1 Now 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. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For 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 . 6 Wheresoever 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? 7 Now 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: 8 And 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. 9 Also 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, 10 And 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.
11 ¶ And 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. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I 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: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 ¶ And 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? 17 And 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. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O 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. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And 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? 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23 Therefore 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. 24 Let 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. 25 For 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. 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 27 Now 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.
Dieva apsolījums Dāvidam
(2Sam 7:1–17)1 Un bija tā – Dāvids dzīvoja savā namā, un reiz viņš sacīja pravietim Nātānam: “Redzi, es dzīvoju ciedru koka namā, bet Kunga derības šķirsts zem aizkariem!” 2 Nātāns sacīja Dāvidam: “Dari visu, ko esi nodomājis, jo Dievs ir ar tevi!”
3 Bet tonakt pār Nātānu nāca Dieva vārds: 4 “Ej un saki manam kalpam Dāvidam: tā saka Kungs: tu necelsi man namu, kur dzīvot, 5 jo es neesmu dzīvojis namā kopš dienas, kad es izvedu Israēlu, līdz šai dienai, bet es mitu no telts uz telti un no mītnes uz mītni. 6 Visur, kur vien es Israēlam liku iet, tur taču es neteicu katram Israēla soģim, kam pavēlēju ganīt savu Israēla tautu: kāpēc jūs man neceļat ciedru koka namu?
7 Un tagad saki manam kalpam Dāvidam: tā saka Pulku Kungs: es ņēmu tevi no ganībām, no avju pulka, lai tu valdītu pār manu tautu Israēlu! 8 Es būšu ar tevi visur, kur tu iesi, es iznīdēšu visus tavus ienaidniekus, un es celšu tavu vārdu pār visiem vārdiem uz zemes! 9 Es dēstīšu savu tautu Israēlu šajā vietā, un es to audzēšu, un tie tur mitīs, nemiera tur nebūs, netaisnības darītāji tos vairs nenomāks, kā bija agrāk! 10 Un kopš tā laika, kad es iecēlu soģus pār savu tautu Israēlu, es pakļāvu visus tavus ienaidniekus. Tagad es daru tev zināmu – tev namu uzcels Kungs! 11 Kad tavu dienu skaits būs pilns un tu iesi pie tēviem, tad es tavā vietā celšu tavu dzimumu – vienu no taviem dēliem – un es nostiprināšu viņa valsti! 12 Viņš uzcels manu namu, un es nostiprināšu viņa troni mūžīgi! 13 Es būšu viņam par tēvu, un viņš būs man par dēlu! Es viņam neatņemšu savu derības žēlastību, kā to atņēmu tam, kas bija pirms tevis! 14 Es viņu nostiprināšu viņa namā un viņa valstībā mūžīgi! Viņa tronis pastāvēs mūžīgi!” 15 Visu dzirdēto un redzēto Nātāns atstāstīja Dāvidam.
Dāvida lūgšana
(2Sam 7:18–29)16 Tad ķēniņš Dāvids gāja, apsēdās Kunga priekšā un sacīja: “Kas gan es esmu, Kungs Dievs, kas gan mans nams, ka līdz šejienei tu mani vadīji!? 17 Vai tas tev vēl maz, ak, Dievs! Tu runā par sava kalpa namu tik tālu nākotnē un rādi man nākamās paaudzes, kurām tu liksi nākt, ak, Dievs! 18 Ko vēl lai tev Dāvids saka par tava kalpa godību? Tu taču pazīsti savu kalpu! 19 Ak, Kungs, sava kalpa dēļ un pēc savas sirds nolūka tu dari šīs diženās lietas un dari tās zināmas! 20 Ak, Kungs, neviens nav kā tu, nav cita Dieva bez tevis, to liecina viss, ko dzirdējām savām ausīm! 21 Kurš vēl ir kā tava tauta – kā Israēls? Vienīgā tauta virs zemes, kuru Dievs gāja izpirkt sev par tautu, lai pagodinātu sevi, lai veiktu diženas lietas, bijājamas lietas – tavas tautas priekšā izdzenot tautas, tu tos no Ēģiptes izpirki! 22 Savu tautu Israēlu tu padarīji sev par tautu uz mūžiem! Tu, Kungs, kļuvi viņiem par Dievu!
23 Tad nu, Kungs Dievs, tiem vārdiem, ko tu runā par savu kalpu un viņa namu, liec pastāvēt mūžam un dari, kā esi sacījis! 24 Tavs vārds būs stiprs un varens uz mūžiem, tie sacīs: Pulku Kungs – Israēla Dievs! – tu Israēla Dievs! Un tava kalpa Dāvida nams pastāvēs tavā priekšā! 25 Jo tu, mans Dievs, tā vēstīji savam kalpam: es tev uzcelšu namu – tavs kalps ir uzdrīkstējies tev sacīt šo lūgšanu! 26 Ak, Kungs, tu esi Dievs, tu esi solījis savam kalpam šīs labās lietas! 27 Lai tev tīk svētīt sava kalpa namu, lai tas ir mūžīgi tavā priekšā – ko tu, Kungs, svētī, tas ir svētīts uz mūžiem!”
