士師記 9
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エルバアルの子アビメレクは、シェケムにいる母の兄弟たちのところへ行き、彼らと母方の祖父の一族全体に言った。
1And Abimelech the son of Jerobaal went to Sichem to his mother’s brethren and spoke to them, and to all the kindred of his mother’s father, saying:
2「どうか、シェケムのすべての有力者に尋ねてほしい。『エルバアルの息子七十人全員に治められるのと、一人に治められるのと、どちらがよいか。』私があなたがたの骨肉であることも思い出してほしい。」
2Speak to all the men of Sichem: whether is better for you that seventy men all the sons of Jerobaal should rule over you, or that one man should rule over you? And withal consider that I am your bone, and your flesh.
3母の兄弟たちは、アビメレクについてのこれらの言葉をシェケムのすべての有力者に伝えた。彼らは「彼は私たちの兄弟だ」と言い、心をアビメレクに傾けた。
3And his mother’s brethren spoke of him to all the men of Sichem, all these words, and they inclined their hearts after Abimelech, saying: He is our brother:
4彼らはバアル・ベリテの宮から彼に銀七十枚を与えた。アビメレクはそれで、軽薄で無頼な者たちを雇い、彼らは彼に従った。
4And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.
5彼はオフラにある彼の父の家へ行き、エルバアルの息子たちである彼の兄弟七十人を一つの石の上で殺した。ただ、エルバアルの末の息子ヨタムだけは残った。彼が身を隠したからである。
5And he came to his father’s house in Ephra, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men, upon one stone: and there remained only Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal, who was hidden.
6シェケムのすべての人々とミロの全家はともに集まり、行って、シェケムにある柱の樫の木のそばでアビメレクを王とした。
6And all the men of Sichem were gathered together, and all the families of the city of Mello: and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak that stood in Sichem.
7人々がヨタムにそれを告げると、彼は行ってゲリジム山の頂に立ち、声を上げて叫び、彼らに言った。「わたしに聞き従いなさい、シェケムの人々よ。そうすれば神があなたがたに聞き従ってくださる。
7This being told to Joatham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizim: and lifting up his voice, he cried, and said: Hear me, ye men of Sichem, so may God hear you.
8木々が自分たちの上に王を油注いで立てるために出かけて行った。彼らはオリーブの木に言った。『私たちを治めてくれ。』
8The trees went to anoint a king over them: and they said to the olive tree: Reign thou over us.
9しかしオリーブの木は言った。『神と人を尊ぶために用いられる私の油を捨てて、木々の上を揺れ動きに行くというのか。』
9And it answered: Can I leave my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, to come to be promoted among the trees?
10木々はいちじくの木に言った。『来て、私たちを治めてくれ。』
10And the trees said to the fig tree: Come thou and reign over us.
11しかしいちじくの木は言った。『私の甘さと良い実を捨てて、木々の上を揺れ動きに行くというのか。』
11And it answered them: Can I leave my sweetness, and my delicious fruits, and go to be promoted among the other trees?
12木々はぶどうの木に言った。『来て、私たちを治めてくれ。』
12And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.
13ぶどうの木は言った。『神と人を喜ばせる私の新しいぶどう酒を捨てて、木々の上を揺れ動きに行くというのか。』
13And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?
14そこで、すべての木々はいばらに言った。『来て、私たちを治めてくれ。』
14And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.
15いばらは木々に言った。『もし本当に、あなたがたがわたしを油注いであなたがたの王とするなら、来て、私の陰に身を避けなさい。そうでないなら、火がいばらから出て、レバノンの杉を焼き尽くすように。』
15And it answered them: If indeed you mean to make me king, come ye and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.
16それで今、あなたがたが真実と誠実をもってアビメレクを王としたのか、エルバアルとその家に善をなし、その手の働きにふさわしく報いたのか、考えてみよ。
16Now therefore if you have done well, and without sin in appointing Abimelech king over you, and have dealt well with Jerobaal, and with his house, and have made a suitable return for the benefits of him, who fought for you,
17（私の父はあなたがたのために戦い、命を懸けて、ミディアンの手からあなたがたを救い出した。
17And exposed his life to dangers, to deliver you from the hands of Madian,
18なのにあなたがたは今日、私の父の家に逆らって立ち上がり、その息子たち七十人を一つの石の上で殺し、彼の女奴隷の息子であるアビメレクがあなたがたの兄弟であるという理由で、彼をシェケムの人々の王とした）、
18And you are now risen up against my father’s house, and have killed his sons seventy men upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his handmaid king over the inhabitants of Sichem, because he is your brother:
19もし今日、エルバアルとその家に真実と誠実をもって行ったのであれば、アビメレクを喜べ。彼もあなたがたを喜ぶがよい。
19If therefore you have dealt well, and without fault with Jerobaal, and his house, rejoice ye this day in Abimelech, and may he rejoice in you.
