Numbers 31
1 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
さて主はモーセに言われた、
2 Execute the vengeance of the children of Israel on the Midianites, after which thou shalt be gathered unto thy people.
「ミデアンびとにイスラエルの人々のあだを報いなさい。その後、あなたはあなたの民に加えられるであろう」。
3 And Moses spoke unto the people, saying, Arm from yourselves some men for the army, and let them go against the Midianites, to execute the vengeance of the Lord on Midian.
モーセは民に言った、「あなたがたのうちから人を選んで戦いのために武装させ、ミデアンびとを攻めて、主のためミデアンびとに復讐しなさい。
4 A thousand each for every tribe, of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the army.
すなわちイスラエルのすべての部族から、部族ごとに千人ずつを戦いに送り出さなければならない」。
5 And there were levied out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for the army.
そこでイスラエルの部族のうちから部族ごとに千人ずつを選び、一万二千人を得て、戦いのために武装させた。
6 And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the army; them and Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest, to the army, with the holy vessels, and the trumpets for blowing the alarm in his hand.
モーセは各部族から千人ずつを戦いにつかわし、また祭司エレアザルの子ピネハスに、聖なる器と吹き鳴らすラッパとを執らせて、共に戦いにつかわした。
7 And they marched out against the Midianites, as the Lord had commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
彼らは主がモーセに命じられたようにミデアンびとと戦って、その男子をみな殺した。
8 And the kings of Midian they slew, besides the rest of their men that were slain; namely, Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and Chur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and Bil'am the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
その殺した者のほかにまたミデアンの王五人を殺した。その名はエビ、レケム、ツル、フル、レバである。またベオルの子バラムをも、つるぎにかけて殺した。
9 And the children of Israel took captives the women of Midian, and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as spoil.
またイスラエルの人々はミデアンの女たちとその子供たちを捕虜にし、その家畜と、羊の群れと、貨財とをことごとく奪い取り、
10 And all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles they burnt with fire.
そのすまいのある町々と、その部落とを、ことごとく火で焼いた。
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the booty, both of men and of cattle.
こうして彼らはすべて奪ったものと、かすめたものとは人をも家畜をも取り、
12 And they brought unto Moses, and to Elazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, the captives, and the booty, and the spoil, unto the camp, to the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
その生けどった者と、かすめたものと、奪ったものとを携えて、エリコに近いヨルダンのほとりのモアブの平野の宿営におるモーセと祭司エレアザルとイスラエルの人々の会衆のもとへもどってきた。
13 And Moses, and Elazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them, to without the camp.
ときにモーセと祭司エレアザルと会衆のつかさたちはみな宿営の外に出て迎えたが、
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains over the thousands, and the captains over the hundreds, who had come from the war-campaign.
モーセは軍勢の将たち、すなわち戦場から帰ってきた千人の長たちと、百人の長たちに対して怒った。
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye allowed all the females to live?
モーセは彼らに言った、「あなたがたは女たちをみな生かしておいたのか。
16 Behold, these chiefly were the cause unto the children of Israel, through the counsel of Bil'am, to commit the gross trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor; through which there was the plague among the congregation of the Lord.
彼らはバラムのはかりごとによって、イスラエルの人々に、ペオルのことで主に罪を犯させ、ついに主の会衆のうちに疫病を起すに至った。
17 And now kill ye every male among the little ones, and every woman that hath known man by lying with him shall ye kill.
それで今、この子供たちのうちの男の子をみな殺し、また男と寝て、男を知った女をみな殺しなさい。
18 But all among the women-children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
ただし、まだ男と寝ず、男を知らない娘はすべてあなたがたのために生かしておきなさい。
19 But ye, —you must abide without the camp seven days: all ye who have killed any person, and all who have touched any one slain, shall purify yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day; both you and your captives.
そしてあなたがたは七日のあいだ宿営の外にとどまりなさい。あなたがたのうちすべて人を殺した者、およびすべて殺された者に触れた者は、あなたがた自身も、あなたがたの捕虜も共に、三日目と七日目とに身を清めなければならない。
20 And every garment, and whatever is made of skins, and every work of goats' hair, and every vessel made of wood, shall ye purify unto yourselves.
またすべての衣服と、すべての皮の器と、すべてやぎの毛で作ったものと、すべての木の器とを清めなければならない」。
21 And Elazar the priest said unto the men of the army who had gone to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded Moses:
祭司エレアザルは戦いに出たいくさびとたちに言った、「これは主がモーセに命じられた律法の定めである。
22 Nevertheless the gold, and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
金、銀、青銅、鉄、すず、鉛など、
23 Every thing that cometh into the fire shall ye make go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the waters of sprinkling: and whatsoever doth not come into the fire shall ye cause to go through the water.
すべて火に耐える物は火の中を通さなければならない。そうすれば清くなるであろう。なおその上、汚れを清める水で、清めなければならない。しかし、すべて火に耐えないものは水の中を通さなければならない。
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after that may ye come into the camp.
