2 Chronicles 28
1 Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father;
アハズは王となった時二十歳で、十六年の間エルサレムで世を治めたが、その父ダビデとは違って、主の良しと見られることを行わず、
2 But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Be'alim.
イスラエルの王たちの道に歩み、またもろもろのバアルのために鋳た像を造り、
3 And he also burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his sons in the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.
ベンヒンノムの谷で香をたき、その子らを火に焼いて供え物とするなど、主がイスラエルの人々の前から追い払われた異邦人の憎むべき行いにならい、
4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high-places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
また高き所の上、丘の上、すべての青木の下で犠牲をささげ、香をたいた。
5 Wherefore the Lord his God gave him up into the hand of the king of Syria; and they defeated his people, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And also into the hand of the king of Israel was he given up, and he defeated his people with a great slaughter.
それゆえ、その神、主は彼をスリヤの王の手に渡されたので、スリヤびとは彼を撃ち破り、その民を多く捕虜として、ダマスコに引いて行った。彼はまたイスラエルの王の手にも渡されたので、イスラエルの王も彼を撃ち破って大いに殺した。
6 And Pekach the son of Remalyahu slew in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all being valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
すなわちレマリヤの子ペカはユダで一日のうちに十二万人を殺した。皆勇士であった。これは彼らがその先祖の神、主を捨てたためである。
7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Ma'asseyahu the king's son, and 'Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second in rank to the king.
その時、エフライムの勇士ジクリという者が王の子マアセヤ、宮内大臣アズリカムおよび王に次ぐ人エルカナを殺した。
8 And the children of Israel led away captive from their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and also much booty did they plunder from them, and they brought the booty to Samaria.
イスラエルの人々はついにその兄弟のうちから婦人ならびに男子、女子など二十万人を捕虜にし、また多くのぶんどり物をとり、そのぶんどり物をサマリヤに持って行った。
9 But there was a prophet of the Lord, 'Oded was his name; and he went out to meet the host that was coming to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because of the fury of the Lord the God of your fathers against Judah, hath he given them up into your hand, and ye have slain among them in a rage that reacheth as far as the heavens.
その時そこに名をオデデという主の預言者があって、サマリヤに帰って来た軍勢の前に進み出て言った、「見よ、あなたがたの先祖の神、主はユダを怒って、これをあなたがたの手に渡されたが、あなたがたは天に達するほどの怒りをもってこれを殺した。
10 And now ye think to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to become bond-men and bond-women unto you; but surely are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against the Lord your God?
そればかりでなく、あなたがたは今、ユダとエルサレムの人々を従わせて、自分の男女の奴隷にしようと思っている。しかしあなたがた自身もまた、あなたがたの神、主に罪を犯しているではないか。
11 And now hear me, and restore the captives, whom ye have taken captive from your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the Lord is over you.
いまわたしに聞き、あなたがたがその兄弟のうちから捕えて来た捕虜を放ち帰らせなさい。主の激しい怒りがあなたがたの上に臨んでいるからです」。
12 Then arose certain men of the heads of the children of Ephraim, 'Azaryahu the son of Jehochanan, Berechyahu the son of Meshillemoth, and Jechizkiyahu the son of Shallum, and 'Amassa the son of Chadlai, against those that were come from the army.
そこでエフライムびとのおもなる人々、すなわちヨハナンの子アザリヤ、メシレモテの子ベレキヤ、シャルムの子ヒゼキヤ、ハデライの子アマサらもまた、戦争から帰った者どもに向かって立ちあがり、
13 And they said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; for in addition to the guiltiness against the Lord [resting] on us, ye think to add unto our sins and unto our guiltiness; for great is the guiltiness [resting] on us, and there is fierce wrath over Israel.
彼らに言った、「捕虜をここに引き入れてはならない。あなたがたはわたしどもに主に対するとがを得させて、さらにわれわれの罪とがを増し加えようとしている。われわれのとがは大きく、激しい怒りがイスラエルの上に臨んでいるからです」。
14 So the armed men abandoned the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.
そこで兵卒どもがその捕虜とぶんどり物をつかさたちと全会衆の前に捨てておいたので、
15 And then arose the men who have been expressed by name, and took hold of the captives, and all that were naked among them they clothed from the booty; and they gave them garments and shoes, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm-trees, near their brethren; and then did they return to Samaria.
前に名をあげた人々が立って捕虜を受け取り、ぶんどり物のうちから衣服をとって、裸の者に着せ、また、くつをはかせ、食い飲みさせ、油を注ぎなどし、その弱い者を皆ろばに乗せ、こうして彼らをしゅろの町エリコに連れて行って、その兄弟たちに渡し、そしてサマリヤに帰って来た。
16 At that time sent king Achaz unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
その時アハズ王は人をアッスリヤの王につかわして助けを求めさせた。
17 Moreover the Edomites came again and defeated [the men of] Judah, and carried away captives.
エドムびとが再び侵入してユダを撃ち、民を捕え去ったからである。
18 And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowlands, and of the south of Judah, and captured Beth-shemesh, and Ayalon, and Gederoth, and Socho with its villages, and Thimnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there.
ペリシテびともまた平野の町々およびユダのネゲブの町々を侵して、ベテシメシ、アヤロン、ゲデロテおよびソコとその村里、テムナとその村里、ギムゾとその村里を取って、そこに住んだ。
19 For the Lord humbled Judah on account of Achaz the king of Israel; for he made Judah unruly, and acted very faithlessly against the Lord.
これはイスラエルの王アハズのゆえに、主がユダを低くされたのであって、彼がユダのうちにみだらなことを行い、主に向かって大いに罪を犯したからである。
20 Then came against him Tilgath-pilneesser the king of Assyria, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
アッスリヤの王テルガデ・ピルネセルは彼の所に来たが、彼に力を添えないで、かえって彼を悩ました。
21 Although Achaz took away a portion [out] of the house of the Lord, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: he yet gave him no assistance.
アハズは主の宮と王の家、およびつかさたちの家の物を取ってアッスリヤの王に与えたが、それはアハズの助けにはならなかった。
22 And in the time that he distressed him, became he yet more faithless against the Lord, —yea, he, king Achaz;
このアハズ王はその悩みの時にあたって、ますます主に罪を犯した。
23 And he sacrificed unto the gods of [the people of] Damascus, who had smitten him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria do help them, [therefore] will I sacrifice unto them, that they may help me. But they only became to him a stumbling-block for him and for all Israel.
すなわち、彼は自分を撃ったダマスコの神々に、犠牲をささげて言った、「スリヤの王たちの神々はその王たちを助けるから、わたしもそれに犠牲をささげよう。そうすれば彼らはわたしを助けるであろう」と。しかし、彼らはかえってアハズとイスラエル全国とを倒す者となった。
24 And Achaz gathered up the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and locked up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
アハズは神の宮の器物を集めて、神の宮の器物を切り破り、主の宮の戸を閉じ、エルサレムのすべてのすみずみに祭壇を造り、
25 And in each and every city of Judah made he high-places to burn incense unto other gods; and he provoked to anger the Lord the God of his fathers.
ユダのすべての町々に高き所を造って、他の神々に香をたきなどして、先祖の神、主の怒りを引き起した。
26 And the rest of his acts and of all his ways, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
アハズのその他の始終の行為およびそのすべての行動は、ユダとイスラエルの列王の書にしるされている。
27 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.
アハズはその先祖たちと共に眠ったので、エルサレムの町にこれを葬った。しかし、イスラエルの王たちの墓には持って行かなかった。その子ヒゼキヤが彼に代って王となった。
