エステル記 8
Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)Translation
Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1その日、アハシュエロス王は、ユダヤ人の敵ハマンの家を王妃エステルに与えた。モルデカイも王の前に出た。エステルが、彼は自分の身内であると王に明かしたからである。
1On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
2王はハマンから取り戻した印章の指輪を外し、モルデカイに与えた。エステルはモルデカイをハマンの家の管理者とした。
2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3エステルは再び王の前で語り、その足もとにひれ伏した。そして涙ながらに、アガグ人ハマンの悪意と、彼がユダヤ人に対して企てた計略を取り除いてくださるよう願った。
3And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4王がエステルに金の笏を差し伸べると、エステルは立ち上がって王の前に立った。
4Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
5彼女は言った。「王がよしとされ、私が王の好意を受け、このことが王に正しいと見え、また私が王の心にかなうなら、アガグ人ハメダタの子ハマンが王の全州にいるユダヤ人を滅ぼすために書いた書状を取り消す文書をお書きください。
5And she said: 'If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces;
6どうして私は、自分の民に災いが降りかかるのを見ていられましょう。どうして自分の同胞が滅ぼされるのを見ていられましょう。」
6for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?'
7アハシュエロス王は王妃エステルとユダヤ人モルデカイに言った。「見よ、私はハマンの家をエステルに与えた。また、ハマンはユダヤ人を滅ぼそうとしたため、木柱に掛けられた。
7Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew: 'Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8あなたがたは、ユダヤ人のためによいと思うことを王の名で書き、王の印章の指輪で封印せよ。王の名で書かれ、王の印章の指輪で封印された文書は、誰にも取り消せないからである。」
8Write ye also concerning the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.'
9そこで第三の月、すなわちシワンの月の二十三日に、王の書記官たちが召集された。モルデカイの命じたことがすべて、インドからエチオピアに至る百二十七州のユダヤ人、総督、長官、諸州の高官に宛てて書かれた。それぞれの州にはその文字で、それぞれの民にはその言語で、ユダヤ人にもその文字とその言語で記された。
9Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, even to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
10モルデカイはアハシュエロス王の名で書き、王の印章の指輪で封印した。そして王室の駿馬に乗る急使たちに書状を託した。
10And they wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud;
11その書状で王は、各町のユダヤ人が集まって命を守り、彼らを攻撃する民や州のすべての武装勢力を、その子どもや女たちもろとも滅ぼし、殺し、絶やし、その財産を略奪することを許した。
11that the king had granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, and to slay, and to cause to perish, all the forces of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
12その日は、アハシュエロス王の全州で同じ一日、すなわち第十二の月、アダルの月の十三日と定められた。
12upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
13この文書の写しは、すべての民に公示される法令として各州で発布され、ユダヤ人がその日に敵へ報復する備えをするよう命じた。
13The copy of the writing, to be given out for a decree in every province, was to be published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14王室の駿馬に乗る急使たちは、王命に促され、急いで出発した。法令はスサの宮殿でも発布された。
14So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the castle.
15モルデカイは青と白の王服を着て、大きな金の冠をかぶり、上等の亜麻布と紫の外套をまとって、王の前から出て来た。スサの町は歓声を上げ、喜びに満ちた。
15And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a rob of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
16ユダヤ人には光と喜び、歓喜と誉れがあった。
16The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.
17王の命令と法令が届いたどの州、どの町でも、ユダヤ人には喜びと歓喜、祝宴と祝いの日があった。地の諸民族の多くがユダヤ人となった。ユダヤ人への恐れが彼らをとらえたからである。
17And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them.
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