2 Samuel · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
2 Samuel 7 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Αφού δε εκάθησεν ο βασιλεύς εν τω οίκω αυτού και ανέπαυσεν αυτόν ο Κύριος πανταχόθεν από πάντων των εχθρών αυτού·
1 When the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies all around,
2 είπεν ο βασιλεύς προς Νάθαν τον προφήτην, Ιδέ τώρα, εγώ κατοικώ εν οίκω κεδρίνω· η δε κιβωτός του Θεού κάθηται εν μέσω παραπετασμάτων.
2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but God’s ark dwells within curtains.”
3 Και είπεν ο Νάθαν προς τον βασιλέα, Ύπαγε, κάμε παν το εν καρδία σου· διότι ο Κύριος είναι μετά σου.
3 Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for Yahweh is with you.”
4 Και την νύκτα εκείνην έγεινε λόγος του Κυρίου προς τον Νάθαν, λέγων,
4 That same night, Yahweh’s word came to Nathan, saying,
5 Ύπαγε και ειπέ προς τον δούλον μου τον Δαβίδ, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· συ θέλεις οικοδομήσει εις εμέ οίκον, διά να κατοικώ;
5 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘Yahweh says, “Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?
6 Διότι δεν κατώκησα εν οίκω, αφ' ης ημέρας ανεβίβασα τους υιούς Ισραήλ εξ Αιγύπτου μέχρι της ημέρας ταύτης, αλλά περιηρχόμην εντός σκηνής και παραπετασμάτων.
6 For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
7 Πανταχού όπου περιεπάτησα μετά πάντων των υιών Ισραήλ, ελάλησα ποτέ προς τινά εκ των φυλών του Ισραήλ, εις τον οποίον προσέταξα να ποιμαίνη τον λαόν μου τον Ισραήλ, λέγων, Διά τι δεν ωκοδομήσατε εις εμέ οίκον κέδρινον;
7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to anyone from the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’”’
8 Τώρα λοιπόν, ούτω θέλεις ειπεί προς τον δούλον μου τον Δαβίδ· Ούτω λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων· Εγώ σε έλαβον εκ της μάνδρας, από όπισθεν των προβάτων, διά να ήσαι ηγεμών επί τον λαόν μου, επί τον Ισραήλ·
8 Now therefore tell my servant David this: ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, to be prince over my people, over Israel.
9 και ήμην μετά σου πανταχού όπου περιεπάτησας, και εξωλόθρευσα πάντας τους εχθρούς σου απ' έμπροσθέν σου, και σε έκαμον ονομαστόν, κατά το όνομα των μεγάλων των επί της γής·
9 I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
10 και θέλω διορίσει τόπον διά τον λαόν μου τον Ισραήλ και θέλω φυτεύσει αυτούς, και θέλουσι κατοικεί εν τόπω ιδίω εαυτών και δεν θέλουσι μεταφέρεσθαι πλέον· και οι υιοί της αδικίας δεν θέλουσι καταθλίβει αυτούς πλέον ως το πρότερον,
10 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,
11 και ως από των ημερών καθ' ας κατέστησα κριτάς επί τον λαόν μου Ισραήλ· και θέλω σε αναπαύσει από πάντων των εχθρών σου. Ο Κύριος προσέτι αναγγέλλει προς σε ότι ο Κύριος θέλει οικοδομήσει οίκον εις σε.
11 and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.
12 Αφού πληρωθώσιν αι ημέραι σου και κοιμηθής μετά των πατέρων σου, θέλω αναστήσει μετά σε το σπέρμα σου, το οποίον θέλει εξέλθει εκ των σπλάγχνων σου, και θέλω στερεώσει την βασιλείαν αυτού.
12 When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
13 αυτός θέλει οικοδομήσει οίκον εις το όνομα μου· και θέλω στερεώσει τον θρόνον της βασιλείας αυτού έως αιώνος·
13 He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 εγώ θέλω είσθαι εις αυτόν πατήρ και αυτός θέλει είσθαι εις εμέ υιός· εάν πράξη ανομίαν, θέλω σωφρονίσει αυτόν εν ράβδω ανδρών και διά μαστιγώσεων υιών ανθρώπων·
14 I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men;
15 το έλεός μου όμως δεν θέλει αφαιρεθή απ' αυτού, ως αφήρεσα αυτό από του Σαούλ, τον οποίον εξέβαλον απ' έμπροσθέν σου·
15 but my loving kindness will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
16 και θέλει στερεωθή ο οίκός σου και η βασιλεία σου έμπροσθέν σου έως αιώνος· ο θρόνος σου θέλει είσθαι εστερεωμένος εις τον αιώνα.
