Isaiah 16
1 O Lord, send forth the Lamb, the Ruler of the earth, from the Rock of the desert to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.
彼らはセラから荒野の道によって小羊をシオンの娘の山に送り、国のつかさに納めた。
2 And this shall be: like a bird fleeing away, and like fledglings flying from the nest, so will the daughters of Moab be at the passage of Arnon.
モアブの娘らはアルノンの渡しで、さまよう鳥のように、巣を追われたひなのようである。
3 Form a plan. Call a council. Let your shadow be as if it were night, even at midday. Conceal the fugitives, and do not betray the wanderers.
「相はかって、事を定めよ。真昼の中でも、あなたの陰を夜のようにし、さすらい人を隠し、のがれて来た者をわたさず、
4 My fugitives will live with you. Become a hiding place, O Moab, from the face of the destroyer. For the dust is at its end; the miserable one has been consumed. He who trampled the earth has failed.
モアブのさすらい人を、あなたのうちにやどらせ、彼らの避け所となって、滅ぼす者からのがれさせよ。しえたげる者がなくなり、滅ぼす者が絶え、踏みにじる者が地から断たれたとき、
5 And a throne will be prepared in mercy, and One shall sit upon it in truth, in the tabernacle of David, judging and seeking judgment, and quickly repaying what is just.
一つの玉座がいつくしみによって堅く立てられ、ダビデの幕屋にあって、さばきをなし、公平を求め、正義を行うに、すみやかなる者が真実をもってその上に座する」。
6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. His pride and his arrogance and his indignation is more than his strength.
われわれはモアブの高ぶりのことを聞いた、その高ぶることは、はなはだしい。われわれはその誇と、高ぶりと、そのおごりとのことを聞いた、その自慢は偽りである。
7 For this reason, Moab will wail to Moab; each one will wail. Speak of their wounds to those who rejoice upon the brick walls.
それゆえ、モアブは泣き叫べ、民はみなモアブのために泣き叫べ。全く撃ちのめされて、キルハレセテの干ぶどうのために嘆け。
8 For the suburbs of Heshbon are deserted, and the lords of the Gentiles have cut down the vineyard of Sibmah. Its vines have arrived even at Jazer. They have wandered in the desert. Its seedlings have been abandoned. They have crossed over the sea.
ヘシボンの畑と、シブマのぶどうの木とは、しぼみ衰えた。国々のもろもろの主が、その枝を打ち落したからである。その枝はさきにはヤゼルまでいたり、荒野にまではびこり、そのつるは広がって海を越えた。
9 I will weep with the tears of Jazer over this, the vineyard of Sibmah. I will inebriate you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh! For the sound of those who trample has rushed over your vintage and over your harvest.
それゆえ、わたしはヤゼルと共に、シブマのぶどうの木のために泣く。ヘシボンよ、エレアレよ、わたしは涙をもってあなたを浸す。ときの声が、あなたの果実と、あなたの収穫の上にふりかかってきたからである。
10 And so, rejoicing and exultation will be taken away from Carmel, and there will be no jubilation or exultation in the vineyards. He who was accustomed to tread will not tread out the wine in the winepress. I have taken away the sound of those who tread.
喜びと楽しみとは土肥えた畑から取り去られ、ぶどう畑には歌うことなく、喜び呼ばわることなく、酒ぶねを踏んで酒を絞る者なく、ぶどうの収穫を喜ぶ声はやんだ。
11 Over this, my heart will resonate like a harp for Moab, and my inner most being for the brick wall.
それゆえ、わが魂はモアブのために、わが心はキルハレスのために、琴のように鳴りひびく。
12 And this shall be: when it is seen that Moab has struggled upon his high places, he will enter his holy places to pray, but he will not prevail.
モアブが高き所に出て、おのれを疲れさせ、またその聖所にきて祈っても、効果はない。
13 This is the word that the Lord has spoken to Moab concerning that time.
これは主がさきにモアブについて語られたみ言葉である。
14 And now the Lord has spoken, saying: In three years, like the years of a hired hand, the glory of Moab concerning the entire multitude of the people will be taken away, and what is left behind will be small and weak and not so numerous.
しかし今、主は語って言われる、「モアブの栄えはその大いなる群衆にもかかわらず、雇人の年期とひとしく三年のうちに、はずかしめを受け、残れる者はまことに少なく、力がない」。
