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)
King James Version with Apocrypha
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。
1But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked 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 he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
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。」
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down 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, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the 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。」
5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the 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 built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind 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。
7¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
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 conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
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。
9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of 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 Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not 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 adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay 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 which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you .
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。
13¶ Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their 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 said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, 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 it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto 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 time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
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。
17They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
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 the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was 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。
19¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon 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 therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall 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。
21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
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。」
22Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
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。
23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
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