1 V iviendo ya David en su casa, dijo al profeta Natán: —Mira, yo habito en casa de cedro, mientras el Arca del pacto de Jehová está bajo cortinas.

As David sat in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remains under tent curtains.

2 Y Natán dijo a David: —Haz todo lo que está en tu corazón, porque Dios está contigo.

Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.

3 P ero aquella misma noche vino palabra de Dios a Natán, diciendo:

And that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

4 « Ve y di a David mi siervo: “Así ha dicho Jehová: Tú no me edificarás casa para que yo habite.

Go and tell David My servant, Thus says the Lord: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in,

5 P ues no he habitado en casa alguna desde el día en que saqué a los hijos de Israel hasta el día de hoy; antes estuve de tienda en tienda, y de tabernáculo en tabernáculo.

For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel from Egypt until this day; but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

6 P or dondequiera que anduve con todo Israel, nunca dije a ninguno de los jueces de Israel, a los cuales mandé que apacentaran a mi pueblo: ‘¿Por qué no me edificáis una casa de cedro?’”

Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?

7 P or tanto, ahora dirás a mi siervo David: “Así ha dicho Jehová de los ejércitos: Yo te tomé del redil, de detrás de las ovejas, para que fueras príncipe sobre mi pueblo Israel.

Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over My people Israel.

8 H e estado contigo en todo cuanto has andado, he cortado a todos tus enemigos de delante de ti, y te haré un nombre grande, como el nombre de los grandes de la tierra.

And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make your name like the name of the great ones of the earth.

9 A simismo he dispuesto lugar para mi pueblo Israel, y lo he plantado para que habite en él y no sea más removido; ni los malhechores lo sigan oprimiendo, como antes,

Also I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,

10 c omo en el tiempo cuando puse jueces sobre mi pueblo Israel; sino que humillaré a todos tus enemigos. Te hago saber, además, que Jehová te edificará casa.

Since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I foretell to you that the Lord will build you a house (a blessed posterity).

11 C uando se cumplan los días para que vayas con tus padres, levantaré descendencia después de ti, a uno de entre tus hijos, y afirmaré su reino.

And it shall come to pass that when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

12 É l me edificará Casa, y yo confirmaré su trono eternamente.

He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

13 S eré para él como padre, y él será para mí un hijo; no apartaré de él mi misericordia, como hice con aquel que fue antes de ti;

I will be his father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy and steadfast love away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

14 s ino que lo confirmaré en mi Casa y en mi reino eternamente, y su trono será firme para siempre.”»

But I will settle him (Him) in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his (His) throne shall be established forevermore.

15 C onforme a todas estas palabras, y conforme a toda esta visión, habló Natán a David.

According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

16 E ntonces entró el rey David y estuvo delante de Jehová, y dijo: «Jehová Dios, ¿quién soy yo, y qué es mi casa, para que me hayas traído hasta este lugar?

And David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family, that You have brought me up to this?

17 Y aun esto, Dios, te ha parecido poco, pues has hablado del porvenir de la casa de tu siervo, y me has mirado como a un hombre excelente, Jehová Dios.

And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; for You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God!

18 ¿ Qué más puede decir David del honor que has dado a tu siervo, si tú conoces a tu siervo?

What more can David say to You for thus honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant.

19 J ehová, por amor de tu siervo y según tu corazón, has hecho toda esta gran obra, haciendo notorias todas tus grandezas.

O Lord, for Your servant’s sake and in accord with Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.

20 J ehová, no hay nadie semejante a ti, ni hay Dios fuera de ti, según todas las cosas que hemos oído con nuestros oídos.

O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God beside You, according to all that our ears have heard.

21 ¿ Y qué pueblo hay en la tierra como tu pueblo Israel, al cual su Dios fue a rescatar, a fin de engrandecer su nombre por medio de prodigios y maravillas, arrojando a las naciones de delante de tu pueblo, al que tú rescataste de Egipto?

And what nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to Himself as a people, making Yourself a name by great and terrible things, by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt?

22 T ú has constituido a tu pueblo Israel por pueblo tuyo para siempre; y tú, Jehová, has venido a ser su Dios.

You made Your people Israel Your own forever, and You, Lord, became their God.

23 » Ahora pues, Jehová, la palabra que has hablado acerca de tu siervo y de su casa, sea firme para siempre, y haz como has dicho.

Therefore now, Lord, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever, and do as You have said.

24 P ermanezca, pues, y sea engrandecido tu nombre para siempre, a fin de que se diga: “Jehová de los ejércitos, Dios de Israel, es Dios para Israel.” Y se mantenga la casa de tu siervo David firme en tu presencia.

Let it be established and let Your name be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God; and the house of David Your servant will be established before You.

25 P orque tú, Dios mío, revelaste al oído de tu siervo que le has de edificar casa; por eso ha hallado tu siervo motivo para orar delante de ti.

For You, O my God, have told Your servant that You will build for him a house (a blessed posterity); therefore Your servant has found courage and confidence to pray before You.

26 A hora pues, Jehová, tú eres el Dios, y has prometido a tu siervo este bien;

And now, Lord, You are God, and have promised this good thing to Your servant.

27 y ahora has querido bendecir la casa de tu siervo, para que permanezca perpetuamente delante de ti; porque tú, Jehová, la has bendecido, y bendita será para siempre.»

Therefore may it please You to bless the house (posterity) of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for what You bless, O Lord, is blessed forever.