December 24, 2011, 閱讀

The Second Book of Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16

7:1 Now it happened that, when the king had settled in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,
7:2 he said to the prophet Nathan, “Do you not see that I live in a house of cedar, and that the ark of God has been placed in the midst of tent skins?”
7:3 And Nathan said to the king: 「去, do all that is in your heart. For the Lord is with you.”
7:4 但事情就發生在那天晚上, 看, 耶和華的話臨到拿單, 說:
7:8 And now, so shall you speak to my servant David: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pastures, from following the sheep, so that you would be the leader over my people Israel.
7:9 And I have been with you everywhere that you walked. And I have slain all your enemies before your face. And I have made you a great name, beside the name of the great ones who are upon the earth.
7:10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, and they shall live there, and they shall no longer be disturbed. Neither shall the sons of iniquity continue to afflict them as before,
7:11 from the day when I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give rest to you from all your enemies. And the Lord foretells to you that the Lord himself will make a house for you.
7:12 當你的日子圓滿的時候, 你會和你的父親一起睡覺, 我會在你之後撫養你的後代, 誰將從你腰間出來, 我將鞏固他的王國.
7:14 我將成為他的父親, 他將成為我的兒子. 如果他犯下任何罪孽, 我會用人類的棍棒和人類之子的傷口來糾正他.
7:16 你的家將忠誠, 你的王國就在你面前, 永恆, 你的王位將永遠穩固。”