Acts 23
1 Paul, looking sraight at the council, said, “Brothers, right up to now I have always conducted myself before God with a clear conscience.”
パウロ議員の方を熟視めて云ひけるは、兄弟たる人々よ、我今日に至るまで、良心を盡して神の御前に事へたり、と。
2 Ananias the high priest ordered the officers standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth.
是に於て司祭長アナニア、立添へる人々に、パウロの口を打てと命ぜしかば、
3 Paul said to him, “God will hit you, you whitewashed wall! You're sitting there to judge me according to the law, and you order me to be hit in contravention of the law!”
パウロ之に謂ひけるは、白塗の壁よ、神は汝を打ち給はん、汝律法の儘に我を審かんとて坐しながら、律法に反して命じて我を打たしむるか、と。
4 The officers standing beside Paul said, “How dare you insult the high priest!”
立會へる人々、汝神の大司祭を詛ふや、と云ひしに、
5 “Brothers, I didn't know that he was the high priest,” Paul replied. “As Scriptures say, ‘You must not speak evil of any ruler of your people.’”
パウロ云ひけるは、兄弟等よ、我其大司祭なる事を知らざりき。蓋録して「汝が民の君を詛ふこと勿れ」とあり、と。
6 When Paul realized that some of the council were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee! I'm on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead!”
パウロ議員の一部はサドカイ人なるに、一部はファリザイ人なる事を知りて、議會に呼はりけるは、兄弟たる人々よ、我はファリザイ人の子にして、ファリザイ人なるが、死人の復活の希望の為に裁判せらるるなり、と。
7 When he said this, a tremendous argument broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees that split the council.
斯く云ひしかば、ファリザイ人とサドカイ人との間に激論起りて、會衆分裂せり。
8 (The Sadducees say there is no resurrection from the dead, no angels, and no spirits, but Pharisees believe in all of these.)
其はサドカイ人は復活も天使も霊も無しと言ふを、ファリザイ人は孰れも有りと主張すればなり。
9 A great commotion erupted and some of the Pharisee teachers of the law stood up and argued fiercely, saying, “We find this man not guilty! Maybe a spirit spoke to him, or an angel!”
然て凄じき叫喚となりて、ファリザイ人中の或者等立争ひて云ひけるは、我等此人に何等の惡をも認めず、若霊又は天使ありて彼に語りたらんには如何、とて、
10 The argument was getting out of hand, so the commander, concerned that they would tear Paul to pieces, ordered the soldiers to go and rescue him from them by force, and take him back into the fortress.
激しき争ひとなりしかば、千夫長パウロが彼等に引裂かれん事を恐れて、兵卒に命じ、下りて彼等の中よりパウロを奪取り、営内に牽入れしめたり。
11 Afterwards, during the night, the Lord stood by Paul, and told him, “Keep up your courage! Just as you have given your testimony about me in Jerusalem, so you must be my witness in Rome as well.”
次夜、主忽ちパウロの傍に現れて曰ひけるは、励め、蓋エルザレムに於て我を證したるが如く、ロマに於ても證せざるべからず、と。
12 Next day some Jews plotted together, and they took an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
夜明けて、或ユデア人等相集り、誓ひてパウロを殺すまでは飲食すまじと言へり。
13 Over forty were part of this conspiracy.
此企に與りし者四十人以上なりしが、
14 They went to the chief priests and leaders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
司祭長と長老等との許に至りて云ひけるは、我等大願を立てて、パウロを殺すまでは何をも口に入れじと誓へり。
15 So you and the council should send word to the commander that he should bring Paul down to meet with you, as if you wanted to examine his case in more detail. We're ready to kill him along the way.”
然れば、パウロの事情を尚詳しく知らんとする如くにして、彼を汝等の前に出頭せしむる様、千夫長に報知せよ、我等其近づかざる中に之を殺さんと覚悟せり、と。
16 But Paul's nephew (his sister's son) heard about their planned ambush, and he went into the fortress and told Paul about it.
パウロが姉妹の子、此惡計を聞きて、行きて兵営の内に入りパウロに之を告げしかば、
17 Paul called over one of the centurions, and told him, “Take this young man to the commander, because he has some information to share with him.”
