Isaiah 57
1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil.
正しい者が滅びても、心にとめる人がなく、神を敬う人々が取り去られても、悟る者はない。正しい者は災の前に取り去られて、
2 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
平安に入るからである。すべて正直に歩む者は、その床に休むことができる。
3 "But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute.
しかし、あなたがた女魔法使の子よ、姦夫と遊女のすえよ、こちらへ近寄れ。
4 Against whom are you mocking? Against whom do you make a wide mouth, and stick out your tongue? Aren't you children of rebellion, offspring of liars,
あなたがたは、だれにむかって戯れをなすのか。だれにむかって口を開き、舌を出すのか。あなたがたは背信の子ら、偽りのすえではないか。
5 you who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
あなたがたは、かしの木の間、すべての青木の下で心をこがし、谷の中、岩のはざまで子どもを殺した。
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they are your lot; you have even poured a drink offering to them. You have offered an offering. Shall I be appeased for these things?
あなたは谷のなめらかな石を自分の嗣業とし、これを自分の分け前とし、これに灌祭をそそぎ、供え物をささげた。わたしはこれらの物によってなだめられようか。
7 On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed; there also you went up to offer sacrifice.
あなたは高くそびえた山の上に自分の床を設け、またそこに登って行って犠牲をささげた。
8 Behind the doors and the posts you have set up your memorial: for you have uncovered to someone besides me, and have gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them: you loved their bed where you saw it.
また戸および柱のうしろに、あなたのしるしを置いた。あなたはわたしを離れて自分の床をあらわし、それにのぼって、その床をひろくした。また彼らと契約をなし、彼らの床を愛し、その裸を見た。
9 You went to the king with oil, and increased your perfumes, and sent your ambassadors far off, and debased yourself even to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
あなたは、におい油を携えてモレクに行き、多くのかおり物をささげた。またあなたの使者を遠くにつかわし、陰府の深い所にまでつかわした。 (Sheol h7585)
10 You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you did not say, 'It is in vain.' You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
あなたは道の長いのに疲れても、なお「望みがない」とは言わなかった。あなたはおのが力の回復を得たので、衰えることがなかった。
11 "Of whom have you been afraid and in fear, that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven't I held my peace even of long time, and you do not fear me?
あなたはだれをおじ恐れて、偽りを言い、わたしを覚えず、また心におかなかったのか。わたしが久しく黙っていたために、あなたはわたしを恐れなかったのではなかったか。
12 I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they shall not profit you.
わたしはあなたの義と、あなたのわざを告げ示そう、しかしこれらはあなたを益しない。
13 When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."
あなたが呼ばわる時、あなたが集めておいた偶像にあなたを救わせよ。風は彼らを運び去り、息は彼らを取り去る。しかしわたしに寄り頼む者は地を継ぎ、わが聖なる山をまもる。
14 He will say, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people."
主は言われる、「土を盛り、土を盛って道を備えよ、わが民の道から、つまずく物を取り去れ」と。
15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
いと高く、いと上なる者、とこしえに住む者、その名を聖ととなえられる者がこう言われる、「わたしは高く、聖なる所に住み、また心砕けて、へりくだる者と共に住み、へりくだる者の霊をいかし、砕ける者の心をいかす。
16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls who I have made.
わたしはかぎりなく争わない、また絶えず怒らない。霊はわたしから出、いのちの息はわたしがつくったからだ。
17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
彼のむさぼりの罪のゆえに、わたしは怒って彼を打ち、わが顔をかくして怒った。しかし彼はなおそむいて、おのが心の道へ行った。
18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
わたしは彼の道を見た。わたしは彼をいやし、また彼を導き、慰めをもって彼に報い、悲しめる者のために、くちびるの実を造ろう。
19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near," says the LORD; "and I will heal him."
遠い者にも近い者にも平安あれ、平安あれ、わたしは彼をいやそう」と主は言われる。
20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.
しかし悪しき者は波の荒い海のようだ。静まることができないで、その水はついに泥と汚物とを出す。
21 "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked."
わが神は言われる、「よこしまな者には平安がない」と。
