“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ Thus says the Lord: Would you build me a house to dwell in?

“你去告诉我仆人大卫，说耶和华如此说：‘你岂可建造殿宇给我居住呢？

“你去对我仆人大卫说：‘耶和华如此说：你要建造殿宇给我居住吗？

“你去对我仆人大卫说：‘耶和华如此说：你要建造殿宇给我居住吗？

“你去告诉我的仆人大卫，‘耶和华说，你岂是为我建造殿宇的人？

“你去对我的仆人大卫说：耶和华这样说：‘你要建造一座殿宇给我居住吗？

「你去告訴我僕人大衛，說耶和華如此說：『你豈可建造殿宇給我居住呢？

「你去對我僕人大衛說：『耶和華如此說：你要建造殿宇給我居住嗎？

「你去對我僕人大衛說：『耶和華如此說：你要建造殿宇給我居住嗎？

「你去告訴我的僕人大衛，『耶和華說，你豈是為我建造殿宇的人？

“你去對我的僕人大衛說：耶和華這樣說：‘你要建造一座殿宇給我居住嗎？

『你去對我僕人大衛說：「永恆主這麼說：你要建殿給我居住麼？

「你去告訴我的僕人大衛：『耶和華如此說：你要為我建造殿宇讓我居住嗎？

往告我僕大衛曰、耶和華云、爾為我建室以居乎、

往告我僕大闢、耶和華有言曰、欲建殿宇、為我居處、豈在爾乎。

爾往諭我僕大衛曰、主如是云、建造殿宇為我居處、豈爾所可乎、或作爾欲建殿為我居乎

“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?

“ Go and speak to my servant David. Tell him,‘ The Lord says,“ Are you the one to build me a house to live in?

“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ This is what the Lord has declared: Are you the one to build a house for me to live in?

“ Go to my servant David and say,‘ This is what the LORD says: Are you to build me a house to dwell in?

“ Go and say to My servant David,‘ This is what the Lord says:“ Should you build Me a house for My dwelling?

“ Go and tell My servant David,‘ Thus says the Lord:“ Would you build a house for Me to dwell in?

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?

“ Go to My servant David and say,‘ This is what the Lord says: Are you to build a house for Me to live in?

Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

“ Go, tell my servant David:‘ This is what the LORD says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ Yahweh says,“ Should you build me a house for me to dwell in?

“ You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.

‘ Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there. But I chose David to be over my people Israel.’Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.But the Lord said to David my father,‘ Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’

David said to Solomon,“ My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord my God.But the word of the Lord came to me, saying,‘ You have shed much blood and have waged great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me on the earth.

The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was 38,000 men.“ Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said,“ shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be officers and judges,4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan.And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, therefore they became counted as a single father’s house.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should make offerings before the Lord and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name forever.But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi.The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord.For David said,“ The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.”For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God.Their duty was also to assist with the showbread, the flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening,and whenever burnt offerings were offered to the Lord on Sabbaths, new moons, and feast days, according to the number required of them, regularly before the Lord.Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.

“ Go and tell my servant David,‘ Thus says the Lord: It is not you who will build me a house to dwell in.