Exodus 18
1 And Jothor the priest of Madiam, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.
茲にモーセの外舅なるミデアンの祭司ヱテロ神が凡てモーセのため又その民イスラエルのために爲したまひし事ヱホバがイスラエルをエジプトより導き出したまひし事を聞り
2 And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Moses after she had been sent away,
是に於てモーセの外舅ヱテロかの遣り還されてありしモーセの妻チッポラとその二人の子を挈へ來る
3 and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, [his father] saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land; —
その子の一人の名はゲルシヨムと云ふ是はモーセ我他國に客となりをると言たればなり
4 and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father [is] my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.
今一人の名はエリエゼルと曰ふ是はかれ吾父の神われを助け我を救ひてパロの劍を免かれしめたまふと言たればなり
5 And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God.
斯モーセの外舅ヱテロ、モーセの子等と妻をつれて曠野に來りモーセが神の山に陣を張る處にいたる
6 And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, your father-in-law Jothor is coming to you, and your wife and two sons with him.
彼すなはちモーセに言けるは汝の外舅なる我ヱテロ汝の妻および之と供なるその二人の子をたづさへて汝に詣ると
7 And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent.
モーセ出てその外舅を迎へ禮をなして之に接吻し互に其安否を問て共に天幕に入る
8 And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharao and all the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the labor that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharao, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.
而してモーセ、ヱホバがイスラエルのためにパロとエジプト人とに爲たまひし諸の事と途にて遇し諸の艱難およびヱホバの己等を拯ひたまひし事をその外舅に語りければ
9 And Jothor was amazed at all the good things which the Lord did to them, forasmuch as he rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao.
ヱテロ、ヱホバがイスラエルをエジプト人の手より救ひいだして之に諸の恩典をたまひし事を喜べり
10 And Jothor said, Blessed be the Lord, because he has rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao.
ヱテロすなはち言けるはヱホバは頌べき哉汝等をエジプト人の手とパロの手より救ひいだし民をエジプト人の手の下より拯ひいだせり
11 Now know I that the Lord is great above all gods, because of this, wherein they attacked them.
今我知るヱホバは諸の神よりも大なり彼等傲慢を逞しうして事をなせしがヱホバかれらに勝りと
12 And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
而してモーセの外舅ヱテロ燔祭と犠牲をヱホバに持きたれりアロンおよびイスラエルの長老等皆きたりてモーセの外舅とともに神の前に食をなす
13 And it came to pass after the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening.
次の日にいたりてモーセ坐して民を審判きしが民は朝より夕までモーセの傍に立り
14 And Jothor having seen all that [Moses] did to the people, says, What is this that you do to the people? therefore sit you alone, and all the people stand by you from morning till evening?
モーセの外舅モーセの凡て民に爲ところを見て言けるは汝が民になす此事は何なるや何故に汝は一人坐しをりて民朝より夕まで汝の傍にたつや
15 And Moses says to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek judgment from God.
モーセその外舅に言けるは民神に問んとて我に來るなり
16 For whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgment upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of God and his law.
彼等事ある時は我に來れば我此と彼とを審判きて神の法度と律法を知しむ
17 And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, You do not this thing rightly,
モーセの外舅これに言けるは汝のなすところ善らず
18 you will wear away with intolerable weariness, both those and all this people which is with you: this thing is hard, you will not be able to endure it yourself alone.
汝かならず氣力おとろへん汝も汝とともなる民も然らん此事汝には重に過ぐ汝一人にては之を爲ことあたはざるべし
19 Now then listen to me, and I will advise you, and God shall be with you: be you to the people in the things pertaining to God, and you shall bring their matters to God.
今吾言を聽け我なんぢに策を授けん願くは神なんぢとともに在せ汝民のために神の前に居り訴訟を神に陳よ
20 And you shall testify to them the ordinances of God and his law, and you shall show to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do.
汝かれらに法度と律法を敎へ彼等の歩むべき道と爲べき事とを彼等に示せ
21 And do you look out for yourself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
又汝全體の民の中より賢して神を畏れ眞實を重んじ利を惡むところの人を選み之を民の上に立て千人の司となし百人の司となし五十人の司となし十人の司となすべし
22 And they shall judge the people at all times, and the too burdensome matter they shall bring to you, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve you and help you.
而して彼等をして常に民を鞫かしめ大事は凡てこれを汝に陳しめ小事は凡て彼等みづからこれを判かしむべし斯汝の身の煩瑣を省き彼らをして汝とその任を共にせしめよ
23 If you will do this thing, God shall strengthen you, and you shall be able to attend, and all this people shall come with peace into their own place.
汝もし此事を爲し神また斯汝に命じなば汝はこれに勝ん此民もまた安然にその所に到ることを得べし
24 And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatever he said to him.
モーセその外舅の言にしたがひてその凡て言しごとく成り
25 And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people.
モーセすなはちイスラエルの中より遍く賢き人を擇みてこれを民の長となし千人の司となし百人の司となし五十人の司となし十人の司となせり
26 And they judged the people at all times; and every too burdensome matter they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves.
彼等常に民を鞫き難事はこれをモーセに陳べ小事は凡て自らこれを判けり
27 And Moses dismissed his father-in-law, and he returned to his own land.
斯てモーセその外舅を還したればその國に往ぬ
