1 Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side;2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is housed inside the curtains of a tent.3 And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart; for the Lord is with you.4 Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,5 Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?6 For from the day when I took the children of Israel up out of Egypt till this day, I have had no house, but have gone from place to place in a tent.7 In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?8 Then say these words to my servant David, The Lord of armies says, I took you from the fields, from keeping the sheep, so that you might be a ruler over my people, over my people Israel:9 And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.10 And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,11 From the time when I put judges over my people Israel; and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.12 And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.13 He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.14 I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son: if he does wrong, I will give him punishment with the rod of men and with the blows of the children of men;15 But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.16 And your family and your kingdom will keep their place before me for ever: the seat of your authority will never be overturned.17 So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?19 And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!20 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant, O Lord God.21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.22 Truly you are great, O Lord God: there is no one like you and no other God but you, as is clear from everything which has come to our ears.23 And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?24 But you took and made strong for yourself your people Israel, to be your people for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!26 And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!27 For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.28 And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;29 So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!

1 Factum est autem cum sedisset rex in domo sua, et Dominus dedisset ei requiem undique ab universis inimicis suis, 2 dixit ad Nathan prophetam : Videsne quod ego habitem in domo cedrina, et arca Dei posita sit in medio pellium ? 3 Dixitque Nathan ad regem : Omne quod est in corde tuo, vade, fac : quia Dominus tecum est. 4 Factum est autem in illa nocte : et ecce sermo Domini ad Nathan, dicens : 5 Vade, et loquere ad servum meum David : Hc dicit Dominus : Numquid tu dificabis mihi domum ad habitandum ? 6 Neque enim habitavi in domo ex die illa, qua eduxi filios Isral de terra gypti, usque in diem hanc : sed ambulabam in tabernaculo, et in tentorio. 7 Per cuncta loca qu transivi cum omnibus filiis Isral, numquid loquens locutus sum ad unam de tribubus Isral, cui prcepi ut pasceret populum meum Isral, dicens : Quare non dificastis mihi domum cedrinam ?8 Et nunc hc dices servo meo David : Hc dicit Dominus exercituum : Ego tuli te de pascuis sequentem greges, ut esses dux super populum meum Isral : 9 et fui tecum in omnibus ubicumque ambulasti, et interfeci universos inimicos tuos a facie tua : fecique tibi nomen grande, juxta nomen magnorum qui sunt in terra. 10 Et ponam locum populo meo Isral, et plantabo eum, et habitabit sub eo, et non turbabitur amplius : nec addent filii iniquitatis ut affligant eum sicut prius, 11 ex die qua constitui judices super populum meum Isral : et requiem dabo tibi ab omnibus inimicis tuis : prdicitque tibi Dominus quod domum faciat tibi Dominus. 12 Cumque completi fuerint dies tui, et dormieris cum patribus tuis, suscitabo semen tuum post te, quod egredietur de utero tuo, et firmabo regnum ejus. 13 Ipse dificabit domum nomini meo, et stabiliam thronum regni ejus usque in sempiternum. 14 Ego ero ei in patrem, et ipse erit mihi in filium : qui si inique aliquid gesserit, arguam eum in virga virorum, et in plagis filiorum hominum. 15 Misericordiam autem meam non auferam ab eo, sicut abstuli a Saul, quem amovi a facie mea. 16 Et fidelis erit domus tua, et regnum tuum usque in ternum ante faciem tuam, et thronus tuus erit firmus jugiter. 17 Secundum omnia verba hc, et juxta universam visionem istam, sic locutus est Nathan ad David.18 Ingressus est autem rex David, et sedit coram Domino, et dixit : Quis ego sum, Domine Deus, et qu domus mea, quia adduxisti me hucusque ? 19 Sed et hoc parum visum est in conspectu tuo, Domine Deus, nisi loquereris etiam de domo servi tui in longinquum : ista est enim lex Adam, Domine Deus. 20 Quid ergo addere poterit adhuc David, ut loquatur ad te ? tu enim scis servum tuum, Domine Deus. 21 Propter verbum tuum, et secundum cor tuum, fecisti omnia magnalia hc, ita ut notum faceres servo tuo. 22 Idcirco magnificatus es, Domine Deus, quia non est similis tui, neque est deus extra te, in omnibus qu audivimus auribus nostris. 23 Qu est autem ut populus tuus Isral gens in terra, propter quam ivit Deus ut redimeret eam sibi in populum, et poneret sibi nomen, faceretque eis magnalia et horribilia super terram a facie populi tui quem redemisti tibi ex gypto, gentem, et deum ejus. 24 Firmasti enim tibi populum tuum Isral in populum sempiternum : et tu, Domine Deus, factus es eis in Deum. 25 Nunc ergo Domine Deus, verbum quod locutus es super servum tuum, et super domum ejus, suscita in sempiternum : et fac sicut locutus es, 26 ut magnificetur nomen tuum usque in sempiternum, atque dicatur : Dominus exercituum, Deus super Isral. Et domus servi tui David erit stabilita coram Domino, 27 quia tu, Domine exercituum Deus Isral, revelasti aurem servi tui, dicens : Domum dificabo tibi : propterea invenit servus tuus cor suum ut oraret te oratione hac. 28 Nunc ergo Domine Deus, tu es Deus, et verba tua erunt vera : locutus es enim ad servum tuum bona hc. 29 Incipe ergo, et benedic domui servi tui, ut sit in sempiternum coram te : quia tu, Domine Deus, locutus es, et benedictione tua benedicetur domus servi tui in sempiternum.