16 Your house and your kingdom will be made sure forever before you. Your throne will be established forever.”’”
17 Κατά πάντας τους λόγους τούτους και καθ' όλην ταύτην την όρασιν, ούτως ελάλησεν ο Νάθαν προς τον Δαβίδ.
17 Nathan spoke to David all these words, and according to all this vision.
18 Τότε εισήλθεν ο βασιλεύς Δαβίδ και εκάθησεν ενώπιον του Κυρίου και είπε, Τις είμαι εγώ, Κύριε Θεέ; και τις ο οίκός μου, ώστε με έφερες μέχρι τούτου.
18 Then David the king went in and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?
19 Αλλά και τούτο έτι εστάθη μικρόν εις τους οφθαλμούς σου, Κύριε Θεέ· και ελάλησας έτι περί του οίκου του δούλου σου διά μέλλον μακρόν. Και είναι ούτος ο τρόπος των ανθρώπων, Δέσποτα Κύριε;
19 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh, but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord Yahweh!
20 Και τι δύναται να είπη πλέον ο Δαβίδ προς σε; διότι συ γνωρίζεις τον δούλον σου, Δέσποτα Κύριε.
20 What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Lord Yahweh.
21 Διά τον λόγον σου και κατά την καρδίαν σου έπραξας πάντα ταύτα τα μεγαλεία, διά να γνωστοποιήσης αυτά εις τον δούλον σου.
21 For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
22 Διά τούτο μέγας είσαι, Κύριε Θεέ· διότι δεν είναι όμοιός σου· ουδέ είναι Θεός εκτός σου, κατά πάντα όσα ηκούσαμεν με τα ώτα ημών.
22 Therefore you are great, Yahweh God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 Και τι άλλο έθνος επί της γης είναι ως ο λαός σου, ως ο Ισραήλ, τον οποίον ο Θεός ήλθε να εξαγοράση διά λαόν εαυτού και διά να κάμη αυτόν ονομαστόν, και να ενεργήση υπέρ υμών πράγματα μεγάλα και θαυμαστά, υπέρ της γης σου, έμπροσθεν του λαού σου, τον οποίον ελύτρωσας διά σεαυτόν εξ Αιγύπτου, εκ των εθνών και εκ των θεών αυτών;
23 What one nation on the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
24 Διότι εστερέωσας εις σεαυτόν τον λαόν σου Ισραήλ, διά να ήναι λαός σου εις τον αιώνα· και συ, Κύριε, έγεινες Θεός αυτών.
24 You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
25 και τώρα, Κύριε Θεέ, τον λόγον τον οποίον ελάλησας περί του δούλου σου και περί του οίκου αυτού ας στερεωθή ας τον αιώνα, και κάμε ως ελάλησας.
25 “Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.
26 Και ας μεγαλυνθή το όνομά σου έως αιώνος, ώστε να λέγωσιν, Ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων είναι ο Θεός επί τον Ισραήλ· και ο οίκος του δούλου σου Δαβίδ ας ήναι εστερεωμένος ενώπιόν σου.
26 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies is God over Israel; and the house of your servant David will be established before you.’
27 Διότι συ, Κύριε των δυνάμεων, Θεέ του Ισραήλ, απεκάλυψας εις τον δούλον σου, λέγων, Οίκον θέλω οικοδομήσει εις σέ· διά τούτο ο δούλός σου εύρηκε την καρδίαν αυτού ετοίμην να προσευχηθή προς σε την προσευχήν ταύτην.
27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
28 Και τώρα, Δέσποτα Κύριε, συ είσαι ο Θεός, και οι λόγοι σου θέλουσιν είσθαι αληθινοί, και συ υπεσχέθης τα αγαθά ταύτα προς τον δούλον σου·
28 “Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
29 τώρα λοιπόν ευδόκησον να ευλογήσης τον οίκον του δούλου σου, διά να ήναι ενώπιόν σου εις τον αιώνα· διότι συ, Δέσποτα Κύριε, ελάλησας· και υπό της ευλογίας σου ας ήναι ο οίκος του δούλου σου ευλογημένος εις τον αιώνα.
