大卫住在自己宫中，对先知拿单说，看哪，我住在香柏木的宫中，耶和华的约柜反在幔子里。
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.
拿单对大卫说，你可以照你的心意而行，因为神与你同在。
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
当夜，神的话临到拿单，说，
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说，你不可建造殿宇给我居住。
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
自从我领以色列人出埃及，直到今日，我未曾住过殿宇，乃从这会幕到那会幕，从这帐幕到那帐幕。
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.
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。
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:
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。
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.
并不像我命士师治理我民以色列的时候一样。我必治服你的一切仇敌，并且我耶和华应许你，必为你建立家室。
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.
你寿数满足归你列祖的时候，我必使你的后裔接续你的位，我也必坚定他的国。
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.
我要作他的父，他要作我的子。并不使我的慈爱离开他，像离开在你以前的扫罗一样。
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: