1 Chronicles 17
Common English Bible
God’s promise to David
17 When David was settled into his palace,[a] he said to the prophet Nathan, “I’m living in a cedar palace while the chest containing the Lord’s covenant is under curtains.”
2 Nathan replied, “Go ahead and do whatever you are thinking, because God is with you.”
3 But that very night God’s word came to Nathan: 4 Go to my servant David and tell him, This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build the temple[b] for me to live in. 5 In fact, I haven’t lived in a temple from the day I brought Israel out until this very day. I’ve been traveling from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.[c] 6 Throughout my traveling with the Israelites, did I ever ask one of Israel’s tribal leaders, whom I appointed to shepherd my people, Why haven’t you built me a cedar temple?
7 So then, say this to my servant David: This is what the Lord of heavenly forces says: I myself took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be leader over my people Israel. 8 I’ve been with you wherever you’ve gone. I’ve eliminated all your enemies before you. Now I will make your name great—like the name of the greatest people on earth. 9 I’m going to provide a place for my people Israel, and plant them so that they may live there and no longer be disturbed. Cruel people will no longer trouble them as they did earlier, 10 when I appointed judges over my people Israel. I’ll subdue all your enemies and make you great. As for a dynasty,[d] the Lord will build one for you! 11 When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up a descendant of yours after you, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingship. 12 He is the one who will build me a temple, and I will establish his throne forever. 13 I will become his father and he will become my son, and I’ll never withdraw my faithful love from him as I did from the one before you. 14 I’ll install him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne will be established forever.
15 Nathan faithfully reported all that he had seen and heard to David.
David’s prayer
16 Then King David went and sat in the Lord’s presence. He asked:
Who am I, Lord God, and of what significance is my family that you have brought me this far? 17 But even this was too small in your eyes, God. You have spoken about the future of your servant’s dynasty and have chosen me as an important person, Lord God.
18 What more can I say to you for honoring your servant? You yourself know your servant. 19 Lord, for your servant’s sake and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to make all these great things known.
20 Lord, no one can compare to you, no God except you, just as we have heard with our own ears.
21 Who is like your people Israel, a unique nation on the earth, that God redeemed as his own people, establishing a name for yourself by doing great and awesome things, by driving out nations before your people whom you saved from Egypt? 22 You established your people Israel as your own people forever, and you, Lord, became their God.
23 Now, Lord, confirm forever the promise you have made about your servant and his dynasty. Do as you have promised 24 so that it may be established and so that your name may be made great forever when people say, “The Lord of heavenly forces, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God.” May your servant David’s household be established before you. 25 You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a dynasty. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray this prayer to you. 26 Lord, you are truly God, and you promised this good thing to your servant. 27 So now willingly bless your servant’s dynasty so that it might continue forever before you, because you, Lord God, have promised. Let your servant’s dynasty be blessed forever by your blessing.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 17:1 Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, house
- 1 Chronicles 17:4 Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, house
- 1 Chronicles 17:5 MT lacks to dwelling.
- 1 Chronicles 17:10 Or, here and elsewhere in this chapter, house
1 Crónicas 17
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Promesa de Dios a David
17 (A)Cuando David ya moraba en su casa, le dijo al profeta Natán: «Yo habito en una casa de cedro, pero el arca del pacto del Señor está bajo una tienda[a]».
2 Entonces Natán dijo a David: «Haga todo lo que está en su corazón, porque Dios está con usted». 3 Esa misma noche la palabra de Dios vino a Natán y le dijo: 4 «Ve y dile a Mi siervo David: “Así dice el Señor: ‘Tú no me edificarás casa para que Yo habite en ella(B). 5 No he morado en una casa desde el día en que hice subir a Israel hasta hoy, sino que he ido de tienda en tienda y de morada en morada(C). 6 En todos los lugares donde he andado con todo Israel, ¿he hablado alguna palabra con alguien de los jueces de Israel, a quienes mandé apacentar a Mi pueblo, diciéndoles: “Por qué ustedes no me han edificado una casa de cedro(D)?”’”.
7 »Ahora pues, así dirás a Mi siervo David: “Así dice el Señor de los ejércitos: ‘Yo te tomé del pastizal, de seguir las ovejas, para que fueras príncipe sobre Mi pueblo Israel. 8 He estado contigo por dondequiera que has ido y he exterminado a todos tus enemigos de delante de ti, y haré de ti un nombre como el nombre de los grandes que hay en la tierra. 9 Asignaré también un lugar para Mi pueblo Israel, y lo plantaré allí para que habite en su propio lugar y no sea removido más. Tampoco los malvados[b] los oprimirán más como antes, 10 como desde los días que ordené que hubiera jueces sobre Mi pueblo Israel; y someteré a todos tus enemigos. Además te hago saber que el Señor te edificará una casa. 11 Y sucederá que cuando se cumplan tus días para que vayas a estar con tus padres, levantaré a uno de tus descendientes[c] después de ti, que será de tus hijos; y estableceré su reino. 12 Él me edificará una casa, y Yo estableceré su trono para siempre. 13 Yo seré padre para él y él será hijo para Mí(E); y no quitaré de él Mi misericordia, como la quité de aquel que estaba antes de ti(F). 14 Sino que lo confirmaré en Mi casa y en Mi reino para siempre, y su trono será establecido para siempre’”». 15 Conforme a todas estas palabras y conforme a toda esta visión, así habló Natán a David.
Oración de David
16 Entonces el rey David entró y se presentó delante del Señor, y dijo: «¿Quién soy yo, oh Señor Dios, y qué es mi casa para que me hayas traído hasta aquí(G)? 17 Y aun esto fue poco ante Tus ojos, oh Dios, pues también has hablado de la casa de Tu siervo concerniente a un futuro lejano, y me has considerado conforme a la medida de un hombre excelso, oh Señor Dios. 18 ¿Qué más te puede decir David en cuanto al honor concedido a Tu siervo? Porque Tú conoces a Tu siervo. 19 Oh Señor, por amor a Tu siervo y según Tu corazón, Tú has hecho esta gran cosa para manifestar todas estas grandezas(H). 20 Oh Señor, no hay nadie como Tú, ni hay Dios fuera de Ti, conforme a todo lo que hemos oído con nuestros oídos. 21 ¿Y qué otra nación en la tierra es como Tu pueblo Israel, al cual Dios vino a redimir como pueblo para Sí, a fin de darte un nombre por medio de cosas grandes y terribles, al echar naciones de delante de Tu pueblo, al que rescataste de Egipto? 22 Pues hiciste a Tu pueblo Israel pueblo Tuyo para siempre(I), y Tú, Señor, has venido a ser su Dios.
23 »Y ahora, Señor, que la palabra que Tú has hablado acerca de Tu siervo y acerca de su casa sea afirmada para siempre. Haz según has hablado. 24 Y sea confirmado y engrandecido Tu nombre para siempre, al decirse: “El Señor de los ejércitos, el Dios de Israel, es Dios para Israel; y que la casa de Tu siervo David sea establecida delante de Ti”. 25 Porque Tú, Dios mío, has revelado a Tu siervo que le edificarás una casa; por tanto Tu siervo ha hallado ánimo para orar delante de Ti. 26 Ahora pues, Señor, Tú eres Dios, y has prometido bien a Tu siervo. 27 Y ahora, ten a bien bendecir la casa de Tu siervo, a fin de que permanezca para siempre delante de Ti; porque Tú, Señor, la has bendecido, y es bendecida para siempre».
1 Chronicles 17
King James Version
17 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.
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