29 Now therefore, let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing.”
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David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Nathan
The prophet to whom David confided his wish to build a house for the ark, who carried the LORD's promise of an enduring house to David, rebuked him with the parable of the ewe…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 7:2; 2 Samuel 7:4; 2 Samuel 12:1
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 16:7; Luke 1:74–75; 1 Kings 5:4; 2 Chronicles 14:6; Daniel 4:29–30
- 2 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Samuel 12:1; Acts 7:46; Haggai 1:4
- 3 1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Kings 8:17–18; 1 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Kings 4:27; Psalm 37:4
- 4 1 Chronicles 17:3; Numbers 12:6; Amos 3:7
- 5 1 Kings 5:3–4; 1 Chronicles 22:7–8; 1 Chronicles 23:3–32; 1 Kings 8:16–19; 1 Chronicles 17:4
- 6 1 Kings 8:16; Joshua 18:1; Exodus 40:18–19; Exodus 40:34–38; Deuteronomy 23:14
- 7 1 Chronicles 17:6; 2 Samuel 5:2; Leviticus 26:11–12; John 21:15–17; Psalm 78:71–72
- 8 Psalm 78:70–71; 1 Samuel 16:11–12; 2 Samuel 6:21; 1 Chronicles 17:7; 2 Samuel 12:7
- 9 2 Samuel 5:10; 1 Chronicles 17:8; 2 Samuel 8:6; 1 Samuel 18:14; Psalm 18:37–42
- 10 Amos 9:15; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Jeremiah 24:6; Isaiah 60:18; Ezekiel 37:25–27
- 11 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Samuel 12:9–11; Judges 2:14–16; 2 Samuel 7:1; Psalm 89:3–4
- 12 Acts 2:30; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 8:20; Psalm 132:11–12; Acts 13:36
- 13 Luke 1:31–33; 1 Kings 8:19; 1 Kings 5:5; 2 Samuel 7:16; Psalm 89:4
- 14 Hebrews 1:5; Revelation 3:19; 1 Chronicles 28:6; 1 Chronicles 17:13; Deuteronomy 8:5
- 15 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 15:28; Psalm 89:28; Isaiah 9:7; 1 Kings 11:13
- 16 Luke 1:32–33; Psalm 89:36–37; 2 Samuel 7:13; Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44
- 17 1 Chronicles 17:15; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Acts 20:20; Acts 20:27
- 18 Psalm 8:4; 1 Chronicles 17:16; 1 Samuel 18:18; Genesis 32:10; Exodus 3:11
- 19 Isaiah 55:8–9; 1 Chronicles 17:17; Psalm 36:7; 2 Samuel 7:11–16; 2 Samuel 12:8
- 20 1 Samuel 16:7; John 21:17; Psalm 139:1; Revelation 2:23; Hebrews 4:13
- 21 Psalm 138:2; Psalm 115:1; Ephesians 3:11; Luke 12:32; Ephesians 1:9
- 22 Psalm 86:10; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 86:8; 1 Chronicles 16:25; Micah 7:18
- 23 Deuteronomy 9:26; Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalm 147:20; Nehemiah 1:10; Deuteronomy 15:15
- 24 Deuteronomy 26:18; 1 Peter 2:10; Psalm 48:14; Jeremiah 31:33; Isaiah 12:2
- 25 Psalm 119:49; Ezekiel 36:37; Genesis 32:12; Jeremiah 11:4–5
- 26 1 Chronicles 17:23–24; Psalm 72:18–19; Matthew 6:9; John 12:28; 1 Chronicles 29:10–13
- 27 1 Chronicles 17:25–26; Psalm 10:17; Ruth 4:4; 1 Samuel 9:15; Psalm 40:6
- 28 John 17:17; Numbers 23:19; Exodus 34:6; Titus 1:2
- 29 Numbers 6:24–26; 1 Chronicles 17:27; Psalm 115:12–15; 2 Samuel 22:51
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And his house shall be faithful, and his kingdom even for evermore before me, and his throne shall be set up even for evermore." He who thinks this grand promise was fulfilled in Solomon greatly errs; for he attends to the saying, "He shall build me an house," but he does not attend to the saying, "His house shall be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For there, that is, in the Book of Samuel, he says, "And if he commit iniquity I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men; but my mercy will I not take away from him," meaning by stripes the strokes of correction.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Therefore David understanding this, says in the second Book of Kings, in the passage from which we digressed to this psalm, "Thou hast spoken also for Thy servant's house for a great while to come." Therefore also a little after he says, "Now begin, and bless the house of Thy servant for evermore," etc., because the son was then about …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)