Esther 9
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)
1So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.
1第十二の月、すなわちアダルの月の十三日、王の命令と法令が実行される日が来た。ユダヤ人の敵は彼らを打ち負かそうと望んでいたが、事態は逆転し、ユダヤ人が自分たちを憎む者を打ち負かした。
2And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people.
2ユダヤ人はアハシュエロス王の全州にある自分たちの町々に集まり、害を加えようとする者たちに手を下した。誰も彼らの前に立つことができなかった。ユダヤ人への恐れがすべての民をとらえたからである。
3And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:
3諸州の高官、総督、長官、王の事務をつかさどる者たちは皆、ユダヤ人を助けた。モルデカイへの恐れが彼らをとらえたからである。
4For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men’s mouths.
4モルデカイは王宮で重んじられ、その名声は全州に広まった。このモルデカイという人は、ますます勢力を増していった。
5So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:
5ユダヤ人は剣で敵をことごとく打ち、殺し、滅ぼし、自分たちを憎む者を思うままにした。
6Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:
6スサの宮殿で、ユダヤ人は五百人を殺して滅ぼした。
7Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
7パルシャンダタ、ダルフォン、アスパタ、
8And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
8ポラタ、アダルヤ、アリダタ、
9And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
9パルマシュタ、アリサイ、アリダイ、ワエザタ、
10And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
10すなわち、ユダヤ人の敵ハメダタの子ハマンの十人の息子を殺した。しかし略奪品には手を伸ばさなかった。
11And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
11その日、スサの宮殿で殺された者の数が王に報告された。
12And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?
12王は王妃エステルに言った。「ユダヤ人はスサの宮殿で五百人を殺して滅ぼし、ハマンの十人の息子も殺した。王のほかの州では、どれほどのことをしただろう。さて、あなたの願いは何か。かなえてやろう。さらに何を求めるのか。そのとおりにしよう。」
13And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do tomorrow in Susan as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.
13エステルは答えた。「王がよしとされるなら、スサのユダヤ人に、明日も今日の法令どおりに行うことをお許しください。また、ハマンの十人の息子を木柱に掛けさせてください。」
14And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.
14王はそのようにせよと命じた。法令がスサで発布され、ハマンの十人の息子は木に掛けられた。
15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.
15スサのユダヤ人はアダルの月の十四日にも集まり、スサで三百人を殺した。しかし略奪品には手を伸ばさなかった。
16Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were Billed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.
16王の諸州にいたほかのユダヤ人も集まり、命を守り、敵を退けて安息を得た。彼らを憎む者七万五千人を殺したが、略奪品には手を伸ばさなかった。
17Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.
17これはアダルの月の十三日のことである。十四日には休み、その日を祝宴と喜びの日とした。
18But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.
18しかしスサのユダヤ人は十三日と十四日に集まり、十五日に休んで、その日を祝宴と喜びの日とした。
19But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.
19それゆえ、城壁のない町々に住む地方のユダヤ人は、アダルの月の十四日を喜びと祝宴の祝いの日とし、互いに食べ物を贈り合う日としている。
20And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king’s provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off,
20モルデカイはこれらの出来事を書き記し、近くにも遠くにも、アハシュエロス王の全州にいるすべてのユダヤ人へ書状を送った。
21That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:
21そして毎年、アダルの月の十四日と十五日を守るよう定めた。
22Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats; and should give gifts to the poor.
22それはユダヤ人が敵を退けて安息を得た日々であり、悲しみが喜びに、嘆きが祝いの日に変わった月であった。彼らはその日々を祝宴と喜びの日とし、互いに食べ物を贈り合い、貧しい者に贈り物をする日とした。
23And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.
23ユダヤ人は、自分たちが始めたこの習慣と、モルデカイが書き送ったことを受け入れた。
24For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them: and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.
24すべてのユダヤ人の敵であるアガグ人ハメダタの子ハマンが、ユダヤ人を滅ぼそうと企て、彼らを打ち砕き、絶やすためにプル、すなわちくじを投げたからである。
25And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king’s letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets.
25しかしこのことが王に知られると、王は書状によって、ハマンがユダヤ人に対して企てた悪い計略を彼自身の頭上に返し、彼と息子たちを木に掛けるよう命じた。
26And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book:
26このため、プルという言葉にちなんで、これらの日はプリムと呼ばれた。この書状に記されたすべてのこと、彼らがこの件について見たこと、そして彼らの身に起こったことに基づき、
27And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should be lawful for none to pass these days without solemnity: which the writing testifieth, and certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
27ユダヤ人は自分たちと子孫、また彼らに加わるすべての者のために、毎年この二日を、記されたとおり、定められた時に必ず守ることを定め、義務として引き受けた。
28These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
28これらの日は、すべての世代、すべての家族、すべての州、すべての町で覚えられ、守られなければならない。プリムの日がユダヤ人の間から廃れることなく、その記憶が子孫から消え去ることのないためである。
29And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come.
29アビハイルの娘である王妃エステルとユダヤ人モルデカイは、プリムについてのこの第二の書状を確定するため、全権をもって書き送った。
30And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,
30モルデカイは、アハシュエロスの王国百二十七州のすべてのユダヤ人に、平和と真実の言葉を記した書状を送った。
31And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,
31そして、ユダヤ人モルデカイと王妃エステルが定めたとおり、またユダヤ人が自分たちと子孫のため、断食と嘆きについて定めたとおり、プリムの日々をその定められた時に守ることを確定した。
32And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
32エステルの命令によってプリムに関するこれらの事柄は確定され、書物に記された。
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