Ezekiel 8

1 And it happened that, in the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, and the hand of the Lord God fell upon me there.

第六年の六月五日にわたしがわたしの家に座し、ユダの長老たちがわたしの前に座していたとき、主なる神の手がわたしの上に下った。

2 And I saw, and behold, there was an image with the appearance of fire. From the appearance of his waist, and downward, there was fire. And from his waist, and upward, there was the appearance of splendor, like the sight of amber.

わたしは見ていると、見よ、人のような形があって、その腰とみられる所から下は火のように見え、腰から上は光る青銅のように輝いて見えた。

3 And as the image of a hand went out, it took hold of me by a lock of my head. And the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven. And he brought me into Jerusalem, within a vision of God, next to the inner gate that looked toward the north, where there was stationed an idol of rivalry, so as to provoke an envious emulation.

彼は手のようなものを伸べて、わたしの髪の毛をつかんだ。そして霊がわたしを天と地の間に引きあげ、神の幻のうちにわたしをエルサレムに携えて行き、北に向かった内庭の門の入口に至らせた。そこには、ねたみをひき起すねたみの偶像があった。

4 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, in accord with the vision that I had seen in the plain.

見よ、そこに、わたしがかの平野で見た幻のようなイスラエルの神の栄光があらわれた。

5 And he said to me: “Son of man, lift up your eyes to the way of the north.” And I lifted up my eyes to the way of the north. And behold, from the north of the gate of the altar was the idol of rivalry, at the same entrance.

時に彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、目をあげて北の方をのぞめ」。そこでわたしが目をあげて北の方をのぞむと、見よ、祭壇の門の北にあたって、その入口に、このねたみの偶像があった。

6 And he said to me: “Son of man, you see what these ones are doing, the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here. Do you not think, then, that I should withdraw far away from my own sanctuary? But if you turn again, you will see even greater abominations.”

彼はまたわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたは彼らのしていること、すなわちイスラエルの家がここでしている大いなる憎むべきことを見るか。これはわたしを聖所から遠ざけるものである。しかしあなたは、さらに大いなる憎むべきことを見るだろう」。

7 And he led me in by the door of the atrium. And I saw, and behold, there was an opening in the wall.

そして彼はわたしを庭の門に行かせた。わたしが見ると、見よ、壁に一つの穴があった。

8 And he said to me: “Son of man, dig in the wall.” And when I had dug in the wall, there appeared one door.

彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、壁に穴をあけよ」。そこでわたしが壁に穴をあけると、見よ、一つの戸があった。

9 And he said to me: “Enter and see the most wicked abominations which they are committing here.”

彼はわたしに言われた、「はいって、彼らがここでなす所の悪しき憎むべきことを見よ」。

10 And entering, I saw, and behold, every kind of image of reptiles and animals, the abominations, and all of the idols of the house of Israel were depicted on the wall all around, throughout the entire place.

そこでわたしがはいって見ると、もろもろの這うものと、憎むべき獣の形、およびイスラエルの家のもろもろの偶像が、まわりの壁に描いてあった。

11 And there were seventy men out of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, standing in their midst, and they stood before the pictures. And each one had a censer in his hand. And a cloud of smoke rose up from the incense.

またイスラエルの家の長老七十人が、その前に立っていた。シャパンの子ヤザニヤも、彼らの中に立っていた。おのおの手に香炉を持ち、そしてその香の煙が雲のようにのぼった。

12 And he said to me: “Certainly, son of man, you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each one while hidden in his chamber. For they say: ‘The Lord does not see us. The Lord has forsaken the earth.’”

時に彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、イスラエルの家の長老たちが暗い所で行う事、すなわちおのおのその偶像の室で行う事を見るか。彼らは言う、『主はわれわれを見られない。主はこの地を捨てられた』と」。

13 And he said to me: “If you turn again, you will see even greater abominations, which these ones are committing.”

またわたしに言われた、「あなたはさらに彼らがなす大いなる憎むべきことを見る」。

14 And he led me in through the door of the gate of the Lord’s house, which looked toward the north. And behold, women were sitting there, mourning for Adonis.

そして彼はわたしを連れて主の家の北の門の入口に行った。見よ、そこに女たちがすわって、タンムズのために泣いていた。

15 And he said to me: “Certainly, son of man, you have seen. But if you turn again, you will see even greater abominations than these.”

その時、彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたはこれを見たか。これよりもさらに大いなる憎むべきことを見るだろう」。

16 And he led me into the inner atrium of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the vestibule and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east. And they were adoring toward the rising of the Sun.

彼はまたわたしを連れて、主の家の内庭にはいった。見よ、主の宮の入口に、廊と祭壇との間に二十五人ばかりの人が、主の宮にその背中を向け、顔を東に向け、東に向かって太陽を拝んでいた。

17 And he said to me: “Certainly, son of man, you have seen. Can this be so trivial to the house of Judah, when they commit these abominations, just as they have committed here, that, having filled the earth with iniquity, they now turn to provoke me? And behold, they are applying a branch to their nose.

時に彼はわたしに言われた、「人の子よ、あなたはこれを見たか。ユダの家にとって、彼らがここでしているこれらの憎むべきわざは軽いことであるか。彼らはこの地を暴虐で満たし、さらにわたしを怒らせる。見よ、彼らはその鼻に木の枝を置く。

18 Therefore, I also will act toward them in my fury. My eye will not be lenient, nor will I take pity. And when they will have cried out to my ears with a loud voice, I will not heed them.”

それゆえ、わたしも憤って事を行う。わたしの目は彼らを惜しみ見ず、またあわれまない。たとい彼らがわたしの耳に大声で呼ばわっても、わたしは彼らの言うことを聞かない」。