Judges 9
1 Abimelech, son of Jerub-baal, went to his mother's brothers at Shechem and told them and all his mother's relatives,
ヱルバアルの子アビメレク、シケムに往きその母の兄弟のもとに至りて彼らおよびすべて其母の父の家の一族に語りて云ひけるは
2 “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘What's best for you? That seventy men, all of them Jerub-baal's sons, rule over you—or just one man?’ Remember I'm your own flesh and blood!”
ねがはくはシケムのすべての民の耳に斯く告よヱルバアルのすべての子七十人して汝らを治むると一人して汝らを治むると孰れか汝らのためによきやまた我は汝らの骨肉なるを記えよと
3 His mother's brothers shared his proposal with all the leaders of Shechem, and they decided to follow Abimelech, because they said, “He is our relative.”
その母の兄弟アビメレクのことにつきて此等の言をことごとくシケムの人々の耳に語りしに是はわれらの兄弟なりといひて心をアビメレクに傾むけ
4 They gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith. Abimelech used the money to hire some arrogant troublemakers as his gang.
バアルベリテの社より銀七十をとりて之に與ふアビメレクこれをもて遊蕩にして輕躁なる者等を傭ひておのれに從はせ
5 He went to his father's house in Ophrah, and on one stone killed his seventy half-brothers, the sons of Jerub-baal. But Jotham, Jerub-baal's youngest son, escaped by going into hiding.
オフラに在る父の家に往きてヱルバアルの子なるその兄弟七十人を一つの石の上に殺せり但しヱルバアルの季の子ヨタムは身を潜めしに由て遺されたり
6 Then the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo all assembled by the oak at the pillar in Shechem and made Abimelech their king.
ここにおいてシケムのすべての民およびミロの諸の人集り往てシケムの碑の旁なる橡樹の邊にてアビメレクを立て王となしけるが
7 When Jotham got to hear this, he went up to the top of Mount Gerizim, and shouted in a loud voice: “Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, and God may to listen to you!
ヨタムにかくと告るものありければ往てゲリジム山の巓に立ち聲を揚て號びかれらにいひけるはシケムの民よ我に聽よ神また汝らに聽たまはん
8 Once upon a time the trees were determined to anoint a king to rule over them. They said to the olive tree, ‘You shall be our king.’
樹木出ておのれのうへに王を立んとし橄欖の樹に汝われらの王となれよといひけるに
9 But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my rich oil that benefits both gods and men just to go and sway to and fro over the trees?’
橄欖の樹之にいふ我いかで人の我に取て神と人とを崇むるところのそのわが油を棄て往て樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
10 Then the trees asked the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king.’
樹木また無花果樹に汝來りて我らの王となれといひけるに
11 But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my good sweet fruit just to go and sway to and fro over the trees?’
無花果樹之にいひけらく我いかでわが甜美とわが善き果を棄て往きて樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
12 Then the trees asked the grape vine, ‘You come and be our king.’
樹木また葡萄の樹に汝來りて我らの王となれよといふに
13 But the grape vine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that makes both gods and men happy just to go and sway to and fro over the trees?’
葡萄の樹之にいひけるは我いかで神と人を悦こばしむるわが葡萄酒を棄て往て樹木の上に戰ぐべけんやと
14 Then all the trees asked the thorn bush, ‘You come and be our king.’
ここにおいてすべての樹木荊に汝來りて我らの王となれよといひければ
15 The thorn bush replied to the trees, ‘If you're really sincere about anointing me as your king, come and find shelter in my shade. But if not, may fire flame out of the thorn bush and burn up the cedars of Lebanon!’
荊樹木にいふ汝らまことに我を立て汝らの王と爲さば來りて我が庇蔭に托れ然せずば荊より火出てレバノンの香柏を燒き殫すべしと
16 Have you acted sincerely and honestly by making Abimelech your king? Have you been acted honorably to Jerub-baal and his family? Have you respected him for all that he accomplished?
抑汝らがアビメレクを立て王となせしは眞實と誠意をもて爲しことなるや汝等はヱルバアルと其家を善く待ひかれの手のなせし所に循ひて之にむくいしや
17 Don't forget how my father fought for you and risked his own life to save you from the Midianites!
夫わが父は汝らのため戰ひ生命を惜まずして汝らをミデアンの手より救ひ出したるに
18 But you have rebelled against my father's family today. You have killed his seventy sons on one stone and have made Abimelech, the son of his slave woman, king over the leaders of Shechem simply because he's related to you.
汝ら今日おこりてわが父の家を攻めその子七十人を一つの石の上に殺しその侍妾の子アビメレクは汝らの兄弟なるをもて之を立てシケムの民の王となせり
19 Have you acted sincerely and honestly toward Jerub-baal and his family today? If so, may you be happy with Abimelech, and may he be happy with too!