あなたがたは七日目に衣服を洗わなければならない。そして清くなり、その後宿営にはいることができる」。
25 And the Lord said unto Moses, as followeth,
主はモーセに言われた、
26 Take the sum of the booty of the captives, both of man and of cattle, thou, with Elazar the priest, and the chiefs of the families of the congregation:
「あなたと祭司エレアザルおよび会衆の氏族のかしらたちは、その生けどった人と家畜の獲物の総数を調べ、
27 And thou shalt divide the booty, between those that carried on the war, who went out to the army, and between all the congregation.
その獲物を戦いに出た勇士と、全会衆とに折半しなさい。
28 And thou shalt levy a tribute unto the Lord from the men of war who went out to the army, one individual from every five hundred, of the persons, and of the beef-cattle, and of the asses, and of the sheep;
そして戦いに出たいくさびとに、人または牛、またはろば、または羊を、おのおの五百ごとに一つを取り、みつぎとして主にささげさせなさい。
29 From their half shall ye take it; and thou shalt give it unto Elazar the priest, for a heave-offering of the Lord.
すなわち彼らが受ける半分のなかから、それを取り、主にささげる物として祭司エレアザルに渡しなさい。
30 And from the half of the children of Israel, shalt thou take one individual, as it may come, from any fifty, of the persons, of beef-cattle, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of cattle; and thou shalt give the same unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.
またイスラエルの人々が受ける半分のなかから、その獲た人または牛、またはろば、または羊などの家畜を、おのおの五十ごとに一つを取り、主の幕屋の務をするレビびとに与えなさい」。
31 And Moses with Elazar the priest did, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
モーセと祭司エレアザルとは主がモーセに命じられたとおりに行った。
32 And the booty, being the rest of the spoil which the men of the army had taken, was of sheep and goats, six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand,
そこでその獲物、すなわち、いくさびとたちが奪い取ったものの残りは羊六十七万五千、
33 And of beef-cattle, seventy and two thousand,
牛七万二千、
34 And of asses, sixty and one thousand,
ろば六万一千、
35 And of human persons, of women that had not known men by lying with him, in all thirty and two thousand.
人三万二千、これはみな男と寝ず、男を知らない女であった。
36 And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, was, in the number of sheep and goats, three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred.
そしてその半分、すなわち戦いに出た者の分は羊三十三万七千五百、
37 And the tribute unto the Lord of the flocks was six hundred and seventy and five.
主にみつぎとした羊は六百七十五。
38 And the beef-cattle were thirty and six thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was seventy and two.
牛は三万六千、そのうちから主にみつぎとしたものは七十二。
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was sixty and one.
ろばは三万五百、そのうちから主にみつぎとしたものは六十一。
40 And the human persons were sixteen thousand; and the tribute thereof unto the Lord was thirty and two persons.
人は一万六千、そのうちから主にみつぎとしたものは三十二人であった。
41 And Moses gave the tribute, the Lord's heave-offering, unto Elazar the priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
モーセはそのみつぎを主にささげる物として祭司エレアザルに渡した。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
42 And from the half of the children of Israel, which Moses divided off from the men that had gone forth in the army, —
モーセが戦いに出た人々とは別にイスラエルの人々に与えた半分、
43 (Now the half of the congregation was, of sheep and goats three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred.
すなわち会衆の受けた半分は羊三十三万七千五百、
44 And beef-cattle, thirty and six thousand,
牛三万六千、
45 And asses thirty thousand five hundred,
ろば三万五百、
46 And human persons sixteen thousand; )
人一万六千であって、
47 And Moses took from this half of the children of Israel, as it came, one from every fifty, of man and of cattle, and gave the same unto the Levites, who kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.
モーセはイスラエルの人々の受けた半分のなかから、人および獣をおのおの五十ごとに一つを取って、主の幕屋の務をするレビびとに与えた。主がモーセに命じられたとおりである。
48 And there came near unto Moses the officers who had been over the thousands of the army, the captains of the thousands, and the captains of the hundreds.
時に軍勢の将であったものども、すなわち千人の長たちと百人の長たちとがモーセのところにきて、
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who have been under our command, and there lacketh not one man of us.
モーセに言った、「しもべらは、指揮下のいくさびとを数えましたが、われわれのうち、ひとりも欠けた者はありませんでした。
50 We have therefore brought an oblation unto the Lord, each what he hath gotten of vessels of gold, chains, and bracelets, finger-rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.
それで、われわれは、おのおの手に入れた金の飾り物、すなわち腕飾り、腕輪、指輪、耳輪、首飾りなどを主に携えてきて供え物とし、主の前にわれわれの命のあがないをしようと思います」。
51 And Moses with Elazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles.
モーセと祭司エレアザルとは、彼らから細工を施した金の飾り物を受け取った。
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of the thousands, and from the captains of the hundreds.
千人の長たちと百人の長たちとが、主にささげものとした金は合わせて一万六千七百五十シケル。
53 The men of the army had taken spoil, every man for himself.
いくさびとは、おのおの自分のぶんどり物を獲た。
54 And Moses and Elazar the priest took the gold from the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.
モーセと祭司エレアザルとは、千人の長たちと百人の長たちとから、その金を受け取り、それを携えて会見の幕屋に入り、主の前に置いてイスラエルの人々のために記念とした。
