Judges 9
1 Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
ヱルバアルの子アビメレク、シケムに往きその母の兄弟のもとに至りて彼らおよびすべて其母の父の家の一族に語りて云ひけるは
2 “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
ねがはくはシケムのすべての民の耳に斯く告よヱルバアルのすべての子七十人して汝らを治むると一人して汝らを治むると孰れか汝らのためによきやまた我は汝らの骨肉なるを記えよと
3 And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
その母の兄弟アビメレクのことにつきて此等の言をことごとくシケムの人々の耳に語りしに是はわれらの兄弟なりといひて心をアビメレクに傾むけ
4 So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
バアルベリテの社より銀七十をとりて之に與ふアビメレクこれをもて遊蕩にして輕躁なる者等を傭ひておのれに從はせ
5 He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
オフラに在る父の家に往きてヱルバアルの子なるその兄弟七十人を一つの石の上に殺せり但しヱルバアルの季の子ヨタムは身を潜めしに由て遺されたり
6 Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
ここにおいてシケムのすべての民およびミロの諸の人集り往てシケムの碑の旁なる橡樹の邊にてアビメレクを立て王となしけるが
7 When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
ヨタムにかくと告るものありければ往てゲリジム山の巓に立ち聲を揚て號びかれらにいひけるはシケムの民よ我に聽よ神また汝らに聽たまはん
8 One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
樹木出ておのれのうへに王を立んとし橄欖の樹に汝われらの王となれよといひけるに
9 But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
橄欖の樹之にいふ我いかで人の我に取て神と人とを崇むるところのそのわが油を棄て往て樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
樹木また無花果樹に汝來りて我らの王となれといひけるに
11 But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
無花果樹之にいひけらく我いかでわが甜美とわが善き果を棄て往きて樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
12 Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
樹木また葡萄の樹に汝來りて我らの王となれよといふに
13 But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
葡萄の樹之にいひけるは我いかで神と人を悦こばしむるわが葡萄酒を棄て往て樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
14 Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
ここにおいてすべての樹木荊に汝來りて我らの王となれよといひければ
15 But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
荊樹木にいふ汝らまことに我を立て汝らの王と爲さば來りて我が庇蔭に托れ然せずば荊より火出てレバノンの香柏を燒き殫すべしと
16 Now if you have acted faithfully and honestly in making Abimelech king, if you have done well by Jerubbaal and his family, and if you have done to him as he deserves—
抑汝らがアビメレクを立て王となせしは眞實と誠意をもて爲しことなるや汝等はヱルバアルと其家を善く待ひかれの手のなせし所に循ひて之にむくいしや
17 for my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
夫わが父は汝らのため戰ひ生命を惜まずして汝らをミデアンの手より救ひ出したるに
18 but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
汝ら今日おこりてわが父の家を攻めその子七十人を一つの石の上に殺しその侍妾の子アビメレクは汝らの兄弟なるをもて之を立てシケムの民の王となせり
19 if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.
汝らが今日ヱルバアルとその家になせしこと眞實と誠意をもてなせし者ならば汝らアビメレクのために悦べ彼も汝らのために悦ぶべし
20 But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
若し然らずばアビメレクより火いでてシケムの民とミロの家を燬つくさんまたシケムの民とミロの家よりも火いでてアビメレクを燬つくすべしと
21 Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
かくてヨタム走り遁れてベエルに往きその兄弟アビメレクの面を避て彼所に住めり
22 After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
アビメレク三年の間イスラエルを治めたりしが
23 God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
神アビメレクとシケムの民のあひだに惡鬼をおくりたまひたればシケムの民アビメレクを欺くにいたる
24 in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
是ヱルバアルの七十人の子が受たる殘忍と彼らの血のこれを殺せしその兄弟アビメレクおよび彼の手に力をそへてその兄弟を殺さしめたるシケムの人々に報い來るなり
25 The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
シケムの人伏兵を山の巓に置て彼を窺はしめ其途を經て傍を過る者を凡て褫しめたり或人之をアビメレクに告ぐ
26 Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
ここにエベデの子ガアル其の兄弟とともにシケムに越ゆきたりしかばシケムの民かれを恃めり
27 And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
民田野に出て葡萄を收穫れこれを踐み絞りて祭禮をなしその神の社に入り食ひかつ飮みてアビメレクを詛ふ
28 Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
エベデの子ガアルいひけるはアビメレクは如何なるものシケムは如何なるものなればか我ら彼に從ふべき彼はヱルバアルの子に非ずやゼブルその輔佐なるにあらずやむしろシケムの父ハモルの一族に事ふべし我らなんぞ彼に事ふべけんや
29 If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
嗚呼此の民を吾が手に屬しむるものもがな然ば我アビメレクを除かんと而してガアル、アビメレクに汝の軍勢を益て出きたれよと言り
30 When Zebul the governor of the city heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he burned with anger.
邑の宰ゼブル、エベデの子ガアルの言をききて怒を發し
31 So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
私かに使者をアビメレクに遣りていひけるはエベデの子ガアル及びその兄弟シケムに來り邑をさわがして汝に敵せしめんとす
32 Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.
