< Daniel 3 >
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king has made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits; he has raised it up in the Valley of Dura, in the province of Babylon;
茲にネブカデネザル王 一箇の金の像を造れりその高は六十キユビトその横の廣は六キユビトなりき即ちこれをバビロン州のドラの平野に立たり
2 and Nebuchadnezzar the king has sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the rulers of the province, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has raised up.
而してネブカデネザル王は州牧將軍方伯刑官庫官法官士師および州郡の諸有司を召集めそのネブカデネザル王の立たる像の告成禮に臨ましめんとせり
3 Then are gathered the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the rulers of the province, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has raised up: and they are standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar has raised up.
是においてその州牧將軍方伯刑官庫官法官士師および州郡の諸有司等はネブカデネザル王の立たる像の告成禮に臨みそのネブカデネザル王の立たる像の前に立り
4 And a crier is calling mightily: “They are saying to you: O peoples, nations, and languages!
時に傳令者大聲に呼はりて言ふ諸民諸族諸音よ汝らは斯命ぜらる
5 At the time that you hear the voice of the horn, the flute, the harp, the lyre, the stringed instrument, the symphony, and all kinds of music, you fall down and pay respect to the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has raised up:
汝ら喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟篳篥などの諸の樂器の音を聞く時は俯伏しネブカデネザル王の立たまへる金像を拝すべし
6 and whoever does not fall down and pay respect, in that hour he is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
凡て俯伏て拝せざる者は即時に火の燃る爐の中に投こまるべしと
7 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples are hearing the voice of the horn, the flute, the harp, the lyre, the stringed instrument, and all kinds of music, falling down are all the peoples, nations and languages, worshiping the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has raised up.
是をもて諸民等喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟などの諸の樂器の音を聞くや直に諸民諸族諸音みな俯伏しネブカデネザル王の立たる金像を拝したり
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans have drawn near, and accused the Jews;
その時或カルデヤ人等進みきたりてユダヤ人を讒奏せり
9 they have answered, indeed, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for all ages!
即ち彼らネブカデネザル王に奏聞して言ふ願くは王長壽かれ
10 You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the voice of the horn, the flute, the harp, the lyre, the stringed instrument, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, falls down and pays respect to the golden image;
王よ汝は命を出して宣へり凡て喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟篳篥などの諸の樂器の音を聞く者はみな俯伏しこの金像を拝すべし
11 and whoever does not fall down and pay respect, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
凡て俯伏し拝せざる者はみな火の燃る爐の中に投こまるべしと
12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the work of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, these men have not made of you, O king, [any] regard; your gods they are not serving, and to the golden image you have raised up—are not making worship.”
此に汝が立てバビロン州の事務を司どらせ給へるユダヤ人シヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴあり王よ此人々は汝を尊ばず汝の神々にも事へず汝の立たまへる金像をも拝せざるなりと
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, has said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king.
是においてネブカデネザル怒りかつ憤りてシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴを召寄よと命じければ即ちこの人々を王の前に引きたりしに
14 Nebuchadnezzar has answered and said to them, “Is [it] a laid plan, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego—my gods you are not serving, and to the golden image that I have raised up you are not worshiping?
ネブカデネザルかれらに問て言けるはジヤデラク、メシヤク、アベデネゴよ汝ら我神に事へずまた我が立たる金像を拝せざるは是故意にするなるか
15 Now behold, you are ready, so that at the time that you hear the voice of the horn, the flute, the harp, the lyre, the stringed instrument, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, you fall down and pay respect to the image that I have made! But if you do not worship—in that hour you are cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; who is that God who delivers you out of my hands?”
汝らもし何の時にもあれ喇叭簫琵琶琴瑟篳篥などの諸の樂器の音を聞く時に俯伏し我が造れる像を拝することを爲ば可し然ど汝らもし拝することをせずば即時に火の燃る爐の中に投こまるべし何の神か能く汝らをわが手より救ひいだすことをせん
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, indeed, they are saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “We have no need concerning this matter to answer you.
シヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴ對へて王に言けるはネブカデネザルよこの事においては我ら汝に答ふるに及ばず
17 Behold, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from your hand, O king, He delivers.
もし善らんには王よ我らの事ふる我らの神我らを救ふの能あり彼その火の燃る爐の中と汝の手の中より我らを救ひいださん
18 And behold—not! Be it known to you, O king, that we are not serving your gods, and we do not worship the golden image you have raised up.”
假令しからざるも王よ知たまへ我らは汝の神々に事へずまた汝の立たる金像を拝せじ
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar has been full of fury, and the expression of his face has been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;
是においてネブカデネザル怒氣を充しシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴにむかひてその面の容を變へ即ち爐を常に熱くするよりも七倍熱くせよと命じ
20 and to certain mighty men who [are] in his force he has said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the burning fiery furnace.
またその軍勢の中の力強き人々を喚てシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴを縛りてこれを火の燃る爐の中に投こめと命じたり
21 Then these men have been bound in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their clothing, and have been cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
是をもて此人々はその褲子羽織外套およびその他の服装を着たるままにて縛られて火の燃る爐の中に投こまれたりしが
22 Therefore, because that the word of the king is urgent, and the furnace heated exceedingly, those men who have taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego—the spark of the fire has killed them.
王の命はなはだ急にして爐は甚だしく熱しゐたれば彼のシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴを引抱へゆける者等はその火焔に燒ころされたり
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, have fallen down in the midst of the burning fiery furnace—bound.
また此シヤデラク、メシヤク、デベデネゴの三人は縛られたるままにて燃る爐の中に落いりぬ
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king has been astonished, and has risen in haste; he has answered and said to his counselors, “Have we not cast three men into the midst of the fire—bound?” They have answered and are saying to the king, “Certainly, O king.”
時にネブカデネザル王驚きて急忙しくたちあがり大臣等に言ふ我らは三人を縛りて火の中に投いれざりしや彼ら王にこたへて言ふ王よ然りと
25 He answered and has said, “Behold, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth [is] like to a son of the gods.”
王また應へて言ふ今我見るに四人の者縲絏解て火の中に歩みをり凡て何の害をも受ずまたその第四の者の容は神の子のごとしと
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar has drawn near to the gate of the burning fiery furnace; he has answered and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of God Most High come forth, indeed, come”; then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego come forth, from the midst of the fire;
ネブカデネザルすなはちその火の燃る爐の口に進みよりて呼て言ふ至高神の僕シヤデラク、メシヤク、アベデネゴよ汝ら出きたれと是においてシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴその火の中より出きたりしかば
27 and gathered together, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, and the counselors of the king, are seeing these men, that the fire has no power over their bodies, and the hair of their head has not been singed, and their coats have not changed, and the smell of fire has not passed on them.
州牧將軍方伯および王の大臣等集りて比人々を見たり此人々の身は火もこれを害する力なかりきまたその頭の髮は燒けずその衣裳は傷ねず火の臭氣もこれに付ざりき
28 Nebuchadnezzar has answered and has said, “Blessed [is] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who has sent His messenger, and has delivered His servants who trusted on Him.” And the word of the king changed, and gave up their bodies that they might not serve nor pay respect to any god except to their own God.
ネブカデネザルすなはち宣て曰くシヤデラク、メシヤク、アベデネゴの神は讃べき哉彼その使者を遣りて己を賴む僕を救へりまた彼らは自己の神の外には何の神にも事へずまた拝せざらんとて王の命をも用ひず自己の身をも捨んとせり
29 “And by me a decree is made, that any people, nation, and language, that speaks erroneously concerning the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, he is made pieces, and its house is made a dunghill, because that there is no other god who is able thus to deliver.”
然ば我今命を下す諸民諸族諸音の中凡てシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベダネゴの神を詈る者あらばその身は切裂れその家は厠にせられん其は是のごとくに救を施す神他にあらざればなりと
30 Then the king has caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.
かくて王またシヤデラク、メシヤクおよびアベデネゴの位をすすめてバビロン州にをらしむ