Daniel 8
1 In the third year of the rule of Belshazzar the king, a vision was seen by me, Daniel, after the one I saw at first.
われダニエルは先に幻を見たが、後またベルシャザル王の治世の第三年に、一つの幻がわたしに示された。
2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw it, I was in the strong town Shushan, which is in the country of Elam; and in the vision I was by the water-door of the Ulai.
その幻を見たのは、エラム州の首都スサにいた時であって、ウライ川のほとりにおいてであった。
3 And lifting up my eyes, I saw, there before the stream, a male sheep with two horns: and the two horns were high, but one was higher than the other, the higher one coming up last.
わたしが目をあげて見ると、川の岸に一匹の雄羊が立っていた。これに二つの角があって、その角は共に長かったが、一つの角は他の角よりも長かった。その長いのは後に伸びたのである。
4 I saw the sheep pushing to the west and to the north and to the south; and no beasts were able to keep their place before him, and no one was able to get people out of his power; but he did whatever his pleasure was and made himself great.
わたしが見ていると、その雄羊は、西、北、南にむかって突撃したが、これに当ることのできる獣は一匹もなく、またその手から救い出すことのできるものもなかった。これはその心のままにふるまい、みずから高ぶっていた。
5 And while I was giving thought to this, I saw a he-goat coming from the west over the face of all the earth without touching the earth: and the he-goat had a great horn between his eyes.
わたしがこれを考え、見ていると、一匹の雄やぎが、全地のおもてを飛びわたって西からきたが、その足は土を踏まなかった。このやぎには、目の間に著しい一つの角があった。
6 And he came to the two-horned sheep which I saw before the stream, rushing at him in the heat of his power.
この者は、さきにわたしが川の岸に立っているのを見た、あの二つの角のある雄羊にむかってきて、激しく怒ってこれに走り寄った。
7 And I saw him come right up to the sheep, and he was moved with wrath against him, attacking the sheep so that his two horns were broken; and the sheep had not strength to keep his place before him, but was pushed down on the earth and crushed under his feet: and there was no one to get the sheep out of his power.
わたしが見ていると、それが雄羊に近寄るや、これにむかって怒りを発し、雄羊を撃って、その二つの角を砕いた。雄羊には、これに当る力がなかったので、やぎは雄羊を地に打ち倒して踏みつけた。また、その雄羊を、やぎの力から救いうる者がなかった。
8 And the he-goat became very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken, and in its place came up four other horns turned to the four winds of heaven.
こうして、その雄やぎは、はなはだしく高ぶったが、その盛んになった時、あの大きな角が折れて、その代りに四つの著しい角が生じ、天の四方に向かった。
9 And out of one of them came another horn, a little one, which became very great, stretching to the south and to the east and to the beautiful land.
その角の一つから、一つの小さい角が出て、南に向かい、東に向かい、麗しい地に向かって、はなはだしく大きくなり、
10 And it became great, even as high as the army of heaven, pulling down some of the army, even of the stars, to the earth and crushing them under its feet.
天の衆群に及ぶまでに大きくなり、星の衆群のうちの数個を地に投げ下して、これを踏みつけ、
11 It made itself great, even as great as the lord of the army; and by it the regular burned offering was taken away, and the place overturned and the holy place made waste.
またみずから高ぶって、その衆群の主に敵し、その常供の燔祭を取り除き、かつその聖所を倒した。
12 ... against the regular burned offering; and ... crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.
そしてその衆群は、罪によって、常供の燔祭と共に、これにわたされた。その角はまた真理を地に投げうち、ほしいままにふるまって、みずから栄えた。
13 Then there came to my ears the voice of a holy one talking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was talking, How long will the vision be while the regular burned offering is taken away, and the unclean thing causing fear is put up, and the holy place crushed under foot?
それから、わたしはひとりの聖者の語っているのを聞いた。またひとりの聖者があって、その語っている聖者にむかって言った、「常供の燔祭と、荒すことをなす罪と、聖所とその衆群がわたされて、足の下に踏みつけられることについて、幻にあらわれたことは、いつまでだろうか」と。
14 And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.
彼は言った、「二千三百の夕と朝の間である。そして聖所は清められてその正しい状態に復する」。
15 And it came about that when I, Daniel, had seen this vision, I had a desire for the sense of it to be unfolded; and I saw one before me in the form of a man.
われダニエルはこの幻を見て、その意味を知ろうと求めていた時、見よ、人のように見える者が、わたしの前に立った。
16 And the voice of a man came to my ears between the sides of the Ulai, crying out and saying, Gabriel, make the vision clear to this man.
わたしはウライ川の両岸の間から人の声が出て、呼ばわるのを聞いた、「ガブリエルよ、この幻をその人に悟らせよ」。
17 So he came and took his place near where I was; and when he came, I was full of fear and went down on my face: but he said to me, Let it be clear to you, O son of man; for the vision has to do with the time of the end.
すると彼はわたしの立っている所にきた。彼がきたとき、わたしは恐れて、ひれ伏した。しかし、彼はわたしに言った、「人の子よ、悟りなさい。この幻は終りの時にかかわるものです」。
18 Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
彼がわたしに語っていた時、わたしは地にひれ伏して、深い眠りに陥ったが、彼はわたしに手を触れ、わたしを立たせて、
19 And he said, See, I will make clear to you what is to come in the later time of the wrath: for it has to do with the fixed time of the end.
言った、「見よ、わたしは憤りの終りの時に起るべきことを、あなたに知らせよう。それは定められた終りの時にかかわるものであるから。
20 The sheep which you saw with two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
あなたが見た、あの二つの角のある雄羊は、メデアとペルシャの王です。
21 And the he-goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn between his eyes is the first king.
また、かの雄やぎはギリシヤの王です、その目の間の大きな角は、その第一の王です。
22 And as for that which was broken, in place of which four came up, four kingdoms will come up from his nation, but not with his power.
またその角が折れて、その代りに四つの角が生じたのは、その民から四つの国が起るのです。しかし、第一の王のような勢力はない。
23 And in the later years of their kingdom, when their evil doings have become complete, there will come up a king full of pride and expert in dark sayings.
彼らの国の終りの時になり、罪びとの罪が満ちるに及んで、ひとりの王が起るでしょう。その顔は猛悪で、彼はなぞを解き、
24 And his power will be great, and he will be purposing strange things. And all will go well for him and he will do his pleasure; and he will send destruction on the strong ones.
その勢力は盛んであって、恐ろしい破壊をなし、そのなすところ成功して、有力な人々と、聖徒である民を滅ぼすでしょう。
25 And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.
彼は悪知恵をもって、偽りをその手におこない遂げ、みずから心に高ぶり、不意に多くの人を打ち滅ぼし、また君の君たる者に敵するでしょう。しかし、ついに彼は人手によらずに滅ぼされるでしょう。
26 And the vision of evenings and mornings which has been talked of is true: and keep the vision secret; for it has to do with the far-off future.
先に示された朝夕の幻は真実です。しかし、あなたはその幻を秘密にしておかなければならない。これは多くの日の後にかかわる事だから」。
27 And I, Daniel, was ill for some days; then I got up and did the king's business: and I was full of wonder at the vision, but no one was able to give the sense of it.
われダニエルは疲れはてて、数日の間病みわずらったが、後起きて、王の事務を執った。しかし、わたしはこの幻の事を思って驚いた。またこれを悟ることができなかった。
