1 Chronicles 17
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
God’s Covenant with David
17 Now when David settled in his house, David said to the prophet Nathan, ‘I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.’ 2 Nathan said to David, ‘Do all that you have in mind, for God is with you.’
3 But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying: 4 Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build me a house to live in. 5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought out Israel to this very day, but I have lived in a tent and a tabernacle.[a] 6 Wherever I have moved about among all Israel, did I ever speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? 7 Now therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel; 8 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. 9 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and evildoers shall wear them down no more, as they did formerly, 10 from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies.
Moreover, I declare to you that the Lord will build you a house. 11 When your days are fulfilled to go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne for ever. 13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it from him who was before you, 14 but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom for ever, and his throne shall be established for ever. 15 In accordance with all these words and all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.
David’s Prayer
16 Then King David 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 thus far? 17 And even this was a small thing in your sight, O God; you have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come. You regard me as someone of high rank,[b] O Lord God! 18 And what more can David say to you for honouring your servant? You know your servant. 19 For your servant’s sake, O Lord, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great deeds, making known all these great things. 20 There is no one like you, O Lord, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 Who is like your people Israel, one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt? 22 And you made your people Israel to be your people for ever; and you, O Lord, became their God.
23 ‘And now, O Lord, as for the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, let it be established for ever, and do as you have promised. 24 Thus your name will be established and magnified for ever in the saying, “The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God”; and the house of your servant David will be established in your presence. 25 For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him; therefore your servant has found it possible to pray before you. 26 And now, O Lord, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant; 27 therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you. For you, O Lord, have blessed and are blessed[c] for ever.’
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 17:5 Gk 2 Sam 7.6: Heb but I have been from tent to tent and from tabernacle
- 1 Chronicles 17:17 Meaning of Heb uncertain
- 1 Chronicles 17:27 Or and it is blessed
1 Crónicas 17
Reina Valera Contemporánea
Pacto de Dios con David(A)
17 David ocupaba ya el trono en su palacio cuando le dijo al profeta Natán:
«¡Mírame aquí, entronizado en un palacio de cedro, mientras el arca del pacto del Señor está debajo de unas cortinas!»
2 Y Natán le contestó:
«Haz todo lo que de corazón te propongas hacer, que cuentas con el apoyo de Dios.»
3 En esa misma noche la palabra de Dios vino a Natán, y le dijo:
4 «Ve y dile a mi siervo David que yo, el Señor, he dicho: “No serás tú quien me edifique casa para que la habite. 5 Desde el día en que saqué a los israelitas, y hasta el día de hoy, yo no he habitado en ninguna casa. Al contrario, anduve de tienda en tienda, y de tabernáculo en tabernáculo. 6 Por dondequiera que he andado con todo Israel, jamás dije nada a ninguno de los jueces de Israel, a los que ordené apacentar a mi pueblo; jamás le pedí que me edificaran un palacio de cedro. 7 Así que ve a decirle a mi siervo David que yo, el Señor de los ejércitos, he dicho: ‘Yo te tomé del redil, cuando andabas detrás de las ovejas, para que fueras el príncipe de mi pueblo Israel. 8 Yo he estado contigo por dondequiera que has andado, y he derrotado a todos los enemigos que has enfrentado. Y ahora voy a hacerte famoso, tan famoso como los más importantes de la tierra.’ 9 Además, he preparado un lugar para mi pueblo Israel, y allí lo plantaré, para que se establezca y no vuelva a ser removido, ni la gente malvada vuelva a consumirlo como en el pasado, 10 cuando puse jueces sobre mi pueblo Israel. Yo humillaré a todos tus enemigos. Te hago saber también que yo, el Señor, te edificaré una casa. 11 Cuando llegue el momento de que te reúnas con tus antepasados, yo haré que uno de entre tus hijos se levante para sucederte, y yo también afirmaré su reinado. 12 Él me edificará casa, y yo confirmaré su trono para siempre. 13 Yo seré su padre, y él será mi hijo,(B) y jamás le negaré mi misericordia, como se la negué a quien reinó antes de ti; 14 más bien, lo confirmaré en mi casa y en mi reino para siempre, y para siempre se afirmará su trono.”»
15 Y Natán le repitió a David todas estas palabras y toda esta visión. 16 Entonces el rey David se presentó delante del Señor, y dijo:
«Señor y Dios, ¿quién soy yo, y quién es mi familia, para que me hayas traído hasta aquí? 17 ¡Y aun esto te ha parecido poco, Dios mío! Tú, mi Señor y Dios, hablas en futuro de la casa de tu siervo, y me ves como si fuera yo un hombre excelente. 18 ¿Qué más puedo yo, tu siervo David, añadir y pedir de ti, para mi propia gloria? ¡Tú conoces a este siervo tuyo! 19 Tú, Señor, has hecho todos estos portentos, por amor a tu siervo y según tu corazón, para dar a conocer tu grandeza. 20 Señor, no hay nada semejante a ti, y hasta donde sabemos, no hay más Dios que tú. 21 ¿Qué otro pueblo hay en la tierra como tu pueblo Israel, redimido por su propio Dios, para dar a conocer tu nombre por medio de grandes maravillas, al desalojar las naciones de delante de tu pueblo, el pueblo que tú rescataste de Egipto? 22 Tú has hecho de Israel tu propio pueblo para siempre; ¡tú, Señor, has llegado a ser su Dios!
23 »Ahora, Señor, que la palabra que has hablado acerca de tu siervo y de su casa, se afirme para siempre. Que se haga lo que tú has dicho. 24 Que tu nombre permanezca y sea engrandecido para siempre, a fin de que se diga: “El Señor de los ejércitos es el Dios de Israel”, y que la casa de tu siervo David se afirme en tu presencia. 25 Tú, Dios mío, le has revelado a tu siervo tu intención de edificarle casa. Por eso tu siervo ha hallado motivo para orar en tu presencia. 26 Tú, Señor, eres el Dios que le ha revelado a tu siervo tal bondad; 27 eres tú quien ha querido bendecir la casa de este siervo tuyo, para que permanezca para siempre delante de ti. Tú, Señor, la has bendecido, y bendita será para siempre.»
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