エステル記 3
Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)Translation
Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1これらのことの後、アハシュエロス王はアガグ人ハメダタの子ハマンを昇進させ、重用し、王とともにいるすべての高官より高い地位に就かせた。
1After these things, king Assuerus advanced Aman, the son of Amadathi, who was of the race of Agag: and he set his throne above all the princes that were with him.
2王の門にいた王の家臣たちは皆、ハマンの前にひざまずき、ひれ伏して敬意を表した。王が彼についてそう命じていたからである。しかしモルデカイは、ひざまずくことも、ひれ伏すこともしなかった。
2And all the king’s servants, that were at the doors of the palace, bent their knees, and worshipped Aman: for so the emperor had commanded them, only Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor worship him.
3そこで王の門にいた家臣たちはモルデカイに言った。「なぜ王の命令に背くのか。」
3And the king’s servants that were chief at the doors of the palace, said to him: Why dost thou alone not observe the king’s commandment?
4彼らは毎日語りかけたが、モルデカイは耳を貸さなかった。そこで彼らは、その言い分が通るかどうかを見るため、ハマンに告げた。モルデカイが自分はユダヤ人だと明かしていたからである。
4And when they were saying this often, and he would not hearken to them; they told Aman, desirous to know whether he would continue in his resolution: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5ハマンは、モルデカイが自分の前にひざまずかず、ひれ伏しもしないのを見て、激しい怒りに満たされた。
5Now when Aman had heard this, and had proved by experience that Mardochai did not bend his knee to him, nor worship him, he was exceeding angry.
6だがモルデカイ一人に手を下すだけでは足りないと考えた。モルデカイの民族を知らされていたので、ハマンはアハシュエロスの全王国にいるすべてのユダヤ人、すなわちモルデカイの民を滅ぼそうと企てた。
6And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone: for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of Assuerus.
7アハシュエロス王の治世第十二年、第一の月、すなわちニサンの月に、ハマンの前でプル、すなわちくじが日ごと、月ごとに投げられ、第十二の月、すなわちアダルの月が選ばれた。
7In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year a of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar.
8ハマンはアハシュエロス王に言った。「王国の全州で、諸民族の間に散らされ、離れ離れに暮らしている一つの民族がいます。その法はどの民の法とも異なり、王の法令にも従いません。この民を放置することは、王の利益になりません。
8And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king’s ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.
9王がよしとされるなら、彼らを滅ぼす勅令をお書きください。私は一万タラントの銀を、王の事務をつかさどる者たちに量り渡し、王の宝物庫に納めさせます。」
9If it please thee, decree that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.
10王は手から印章の指輪を外し、ユダヤ人の敵であるアガグ人ハメダタの子ハマンに渡した。
10And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews,
11王はハマンに言った。「その銀も、その民も、あなたに任せる。あなたのよいと思うようにせよ。」
11And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
12第一の月の十三日に王の書記官たちが召集され、ハマンの命じたことがすべて、王の総督、各州の長官、各民族の高官に宛てて、それぞれの州の文字、それぞれの民の言語で書かれた。書状はアハシュエロス王の名で記され、王の印章の指輪で封印された。
12And the king’s scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king’s lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,
13書状は急使によって王の全州に送られた。それは、第十二の月、すなわちアダルの月の十三日という一日のうちに、若者も老人も、子どもも女も、すべてのユダヤ人を滅ぼし、殺し、絶やし、その財産を略奪せよというものだった。
13Were sent by the king’s messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.
14この文書の写しは、すべての民がその日に備えるよう、各州で法令として公示された。
14And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be ready against that day.
15急使たちは王命によって急ぎ出発し、法令はスサの宮殿でも発布された。王とハマンは座って酒を飲んでいたが、スサの町は混乱に包まれた。
15The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfill the king’s commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city weeping.
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