Jeremiah 23
1 A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.
主は言われる、「わが牧場の羊を滅ぼし散らす牧者はわざわいである」。
2 So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.
それゆえイスラエルの神、主はわが民を養う牧者についてこう言われる、「あなたがたはわたしの群れを散らし、これを追いやって顧みなかった。見よ、わたしはあなたがたの悪しき行いによってあなたがたに報いると、主は言われる。
3 And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased.
わたしの群れの残った者を、追いやったすべての地から集め、再びこれをそのおりに帰らせよう。彼らは子を産んでその数が多くなる。
4 And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.
わたしはこれを養う牧者をその上に立てる、彼らは再び恐れることなく、またおののくことなく、いなくなることもないと、主は言われる。
5 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
主は仰せられる、見よ、わたしがダビデのために一つの正しい枝を起す日がくる。彼は王となって世を治め、栄えて、公平と正義を世に行う。
6 In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.
その日ユダは救を得、イスラエルは安らかにおる。その名は『主はわれわれの正義』ととなえられる。
7 And so, truly, the days are coming when they will say no longer, By the living Lord, who took the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt;
主は言われる、それゆえ見よ、人々は『イスラエルの民をエジプトの地から導き出された主は生きておられる』とまた言わないで、
8 But, By the living Lord, who took up the seed of Israel, and made them come out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had sent them; and they will be living in the land which is theirs.
『イスラエルの家の子孫を北の地と、そのすべて追いやられた地から導き出された神は生きておられる』という日がくる。その時、彼らは自分の地に住んでいる」。
9 About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.
預言者たちについて。わが心はわたしのうちに破れ、わが骨はみな震う。主とその聖なる言葉のために、わたしは酔っている人のよう、酒に打ち負かされた人のようである。
10 For the land is full of men who are untrue to their wives; because of the curse the land is full of grief; the green fields of the waste land have become dry; and they are quick to do evil, their strength is for what is not right.
この地に姦淫を行うものが満ちているからだ。のろいによって地は嘆き、荒野の牧場はかわく。彼らの道は悪く、その力は正しくない。
11 For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.
「預言者と祭司とは共に神を汚す者である。わたしの家においてすら彼らの悪を見たと、主は言われる。
12 For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.
それゆえ、彼らの道は、おのずから暗黒の中にあるなめらかな道のようになり、彼らは押されてその道に倒れる。わたしが彼らの罰せられる年に、災をその上に臨ませるからであると、主は言われる。
13 And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.
わたしはサマリヤの預言者のうちに不快な事のあるのを見た。彼らはバアルによって預言し、わが民イスラエルを惑わした。
14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.
しかしエルサレムの預言者のうちには、恐ろしい事のあるのを見た。彼らは姦淫を行い、偽りに歩み、悪人の手を強くし、人をその悪から離れさせない。彼らはみなわたしにはソドムのようであり、その民はゴモラのようである」。
15 So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.
それゆえ万軍の主は預言者についてこう言われる、「見よ、わたしは彼らに、にがよもぎを食べさせ、毒の水を飲ませる。神を汚すことがエルサレムの預言者から出て、全地に及んでいるからである」。
16 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.
万軍の主はこう言われる、「あなたがたに預言する預言者の言葉を聞いてはならない。彼らはあなたがたに、むなしい望みをいだかせ、主の口から出たのでない、自分の心の黙示を語るのである。
17 They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.
彼らは主の言葉を軽んじる者に向かって絶えず、『あなたがたは平安を得る』と言い、また自分の強情な心にしたがって歩むすべての人に向かって、『あなたがたに災はこない』と言う」。
18 For which of them has knowledge of the secret of the Lord, and has seen him, and given ear to his word? which of them has taken note of his word and given attention to it?
彼らのうちだれか主の議会に立って、その言葉を見聞きした者があろうか。だれか耳を傾けてその言葉を聞いた者があろうか。
19 See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.
見よ、主の暴風がくる。憤りと、つむじ風が出て、悪人のこうべをうつ。
20 The wrath of the Lord will not be turned back till he has done, till he has put into effect, the purposes of his heart: in days to come you will have full knowledge of this.
