Jeremiah 37
1 And then king Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, reigned in place of Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim. For Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, appointed him as king in the land of Judah.
ヨシヤの子ゼデキヤはエホヤキムの子コニヤに代って王となった。バビロンの王ネブカデレザルが彼をユダの地の王としたのである。
2 And neither he himself, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, obeyed the words of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Jeremiah, the prophet.
彼もその家来たちも、その地の人々も、主が預言者エレミヤによって語られた言葉に聞き従わなかった。
3 And king Zedekiah sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “Pray to the Lord our God for us.”
ゼデキヤ王はセレミヤの子ユカルと、マアセヤの子祭司ゼパニヤを預言者エレミヤにつかわして、「われわれのために、われわれの神、主に祈ってください」と言わせた。
4 Now Jeremiah was walking freely in the midst of the people. For they had not yet sent him into the custody of the prison.
エレミヤは民の中に出入りしていた。まだ獄屋に入れられなかったからである。
5 And then the army of Pharaoh went forth from Egypt. And hearing this, the Chaldeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, withdrew from Jerusalem.
パロの軍勢がエジプトから出て来たので、エルサレムを攻め囲んでいたカルデヤびとはその情報を聞いてエルサレムを退いた。
6 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
その時、主の言葉は預言者エレミヤに臨んだ、
7 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: So shall you say to the king of Judah, who sent you to question me: Behold, the army of Pharaoh, which has gone forth in assistance to you, will return to their own land, into Egypt.
「イスラエルの神、主はこう言われる、あなたがたをつかわしてわたしに求めたユダの王にこう言いなさい、『あなたがたを救うために出てきたパロの軍勢はその国エジプトに帰ろうとしている。
8 And the Chaldeans will return and will make war against this city. And they will seize it and burn it with fire.
カルデヤびとが再び来てこの町を攻めて戦い、これを取って火で焼き滅ぼす。
9 Thus says the Lord: Do not be willing to deceive your own souls, saying: ‘The Chaldeans will certainly withdraw and go away from us.’ For they will not go away.
主はこう言われる、あなたがたは、「カルデヤびとはきっとわれわれを離れ去る」といって自分を欺いてはならない。彼らは去ることはない。
10 But even if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and if there were left behind from among them only a few wounded men, they would rise up, each one from his tent, and they would burn this city with fire.”
たといあなたがたが自分を攻めて戦うカルデヤびとの全軍を撃ち破って、その天幕のうちに負傷者のみを残しても、彼らは立ち上がって火でこの町を焼き滅ぼす』」。
11 Therefore, when the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,
さてカルデヤびとの軍勢がパロの軍勢の来るのを聞いてエルサレムを退いたとき、
12 Jeremiah went forth from Jerusalem, to go into the land of Benjamin, and to distribute a possession there, in the sight of the citizens.
エレミヤは、ベニヤミンの地で民のうちに自分の分け前を受け取るため、エルサレムを立ってその地へ行こうと、
13 And when he had arrived at the gate of Benjamin, the keeper of the gate, whose turn it was to be there, was named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are fleeing to the Chaldeans.”
ベニヤミンの門に着いたとき、そこにハナニヤの子セレミヤの子でイリヤという名の番兵がいて、預言者エレミヤを捕え、「あなたはカルデヤびとの側に脱走しようとしている」と言った。
14 And Jeremiah responded: “That is false. I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him. And so Irijah took Jeremiah, and he brought him to the leaders.
エレミヤは言った、「それはまちがいだ。わたしはカルデヤびとの側に脱走しようとしていない」。しかしイリヤは聞かず、エレミヤを捕えて、つかさたちのもとへ引いて行った。
15 Therefore, the leaders were angry with Jeremiah, and so they beat him and sent him to the prison that was in the house of Jonathan, the scribe. For he was the chief over the prison.
つかさたちは怒って、エレミヤを打ちたたき、書記ヨナタンの家の獄屋にいれた。この家が獄屋になっていたからである。
16 And so Jeremiah went into the house of the prison and into a dungeon. And Jeremiah sat there for many days.
エレミヤが地下の獄屋にはいって、そこに多くの日を送ってのち、
17 Then Zedekiah the king, sending, took him out and questioned him secretly in his house, and he said: “Do you think that there is any word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said: “There is.” And he said: “You will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.”
ゼデキヤ王は人をつかわし、彼を連れてこさせた。王は自分の家でひそかに彼に尋ねて言った、「主から何かお言葉があったか」。エレミヤはあったと答えた。そして言った、「あなたはバビロンの王の手に引き渡されます」。
18 And Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah: “How have I sinned against you, or your servants, or your people, such that you would cast me into a house of imprisonment?
エレミヤはまたゼデキヤ王に言った、「わたしが獄屋にいれられたのは、あなたに、またはあなたの家来に、あるいはこの民に、どのような罪を犯したからなのですか。
19 Where are your prophets, who were prophesying to you, and who were saying: ‘The king of Babylon will not overwhelm you and this land?’
あなたがたに預言して、『バビロンの王はあなたがたをも、この地をも攻めにこない』と言っていたあなたがたの預言者は今どこにいるのですか。
20 Now therefore, listen, I beg you, my lord the king. Let my petition prevail in your sight. And do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
王なるわが君よ、どうぞ今お聞きください。わたしの願いをお聞きとどけください。わたしを書記ヨナタンの家へ帰らせないでください。そうでないと、わたしはそこで殺されるでしょう」。
21 Then king Zedekiah instructed that Jeremiah be confined to the vestibule of the prison, and that they should give him a twist of bread daily, along with stew, until all the bread in the city had been consumed. And Jeremiah remained at the entrance of the prison.
そこでゼデキヤ王は命を下し、エレミヤを監視の庭に入れさせ、かつ、パンを造る者の町から毎日パン一個を彼に与えさせた。これは町にパンがなくなるまで続いた。こうしてエレミヤは監視の庭にいた。
