| 1 Una vez instalado en su casa, David dijo al profeta Natán: «Mira yo vivo en una casa de cedro, mientras que el Arca de la alianza del Señor está en una tienda». | 1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.” |
| 2 Natán le respondió: «Haz lo que te dicte el corazón, porque Dios está contigo». | 2 And Nathan said to David: “Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.” |
| 3 Pero aquella noche Natán recibió esta palabra de Dios: | 3 And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying: |
| 4 «Ve a decir a mi siervo David: “Así dice el Señor: No serás tú quien me construya la Casa para habitar. | 4 “Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place. |
| 5 Desde el día en que liberé a Israel hasta el día de hoy no he habitado en casa alguna, sino que he estado de tienda en tienda y de santuario en santuario. | 5 For I have not stayed in a house from the time when I led out Israel, even to this day. Instead, I have been continually changing places, in a tabernacle and tent, |
| 6 Mientras iba de un lugar a otro con todo Israel, ¿acaso dirigí la palabra a algún juez de Israel, a los que mandé gobernar a mi pueblo, para decirle: ¿Por qué no me construís una casa de cedro?”. | 6 dwelling with all of Israel. When did I ever speak to any one at all, among the judges of Israel whom I placed in charge so that they might pasture my people, saying: ‘Why have you not built a house of cedar for me?’ |
| 7 Pues bien, di a mi siervo David: “Así dice el Señor del universo: Yo te tomé del pastizal, de andar tras el rebaño, para que fueras jefe de mi pueblo Israel. | 7 And so, now you shall say this to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you when you were following the flock in the pastures, so that you would be the leader of my people Israel. |
| 8 He estado contigo dondequiera que hayas ido, he eliminado a todos tus enemigos ante ti y voy a hacerte tan famoso como a los más famosos de la tierra. | 8 And I have been with you wherever you have gone. And I have slain all your enemies before you, and I have made a name for you like one of the great ones who are celebrated upon the earth. |
| 9 Dispondré un lugar para mi pueblo Israel, lo plantaré para que viva en él; ya no será perturbado, ni los malvados continuarán humillándolo, como antaño, | 9 And I have given a place to my people Israel. They shall be planted, and they shall live in it, and they shall no longer be moved. Neither shall the sons of iniquity wear them away, as in the beginning, |
| 10 como en los días en que instituí jueces sobre mi pueblo, Israel, sino que humillaré a todos tus enemigos. Te anuncio además que el Señor te edificará una casa. | 10 from the days when I gave judges to my people Israel, and I humbled all your enemies. Therefore, I announce to you that the Lord will build a house for you. |
| 11 Y cuando llegue el momento de irte con tus antepasados, suscitaré a un descendiente, a uno de tus hijos, y afianzaré su reino. | 11 And when you will have completed your days, so that you go to your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall be from your sons. And I will establish his kingdom. |
| 12 Él me edificará un templo y yo consolidaré su trono para siempre. | 12 He shall build a house for me, and I will make firm his throne, even unto eternity. |
| 13 Yo seré para él padre y él será para mí hijo; no le retiraré mi favor, como se lo retiré a tu predecesor. | 13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it away from the one who was before you. |
| 14 Lo confirmaré para siempre en mi casa y en mi reino, y su trono estará firme eternamente”». | 14 And I will station him in my house and in my kingdom, even forever. And his throne will be very firm, in perpetuity.” |
| 15 Natán comunicó a David toda esta visión y todas estas palabras. | 15 According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David. |
| 16 Entonces el rey David fue a presentarse ante el Señor y dijo: «¿Quién soy yo, Señor Dios, y qué es mi familia para que me hayas hecho llegar hasta aquí? | 16 And when king David had departed, and had sat down before the Lord, he said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you would grant such things to me? |
| 17 Por si esto te parecía poco, oh Dios, has hecho a la casa de tu siervo una promesa para el futuro y me miras como a un hombre distinguido, Señor Dios. | 17 But even this has seemed little in your sight, and therefore you have also spoken about the house of your servant even for the future. And you have made me a spectacle above all men, O Lord God. |
| 18 ¿Qué más podría decirte David por el honor concedido a tu siervo, si tú conoces a tu siervo? | 18 What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him? |
| 19 Señor, por el amor a tu siervo y según tu designio, has realizado esta gran proeza, revelando toda tu grandeza. | 19 O Lord, because of your servant, in accord with your own heart, you have brought about all this magnificence, and you have willed all these great things to be known. |
| 20 Señor, no hay nadie como tú, ni dios alguno fuera de ti, como lo hemos oído. | 20 O Lord, there is no one like you. And there is no other God apart from you, out of all whom we have heard about with our ears. |
| 21 ¿Y quién como tu pueblo Israel, única nación en la tierra a la que Dios fue a rescatar para hacerla suya, dándole renombre por medio de obras grandes y terribles y expulsando a las naciones ante el pueblo que rescataste de Egipto? | 21 For what other single nation upon earth is like your people Israel, to whom God reached out, so that he might free them, and might make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terribleness cast out the nations before the face of those whom he had freed from Egypt? |
| 22 Constituiste a tu pueblo, Israel, como pueblo tuyo para siempre, y tú, Señor, eres su Dios. | 22 And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God. |
| 23 Ahora, pues, Señor Dios, confirma para siempre la palabra dirigida a tu siervo y a su familia, y cumple tu palabra. | 23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word that you have spoken to your servant, and over his house, be confirmed in perpetuity, and do just as you have spoken. |
| 24 Que tu nombre permanezca y sea ensalzado por siempre de este modo: “El Señor del universo es el Dios de Israel; y la casa de tu siervo David permanezca estable en tu presencia”. | 24 And may your name remain and be magnified even for all time. And let it be said: ‘The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel. And the house of his servant David remains forever before him.’ |
| 25 Ya que tú, Dios mío, has revelado a tu siervo que le construirás una casa, tu siervo se ha atrevido a orar en tu presencia. | 25 For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build a house for him. And therefore your servant has found faith so that he might pray before you. |
| 26 Ahora, Señor, tú eres el Dios verdadero y has prometido a tu siervo esta dicha. | 26 Now then, O Lord, you are God. And you have spoken to your servant such great benefits. |
| 27 Dígnate, pues, bendecir la casa de tu siervo, para que permanezca para siempre ante ti; porque lo que tú bendices, Señor, queda bendito para siempre». | 27 And you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it may be always before you. For since it is you who is blessing, O Lord, it shall be blessed forever.” |
