2 Chronicles 13
1 In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abijah reigned over Judah.
ヤラベアム王の第十八年にアビヤがユダの王となった。
2 He reigned for three years in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother was Micaiah, the daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
彼は三年の間エルサレムで世を治めた。彼の母はギベアのウリエルの娘で、名をミカヤといった。
3 And when Abijah had undertaken the conflict, and he had with him four hundred thousand elect men, very fit for war, Jeroboam set up a battle line opposite him of eight hundred thousand men, who were also elect and very strong in warfare.
ここにアビヤとヤラベアムとの間に戦争が起り、アビヤは四十万の精兵から成る勇敢な軍勢をもって戦いにいで、ヤラベアムも大勇士から成る八十万の精兵をもって、これに向かって戦いの備えをした。
4 Then Abijah stood upon mount Zemaraim, which was in Ephraim, and he said: “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all of Israel.
時にアビヤはエフライムの山地にあるゼマライム山の上に立って言った、「ヤラベアムおよびイスラエルの人々よ皆聞け。
5 Are you ignorant that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave David the kingship over Israel for all time, to him and to his sons, by a covenant of salt?
あなたがたはイスラエルの神、主が塩の契約をもってイスラエルの国をながくダビデとその子孫に賜わったことを知らないのか。
6 But Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, the servant of Solomon, son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord.
ところがダビデの子ソロモンの家来であるネバテの子ヤラベアムが起って、その主君にそむき、
7 And there were gathered to him very vain men, and sons of Belial. And they prevailed against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon. For Rehoboam was inexperienced, and he had a fearful heart, and so he was unable to resist them.
また卑しい無頼のともがらが集まって彼にくみし、ソロモンの子レハベアムに敵したが、レハベアムは若く、かつ意志が弱くてこれに当ることができなかった。
8 Now therefore, you say that you are able to resist the kingdom of the Lord, which he possesses through the sons of David, and you have a great multitude of people, and gold calves, which Jeroboam made for you as gods.
今また、あなたがたは大軍をたのみ、またヤラベアムが造って、あなたがたの神とした金の子牛をたのんで、ダビデの子孫の手にある主の国に敵対しようとしている。
9 And you have cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, as well as the Levites. And like all the peoples of the lands, you have made priests for yourselves. Anyone who is willing to come and perform the ritual by his hand, with a bull from the herd and with seven rams, is made a priest of those who are not gods.
またあなたがたはアロンの子孫である主の祭司とレビびととを追いだして、他の国々の民がするように祭司を立てたではないか。すなわちだれでも若い雄牛一頭、雄羊七頭を携えてきて、自分を聖別する者は皆あの神でない者の祭司とすることができた。
10 But the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him. And the priests who minister to the Lord are from the sons of Aaron. And the Levites are in their proper order.
しかしわれわれにおいては、主がわれわれの神であって、われわれは彼を捨てない。また主に仕える祭司はアロンの子孫であり、働きをなす者はレビびとである。
11 Also, they offer holocausts to the Lord, each and every day, morning and evening, and incense composed according to the precept of the law, and the bread of the presence on a very pure table. And there is with us the gold lampstand with its lamps, so that they may burn continually in the evening. For certainly, we keep the precepts of the Lord our God, whom you have forsaken.
彼らは朝ごと夕ごとに主に燔祭と、こうばしい香をささげ、供えのパンを純金の机の上に供え、また金の燭台とそのともしび皿を整えて、夕ごとにともすのである。このようにわれわれはわれわれの神、主の務を守っているが、あなたがたは彼を捨てた。
12 Therefore, God is the commander of our army, with his priests, who sound the trumpets that ring out against you. O sons of Israel, do not choose to fight against the Lord, the God of your fathers. For it is not expedient for you.”
見よ、神はみずからわれわれと共におられて、われわれのかしらとなられ、また、その祭司たちはラッパを吹きならして、あなたがたを攻める。イスラエルの人々よ、あなたがたの先祖の神、主に敵して戦ってはならない。あなたがたは成功しない」。
13 While he was speaking these things, Jeroboam set in motion an ambush behind them. And while they stood facing the enemy, without Judah realizing it, his army circled around.
ヤラベアムは伏兵を彼らのうしろに回らせたので、彼の軍隊はユダの前にあり、伏兵は彼らのうしろにあった。
14 And looking back, Judah saw the war threatening in front and behind, and they cried out to the Lord. And the priests began to sound the trumpets.
ユダはうしろを見ると、敵が前とうしろとにあったので、主に向かって呼ばわり、祭司たちはラッパを吹いた。
15 And all the men of Judah shouted out. And behold, when they cried out, God terrified Jeroboam, and all of Israel who were standing in opposition to Abijah and Judah.
そこでユダの人々はときの声をあげた。ユダの人々がときの声をあげると、神はヤラベアムとイスラエルの人々をアビヤとユダの前に打ち敗られたので、
16 And the sons of Israel fled from Judah, and the Lord delivered them into their hand.
イスラエルの人々はユダの前から逃げた。神が彼らをユダの手に渡されたので、
17 Therefore, Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter. And five hundred thousand strong men of Israel fell wounded.
アビヤとその民は、彼らをおびただしく撃ち殺した。イスラエルの殺されて倒れた者は五十万人、皆精兵であった。
18 And the sons of Israel were humiliated at that time. And the sons of Judah were very greatly strengthened, because they had trusted in the Lord, the God of their fathers.
このように、この時イスラエルの人々は打ち負かされ、ユダの人々は勝を得た。彼らがその先祖の神、主を頼んだからである。
19 Then Abijah pursued the fleeing Jeroboam. And he seized cities from him: Bethel and her daughters, and Jeshanah with her daughters, and also Ephron and her daughters.
アビヤはヤラベアムを追撃して数個の町を彼から取った。すなわちベテルとその村里、エシャナとその村里、エフロンとその村里である。
20 And Jeroboam no longer had the strength to resist, in the days of Abijah. And the Lord struck him, and he died.
ヤラベアムは、アビヤの世には再び力を得ることができず、主に撃たれて死んだ。
21 And so Abijah, having been strengthened in his authority, took fourteen wives. And he procreated twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
しかしアビヤは強くなり、妻十四人をめとり、むすこ二十二人、むすめ十六人をもうけた。
22 Now the rest of the words of Abijah, and his ways and works, have been written very diligently in the book of Iddo, the prophet.
アビヤのその他の行為すなわちその行動と言葉は、預言者イドの注釈にしるされている。