汝らが今日ヱルバアルとその家になせしこと眞實と誠意をもてなせし者ならば汝らアビメレクのために悦べ彼も汝らのために悦ぶべし
20 But if you haven't, then may fire flame out from Abimelech, and may it burn up the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire flame out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and burn up Abimelech!”
若し然らずばアビメレクより火いでてシケムの民とミロの家を燬つくさんまたシケムの民とミロの家よりも火いでてアビメレクを燬つくすべしと
21 Then Jotham escaped and ran away. He went to Beer and stayed there because of the threat of Abimelech his brother.
かくてヨタム走り遁れてベエルに往きその兄弟アビメレクの面を避て彼所に住めり
22 Abimelech ruled over Israel for three years.
アビメレク三年の間イスラエルを治めたりしが
23 Then God sent an evil spirit to cause trouble between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. The leaders of Shechem betrayed Abimelech.
神アビメレクとシケムの民のあひだに惡鬼をおくりたまひたればシケムの民アビメレクを欺くにいたる
24 This happened because of the murder of the seventy sons of Jerub-baal and that responsibility for their blood be placed on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the leaders of Shechem, who provided the means to kill his brothers.
是ヱルバアルの七十人の子が受たる殘忍と彼らの血のこれを殺せしその兄弟アビメレクおよび彼の手に力をそへてその兄弟を殺さしめたるシケムの人々に報い來るなり
25 The leaders of Shechem sent men to the hill passes to lie in wait and attack Abimelech, and, in the meantime, they robbed everyone who passed by on the road. Abimelech found out what was happening.
シケムの人伏兵を山の巓に置て彼を窺はしめ其途を經て傍を過る者を凡て褫しめたり或人之をアビメレクに告ぐ
26 Gaal, son of Ebed, had moved to Shechem with his relatives, and he gained the loyalty of the leaders of Shechem.
ここにエベデの子ガアル其の兄弟とともにシケムに越ゆきたりしかばシケムの民かれを恃めり
27 At harvest time they went out into the countryside and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them. They celebrated by having a festival in the temple of their god, where they ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
民田野に出て葡萄を收穫れこれを踐み絞りて祭禮をなしその神の社に入り食ひかつ飮みてアビメレクを詛ふ
28 “Who is this Abimelech?” asked Gaal, son of Ebed. “And who is Shechem, that we should have to serve him? Isn't he the son of Jerub-baal, while Zebul is actually the one in charge? You should serve the family of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we have to serve Abimelech?
エベデの子ガアルいひけるはアビメレクは如何なるものシケムは如何なるものなればか我ら彼に從ふべき彼はヱルバアルの子に非ずやゼブルその輔佐なるにあらずやむしろシケムの父ハモルの一族に事ふべし我らなんぞ彼に事ふべけんや
29 If I was the one in charge of you people, I would dispose of Abimelech! I would tell him, ‘Get your army together, and come and fight!’”
嗚呼此の民を吾が手に屬しむるものもがな然ば我アビメレクを除かんと而してガアル、アビメレクに汝の軍勢を益て出きたれよと言り
30 When Zebul, the governor of the city, got to hear what Gaal was saying, he became very angry.
邑の宰ゼブル、エベデの子ガアルの言をききて怒を發し
31 He secretly sent messengers to Abimelech to tell him, “Look, Gaal, son of Ebed, and his relatives have arrived in Shechem, and they are stirring up the town to rebel against you.
私かに使者をアビメレクに遣りていひけるはエベデの子ガアル及びその兄弟シケムに來り邑をさわがして汝に敵せしめんとす
32 So come at night with your army and hide in the countryside.
然ば汝及び汝と共なる民夜の中に興て野に身を伏よ
33 In the morning as soon as the sun comes up, go and attack the town. When Gaal and his men come out to fight you, you can do whatever you want to them.”
而て朝に至り日の昇る時汝夙く興出て邑に攻かかれガアル及び之とともなる民出て汝に當らん汝機を見てこれに事をなすべし
34 Abimelech left at night along with his army, and they separated into four companies that lay in wait near Shechem.
アビメレクおよび之とともなるすべての民夜の中に興出て四隊に分れ身を伏てシケムを伺ふ
35 When Gaal, son of Ebed, went out and stood at the town's entrance gate, Abimelech and his army came out from where they had been hiding.
エベデの子ガアル出て邑の門の口に立るにアビメレク及び之とともなる民その伏たるところより起りしかば
36 Gaal saw the army approaching and said to Zebul, “Look! Some people are coming down from the hilltops!” “That's just shadows made by the hills that look like men,” Zebul replied.
ガアル民を見てゼブルにいひけるは視よ民山の峰々より下るとゼブル之に答へて汝山の影を見て人と做すのみといふ
37 “No really, people are coming down from the high ground,” Gaal repeated. “Plus, there's another company coming down the road that passes the diviners' oak tree.”
