エズラ記 6
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そこでダレイオス王は命令を下し、バビロンの文書庫、すなわち宝物を納めていた所を調べさせた。
1Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.
2するとメディア州のアクメタにある宮殿で一つの巻物が見つかり、そこには記録として次のように書かれていた。
2And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.
3クロス王の第一年、クロス王はエルサレムにある神の家について命令を下した。「いけにえをささげる場所であるその家を建て、その土台を堅固に据えよ。高さは六十キュビト、幅も六十キュビトとせよ。
3In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
4大石を三段、新しい木材を一段にして築け。費用は王家から支払え。
4with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;
5また、ネブカドネザルがエルサレムの神殿から持ち出してバビロンへ運んだ神の家の金銀の器も返し、エルサレムの神殿の元の場所へ戻せ。それらを神の家に納めよ。
5and also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought back unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and thou shalt put them in the house of God.'
6それゆえ今、川の向こう側の総督タテナイ、シェタル・ボゼナイ、また川の向こう側にいる同僚のアファルサク人たちよ、そこに近づくな。
6'Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharesachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence;
7この神の家の工事を妨げてはならない。ユダヤ人の総督とユダヤ人の長老たちに、この神の家を元の場所に建てさせよ。
7let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
8さらに私は、この神の家を建てるため、あなたがたがユダヤ人の長老たちに何をすべきかを命じる。工事が妨げられないよう、王の国庫、すなわち川の向こう側から納められる貢ぎ物から、費用を滞りなく彼らに支払え。
8Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.
9彼らが必要とするもの、すなわち天の神への全焼のいけにえのための若い雄牛、雄羊、子羊、またエルサレムにいる祭司たちの求めに応じて、小麦、塩、ぶどう酒、油を日ごとに欠かさず与えよ。
9And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
10それは、彼らが天の神に芳しい香りのいけにえをささげ、王とその子らの命のために祈るためである。
10that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
11私はまた命じる。この命令を変更する者があれば、その家から梁を一本引き抜き、その者を引き上げてその梁に固定せよ。このことのゆえに、その家を汚物の山とせよ。
11Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this;
12ご自分の名をそこに住まわせた神が、この命令を変え、エルサレムにある神の家を破壊しようと手を伸ばすすべての王と民を打ち倒されるように。私ダレイオスが命令した。滞りなく実行せよ。」
12and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.'
13そこで川の向こう側の総督タテナイ、シェタル・ボゼナイ、その同僚たちは、ダレイオス王の命令どおり、滞りなく実行した。
13Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence.
14ユダヤ人の長老たちは建築を進め、預言者ハガイとイドの子ゼカリヤの預言によって工事は順調に進んだ。彼らはイスラエルの神の命令と、ペルシア王クロス、ダレイオス、アルタクセルクセスの命令に従って建て、完成させた。
14And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15この家はダレイオス王の治世の第六年、アダルの月の三日に完成した。
15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16イスラエルの人々、祭司たち、レビ人たち、捕囚から帰った残りの者たちは、喜びをもってこの神の家の奉献式を祝った。
16And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
17彼らはこの神の家の奉献式に、雄牛百頭、雄羊二百頭、子羊四百匹をささげた。また全イスラエルのための罪のきよめのささげ物として、イスラエルの部族の数に従い、雄ヤギ十二頭をささげた。
17And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18そしてモーセの書に記されているとおり、エルサレムで神に仕えるため、祭司たちをその組ごとに、レビ人たちをその順序ごとに配置した。
18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
19捕囚から帰った者たちは、第一の月の十四日に過越の祭りを祝った。
19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
20祭司たちとレビ人たちは一同そろって身をきよめ、皆きよくなっていた。彼らは捕囚から帰ったすべての者、その兄弟である祭司たち、そして自分たちのために過越のいけにえをほふった。
20For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure; and they killed the passover lamb for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21捕囚から帰ったイスラエルの人々と、イスラエルの神、主を求めるために、その地の異邦の民の汚れから離れて彼らに加わったすべての者が、それを食べた。
21And the children of Israel, that were come back out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek the LORD, the God of Israel, did eat,
22彼らは七日間、喜びをもって種なしパンの祭りを祝った。主が彼らを喜ばせ、アッシリア王の心を彼らに向け、イスラエルの神の家の工事に携わる彼らを力づけてくださったからである。
22and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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