主の怒りは、み心に思い定められたことをなし遂げられるまで退くことはない。末の日にあなたがたはそれを明らかに悟る。
21 I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.
預言者たちはわたしがつかわさなかったのに、彼らは走った。わたしが、彼らに告げなかったのに、彼らは預言した。
22 But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
もし彼らがわたしの議会に立ったのであれば、わたしの民にわが言葉を告げ示して、その悪い道と悪い行いから、離れさせたであろうに。
23 Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?
「主は言われる、わたしはただ近くの神であって、遠くの神ではないのであるか。
24 In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.
主は言われる、人は、ひそかな所に身を隠して、わたしに見られないようにすることができようか。主は言われる、わたしは天と地とに満ちているではないか。
25 My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,
わが名によって偽りを預言する預言者たちが、『わたしは夢を見た、わたしは夢を見た』と言うのを聞いた。
26 Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?
偽りを預言する預言者たちの心に、いつまで偽りがあるのであるか。彼らはその心の欺きを預言する。
27 Whose purpose is to take away the memory of my name from my people by their dreams, of which every man is talking to his neighbour, as their fathers gave up the memory of my name for the Baal.
彼らはその先祖がバアルに従ってわが名を忘れたように、互に夢を語って、わたしの民にわが名を忘れさせようとする。
28 If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
夢をみた預言者は夢を語るがよい。しかし、わたしの言葉を受けた者は誠実にわたしの言葉を語らなければならない。わらと麦とをくらべることができようかと、主は言われる。
29 Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
主は仰せられる、わたしの言葉は火のようではないか。また岩を打ち砕く鎚のようではないか。
30 For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.
それゆえ見よ、わたしはわたしの言葉を互に盗む預言者の敵となると、主は言われる。
31 See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.
見よ、わたしは、『主は言いたもう』と舌をもって語る預言者の敵となると、主は言われる。
32 See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.
主は仰せられる、見よ、わたしは偽りの夢を預言する者の敵となる。彼らはそれを語り、またその偽りと大言をもってわたしの民を惑わす。わたしが彼らをつかわしたのではなく、また彼らに命じたのでもない。それで彼らはこの民にすこしも益にならないと、主は言われる。
33 And if this people, or the prophet, or a priest, questioning you, says, What word of weight is there from the Lord? then you are to say to them, You are the word, for I will not be troubled with you any more, says the Lord.
この民のひとり、または預言者、または祭司があなたに、『主の重荷はなんですか』と問うならば、彼らに答えなさい、『あなたがたがその重荷です。そして主は、あなたがたを捨てると言っておられます』と。
34 And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house.
そして、『主の重荷』と言うその預言者、祭司、または民のひとりを、その家族と共にわたしは罰する。
35 But this is what you are to say, every man to his neighbour and every man to his brother, What answer has the Lord given? and, What has the Lord said?
あなたがたは、みな互に、隣り人に、また兄弟に、こう言わなければならない、『主はなんと答えられましたか』、『主はなんと言われましたか』と。
36 And you will no longer put people in mind of the word of weight of the Lord: for every man's word will be a weight on himself; for the words of the living God, of the Lord of armies, our God, have been twisted by you.
しかし重ねて『主の重荷』と言ってはならない。重荷は人おのおのの自分の言葉だからである。あなたがたは生ける神、万軍の主なるわれわれの神の言葉を曲げる者である。
37 This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?
あなたは預言者にこう言わなければならない、『主はあなたになんと答えられましたか』、『主はなんと言われましたか』と。
38 But if you say, The word of weight of the Lord; this is what the Lord has said: Because you say, The weight of the Lord, and I have sent to you, saying, You are not to say, The weight of the Lord;
もしあなたがたが『主の重荷』と言うならば、主はこう仰せられる、『わたしが人をあなたがたにつかわして、あなたがたは「主の重荷」と言ってはならないと言わせたのに、あなたがたは「主の重荷」という言葉を言ったので、
39 For this reason, truly, I will put you completely out of my memory, and I will put you, and the town which I gave to you and to your fathers, away from before my face:
わたしは必ずあなたがたを捕え移させ、あなたがたとあなたがたの先祖とに与えたこの町と、あなたがたとを、わたしの前から捨て去る。
40 And I will give you a name without honour for ever, and unending shame which will never go from the memory of men.
そして、忘れられることのない永遠のはずかしめと永遠の恥を、あなたがたにこうむらせる』」。
