1 Samuel 11
1 Nahash the Ammonite came with his army and besieged Jabesh-gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to him, “Make a peace treaty with us, and we will be your subjects.”
アンモニ人ナハシ、ギレアデのヤベシにのぼりて之を圍むヤベシの人々ナハシにいひけるは我らと約をなせ然らば汝につかへん
2 But Nahash the Ammonite responded, “I'll make a peace treaty with you on one condition: that I gouge out everyone's right eye to bring shame on all Israelites.”
アンモニ人ナハシこれに答へけるは我かくして汝らと約をなさん即ち我汝らの右の目を抉りてイスラエルの全地に恥辱をあたへん
3 “Let us have seven days so we can send messengers all over Israel,” replied the town elders of Jabesh. “If no one comes to help us, we will surrender to you.”
ヤベシの長老これにいひけるは我らに七日の猶予をあたへて使をイスラエルの四方の境におくることを得さしめよ而して若し我らを救ふ者なくば我ら汝にくだらん
4 When the messengers arrived in Gibeah of Saul and gave the message as the people listened, they all wept out loud.
斯て使サウルのギベアにいたり此事を民の耳に告しかば民皆聲をあげて哭きぬ
5 Right then Saul was coming back from ploughing a field with his oxen. “Why is everyone so upset?” he asked. They told him what the men from Jabesh had said.
爰にサウル田より牛にしたがひて來るサウルいひけるは民何によりて哭くやと人々これにヤベシ人の事を告ぐ
6 The Spirit of God came on Saul in power when he heard about this, and he grew very angry.
サウル之を聞るとき神の霊これに臨みてその怒甚だしく燃えたち
7 He took a pair of oxen and cut them into pieces. Then he sent them by messenger to every part of Israel with the message, “This is what will happen to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” The Lord made the people anxious to do so, and they came out as one.
一軛の牛をころしてこれを切り割き使の手をもてこれをイスラエルの四方の境にあまねくおくりていはしめけるは誰にてもサウルとサムエルにしたがひて出ざる者は其牛かくのごとくせらるべしと民ヱホバを畏み一人のごとく均くいでたり
8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, there were 300,000 men from Israel and 30,000 men from Judah.
サウル、ベゼクにてこれを數ふるにイスラエルの子孫三十萬ユダの人三萬ありき
9 They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow you'll be rescued, by the time the sun is hot.’” The people of Jabesh were so happy when the messengers arrived and told them this.
斯て人々來れる使にいひけるはギレアデのヤベシの人にかくいへ明日日の熱き時汝ら助を得んと使かへりてヤベシ人に告げければ皆よろこびぬ
10 They told the Ammonites, “We will surrender to you tomorrow, and then you can do to us whatever you want.”
是をもてヤベシの人云けるは明日汝らに降らん汝らの善と思ふところを爲せ
11 The next day Saul organized the army into three divisions. They attacked the Ammonite camp before dawn and went on killing them until the day grew hot. The survivors were so scattered that not even two of them were left together.
明日サウル民を三隊にわかち暁更に敵の軍の中にいりて日の熱くなる時までアンモニ人をころしければ遺れる者は皆ちりぢりになりて二人倶にあるものなかりき
12 Then the people asked Samuel, “Who was saying, ‘Why should we have Saul as our king?’ Hand these men over so we can execute them.”
民サムエルにいひけるはサウル豈我らの王となるべけんやと言しは誰ぞや其人を引き來れ我ら之をころさん
13 But Saul replied, “No one's going to be executed today, for this is the day that the Lord saved Israel.”
サウルいひけるは今日ヱホバ救をイスラエルに施したまひたれば今日は人をころすべからず
14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come with me—let's go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom.”
茲にサムエル民にいひけるはいざギルガルに往て彼處にて王國を新にせんと
15 Everyone went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king before the Lord. They sacrificed friendship offerings to the Lord, and Saul together with all the Israelites had a great celebration.
民みなギルガルにゆきて彼處にてヱホバのまへにサウルを王となし彼處にて酬恩祭をヱホバのまへに献げサウルとイスラエルの人々皆かしこにて大に祝へり
