Ezra 3
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Freedom Bible (フリーダム・バイブル)
1And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
1第七の月になり、イスラエルの子らが町々にいたとき、民は一人の人のようにエルサレムに集まった。
2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
2そのとき、エホツァダクの子エシュアとその兄弟である祭司たち、シェアルティエルの子ゼルバベルとその同族の者たちが立ち上がり、神の人モーセの律法に記されているとおり、その上で全焼のいけにえをささげるため、イスラエルの神の祭壇を築いた。
3And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of the countries, and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt-offerings morning and evening.
3周囲の国々の民を恐れながらも、彼らは祭壇を元の場所に据え、その上で主に朝夕の全焼のいけにえをささげた。
4And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
4彼らは記されているとおり仮庵の祭りを祝い、規定に従い、その日に必要な数だけ、日ごとの全焼のいけにえをささげた。
5and afterward the continual burnt-offering, and the offerings of the new moons, and of all the appointed seasons of the LORD that were hallowed, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill-offering unto the LORD.
5その後、常供の全焼のいけにえ、新月のささげ物、主の聖別されたすべての例祭のささげ物、また主に自発のささげ物を進んでささげるすべての者のささげ物をささげた。
6From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD; but the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
6彼らは第七の月の第一の日から主に全焼のいけにえをささげ始めたが、主の神殿の土台はまだ据えられていなかった。
7They gave money also unto the hewers, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
7彼らは石工と大工に代金を支払った。また、ペルシア王クロスから得た許可に従い、レバノンの香柏を海路ヨッパまで運ばせるため、シドン人とツロ人に食べ物、飲み物、油を与えた。
8Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the house of the LORD.
8エルサレムにある神の家に来てから二年目の第二の月に、シェアルティエルの子ゼルバベル、エホツァダクの子エシュア、そのほかの兄弟である祭司たちとレビ人たち、また捕囚からエルサレムへ帰って来たすべての者が工事を始めた。そして主の家の工事を監督させるため、二十歳以上のレビ人を任命した。
9Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God; the sons of Henadad also, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
9エシュアとその子らや兄弟たち、カドミエルとその子ら、すなわちユダの子らは一つになって立ち、神の家で働く者たちを監督した。ヘナダデの子らと、その子らや兄弟であるレビ人たちも、ともに監督に当たった。
10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the direction of David king of Israel.
10建築者たちが主の神殿の土台を据えたとき、祭司たちは祭服を着てラッパを持ち、アサフの子らであるレビ人はシンバルを持って立った。イスラエル王ダビデの定めに従って主を賛美するためであった。
11And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD: 'for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.' And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
11彼らは主を賛美し、感謝しながら互いに歌い交わした。「主はいつくしみ深い。その慈しみはイスラエルに向かってとこしえまで続く。」主の家の土台が据えられたので、民は皆、主を賛美して大きな喜びの声を上げた。
12But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen the first house standing on its foundation, wept with a loud voice, when this house was before their eyes; and many shouted aloud for joy;
12しかし、祭司、レビ人、父祖の家の長たちのうち、以前の神殿を見たことのある多くの老人は、この神殿の土台が目の前で据えられるのを見て声を上げて泣いた。一方、多くの者は喜びの叫びを上げた。
13so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
13そのため、喜びの叫び声と民の泣き声とを聞き分けることができなかった。民が上げた大きな声は、遠くまで響いた。
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