パウロ一人の百夫長を呼びて云ひけるは、請ふ此青年を千夫長の許に携へ往け、其は彼に告ぐべき事あればなり、と。
18 So the centurion took Paul's nephew and brought him to the commander and told him, “The prisoner Paul called me over and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
百夫長携へて之を千夫長の許に導き、然て云ひけるは、囚人パウロ我に請ふに、汝に語るべき事ある此青年を汝の許に導かん事を以てせり、と。
19 The commander took the young man by the hand and drew him aside. “What do you have to tell me?” he asked quietly.
千夫長青年の手を取りて別所に連行き、我に語るべき事とは何事ぞ、と問ひしかば、
20 “The Jews have arranged to ask you to bring Paul to the council tomorrow, as if they wanted to ask more detailed questions about his case,” he explained.
彼云ひけるは、ユデア人申合せて、パウロの事情を尚確に尋問せんとする如くにして、明日パウロを議會に出頭せしめん事を汝に申出でんとす、
21 “Please don't listen to them, because they have planned to ambush him with more than forty men who have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They're ready right now, waiting for you to agree to the request.”
然れど彼等を信ずること勿れ、其は彼等の中四十人以上の者等、彼を殺すまでは飲食せずと誓ひ、今既に準備して、汝の約束を待ちつつあればなり、と。
22 The commander sent the young man on his way, warning him, “Don't tell anyone that you've told me about this.”
千夫長、此事を我に告げたりと誰にも語ること勿れ、と戒めて青年を返し、
23 He summoned two centurions and told them, “Get two hundred soldiers ready to go to Caesarea, together with seventy cavalry-men and two hundred spearmen. Be ready to leave at nine p.m. tonight.
然て二人の百夫長を呼びて云ひけるは、汝等カイザリアに向けて、兵卒二百人、騎兵七十人、槍持二百人を夜の九時より仕立てさせ、
24 Provide horses for Paul to ride to make sure he gets to Governor Felix safely.”
又馬を備へてパウロを乗らしめ、無事に総督フェリクスの許へ伴ひ行かしめよ、と。
25 He also wrote a letter that went like this:
是ユデア人がパウロを捕へて殺す事あらば、己賄賂を受けたる如く、後に至りて讒訴せられん事を恐れし故なり。
26 “From Claudius Lysias to His Excellency Governor Felix, greetings!
然て書添へたる書簡の文左の如し、
27 This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I arrived on the scene with soldiers and rescued him, because I had found out he was a Roman citizen.
クロウヂオ、ルジア、最尊き総督フェリクスに挨拶す。此人ユデア人に捕へられて既に殺されんとせしを、我其ロマ人たる事を聞き、軍隊を牽往きて救出したるが、
28 I wanted to know the reason for their accusations, so I took him before their council.
彼等の之を咎むる所以を知らんと欲して、之を其議會に召連れたるに、
29 I found out the charges against him had to do with issues regarding their law, but he was not guilty of anything that merited death or imprisonment.
我は其訴へらるる所が彼等の律法に関する問題たるを認めて、聊も死刑若くは入獄に當る罪あるを認めず、
30 When I discovered a plot against this man I sent him to you right away, ordering his accusers to make their complaints before you.”
加之彼等之を害せんとする企ありと告げられたれば、之を汝の許に送り、告訴人にも、汝の法廷に起訴せよ、と告示せり、汝健康なれ、と。
31 So the soldiers followed their orders and took Paul overnight to Antipatris.
然れば兵卒等は命令に從ひ、パウロを携へて夜中にアンチパトリに連行き、
32 The next morning they sent him on with the cavalry, and went back to the fortress.
明日は騎兵を殘して之に伴はしめ、然て己等は兵営に返りしが、
33 When the cavalry arrived at Caesarea they delivered the letter to the governor and brought Paul before him.
騎兵はカイザリアに至り、総督に添書を渡して、パウロをも其前に立たしめたり。
34 After reading the letter, the governor asked Paul what province he came from. When he learned he was from Cilicia he told Paul,
総督添書を読みて、本國は何國ぞ、と問ひ、其シリシア州なる由を聞きしかば、
35 “I will investigate your case when your accusers arrive.” He ordered Paul detained in Herod's palace.
汝の告訴人來りて後汝に聞くべし、と云ひて、命じてパウロをヘロデの邸内に護らしめたり。
