⁵Natani akaudza Dhavhidhi mashoko awa ose, nezvose zvaakaratidzwa.

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

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

¹⁶And king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said, Who am I, Jehovah Elohim, and what is my 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 this hath been a small thing in thy sight, O God; and thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the rank of a man of high degree, Jehovah Elohim.

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

¹⁸What can David [say] more to thee for the glory of thy servant? thou indeed knowest thy servant.

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

¹⁹Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

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

²⁰Jehovah, 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 who is like thy people Israel, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

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

²²And thy people Israel hast thou made thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, art become their God.

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

²³And now, Jehovah, let the word 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, and let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, is 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, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

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

²⁶And now, Jehovah, thou art that 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.

²⁷and now, let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever; for thou, Jehovah, hast blessed [it], and it shall be blessed for ever.