Rotherham(i)
2 Then said Nathan unto David, All that is in thy heart, do,––for, God, is with thee.
3 But so it was that, in that night, the word of God came unto Nathan, saying:
4 Go and say unto David my servant, Thus, saith Yahweh,––Thou, shalt not build me a house, to dwell in;
5 seeing that I have not dwelt in a house, since the day that I brought up Israel, until this day,––but have been from tent to tent, and without a habitation.
6 Wheresoever I have wandered with all Israel, spake I ever, a word, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I charged to shepherd my people, saying,––Wherefore have ye not built me a house of cedars?
7 Now, therefore, thus, shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, I myself, took thee from the pasture, from after the flock,––to become leader over my people Israel;
8 and was with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and have cut off all thine enemies, from before thee,––and will make thee a name, like the name of the great ones, who are in the earth;
9 and will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall inhabit their place, and be unsettled no more,––neither shall the sons of perversity again wear them out, as at the first;
10 even from the days when I put judges in charge over my people Israel, and have subdued all thine enemies,––that I might make thee great, yea, a house, will Yahweh build for thee.
11 And it shall be that, when thy days are fulfilled, to sleep with thy fathers, then will I raise up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons,––and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He, shall build me a house,––and I will establish his throne unto times age–abiding.
13 I, will become his father, and, he, shall become my son,––and, my lovingkindness, will I not cause to depart from him,––as I caused it to depart from him who was before thee;
14 but I will cause him to remain over my house and over my kingdom, unto times age–abiding,––and, his throne, shall be established, unto times age–abiding.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so, spake Nathan unto David.