Nathani unoyisa ndaidzo kuna Dafite
(2 Samuele 7:1-17)1 Dafite wakabe wogala mu ng'umba iye ye bushe ngono kadwa nlebesambeli Nathani kati, “Bona ndogala mu ng'umba yakabakwa ne mapango e nti we sida koga Bhokisi le Tjidumano tja Yahwe litji mu nshasha.”
2 Ngono Nathani kati kuna Dafite, “Thama tjipa moyo uwo ngobe Ndzimu unawe.”
3 Koga kwakati busiku igogo dama la Yahwe likazha kuna Nathani liti, 4 “Yenda unobudza nlanda wangu Dafite uti ndikati, ‘Aungandibakile ng'umba yandinga gala, 5 ngobe andizotongo gala mu ng'umba kudwa mu zhuba landakatungamila Iziraela kudwa mu Egipiti kuswika ngwenu koga ndakagala kudwa mu nshasha kunoti ku mmwe nshasha mu bugalo wogu kunoti woguje. 6 Mu magalo wose andakayenda ne Baiziraela apa ndakatongo dwa mmwe we basumikilisi be Iziraela, ibo bandakalaula kuti batjengete bathu bangu, nditi andibakile ng'umba ye mapango e sida kene?’ 7 Ndizo ngwenu ubudze nlanda wangu Dafite uti Yahwe Masimbawose bakati, ‘Ndakakudusa mu mafulilo wakalisa pkhwizi kuti ndizo ube nlauli we bathu bangu Iziraela. 8 Ndakabe nawe pamwe ne pamwe pawakabe uyenda, atatila kutjena zwita zwizo, ngono ndowothama ukabe ne tjilumbi se batungamili bakulu bakabepo mu shango. 9 Kakale ndowoshalula bugalo gwe bathu bangu Baiziraela, ndowobabiga mu magalo abo ngono akutjina unowobadziyidza kene bakabe bali balume be mbipo abanga tjabayite tjimwe se mu kutanga, 10 kudwa tjose mu tjibaka tjandakapa bathu bangu Baiziraela basumikilisi. Ndowokunda zwita zwabo zose. Kakale ndokubudza kuti imi Yahwe ndowokubakila ng'umba ye bumambo. 11 Unowotiwafa ndowothama kuti mmwe we bakololo babo aku gale thaka abe mambo. 12 Ndiye unowondibakila ng'umba, ngono bushe gugwe gowogalila tjose. 13 Ndowobe tate babe ngono iye unowobe nkololo wangu. Ludo gwangu gusingazunguzike agungatothole sekwa ndakathama muna wakabe ali mbeli kuko. 14 Koga ndowombiga kabe nlauli we ng'umba yangu newe mbuso wangu kakale bushe gugwe gowogalila tjatjose.’ ” 15 Nathani kabudza Dafite matama iyawa wose koga kuyendidzana ne mbono.
Ntembezelo wa Dafite wekuboka
(2 Samuele 7:18-29)16 Kudwa ipapo Dafite kangina mu nshasha wa Yahwe ngono katembezela eti, “Dumbu ndiani wali Yahwe Ndzimu? Ne nsha wangu ndiupi wamungati mukandiswikisa pano wali? 17 Se ingati kwakabe kusakalizana mbeli kwenyu Ndzimu, makagadzabgwe nlanda wenyu zwikule zwinowozha, makandilakidza zwizekugwana zwinowozha imwi Yahwe Ndzimu wangu! 18 Ngono dumbu Dafite ungatjamudwani wali ngobe makakudza nlanda wenyu kene? Kana moziba nlanda wenyu. 19 Yahwe ngekwe nlanda wenyu, imwi Yahwe ne kuyendidzana nge tjamunoshaka, makathama kose ikoku kukulu kakale makathama kuti zose zwikulu zwamakagadzabgwe zwizibgwe. 20 Yahwe akuna unofanana namwi naikobo akuna mmwe Ndzimu kuzhe kwenyu muna zose zwatakahwa nge zebe dzedu. 21 Itjaba tjipi mu shango tjinofanana ne itjaba tjenyu Iziraela, Ndzimu tjawakanodzutunula kuti ndizo uzwithamile zina mu zwithu zwikulu ne zwinotjisa ngotatila kutjena zwitjaba kule ne bathu bawo ibo bawakadzutunula mu Egipiti kene? 22 Ngono bathu benyu Iziraela makabathama bathu benyu nge kusingapele, imwi Yahwe mukabe Ndzimu wabo.
23 “Ngono ngwenu Yahwe dama lenyu lamakaleba ngekwe nlanda wenyu ne ngekwe nsha uwe wamakabiga kuti unowogalila tjose lishingikadzeni sekwa makagadzabgwe. 24 Ndizo zina lenyu lowosimisiwa, likakudziwa nge kusingapele kose kunowodza kukayi ‘Yahwe Masimbawose, Ndzimu we Iziraela u Ndzimu we Iziraela,’ ngono nsha wa Dafite unowogalila tjose mbeli kwawo. 25 Ngobe imwi Ndzimu wangu makazumbunulila nlanda wenyu kuti ndimwi munowombakila ng'umba, ndizo nlanda wenyu alumbidzika kumutembezela. 26 Ngono imwi Yahwe, mu Ndzimu, makagadzabgwe nlanda wenyu zwithu izwezwi zwakanaka. 27 Ndizo ngwenu ngakumushathise kukombolela nsha we nlanda wenyu kuti ndizo utjilile tjatjose mbeli kwenyu ngobe imwi Yahwe tjamakombolela tjobe tjakombolelegwa tjatjose.”
1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. 2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3 ¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another . 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
11 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 ¶ And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O LORD, for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? 22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. 24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.