然ば汝及び汝と共なる民夜の中に興て野に身を伏よ
33 And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
而て朝に至り日の昇る時汝夙く興出て邑に攻かかれガアル及び之とともなる民出て汝に當らん汝機を見てこれに事をなすべし
34 So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
アビメレクおよび之とともなるすべての民夜の中に興出て四隊に分れ身を伏てシケムを伺ふ
35 Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
エベデの子ガアル出て邑の門の口に立るにアビメレク及び之とともなる民その伏たるところより起りしかば
36 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
ガアル民を見てゼブルにいひけるは視よ民山の峰々より下るとゼブル之に答へて汝山の影を見て人と做すのみといふ
37 Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
ガアルふたたび語りていひけるは視よ民地の高處より下りまた一隊は法術士の橡樹の途より來ると
38 “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
ゼブル之にいひけるは汝がかつてアビメレクは何者なればか我ら之に事ふべきといひしその汝の口今いづこに在るや是汝が侮りたる民にあらずや今乞ふ出て之と戰へよと
39 So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
ここにおいてガアル、シケム人を率ゐ往てアビメレクと戰ひしが
40 but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
アビメレク之を追くづしたればガアル其まへより逃走れりかくて殺されて斃るるもの多くして邑の門の口までに及ぶ
41 Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
かくてアビメレクはアルマに居しがゼブルはガアルおよびその兄弟等を遂いだしてシケムに居ることを得ざらしむ
42 The next day the people of Shechem went out into the fields, and this was reported to Abimelech.
あくる日民田畑に出しに人之をアビメレクに告げしかば
43 So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
アビメレクおのれの民を率ゐてこれを三隊に分ち野に埋伏して伺ふに民邑より出來りたればすなはち起りて之を撃り
44 Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
アビメレクおよび之とともに在る隊の者は襲ひゆきて邑の門の入口に立ち餘の二隊は野に在るすべてのものをおそふて之を殺せり
45 And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
アビメレク其日終日邑を攻めつひに邑を取りてそのうちの民を殺し邑を破却ちて鹽を撒布ぬ
46 On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
シケムの櫓の人みな之を聞てベリテ神の廟の塔に入たりしが
47 And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
シケムの櫓の人のことごとく集れるよしアビメレクに聞えければ
48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
アビメレク己とともなる民をことごとく率ゐてザルモン山に上りアビメレク手に斧を取り木の枝を斫落し之をおのれの肩に載せ偕に居る民にむかひて汝ら吾が爲ところを見る急ぎてわがごとく爲せよといひしかば
49 So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
民もまた皆おのおのその枝を斫りおとしアビメレクに從ひて枝を塔に倚せかけ塔に火をかけて彼等を攻むここにおいてシケムの櫓の人もまた悉く死り男女およそ一千人なりき
50 Then Abimelech went to Thebez, encamped against it, and captured it.
茲にアビメレク、テベツに赴きテベツに對て陣を張て之を取しが
51 But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
邑のなかに一の堅固なる櫓ありてすべての男女および邑の民みな其所に遁れ往き後を鎖して櫓の頂に上りたれば
52 When Abimelech came to attack the tower, he approached its entrance to set it on fire.
アビメレクすなはち櫓のもとに押寄て之を攻め櫓の口に近きて火をもて之を焚んとせしに
53 But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
一人の婦アビメレクの頭に磨石の上層石を投げてその腦骨を碎けり
54 He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
アビメレクおのれの武器を執る少者を急ぎ召て之にいひけるは汝の劍を拔て我を殺せおそらくは人吾をさして婦に殺されたりといはんと其少者之を刺し通したればすなはち死り
55 And when the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all went home.
イスラエルの人々はアビメレクの死たるを見ておのおのおのれの處に歸り去りぬ
56 In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
神はアビメレクがその七十人の兄弟を殺しておのれの父になしたる惡に斯く報いたまへり
57 And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
またシケムの民のすべての惡き事をも神は彼等の頭に報いたまへりすなはちヱルバアルの子ヨタムの詛彼らの上に及べるなり
