旧约 - 撒母耳记下(2 Samuel) 第7章
第1段
| 中文 | 王住在自己宫中，耶和华使他安靖，不被四围的仇敌扰乱。 |
| 英文 | And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; |
第2段
| 中文 | 那时，王对先知拿单说，看哪，我住在香柏木的宫中，神的约柜反在幔子里。 |
| 英文 | That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. |
第3段
| 中文 | 拿单对王说，你可以照你的心意而行，因为耶和华与你同在。 |
| 英文 | And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. |
第4段
| 中文 | 当夜，耶和华的话临到拿单说， |
| 英文 | And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, |
第5段
| 中文 | 你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说，你岂可建造殿宇给我居住呢。 |
| 英文 | Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? |
第6段
| 中文 | 自从我领以色列人出埃及直到今日，我未曾住过殿宇，常在会幕和帐幕中行走。 |
| 英文 | Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. |
第7段
| 中文 | 凡我同以色列人所走的地方，我何曾向以色列一支派的士师，就是我吩咐牧养我民以色列的说，你们为何不给我建造香柏木的殿宇呢。 |
| 英文 | In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? |
第8段
| 中文 | 现在，你要告诉我仆人大卫，说万军之耶和华如此说，我从羊圈中将你召来，叫你不再跟从羊群，立你作我民以色列的君。 |
| 英文 | Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: |
第9段
| 中文 | 你无论往哪里去，我常与你同在，剪除你的一切仇敌。我必使你得大名，好像世上大大有名的人一样。 |
| 英文 | And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. |
第10段
| 中文 | 我必为我民以色列选定一个地方，栽培他们，使他们住自己的地方，不再迁移。凶恶之子也不像从前扰害他们， |
| 英文 | Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, |
第11段
第12段
| 中文 | 你寿数满足，与你列祖同睡的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位。我也必坚定他的国。 |
| 英文 | And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. |
第13段
| 中文 | 他必为我的名建造殿宇。我必坚定他的国位，直到永远。 |
| 英文 | He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. |
第14段
| 中文 | 我要作他的父，他要作我的子。他若犯了罪，我必用人的杖责打他，用人的鞭责罚他。 |
| 英文 | I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: |
第15段
| 中文 | 但我的慈爱仍不离开他，像离开在你面前所废弃的扫罗一样。 |
| 英文 | But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. |
第16段
| 中文 | 你的家和你的国必在我（原文作你）面前永远坚立。你的国位也必坚定，直到永远。 |
| 英文 | And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. |
第17段
| 中文 | 拿单就按这一切话，照这默示，告诉大卫。 |
| 英文 | According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. |
第18段
| 中文 | 于是大卫王进去，坐在耶和华面前，说，主耶和华阿，我是谁。我的家算什么。你竟使我到这地步呢。 |
| 英文 | Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? |
第19段
| 中文 | 主耶和华阿，这在你眼中还看为小，又应许你仆人的家至于久远。主耶和华阿，这岂是人所常遇的事吗。 |
| 英文 | And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? |
第20段
| 中文 | 主耶和华阿，我还有何言可以对你说呢。因为你知道你的仆人。 |
| 英文 | And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. |
第21段
| 中文 | 你行这大事使仆人知道，是因你所应许的话，也是照你的心意。 |
| 英文 | For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. |
第22段
| 中文 | 主耶和华阿，你本为大，照我们耳中听见，没有可比你的。除你以外再无神。 |
| 英文 | Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. |
第23段
| 中文 | 世上有何民能比你的民以色列呢。你从埃及救赎他们作自己的子民，又在你赎出来的民面前行大而可畏的事，驱逐列邦人和他们的神，显出你的大名。 |
| 英文 | And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? |
第24段
| 中文 | 你曾坚立你的民以色列作你的子民，直到永远。你耶和华也作了他们的神。 |
| 英文 | For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. |
第25段
| 中文 | 耶和华神阿，你所应许仆人和仆人家的话，求你坚定，直到永远。照你所说的而行。 |
| 英文 | And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. |
第26段
| 中文 | 愿人永远尊你的名为大，说，万军之耶和华是治理以色列的神。这样，你仆人大卫的家必在你面前坚立。 |
| 英文 | And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. |
第27段
| 中文 | 万军之耶和华以色列的神阿，因你启示你的仆人说，我必为你建立家室，所以仆人大胆向你如此祈祷。 |
| 英文 | For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. |
第28段
| 中文 | 主耶和华阿，惟有你是神。你的话是真实的。你也应许将这福气赐给仆人。 |
| 英文 | And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: |
第29段
| 中文 | 现在求你赐福与仆人的家，可以永存在你面前。主耶和华阿，这是你所应许的。愿你永远赐福与仆人的家。 |
| 英文 | Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. |