2 Chronicles 19

1 And Josaphat king of Juda returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

ユダの王ヨシヤパテは恙なくヱルサレムに歸りてその家に至れり

2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer met him, and said to him: Thou helpest the ungodly, and thou art joined in friendship with them that hate the Lord, and therefore thou didst deserve indeed the wrath of the Lord:

時に先見者ハナニの子ヱヒウ、ヨシヤパテ王を出むかへて之に言けるは汝惡き者を助けヱホバを惡む者を愛して可らんや之がためにヱホバの前より震怒なんぢの上に臨む

3 But good works are found in thee, because thou hast taken away the groves out of the land of Juda, and hast prepared thy heart to seek the Lord the God of thy fathers.

然ながら善事もまた汝の身に見ゆ即ち汝はアシラ像を國中より除きかつ心を傾けて神を求むるなりと

4 And Josaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again to the people from Bersabee to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord the God of their fathers.

ヨシヤパテはヱルサレムに住をりしが復出てベエルシバよりエフライムの山地まで民の間を行めぐりその先祖の神ヱホバにこれを導き歸せり

5 And he set judges of the land in all the fenced cities of Juda, in every place.

彼またユダの一切の堅固なる邑に裁判人を立つ國中の邑々みな然り

6 And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you.

而して裁判人に言けるは汝等その爲ところを愼め汝らは人のために裁判するに非ずヱホバのために裁判するなり裁判する時にはヱホバ汝らと偕にいます

7 Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, a nor respect of persons, nor desire of gifts.

然ば汝らヱホバを畏れ愼みて事をなせ我らの神ヱホバは惡き事なく人を偏視ことなく賄賂を取こと無ればなり

8 In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed Levites, and priests and chiefs of the families of Israel, to judge the judgment and the cause of the Lord for the inhabitants thereof.

ヨシヤパテまたレビ人祭司およびイスラエルの族長を選びてヱルサレムに置きヱホバの事および訴訟を審判しむ彼らはヱルサレムにかへれり

9 And he charged them, saying: Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

ヨシヤパテこれに命じて云く汝らヱホバを畏れ眞實と誠心をもて斯おこなふべし

10 Every cause that shall come to you of your brethren, that dwell in their cities, between kindred and kindred, wheresoever there is question concerning the law, the commandment, the ceremonies, the justifications: shew it them, that they may not sin against the Lord, and that wrath may not come upon you and your brethren: and so doing you shall not sin.

凡てその邑々に住む汝らの兄弟血を相流せる事または律法と誡命法度と條例などの事につきて汝らに訴へ出ること有ばこれを諭してヱホバに罪を犯さざらしめよ恐らくは震怒なんぢと汝らの兄弟にのぞまん汝ら斯おこなはば愆なかるべし

11 And Amarias the priest your high priest shell be chief in the things which regard God: and Zabadias the son of Ismahel, who is ruler in the house of Juda, shall be over those matters which belong to the king’s office: and you have before you the Levites for masters, take courage and do diligently, and the Lord will be with you in good things.

視よ祭司の長アマリヤ汝らの上にありてヱホバの事を凡て司どりユダの家の宰イシマエルの子ゼバデヤ王の事を凡て司どる亦レビ人汝らの前にありて官吏とならん汝ら心を強くして事をなせヱホバ善人を祐けたまふべし