| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains." | 1After David had settled down to live in his palace, he spoke with the prophet Nathan. "Look, here I am living in this cedar palace, but the ark of the LORD's covenant remains surrounded by curtains!" |
| 2Then Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you." | 2"Do everything you have in mind," Nathan replied to David, "because God is with you." |
| 3It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, | 3But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from God: |
| 4"Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in; | 4"Go tell David, my servant, 'This is what the Lord says: "'"You won't be building a house for me to inhabit, will you? |
| 5for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another. | 5After all, I haven't lived in a house from the day I brought out Israel until today. Instead, I've lived from tent to tent and from one place to another. |
| 6"In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?'"' | 6Wherever I've moved within all of Israel, did I ever ask even one judge of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, 'Why haven't you built me a cedar house?'"' |
| 7"Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel. | 7"Now therefore this is what you are to tell my servant David: 'This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "I took you from the pasture myself—from tending sheep—to become Commander-in-Chief over my people Israel. |
| 8"I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. | 8"'"Furthermore, I have remained with you everywhere you have gone, annihilating all your enemies right in front of you. I will make your reputation great, like the reputation of the great ones who have lived on earth. |
| 9"I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly, | 9I will establish a homeland for my people Israel, planting them in a secure location where they will never be disturbed anymore. Wicked people will not oppress them as happened in the past, |
| 10even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you. | 10during the time I had commanded judges to administer my people Israel. I'll also grant you deliverance from all your enemies. "'"I'm also announcing to you that the LORD also will himself build a house for you. |
| 11"When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. | 11It will come about that when your life is complete and you go to join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who is related to one of your sons, and I will fortify his kingdom. |
| 12"He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. | 12He will build a temple dedicated to me, and I will make his throne last forever. |
| 13"I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. | 13I will be a father to him and he will be a son to me. I will never remove my gracious love from him as I did from the one who preceded you. |
| 14"But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever."'" | 14I will confirm him in my Temple and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will remain secure forever."'" |
| 15According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. | 15Using precisely these words, Nathan communicated this complete oracle to David. |
| 16Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far? | 16Then King David went in, sat down in the presence of the LORD, and said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my household, since you have brought me to this? |
| 17"This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O LORD God. | 17Furthermore, this is a small thing to you, God, and yet you have spoken concerning your servant's household for a great while to come, and you have seen in me the fulfillment of man's purpose, LORD God. |
| 18"What more can David still say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant. | 18"What more can David say to you about how you are honoring your servant, and you surely know your servant. |
| 19"O LORD, for Your servant's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. | 19LORD, for the sake of your servant, and consistent with your heart, you have done all of these great things and are now making these great things known. |
| 20"O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. | 20"LORD, there is no one like you, and we have heard from no god other than you. |
| 21"And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt? | 21What other one nation on the earth is like your people Israel, God, which you have redeemed from slavery to become your own people, making a great name for yourself when you redeemed your people from Egypt. You did awesome miraculous deeds, driving out nations that stood in their way. |
| 22"For Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, became their God. | 22You took your people Israel to be your very own people forever, and you, LORD, have become their God. |
| 23"Now, O LORD, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken. | 23"And now, LORD, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done forever—and let it be done just as you've promised. |
| 24"Let Your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant is established before You.' | 24May your name be made great and honored forever: The LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, is God for Israel, and may the family of David your servant stand before you forever. |
| 25"For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You. | 25"Because of you, my God, I have been bold to pray to you, as you have told your servant that you will build him a dynasty. |
| 26"Now, O LORD, You are God, and have promised this good thing to Your servant. | 26And now, LORD, you are God, and you have promised all of these good things to your servant. |
| 27"And now it has pleased You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever." | 27Furthermore, it has pleased you to bless the dynasty of your servant, so that it will continue in place forever in your presence, because when you, LORD, grant a blessing, it is an eternal blessing." |
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