7:1 王住在自己宫中,耶和华使他安靖,不被四围的仇敌扰乱。
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
7:2 那时,王对先知拿单说,看哪,我住在香柏木的宫中,神的约柜反在幔子里。
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
7:3 拿单对王说,你可以照你的心意而行,因为耶和华与你同在。
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
7:4 当夜,耶和华的话临到拿单说,And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
7:5 你去告诉我仆人大卫,说耶和华如此说,你岂可建造殿宇给我居住呢。
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
7:6 自从我领以色列人出埃及直到今日,我未曾住过殿宇,常在会幕和帐幕中行走。
Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7:7 凡我同以色列人所走的地方,我何曾向以色列一支派的士师,就是我吩咐牧养我民以色列的说,你们为何不给我建造香柏木的殿宇呢。
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
7:8 现在,你要告诉我仆人大卫,说万军之耶和华如此说,我从羊圈中将你召来,叫你不再跟从羊群,立你作我民以色列的君。
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
7:9 你无论往哪里去,我常与你同在,剪除你的一切仇敌。我必使你得大名,好像世上大大有名的人一样。
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
7:10 我必为我民以色列选定一个地方,栽培他们,使他们住自己的地方,不再迁移。凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们,Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
7:11 并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必使你安靖,不被一切仇敌扰乱,并且我耶和华应许你,必为你建立家室。
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
7:12 你寿数满足,与你列祖同睡的时候,我必使你的后裔接续你的位。我也必坚定他的国。
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
7:13 他必为我的名建造殿宇。我必坚定他的国位,直到永远。
He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.