Hebrews 11
1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
第二款 舊約時代の英雄の信仰の例 抑信仰は希望すべき事物の保證、見えざる事物の證據なり、
2 This is why the ancients were commended.
蓋故人之を以て好評を得たり。
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (aiōn g165)
信仰に由りて我等は、世界が神の一言にて組立てられ、現に見ゆるものが見ゆるものより成出でざりしことを暁る。 (aiōn g165)
4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
信仰に由りてアベルは、カインの其に優れる犠牲を神に献げ、信仰に由りて義人たる保證を受け、神其献物を保證し給ひ、彼は信仰に由りて死しても猶言ふなり。
5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
信仰に由りてヘノクは、死を見ざらん為に移され、神之を移し給ひしに由りて見出されざりき、其は移転の前に神の御意に適へる事を證せられたればなり。
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
信仰なくしては神の御意に適ふこと能はず、蓋神に近づき奉る人は、必ずや神の存在して之を求め奉る人々に報い給ふ者なる事を信ぜざるべからず。
7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
信仰によりてノエは、未だ見えざる事柄に就きて黙示を蒙り、畏みて家族を救はん為に方舟を造り、之を以て世の人を罪し、其身は信仰に由れる義の世嗣と為られたり。
8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
信仰に由りてアブラハムは、承継ぐべき地に出づべしとの召に從ひ、何處に行くべきかを知らずして立出でたり。
9 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
彼は約束の地に於て他國にあるが如く、同じ約束を相継ぐべきイザアク、ヤコブと共に幕屋に住めり、
10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
其は神を其設立者、建築者に戴ける、基礎ある都會を待てばなり。
11 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
信仰に由りてサラも、石女にして齢過ぎたるに孕を胎す力を得たり、是約し給へる者の忠實に在す事を信じたるが故なり、
12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
斯て一人より、而も既に死せるに齊しき者より出でし人、空の星の如く夥しく、海辺の眞砂の如く數へ難し。
13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
彼等は皆信仰に從ひ、約束のものを受けずして死したれども、遥に望みて之を祝し、地上に於て己は旅人たり寄留人たる事を宣言せり。
14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
斯く語る人々は、是本國を求むる事を示す者なり。
15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
若其懐へる所曾て出でたる本國ならば、復還る時もありしならん、
16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
然れど彼等は、今一層善きもの、即ち天の[本國]を慕ひしなり、故に神は彼等の神と呼ばるるを耻とし給はず、其は彼等の為に都會を備へ給ひたればなり。
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
信仰に由りてアブラハムは、試みられし時イザアクを献げたり、其献げたりしは、約束を蒙りたりし獨子にして、
18 even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
曾て「汝の子孫と稱へらるるはイザアクによるべし」と謂はれし其者なりき。
19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
即ち彼謂へらく、神は死したる人々をも復活せしむるを得給ふなりと、而して前表として其子を還與へられたり。
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
信仰に由りてイザアクは、将來の事に就きてヤコブとエザウとを祝福せり。
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
信仰に由りてヤコブは、死に臨みてヨゼフの子等を各祝福し、杖の首に倚りて禮拝せり。
22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
信仰に由りてヨゼフは、死に臨みてイスラエルの子等の出立を思はしめ、己が骸骨に就きて命を下せり。
23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
信仰に由りてモイゼは、生れて三月の間兩親によりて匿されたり、是其子の美しきを見たるが故にして、彼等は國王の命令を懼れざりき。
24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
信仰に由りてモイゼは、成長してファラオンの女の子たる事を否めり、
25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
即ち罪によれる暫時の快樂よりも、寧神の民と共に悩むことを擇み、
26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
キリストの耻辱を以てエジプトの寳に優れる富とせり、其は報酬を眺め居たればなり。
27 By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
信仰に由りて彼は、國王の怒を怖れずしてエジプトを去れり、即ち見えざる所を見るが如くにして忍耐せしなり。
28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
信仰に由りて彼は過越を祝ひ、又長子を亡ぼせる者の彼等に触れざらん為、[羔の]血を沃ぐ禮を行へり。
29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
信仰に由りて彼等は、紅海を陸の如くにして渡れり、エジプト人は之を試みて溺れたりき。
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
信仰に由りてエリコの城壁は、七日の間廻られて崩れたり。
31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
信仰に由りて娼婦ラハブは、探偵者を懇切に接待せしかば、不信者と共には亡びざりき。
32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
此外に我何をか言はん、ゲデオン、バラク、サムソン、イエフテ、ダヴィド、サムエル及び預言者等の事を述べんには時足らざるべし。
33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
信仰に由りて彼等は、國々に打ち勝ち、義を行ひ、約束を蒙り、獅子の口を塞ぎ、
34 quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
火の勢を消し、剣の刃を迯れ、弱きを強うせられ、軍に勇ましき者と成りて異邦人の陣を破り、
35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
婦人等は其死したりし者を復活を以て還與へられ、或人々は引裂かれて、勝れたる復活を得ん為に迯るる事を肯ぜず、
36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
或人々は侮辱打擲の上に捕縛入獄に遇ひ、
37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
石を擲たれ、鋸にて挽かれ、試され、剣にて殺され、羊山羊の毛皮を纏ひて萬事に缺乏し、責められ悩まされて流浪せり。
38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
世は此人々を置くに堪へざりしに、彼等は荒地に山に、地の洞及び穴の内に彷徨ひしなり。
39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
彼等も皆信仰の稱揚を得たれども、約束のものをば得ざりき。
40 God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
是神が我等の為に更に宜しき事を圖り給ひて、我等と共にならでは彼等の全うせられざらん為なり。