20しかしそうでないなら、アビメレクから火が出て、シェケムの人々とミロの家を焼き尽くし、またシェケムの人々とミロの家から火が出て、アビメレクを焼き尽くすように。」
20But if unjustly: let fire come out from him, and consume the inhabitants of Sichem, and the town of Mello: and let fire come out from the men of Sichem, and from the town of Mello, and devour Abimelech.
21兄弟アビメレクを恐れたため、ヨタムは逃げ去り、ベエル へ行ってそこに住んだ。
21And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.
22アビメレクは三年の間、イスラエルを治めた。
22So Abimelech reigned over Israel for three years.
23神はアビメレクとシェケムの人々との間に悪霊を送られた。シェケムの人々はアビメレクを裏切った。
23And the Lord sent a very evil spirit between Abimelech and the inhabitants of Sichem: who began to detest him,
24これは、エルバアルの七十人の息子に加えられた暴虐の報いが下り、その血の責任が、兄弟を殺したアビメレクと、兄弟たちを殺すために彼を助けたシェケムの人々に帰するためであった。
24And to leave the crime of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and the shedding of their blood upon Abimelech their brother, and upon the rest of the princes of the Sichemites, who aided him.
25シェケムの人々は彼のために、山々の頂に伏兵を置いた。彼らはその道をとおり過ぎるすべての者を略奪した。そしてそれはアビメレクに告げられた。
25And they set an ambush against him on the top of the mountains: and while they waited for his coming, they committed robberies, taking spoils of all that passed by: and it was told Abimelech.
26エベデの子ガアルが彼の兄弟たちとともに来て、シェケムへ渡って行った。シェケムの人々は彼を信頼した。
26And Gaal the son of Obed came with his brethren, and went over to Sichem. And the inhabitants of Sichem taking courage at his coming,
27彼らは野に出て自分たちのぶどう畑のぶどうを収穫し、それを踏んで祭りを催した。そして彼らの神の宮に入り、飲み食いしてアビメレクをのろった。
27Went out into the fields, wasting the vineyards, and treading down the grapes: and singing and dancing they went into the temple of their god, and in their banquets and cups they cursed Abimelech.
28エベデの子ガアルは言った。「アビメレクとは何者か。シェケムとは何者か。なぜ私たちが彼に仕えるのか。彼はエルバアルの子、ゼブルはその役人ではないか。シェケムの父ハモルの一族に仕えよ。なぜ私たちがアビメレクに仕えるのか。
28And Gaal the son of Obed cried: Who is Abimelech, and what is Sichem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and hath made Zebul his servant ruler over the men of Emor the father of Sichem? Why then shall we serve him?
29この民が私の手の下にあれば、私はアビメレクを追い払うのに。」そしてアビメレクに向かって、「軍勢を増やして出て来い」と言った。
29Would to God that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an army, and come.
30町の長官であるゼブルは、エベデの子ガアルの言葉を聞いて怒りを燃やした。
30For Zebul the ruler of the city, hearing the words of Gaal, the son of Obed, was very angry,
31彼はひそかに使者をアビメレクに送り、こう言わせた。「エベデの子ガアルとその兄弟たちがシェケムに来て、町をあなたに逆らわせようとしています。
31And sent messengers privately to Abimelech, saying: Behold Gaal the son of Obed is come into Sichem with his brethren, and endeavoureth to set the city against thee.
32それゆえ今、あなたと、あなたと一緒にいる民は夜の間に起き上がり、野で待ち伏せしなさい。
32Arise therefore in the night with the people that is with thee and he hid in the field:
33朝、日が昇るとすぐに起き、町を襲ってください。ガアルと彼とともにいる民が出て来たら、機を見て彼らを攻めてください。」
33And betimes in the morning at sun rising set upon the city. And when he shall come out against thee with his people, do to him what thou shalt be able.
34そこでアビメレクと、彼と一緒にいたすべての民は夜の間に起き上がり、四つの部隊に分かれてシェケムに向かって待ち伏せした。
34Abimelech therefore arose with all his army by night, and laid ambushes near Sichem in four places.
35エベデの子ガアルが出て来て、町の門の入り口に立った。アビメレクと、彼と一緒にいた民は待ち伏せから起き上がった。
35And Gaal the son of Obed went out, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city. And Abimelech rose up, and all his army with him from the places of the ambushes.
36ガアルがその民を見たとき、彼はゼブルに言った。「見よ。民が山々の頂から下って来る。」 ゼブルは彼に言った。「あなたは山々の影を人だと思っているのだ。」
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.
