Jeremiah 43
1 And it came about that when Jeremiah had come to the end of giving all the people the words of the Lord their God, which the Lord their God had sent him to say to them, even all these words,
エレミヤがすべての民にむかって、彼らの神、主の言葉をことごとく語り、彼らの神、主が自分をつかわして言わせられるその言葉をみな告げ終った時、
2 Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:
ホシャヤの子アザリヤと、カレヤの子ヨハナンおよび高慢な人々はみなエレミヤに言った、「あなたは偽りを言っている。われわれの神、主が、『エジプトへ行ってそこに住むな』と言わせるためにあなたをつかわされたのではない。
3 But Baruch, the son of Neriah, is moving you against us, to give us up into the hands of the Chaldaeans so that they may put us to death, and take us away prisoners into Babylon.
ネリヤの子バルクがあなたをそそのかして、われわれに逆らわせ、われわれをカルデヤびとの手に渡して殺すか、あるいはバビロンに捕え移させるのだ」。
4 So Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not give ear to the order of the Lord that they were to go on living in the land of Judah.
こうしてカレヤの子ヨハナンと軍勢の長たちおよび民らは皆、主の声にしたがわず、ユダの地にとどまろうとしなかった。
5 But Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces took all the rest of Judah who had come back into the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been forced to go;
そしてカレヤの子ヨハナンと軍勢の長たちは、ユダに残っている者すなわち追いやられた国々からユダの地に住むために帰ってきた者、
6 The men and the women and the children and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of Neriah;
男、女、子供、王の娘たち、およびすべて侍衛の長ネブザラダンがシャパンの子であるアヒカムの子ゲダリヤに渡しておいた者、ならびに預言者エレミヤとネリヤの子バルクをつれて、
7 And they came into the land of Egypt; for they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: and they came to Tahpanhes.
エジプトの地へ行った。彼らは主の声にしたがわなかったのである。そして彼らはついにタパネスに行った。
8 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
主の言葉はタパネスでエレミヤに臨んだ、
9 Take in your hand some great stones, and put them in a safe place in the paste in the brickwork which is at the way into Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, before the eyes of the men of Judah;
「大きな石を手に取り、ユダの人々の目の前で、これをタパネスにあるパロの宮殿の入口の敷石のしっくいの中に隠して、
10 And say to them, This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant, and he will put the seat of his kingdom on these stones which have been put in a safe place here by you; and his tent will be stretched over them.
彼らに言いなさい、『万軍の主、イスラエルの神はこう言われる、見よ、わたしは使者をつかわして、わたしのしもべであるバビロンの王ネブカデレザルを招く。彼はその位をこの隠した石の上にすえ、その上に王の天蓋を張る。
11 And he will come and overcome the land of Egypt; those who are for death will be put to death, those who are to be prisoners will be made prisoners, and those who are for the sword will be given to the sword.
彼は来てエジプトの地を撃ち、疫病に定まっている者を疫病に渡し、とりこに定まっている者をとりこにし、つるぎに定まっている者をつるぎにかける。
12 And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.
彼はエジプトの神々の宮に火をつけてこれを焼き、彼らをとりこにする。そして羊を飼う者が着物の虫をはらいきよめるように、エジプトの地をきよめる。彼は安らかにそこを去る。
13 And the stone pillars of Beth-shemesh in the land of Egypt will be broken by him, and the houses of the gods of Egypt burned with fire.
彼はエジプトの地にあるヘリオポリスのオベリスクをこわし、エジプトの神々の宮を火で焼く』」。
