< Judges 3 >

1 And these are the nations that Jehovah left, to prove Israel by them, all that had not known all the wars of Canaan;
ヱホバが凡てカナンの諸の戰爭を知ざるイスラエルの者どもをこころみんとて遺しおきたまへる國民は左のごとし
2 only that the generations of the children of Israel might know war by learning it, at the least those who before had known nothing thereof:
〔こはただイスラエルの代々の子孫特にいまだ戰爭を知ざるものにこれををしへ知らしめんがためなり〕
3 five lord ships of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwell on mount Lebanon; from mount Baal-Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
即ちペリシテ人の五人の伯すべてのカナン人シドン人およびレバノン山に住みてバアルヘルモンの山よりハマテに入るところまでを占めたるヒビ人是なり
4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commandments of Jehovah, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
これらをもてイスラエルをこころみかれらがヱホバのモーセによりてその先祖に命じたまひし命令に遵ふや否を可知りしなり
5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites: Hittites and Amorites and Perizzites and Hivites and Jebusites;
イスラエルの子孫はカナン人ヘテ人アモリ人
6 and they took their daughters as wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
ペリジ人ヒビ人エブス人のうちに住みかれらの女を妻に娶りまたおのれの女をかれらの子に與へかつかれらの神に事へたり
7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgot Jehovah their God, and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
斯くイスラエルの子孫ヱホバのまへに惡をおこなひ己れの神なるヱホバをわすれてバアリムおよびアシラに事へたり
8 And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
是においてヱホバはげしくイスラエルを怒りてこれをメソポタミヤの王クシヤンリシヤタイムの手に賣り付したまひしかばイスラエルの子孫はおよそ八年のあひだクシヤンリシヤタイムにつかへたり
9 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah; and Jehovah raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
茲にイスラエルの子孫ヱホバによばはりしかばヱホバはイスラエルの子孫の爲にひとりの救者を起して之を救はしめ給ふすなはちカレブの舍弟ケナズの子オテニエル是なり
10 And the Spirit of Jehovah was upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war, and Jehovah gave Chushan-rishathaim king of Syria into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
ヱホバの靈オテニエルにのぞみたれば彼イスラエルを治め戰ひに出づヱホバ、メソポタミヤの王クシヤンリシヤタイムをその手に付したまひたればオテニエルの手クシヤンリシヤタイムに勝ことを得たり
11 And the land had rest forty years; and Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
かくて國は四十年のあひだ太平なりきケナズの子オテニエルつひに死り
12 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they did evil in the sight of Jehovah.
イスラエルの子孫復ヱホバの眼のまへに惡をおこなふヱホバかれらがヱホバのまへに惡をおこなふによりてモアブの王エグロンをつよくなしてイスラエルに敵せしめたまへり
13 And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek and went and smote Israel, and they took possession of the city of palm-trees.
エグロンすなはちアンモンおよびアマレクの子孫を招き聚め往きてイスラエルを撃ち椶櫚の邑を取り
14 And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
ここにおいてイスラエルの子孫は十八年のあひだモアブの王エグロンに事へたりしが
15 And the children of Israel cried to Jehovah, and Jehovah raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a man left-handed. And by him the children of Israel sent a gift to Eglon king of Moab.
イスラエルの子孫ヱホバに呼はりけるときヱホバかれらの爲に一個の救者を起したまふすなはちベニヤミン人ゲラの子なる左手利捷のエホデ是なりイスラエルの子孫かれを以てモアブの王エグロンに餽物せり
16 And Ehud made him a sword having two edges, it was of a cubit length; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right hip.
エホデ長一キユビトなる兩刃の劍を作らせこれを衣のしたに右の股のあたりにおび
17 And he brought the gift to Eglon king of Moab; now Eglon was a very fat man.
餽物を齎してモアブの王エグロンのもとに詣るエグロンは甚だ肥たる人なりき
18 And it came to pass when he had ended offering the gift, he sent away the people that had borne the gift.
さて餽物を獻ぐることをはりしかば彼餽物を負ひ來りしものをかへし去らしめ
19 But he turned from the graven images that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O king. And he said, Be silent! And all that stood by him went out from him.
自らはギルガルの傍なる石像の在る所より引き回していひけるは王よ我爾に告ぐべき密事ありと王人拂を命じたればその旁に立つものみな出で去りぬ
20 And Ehud came to him; now he was sitting in the cool upper-chamber, which was for him alone. And Ehud said, I have a word from God unto thee. And he arose from the seat.
エホデすなはち王のところに入來れり時に王はひとり上なる涼殿に坐し居たりしがエホデ我神の命に由りて爾に傳ふべきことありといひければ王すなはち座より起に
21 Then Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right hip, and thrust it into his belly;
エホデ左の手を出し右の股より劍を取りてその腹を刺せり
22 and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.
抦もまた刃とともに入りたりしが脂肉刃を塞ぎて之を腹より拔き出すことあたはずその鋒鋩うしろに出づ
23 And Ehud went out into the portico, and shut the doors of the upper-chamber upon him, and bolted them.
エホデすなはち廊をとほりてその後に樓の戸を閉てこれを鎖せり
24 And when he was gone out, the servants of the [king] came and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper-chamber were bolted. And they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the summer chamber.
その出でしのち王の僕來りて樓の戸の鎖したるを見いひけるは王はかならず涼殿の間に足を蔽ひ居るならんと
25 And they waited till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper-chamber, and they took the key, and opened [them], and behold, their lord lay dead on the earth.
僕ども耻るまでに俟居たれど王樓の戸をひらかざれば鑰をとりて之を開き見るにその君は地に仆れて死をる
26 And Ehud had escaped while they lingered, and passed beyond the graven images, and escaped to Seirah.
エホデは彼等の猶豫ふ間に逃れて石像の在るところを過りセイラテに遁げゆけり
27 And it came to pass when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he before them.
かれ旣に至りエフライムの山に箛を吹きければイスラエルの子孫これとともに山より下るエホデこれを導けり
28 And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.
かれ人衆にいひけるは我に續て來れヱホバ汝等の敵モアブ人を汝等の手に付したまふなりここにおいてかれらエホデにしたがひて下りモアブにおもむくところのヨルダンの津を取りて一人も渡ることを允さざりき
29 And they slew the Moabites at that time, about ten thousand men, all fat, and all men of valour, and not a man escaped.
そのとき彼らモアブ人およそ一萬人を殺せり是皆肥太たる勇士なりそのうち一人も脱れたるものなし
30 And Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
モアブはその日イスラエルの手に服せり而して國は八十年の間太平なりき
31 And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.
エホデの後にアナテの子シヤムガルといふものあり牛の策を以てペリシテ人六百人を殺せり此人もまたイスラエルを救へり

< Judges 3 >