37ガアルは再び言った。「見よ。民が地の中央から下って来る。また一つの部隊がメオネニムの樫の木の道を通って来る。」
37Again Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down from the middle of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.
38するとゼブルは彼に言った。「『私たちが彼に仕えなければならないとは、アビメレクとは何者か』と言ったあなたの口は、今どこにあるのか。これが、あなたの軽蔑した民ではないか。さあ、今出て行って彼らと戦え。」
38And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth wherewith thou saidst? Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.
39そこでガアルはシェケムの人々の前に立って出て行き、アビメレクと戦った。
39So Gaal went out in the sight of the people of Sichem, and fought against Abimelech,
40アビメレクは彼を追撃し、彼は彼から逃げた。そして多くの者が傷ついて倒れ、門の入り口にまで及んだ。
40Who chased and put him to flight, and drove him to the city: and many were slain of his people, even to the gate of the city:
41アビメレクはアルマに留まった。ゼブルはガアルとその兄弟たちを追い出し、シェケムに住むことができないようにした。
41And Abimelech sat down in Ruma: but Zebul drove Gaal, and his companions out of the city, and would not suffer them to abide in it.
42翌日になって、民は野に出て行った。人々はそれをアビメレクに告げた。
42So the day following the people went out into the field. And it was told Abimelech.
43アビメレクは民を三隊に分け、野に伏せた。町から民が出て来るのを見ると、立ち上がって彼らを打った。
43And he took his army, and divided it into three companies, and laid ambushes in the fields. And seeing that the people came out of the city, he arose and set upon them,
44アビメレクと、彼と一緒にいた部隊は突進し、町の門の入り口に立った。他の二つの部隊は野にいるすべての者に向かって突進し、彼らを打ち倒した。
44With his own company, assaulting and besieging the city: whilst the two other companies chased the enemies that were scattered about the field.
45アビメレクはその日一日中、町と戦った。彼は町を攻め取り、その中にいた民を殺した。彼は町を打ち壊し、そこに塩を蒔いた。
45And Abimelech assaulted the city all that day: and took it, and killed the inhabitants thereof, and demolished it, so that he sowed salt in it.
46シェケムの塔のすべての人々がそれを聞いたとき、彼らはエル・ベリテの宮の要害に入った。
46And when they who dwelt in the tower of Sichem had heard this, they went into the temple of their god Berith where they had made a covenant with him, and from thence the place had taken its name, and it was exceeding strong.
47シェケムの塔のすべての人々が集まっていることが、アビメレクに告げられた。
47Abimelech also hearing that the men of the tower of Sichem were gathered together,
48アビメレクは、自分とともにいた民を率いてツァルモン山へ上った。彼は斧を手に取り、木の枝を切って肩に担ぎ、民に言った。「私がしたことを見ただろう。急いで同じようにせよ。」
48Went up into mount Selmon he and all his people with him: and taking an axe, he cut down the bough of a tree, and laying it on his shoulder and carrying it, he said to his companions: What you see me do, do you out of hand.
49そこで民も皆、おのおの自分の枝を切り落とし、アビメレクに従い、それらを要害の上に置き、彼らの上の要害に火を放った。こうしてシェケムの塔のすべての人々もまた死んだ。男女約千人であった。
49So they cut down boughs from the trees, every man as fast as he could, and followed their leader. And surrounding the fort they set it on fire: and so it came to pass that with the smoke and with the fire a thousand persons were killed, men and women together, of the inhabitants of the tower of Sichem.
50その後、アビメレクはテベツへ行き、テベツに向かって陣を敷き、これを攻め取った。
50Then Abimelech departing from thence came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.
51しかし町の中には強固な塔があり、町のすべての男女がそこへ逃げ込み、内側から鍵をかけ、塔の屋根に上った。
51And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.
52アビメレクは塔に来てそれと戦い、火でそれを燃やそうと塔の戸に近づいた。
52And Abimelech coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:
53すると一人の女がアビメレクの頭の上にひき臼の上石を投げ落とし、彼の頭蓋骨を砕いた。
53And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
54彼は急いで武具を持つ若者を呼び、「剣を抜いて私を殺せ。『女に殺された』と言われないためだ」と言った。若者が彼を刺し貫き、彼は死んだ。
54And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.
55イスラエルの人々はアビメレクが死んだのを見て、それぞれ自分の場所へ去って行った。
55And when he was dead, all the men of Israel that were with him, returned to their homes.
56このように神は、アビメレクが七十人の兄弟を殺して自分の父に対して行った悪に報いられた。
56And God repaid the evil, that Abimelech had done against his father, killing his seventy brethren.
57神はまた、シェケムの人々のすべての悪を彼らの頭上に報いられた。そして、エルバアルの子ヨタムののろいが彼らに臨んだ。
57The Sichemites also were rewarded for what they had done, and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.
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