Isaiah 57
1 The just man perishes, and there is no one who acknowledges it in his heart; and men of mercy are taken away, for there is no one who understands. For the just man has been taken away before the face of malice.
正しい者が滅びても、心にとめる人がなく、神を敬う人々が取り去られても、悟る者はない。正しい者は災の前に取り去られて、
2 Let peace arrive. Let he who has walked in his righteousness find rest on his bed.
平安に入るからである。すべて正直に歩む者は、その床に休むことができる。
3 But come here, you sons of the prophetess, you offspring of an adulterous man and a fornicating woman.
しかし、あなたがた女魔法使の子よ、姦夫と遊女のすえよ、こちらへ近寄れ。
4 Whom are you mocking? Against whom have you opened your mouth wide and wagged your tongue? Are you not sons of wickedness, a lying offspring,
あなたがたは、だれにむかって戯れをなすのか。だれにむかって口を開き、舌を出すのか。あなたがたは背信の子ら、偽りのすえではないか。
5 who are being consoled by idols under every leafy tree, immolating little children at the torrents, under the high rocks?
あなたがたは、かしの木の間、すべての青木の下で心をこがし、谷の中、岩のはざまで子どもを殺した。
6 Your portion is in the currents of the torrent; this is your lot! And you yourselves have poured out libations to them; you have offered sacrifice. Should I not be angry over these things?
あなたは谷のなめらかな石を自分の嗣業とし、これを自分の分け前とし、これに灌祭をそそぎ、供え物をささげた。わたしはこれらの物によってなだめられようか。
7 Upon a high and lofty mountain, you have placed your bed, and you have ascended to that place to immolate victims.
あなたは高くそびえた山の上に自分の床を設け、またそこに登って行って犠牲をささげた。
8 And behind the door, and beyond the post, you have set up your memorial. For you uncovered yourself next to me, and you received an adulterer. You widened your bed, and you formed a pact with them. You loved their bed with an open hand.
また戸および柱のうしろに、あなたのしるしを置いた。あなたはわたしを離れて自分の床をあらわし、それにのぼって、その床をひろくした。また彼らと契約をなし、彼らの床を愛し、その裸を見た。
9 And you have adorned yourself for the king with ointments, and you have increased your cosmetics. You have sent your representatives to distant places, and you have debased yourself all the way to Hell. (Sheol h7585)
あなたは、におい油を携えてモレクに行き、多くのかおり物をささげた。またあなたの使者を遠くにつかわし、陰府の深い所にまでつかわした。 (Sheol h7585)
10 You have been wearied by the multitude of your own ways. Yet you did not say, “I will cease.” You have found life by your own hand; because of this, you have not prayed.
あなたは道の長いのに疲れても、なお「望みがない」とは言わなかった。あなたはおのが力の回復を得たので、衰えることがなかった。
11 For whose sake have you been anxiously afraid, so that you would lie and not be mindful of me, nor consider me in your heart? For I am silent, and I am like someone who does not see, and so you have forgotten me.
あなたはだれをおじ恐れて、偽りを言い、わたしを覚えず、また心におかなかったのか。わたしが久しく黙っていたために、あなたはわたしを恐れなかったのではなかったか。
12 I will announce your justice, and your works will not benefit you.
わたしはあなたの義と、あなたのわざを告げ示そう、しかしこれらはあなたを益しない。
13 When you cry out, let your followers free you. But the wind will carry them all away; a breeze will take them up. But he who has faith in me will inherit the earth and will possess my holy mountain.
あなたが呼ばわる時、あなたが集めておいた偶像にあなたを救わせよ。風は彼らを運び去り、息は彼らを取り去る。しかしわたしに寄り頼む者は地を継ぎ、わが聖なる山をまもる。
14 And I will say: “Make way! Grant passage! Move to the side of the path! Take the obstacles out of the way of my people!”
主は言われる、「土を盛り、土を盛って道を備えよ、わが民の道から、つまずく物を取り去れ」と。
15 For this is said by the Most High, the Sublime One, who dwells in eternity. And his name is Holy, for he dwells in the exalted and holy place, and he acts with a restrained and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
いと高く、いと上なる者、とこしえに住む者、その名を聖ととなえられる者がこう言われる、「わたしは高く、聖なる所に住み、また心砕けて、へりくだる者と共に住み、へりくだる者の霊をいかし、砕ける者の心をいかす。
16 For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.
わたしはかぎりなく争わない、また絶えず怒らない。霊はわたしから出、いのちの息はわたしがつくったからだ。
17 Because of the iniquity of his avarice, I was angry, and I struck him down. I concealed my face from you, and I was angry. And he went astray by wandering in his heart.
彼のむさぼりの罪のゆえに、わたしは怒って彼を打ち、わが顔をかくして怒った。しかし彼はなおそむいて、おのが心の道へ行った。
18 I saw his ways, and I healed him, and I led him back again, and I restored consolations to him and to those who mourn for him.
わたしは彼の道を見た。わたしは彼をいやし、また彼を導き、慰めをもって彼に報い、悲しめる者のために、くちびるの実を造ろう。
19 I created the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him who is far away, and peace to him who is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
遠い者にも近い者にも平安あれ、平安あれ、わたしは彼をいやそう」と主は言われる。
20 But the impious are like the raging sea, which is not able to be quieted, and its waves stir up dirt and mud.
しかし悪しき者は波の荒い海のようだ。静まることができないで、その水はついに泥と汚物とを出す。
21 There is no peace for the impious, says the Lord God.
わが神は言われる、「よこしまな者には平安がない」と。
