The House of the Lord
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.
Ikawa, Daudi alipokuwa akikaa nyumbani mwake, Daudi akamwambia nabii Nathani, Angalia, mimi ninakaa katika nyumba ya mwerezi, bali sanduku la agano la Bwana linakaa chini ya mapazia.
2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
Naye Nathani akamwambia Daudi, Haya, fanya yote yaliyomo moyoni mwako; kwa maana Mungu yu pamoja nawe.
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
Ikawa usiku uo huo, neno la Mungu likamjia Nathani, kusema,
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
Nenda, kamwambie mtumishi wangu, Daudi, Bwana asema hivi, Wewe hutanijengea nyumba ya kukaa;
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 .
kwa maana sikukaa ndani ya nyumba tangu siku ile nilipowaleta Israeli huku hata leo; lakini hema kwa hema nimehamia, na maskani kwa maskani.
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?
Katika mahali mwote nilimokwenda na Israeli wote, je! Nimesema neno lo lote na mtu ye yote wa waamuzi wa Israeli, niliowaagiza kuwalisha watu wangu, nikisema, Mbona hamkunijengea nyumba ya mwerezi?
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:
Basi sasa ndivyo utakavyomwambia mtumishi wangu Daudi, Bwana wa majeshi asema hivi, Nalikutwaa katika zizi la kondoo, katika kuwaandama kondoo ili uwe mkuu juu ya watu wangu Israeli;
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.
nami nimekuwa pamoja nawe kila ulikokwenda, na kuwakatilia mbali adui zako wote mbele yako; nami nitakufanyia jina, kama jina la hao wakuu walioko duniani.
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,
Tena nitawaagizia watu wangu Israeli mahali, nami nitawapanda, wapate kukaa mahali pao wenyewe, wasiondolewe tena; wala wana wa uovu hawatawatesa tena kama hapo kwanza,
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.
na tangu siku ile nilipowaamuru waamuzi wawe juu ya watu wangu Israeli, nami nitawashinda adui zako wote. Pamoja na hayo nakuambia, ya kwamba Bwana atakujengea nyumba.
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.
Hata itakuwa, siku zako zitakapotimia, uende na babazo, nitainua mzao wako nyuma yako, atakayekuwa wa wana wako; nami nitaufanya imara ufalme wake.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
Yeye ndiye atakayenijengea nyumba, nami nitakifanya imara kiti cha enzi cha ufalme wake milele.
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:
Nitakuwa baba yake, naye atakuwa mwanangu; wala sitamwondolea fadhili zangu, kama nilivyomwondolea yeye aliyekuwa kabla yako;
14 but I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
ila nitamstarehesha katika nyumba yangu na katika ufalme wangu milele; na kiti chake cha enzi kitathibitishwa milele.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
Kwa maneno hayo yote, na kwa maono hayo yote, ndivyo Nathani alivyonena na Daudi.
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?
Ndipo akaingia Daudi mfalme, akaketi mbele za Bwana; akasema Mimi ni nani, Ee Bwana Mungu, na nyumba yangu ni nini, hata umenileta hata hapa?
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.
Tena jambo hili lilikuwa dogo machoni pako, Ee Mungu; hata umeleta habari ya nyumba yangu mimi, mtumwa wako, kwa miaka mingi inayokuja, nawe umeniangalia sawasawa na hali ya mtu mwenye cheo, Ee Bwana Mungu.
18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
Na Daudi akuambie nini tena zaidi kwa habari ya heshima aliyotendewa mtumwa wako? Kwa maana wewe umemjua mtumwa wako.
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.
Ee Bwana, kwa ajili ya mtumwa wako, na kwa moyo wako mwenyewe, umeyatenda hayo makuu yote, ili yajulikane hayo matendo makuu yote.
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.
Ee Bwana, hakuna mwingine kama wewe, wala hakuna Mungu mwingine ila wewe, kwa kadiri tulivyosikia kwa masikio yetu.
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?
Tena ni taifa lipi duniani lililo kama watu wako Israeli, ambalo Mungu alikwenda kuwakomboa kwa ajili yake mwenyewe, ili wawe watu wake, na kujifanyia jina kwa njia ya mambo makuu, yenye kuogofya, kwa kufukuza mataifa mbele ya watu wako, uliowakomboa kutoka Misri?
22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
Kwa maana watu wako Israeli ndio uliowafanya kuwa watu wako wa milele; nawe, Bwana, umekuwa Mungu wao.
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.
Basi sasa, Ee Bwana, neno lile ulilolinena katika habari za mtumwa wako, na katika habari za nyumba yake, na lifanywe imara milele, ukafanye kama ulivyosema.
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.
Jina lako na liwe imara, likatukuzwe milele, kusema, Bwana wa majeshi ndiye Mungu wa Israeli, naam, Mungu juu ya Israeli; na hiyo nyumba ya Daudi mtumwa wako imefanywa imara mbele zako.
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.
Kwa kuwa wewe, Ee Mungu wangu, umenifunulia mimi mtumwa wako ya kuwa utanijengea nyumba; kwa hiyo mimi mtumwa wako nimeona vema moyoni mwangu kuomba mbele yako.
26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Na sasa, Ee Bwana, wewe ndiwe Mungu, nawe umemwahidia mtumwa wako jambo hili jema;
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.
nawe sasa umekuwa radhi kuibarikia nyumba ya mtumwa wako, ipate kudumu milele mbele zako; kwa maana wewe, Bwana, umebarikia, nayo imebarikiwa milele.
