ネヘミヤ記 4
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サンバラテは、私たちが城壁を建てていると聞くと怒り、激しく憤って、ユダヤ人を嘲笑した。
1And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.
2彼は仲間とサマリアの軍隊の前で言った。「あの弱々しいユダヤ人たちは何をしているのか。自分たちで防備を整えるつもりか。いけにえをささげるつもりか。一日で仕上げるつもりか。焼けた瓦礫の山から石を生き返らせるつもりか。」
2And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?
3アモン人トビヤが彼のそばにいて言った。「彼らが建てているものは、狐が上っても、その石垣を崩してしまうだろう。」
3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.
4「私たちの神よ、耳を傾けてください。私たちは侮られています。彼らのそしりを彼ら自身の頭に返し、捕囚の地で略奪に渡してください。
4Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.
5彼らの咎を覆わず、その罪を御前からぬぐい去らないでください。彼らは建てる者たちを侮辱したのです。」
5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
6こうして私たちは城壁を建てた。城壁全体は高さの半分までつながった。民には働く意欲があったからである。
6So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.
7しかし、サンバラテ、トビヤ、アラビア人、アモン人、アシュドド人たちは、エルサレムの城壁の修復が進み、破れ口がふさがれ始めたと聞いて、非常に怒った。
7And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.
8そして彼らは皆、エルサレムに来て戦い、私たちの間に混乱を引き起こそうと共謀した。
8And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.
9しかし私たちは神に祈り、彼らに備えて昼も夜も見張りを立てた。
9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.
10ユダの人々は言った。「荷を担う者の力は衰え、瓦礫は多い。これでは城壁を建て続けられない。」
10And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
11敵は言った。「彼らが気づきも見もしないうちに、その中へ入り込み、彼らを殺して工事をやめさせよう。」
11And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.
12敵の近くに住むユダヤ人たちが来て、あらゆる方角から十回も、「どこへ向かっても、彼らは私たちを襲って来ます」と告げた。
12And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,
13そこで私は、城壁の後ろの低い場所、開けた所に、民を家族ごとに配置し、剣、槍、弓を持たせた。
13I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.
14私は見渡し、立ち上がって、貴族、役人、その他の民に言った。「彼らを恐れてはならない。偉大で恐るべき主を覚え、兄弟、息子、娘、妻、家のために戦え。」
14And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.
15私たちの敵は、それが私たちに知られたこと、そして神が彼らの企てを無に帰されたことを聞いた。こうして私たちは皆、城壁に戻り、それぞれ自分の仕事についた。
15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.
16そのとき以来、私のしもべの半数は工事をし、半数は槍、盾、弓、鎧を手にした。指揮官たちはユダの民全体の背後に控えた。
16And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.
17城壁を建てる者も、荷を担って運ぶ者も、片手で仕事をし、もう一方の手に武器を持った。
17Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.
18建てる者たちは皆、腰に剣を帯びて建てた。角笛を吹き鳴らす者は私のそばにいた。
18For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.
19私は貴族、役人、その他の民に言った。「工事は大きく、広い範囲に及び、私たちは城壁の上で互いに遠く離れている。
19And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
20どこであれ角笛の音を聞いたなら、そこへ、私たちのもとへ集まれ。私たちの神が私たちのために戦ってくださる。」
20In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
21こうして私たちは工事を続け、民の半数は夜明けから星が現れるまで槍を手にした。
21And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.
22そのころ私は民に言った。「それぞれ、しもべとともにエルサレムの中に泊まれ。夜は私たちの見張りとなり、昼は働くためである。」
22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
23私も、兄弟たちも、しもべたちも、私に従う見張りの者たちも、衣服を脱がなかった。水を汲みに行くときも、皆が武器を携えた。
23Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
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