1 Chronicles, 17

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.”

1. Kad se David nastanio u dvoru, rekao je proroku Natanu: "Pogledaj! Ja, evo, stojim u dvoru od cedrovine, a Kovèeg saveza Jahvina pod zavjesama!"

2. And Nathan said to David: “Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.”

2. Natan odgovori Davidu: "Što ti je god na srcu, èini, jer je Bog s tobom."

3. And yet, that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:

3. Ali još iste noæi doðe Natanu ova Božja rijeè:

4. “Go, and speak to my servant David: Thus says the Lord: You shall not build a house for me as a dwelling place.

4. "Idi i reci mome sluzi Davidu: 'Ovako govori Jahve: Ti mi neæeš sagraditi kuæe da prebivam u njoj.

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,

5. Nisam nikad prebivao u kuæi otkako sam izveo Izraela iz Egipta pa do današnjega dana, nego sam išao od šatora do šatora i od prebivališta do prebivališta.

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?’

6. Dok sam hodio sa svim Izraelom, jesam li ijednu rijeè rekao nekom od Izraelovih sudaca, kojima sam zapovjedio da budu pastiri mojem narodu, i kazao: Zašto mi ne sagradite kuæu od cedrovine?'

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.

7. Zato sad ovo reci mome sluzi Davidu: 'Ovako govori Jahve nad vojskama: Ja sam te doveo s pašnjaka, od ovaca i koza, da budeš knez nad mojim izraelskim narodom.

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.

8. Bio sam s tobom kuda si god išao, iskorijenio sam sve tvoje neprijatelje pred tobom. Ja æu ti pribaviti veliko ime, kao što je velikaško ime na zemlji.

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,

9. Odredit æu prebivalište svome izraelskom narodu i posadit æu ga da živi na svojem mjestu i da ne luta više naokolo niti da ga zlikovci muèe kao prije,

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.

10. onda kad sam odredio suce nad svojim izraelskim narodom. Pokorit æu sve tvoje neprijatelje i uèinit æu te velikim. Jahve æe ti podiæi dom.

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.

11. Jer kad se ispune tvoji životni dani i doðe vrijeme da poèineš kod otaca, podiæi æu tvoga potomka nakon tebe, koji æe biti izmeðu tvojih sinova, i utvrdit æu njegovo kraljevstvo.

12. He shall build a house for me, and I will make firm his throne, even unto eternity.

12. On æe mi sagraditi dom, a ja æu utvrditi njegovo prijestolje zauvijek.

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.

13. Ja æu njemu biti otac, a on æe meni biti sin: svoje naklonosti neæu odvratiti od njega, kao što sam je odvratio od tvoga prethodnika.

14. And I will station him in my house and in my kingdom, even forever. And his throne will be very firm, in perpetuity.”

14. Utvrdit æu ga u svojem domu i u svom kraljevstvu zauvijek, i prijestolje æe mu èvrsto stajati zasvagda.'"

15. According to all these words, and according to this entire vision, so did Nathan speak to David.

15. Natan prenese Davidu sve te rijeèi i cijelo viðenje.

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?

16. Tada kralj David doðe i stade pred Jahvu i reèe: "Tko sam ja, o Bože Jahve, i što je moj dom te si me doveo dovde?

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.

17. Pa i to je bilo premalo u tvojim oèima, o Bože, nego si dao obeæanja domu svoga sluge i za daleku buduænost i pogledao si na me kako se gleda na ugledna èovjeka, o Bože Jahve!

18. What more can David add, since you have so glorified your servant, and have known him?

18. Pa što da ti još David govori o slavi tvoga sluge; tÓa ti poznaješ svoga slugu!

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.

19. Jahve, radi svoga sluge i po svome srcu uèinio si sve ovo veliko djelo, obznanivši ove velièajnosti.

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.

20. Jahve, nema takvoga kakav si ti, niti ima Boga osim tebe, po svemu što smo ušima svojim èuli.

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?

21. Postoji li ijedan narod na zemlji kao tvoj izraelski narod, radi kojega je Bog išao da ga izbavi sebi za narod, da tako steèeš sebi ime velikim i strašnim èudesima, izgoneæi krivobožaèka plemena pred svojim narodom koji si otkupio iz Egipta?

22. And you have set your people Israel to be your people, even unto eternity. And you, O Lord, have become their God.

22. Tako si uèinio svoj izraelski narod svojim narodom zauvijek, a ti si mu, Jahve, postao Bogom.

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.

23. Zato sada, Jahve, neka bude èvrsta dovijeka rijeè koju si dao svome sluzi i njegovu domu i uèini kako si obrekao.

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.’

24. Neka bude èvrsta, da se velièa tvoje ime zauvijek i da se govori: Jahve nad vojskama, Izraelov Bog, jest Bog nad Izraelom, a dom tvoga sluge Davida neka stoji èvrsto pred tobom.

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.

25. Jer si ti, moj Bože, javio uhu svoga sluge da æeš mu podiæi dom, zato je tvoj sluga smogao hrabrosti da se pomoli pred tobom.

26. Now then, O Lord, you are God. And you have spoken to your servant such great benefits.

26. Uistinu, Jahve, ti si Bog i ti si ovo lijepo obeæanje dao svome sluzi.

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.”

27. Zato se sada udostoj blagosloviti dom svoga sluge da ostane dovijeka pred tobom, jer kad ti, Jahve, blagosloviš, bit æe blagoslovljen zasvagda."