< Revelation 14 >
1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
われ見しに、視よ、羔羊シオンの山に立ちたまふ。十四萬 四千の人これと偕に居り、その額には羔羊の名および羔羊の父の名 記しあり。
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the voice which I heard [was] as [the voice] of harpers harping with their harps:
われ天よりの聲を聞けり、多くの水の音のごとく、大なる雷霆の聲のごとし。わが聞きし此の聲は彈琴者の立琴を彈く音のごとし。
3 and they sing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders: and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and four thousand, [even] they that had been purchased out of the earth.
かれら新しき歌を御座の前および四つの活物と長老たちとの前にて歌ふ。この歌は地より贖はれたる十四萬 四千 人の他は誰も學びうる者なかりき。
4 These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These [are] they that follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, [to be] the firstfruits unto God and unto the Lamb.
彼らは女に汚されぬ者なり、潔き者なり、何處にまれ羔羊の往き給ふところに隨ふ。彼らは人の中より贖はれて神と羔羊とのために初穗となれり。
5 And in their mouth was found no lie: they are without blemish.
その口に虚僞なし、彼らは瑕なき者なり。
6 And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people; (aiōnios )
我また他の御使の中空を飛ぶを見たり。かれは地に住むもの、即ちもろもろの國・族・國語・民に宣傳へんとて、永遠の福音を携へ、 (aiōnios )
7 and he saith with a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.
大聲にて言ふ『なんぢら神を畏れ、神に榮光を歸せよ。その審判のとき既に至りたればなり。汝ら天と地と海と水の源泉とを造り給ひし者を拜せよ』
8 And another, a second angel, followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
ほかの第二の御使、かれに從ひて言ふ『倒れたり、倒れたり。大なるバビロン、己が淫行より出づる憤恚の葡萄酒をもろもろの國人に飮ませし者』
9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand,
ほかの第三の御使、かれらに從ひ大聲にて言ふ『もし獸とその像とを拜し、且その額あるいは手に徽章を受くる者あらば、
10 he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
必ず神の怒の酒杯に盛りたる混りなき憤恚の葡萄酒を飮み、かつ聖なる御使たち及び羔羊の前にて、火と硫黄とにて苦しめらるべし。
11 and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name. (aiōn )
その苦痛の煙は世々 限りなく立ち昇りて、獸とその像とを拜する者、また其の名の徽章を受けし者は、夜も晝も休息を得ざらん。 (aiōn )
12 Here is the patience of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
神の誡命とイエスを信ずる信仰とを守る聖徒の忍耐は茲にあり』
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
我また天より聲ありて『書き記せ「今よりのち主にありて死ぬる死人は幸福なり」御靈も言ひたまふ「然り、彼 等はその勞役を止めて息まん。その業これに隨ふなり」』と言ふを聞けり。
14 And I saw, and behold, a white cloud; and on the cloud [I saw] one sitting like unto a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
また見しに、視よ、白き雲あり、その雲の上に人の子の如きもの坐して、首には金の冠冕をいただき、手には利き鎌を持ちたまふ。
15 And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
又ほかの御使、聖所より出で、雲のうへに坐したまふ者にむかひ、大聲に呼はりて『なんぢの鎌を入れて刈れ、地の穀物は全く熟し、既に刈り取るべき時 至ればなり』と言ふ。
16 And he that sat on the cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
かくて雲の上に坐したまふ者その鎌を地に入れたれば、地の穀物は刈り取られたり。
17 And another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
又ほかの御使、天の聖所より出で、同じく利き鎌を持てり。
18 And another angel came out from the altar, he that hath power over fire; and he called with a great voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
又ほかの火を掌どる御使、祭壇より出で、利き鎌を持つ者にむかひ大聲に呼はりて『なんぢの利き鎌を入れて地の葡萄の樹の房を刈り收めよ、葡萄は既に熟したり』と言ふ。
19 And the angel cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and cast it into the winepress, the great [winepress], of the wrath of God.
御使その鎌を地に入れて地の葡萄を刈りをさめ、神の憤恚の大なる酒槽に投げ入れたり。
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
かくて都の外にて酒槽を踐みしに、血 酒槽より流れ出でて馬の轡に達くほどになり、一 千 六 百 町に廣がれり。