ガアルふたたび語りていひけるは視よ民地の高處より下りまた一隊は法術士の橡樹の途より來ると
38 “Where's your big mouth now? You're the one who said, ‘Who is this Abimelech, that we should have to serve him?’” Zebul told him. “Aren't these the people you detested? Go on then—go and fight with them!”
ゼブル之にいひけるは汝がかつてアビメレクは何者なればか我ら之に事ふべきといひしその汝の口今いづこに在るや是汝が侮りたる民にあらずや今乞ふ出て之と戰へよと
39 So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out of the town and fought with Abimelech.
ここにおいてガアル、シケム人を率ゐ往てアビメレクと戰ひしが
40 Abimelech attacked, and chased him and his men as they ran away, killing many of them as they tried to get back to the town gate.
アビメレク之を追くづしたればガアル其まへより逃走れりかくて殺されて斃るるもの多くして邑の門の口までに及ぶ
41 Abimelech went back to Arumah while Zebul expelled Gaal and his relatives from Shechem.
かくてアビメレクはアルマに居しがゼブルはガアルおよびその兄弟等を遂いだしてシケムに居ることを得ざらしむ
42 The following day the people of Shechem went out to the fields, and Abimelech was informed about it.
あくる日民田畑に出しに人之をアビメレクに告げしかば
43 He divided his army into three companies and had them lay in ambush in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and killed them.
アビメレクおのれの民を率ゐてこれを三隊に分ち野に埋伏して伺ふに民邑より出來りたればすなはち起りて之を撃り
44 Abimelech and his company raced to occupy the town's entrance gate, while the two companies raced to attack everyone in the fields and kill them.
アビメレクおよび之とともに在る隊の者は襲ひゆきて邑の門の入口に立ち餘の二隊は野に在るすべてのものをおそふて之を殺せり
45 The battle for the town lasted all day but eventually Abimelech captured it. He killed the people, demolished the town, and scattered salt over the ground.
アビメレク其日終日邑を攻めつひに邑を取りてそのうちの民を殺し邑を破却ちて鹽を撒布ぬ
46 When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem realized what had happened, they took refuge in the strongroom of the temple of El-berith.
シケムの櫓の人みな之を聞てベリテ神の廟の塔に入たりしが
47 When Abimelech found out that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem had gathered there,
シケムの櫓の人のことごとく集れるよしアビメレクに聞えければ
48 he and all the men with him went up Mount Zalmon. Abimelech grabbed hold of an ax and cut a branch from the trees. He lifted it onto his shoulder, and told his men, “Quick! You saw what I did. Do the same!”
アビメレク己とともなる民をことごとく率ゐてザルモン山に上りアビメレク手に斧を取り木の枝を斫落し之をおのれの肩に載せ偕に居る民にむかひて汝ら吾が爲ところを見る急ぎてわがごとく爲せよといひしかば
49 Each of them cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They placed the branches against the strongroom and set it on fire. So all the people who lived in the tower of Shechem died, around one thousand men and women.
民もまた皆おのおのその枝を斫りおとしアビメレクに從ひて枝を塔に倚せかけ塔に火をかけて彼等を攻むここにおいてシケムの櫓の人もまた悉く死り男女およそ一千人なりき
50 Then Abimelech went to attack Thebez and captured it.
茲にアビメレク、テベツに赴きテベツに對て陣を張て之を取しが
51 But there was a strong tower inside the city. All the men and women and the town leaders ran there and barricaded themselves in, and then went up to the roof of the tower.
邑のなかに一の堅固なる櫓ありてすべての男女および邑の民みな其所に遁れ往き後を鎖して櫓の頂に上りたれば
52 Abimelech went up to the tower to attack it. But as he came close to the tower's entrance to set it on fire,
アビメレクすなはち櫓のもとに押寄て之を攻め櫓の口に近きて火をもて之を焚んとせしに
53 a woman dropped millstone down on Abimelech's head and cracked his skull open.
一人の婦アビメレクの頭に磨石の上層石を投げてその腦骨を碎けり
54 He quickly called the young man who carried his weapons, and ordered him, “Draw your sword and kill me, so they won't say about me that a woman killed him.” So the young man drove his sword through him, and he died.
アビメレクおのれの武器を執る少者を急ぎ召て之にいひけるは汝の劍を拔て我を殺せおそらくは人吾をさして婦に殺されたりといはんと其少者之を刺し通したればすなはち死り
55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they all left and went home.
イスラエルの人々はアビメレクの死たるを見ておのおのおのれの處に歸り去りぬ
56 This is how God paid back Abimelech's crime against his father of murdering his seventy brothers.
神はアビメレクがその七十人の兄弟を殺しておのれの父になしたる惡に斯く報いたまへり
57 He also repaid the people of Shechem for their evil, and the curse of Jotham, son of Jerub-baal, came down upon them.
またシケムの民のすべての惡き事をも神は彼等の頭に報いたまへりすなはちヱルバアルの子ヨタムの詛彼らの上に及べるなり
