Joshua 9
1 And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilibanus, and the Chettites, and the Chananites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Amorites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites, heard [of it],
茲にヨルダンの彼旁において山地平地レバノンに對へる大海の濱邊に居る諸の王すなはちヘテ人アモリ人カナン人ペリジ人ヒビ人ヱブス人たる者どもこれな聞て
2 they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.
心を同うし相集まりてヨシユアおよびイスラエルと戰はんとす
3 And the inhabitants of Gabaon heard of all that the Lord did to Jericho and Gai.
然るにギベオンの民ヨシユアがヱリコとアイとに爲たりし事を聞しかば
4 And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and tore and patched bottles of wine,
己も詭計をめぐらして使者の状にいでたち古き袋および古び破れたるを結びとめたる酒の革嚢を驢馬に負せ
5 and the upper part of their shoes and their sandals old and clouted on their feet, and their garments old upon them—and the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy and corrupt.
補ひたる古履を足にはき古衣を身にまとひ來れり其糧のパンは凡て乾きかつ黴てありき
6 And they came to Joshua into the camp of Israel to Galgala, and said to Joshua and Israel, We are come from a far land: now then make a covenant with us.
彼等ギルガルの陣營に來りてヨシユアの許にいたり彼とイスラエルの人々に言ふ我らは遠き國より來れり然ば今われらと契約を結べと
7 And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhaean, Peradventure you dwell amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with you?
イスラエルの人々ヒビ人に言けるは汝らは我等の中に住をるならんも計られねば我ら爭か汝らと契約を結ぶことを得んと
8 And they said to Joshua, We are your servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are you, and whence have you come?
彼ら又ヨシユアにむかひて我らは汝の僕なりと言ければヨシユアかれらに汝らは何人にして何處より來りしやと問しに
9 And they said, Your servants are come from a very far country in the name of the Lord your God: for we have heard his name, and all that he did in Egypt,
彼らヨシユアに言けるは僕等は汝の神ヱホバの名の故によりて遥に遠き國より來れり其は我ら彼の聲譽および彼がエジプトにて行ひたりし一切の事を聞き
10 and all that he did to the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, who lived in Astaroth and in Edrain.
また彼がヨルダンの彼旁にをりしアモリ人の二箇の王すなはちヘシボンの王シホンおよびアシタロテにをりしバシヤンの王オグに爲たりし一切の事を聞たればなり
11 And our elders and all that inhabit our land when they heard spoke to us, saying, Take to yourselves provision for the way, and go to meet them; and you shall say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us.
是をもて我らの長老および我らの國に住をるものみなわれらに告て言り汝ら旅路の糧を手に携さへ往てかれらを迎へて彼らに言へ我らは汝らの僕なり請ふ我らと契約を結べと
12 These [are] the loaves—we took them hot for our journey on the day on which we came out to come to you; and now they are dried and become mouldy.
我らの此パンは汝らの所に來らんとて出たちし日に我ら家々より其なほ温煖なるをとり備へしなるが視よ今は已に乾きて黴たり
13 And these [are] the skins of wine which we filled when new, and they are tore; and our garments and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey.
また酒をみたせるこれらの革嚢も新しかりしが破るるに至り我らのこの衣服も履も旅路の甚だ長きによりて古びぬと
14 And the chiefs took of their provision, and asked not [counsel of] the Lord.
然るに人々は彼らの糧を取りヱホバの口を問ことをせざりき
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them.
ヨシユアすなはち彼らと好を爲し彼らを生しおかんといふ契約を結び會中の長等かれらに誓ひたりしが
16 And it came to pass three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were near neighbours, and that they lived amongst them.
その彼らと契約を結びてより三日を經て後かれらは己に近き人にして己の中に住をる者なりと聞り
17 And the children of Israel departed and came to their cities; and their cities [were] Gabaon, and Kephira, and Berot, and the cities of Jarin.
イスラエルの子孫やがて進みて第三日に彼らの邑々に至れり其邑はギベオン、ケピラ、ベエロテおよびキリアテヤリムなり
18 Land the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes sware to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.
然れども會中の長等イスラエルの神ヱホバを指て彼らに誓ひたりしをもてイスラエルの子孫これを攻撃ざりき是をもて會衆みな長等にむかひて呟けり
19 And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.
然ど長等は凡て全會衆に言ふ我らイスラエルの神ヱホバを指て彼らに誓へり然ば今彼らに觸べからず
20 This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.
我ら斯かれらに爲て彼らを生しおかん然すれば彼らに誓ひし誓によりて震怒の我らに及ぶことあらじと
21 They shall live, and shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes said to them.
長等また人衆にむかひて彼らを生しおくべしと言ければ彼らは遂に全會衆のために薪を斬り水を汲ことをする者となれり長等の彼等に言たるが如し
22 And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have you deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas you are fellow-countrymen of those who dwell amongst us?
ヨシユアすなはち彼らを召よせて彼らに語りて言けるは汝らは我らの中に住をりながら何とて我らは汝らに甚だ遠しと言て我らを誑かししや
23 And now you are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.
然ば汝らは詛はる汝らは永く奴隸となり皆わが神の室のために薪を斬り水を汲ことをする者となるべしと
24 And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord your God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that lived on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and [therefore] we did this thing.
彼らヨシユアに應へて言けるは僕等はなんぢの神ヱホバその僕モーセに此地をことごとく汝らに與へ此地の民をことごとく汝らの前より滅ぼし去ことを命ぜしと明白に傳へ聞たれば汝らのために生命の危からんことを太く懼れて斯は爲けるなり
25 And now, behold, we [are] in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems [good] to you.
視よ我らは今汝の手の中にあり汝の我らに爲を善とし正當とする所を爲たまへと
26 And they did so to them; and Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not kill them.
ヨシユアすなはち其ごとく彼らに爲し彼らをイスラエルの子孫の手より救ひて殺さしめざりき
27 And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gabaon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.
ヨシユアその日かれらをして會衆のためおよびヱホバの壇の爲に其えらびたまふ處において薪を斬り水を汲ことをする者とならしめたりしが今日まで然り
