Exodus 18
1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that YHWH had 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 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her 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 one son was Gershom, for Moses said, "I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign 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 The name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my help and delivered me from Pharaoh's sword."
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 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was camped, at the Mountain 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 he said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her."
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 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came 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 Moses told his father-in-law all that YHWH had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how YHWH delivered them.
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 Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which YHWH had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.
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 Jethro said, "Blessed be YHWH, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
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 I know that YHWH is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against 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 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law 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 It happened on the next day, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from the morning to the 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 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to 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 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of 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 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws."
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 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
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 surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform 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 Listen now to my voice. I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You represent the people before God, and bring the causes 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 You shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and shall show them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must 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 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers 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 Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with 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, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace."
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 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
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 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
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 They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small 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 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
斯てモーセその外舅を還したればその國に往ぬ
