< Jeremiah 44 >

1 The word which it came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who were dwelling in [the] land of Egypt who were dwelling in Migdol and in Tahpanhes and in Memphis and in [the] land of Pathros saying.
エジプトの地に住んでいるユダヤ人すなわちミグドル、タパネス、メンピス、パテロスの地に住む者の事についてエレミヤに臨んだ言葉、
2 Thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel you you have seen all the calamity which I brought on Jerusalem and on all [the] cities of Judah and there! they [are] a ruin the day this and there not in them [is] an inhabitant.
「万軍の主、イスラエルの神はこう言われる、あなたがたはわたしがエルサレムとユダの町々に下した災を見た。見よ、これらは今日、すでに荒れ地となって住む人もない。
3 Because of wickedness their which they did to provoke to anger me by going to make smoke to serve gods other which not they had known them they you and ancestors your.
これは彼らが悪を行って、わたしを怒らせたことによるのである。すなわち彼らは自分も、あなたがたも、あなたがたの先祖たちも知らなかった、ほかの神々に行って、香をたき、これに仕えた。
4 And I sent to you all servants my the prophets rising early and sending saying may not please you do [the] thing of abomination this which I hate.
わたしは自分のしもべであるすべての預言者たちを、しきりにあなたがたにつかわして、『どうか、わたしの忌みきらうこの憎むべき事をしないように』と言わせたけれども、
5 And not they listened and not they inclined ear their to turn away from wickedness their to not to make smoke to gods other.
彼らは聞かず、耳を傾けず、ほかの神々に香をたいて、その悪を離れなかった。
6 And it poured forth rage my and anger my and it burned in [the] cities of Judah and in [the] streets of Jerusalem and they became a ruin a desolation as the day this.
それゆえ、わたしは怒りと憤りをユダの町々とエルサレムのちまたに注ぎ、それを焼いたので、それらは今日のように荒れ、滅びてしまった。
7 And therefore thus he says Yahweh [the] God of hosts [the] God of Israel why? [are] you doing harm great to selves your to cut off to yourselves man and woman child and suckling-child from [the] midst of Judah to not to leave for yourselves a remnant.
万軍の神、イスラエルの神、主は今こう言われる、あなたがたはなぜ大いなる悪を行って自分自身を害し、ユダのうちから、あなたがたの男と女と、子供と乳のみ子を断って、ひとりも残らないようにしようとするのか。
8 By provoking to anger me by [the] deeds of hands your by making smoke to gods other in [the] land of Egypt where you [have] come to sojourn there so as to cut off to yourselves and so as to become you a curse and a reproach among all [the] nations of the earth.
なぜあなたがたはその手のわざをもってわたしを怒らせ、あなたがたが行って住まうエジプトの地で、ほかの神々に香をたいて自分の身を滅ぼし、地の万国のうちに、のろいとなり、はずかしめとなろうとするのか。
9 ¿ Have you forgotten [the] wicked deeds of ancestors your and [the] wicked deeds of - [the] kings of Judah and [the] wicked deeds of wives his and wicked deeds your and [the] wicked deeds of wives your which they did in [the] land of Judah and in [the] streets of Jerusalem.
ユダの地とエルサレムのちまたで行ったあなたがたの先祖たちの悪、ユダの王たちの悪、その妻たちの悪、およびあなたがた自身の悪、あなたがたの妻たちの悪をあなたがたは忘れたのか。
10 Not they have been made contrite until the day this and not they have feared and not they have walked in law my and in decrees my which I set before you and before ancestors your.
彼らは今日に至るまで悔いず、また恐れず、あなたがたとあなたがたの先祖たちの前に立てた、わたしの律法とわたしの定めとに従って歩まないのである。
11 Therefore thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel here I [am] about to set face my on you for harm and to cut off all Judah.
それゆえ万軍の主、イスラエルの神はこう言われる、見よ、わたしは顔をあなたがたに向けて災を下し、ユダの人々をことごとく断つ。
12 And I will take away [the] remnant of Judah who they set faces their to go [the] land of Egypt to sojourn there and they will meet their end everyone in [the] land of Egypt they will fall by the sword by famine they will meet their end from [the] small and unto [the] great by the sword and by famine they will die and they will become an curse a horror and a curse and a reproach.
またわたしは、エジプトの地に住むために、むりに行ったあのユダの残りの者を取り除く。彼らはみな滅ぼされてエジプトの地に倒れる。彼らは、つるぎとききんに滅ぼされ、最も小さい者から最も大いなる者まで、つるぎとききんによって死ぬ。そして、のろいとなり、恐怖となり、ののしりとなり、はずかしめとなる。
13 And I will visit [judgment] on those [who] dwell in [the] land of Egypt just as I visited [judgment] on Jerusalem by the sword by famine and by pestilence.
わたしはエルサレムを罰したように、つるぎと、ききんと、疫病をもってエジプトに住んでいる者を罰する。
14 And not he will belong an escapee and a survivor to [the] remnant of Judah who went to sojourn there in [the] land of Egypt and to return - [the] land of Judah where they [are] lifting up desire their to return to dwell there for not they will return that except fugitives.
それゆえ、エジプトの地へ行ってそこに住んでいるユダの残りの者のうち、のがれ、または残って、帰り住まおうと願うユダの地へ帰る者はひとりもない。少数ののがれる者のほかには、帰ってくる者はない」。
15 And they answered Jeremiah all the men who knew that [were] making smoke wives their to gods other and all the women who were standing by a company great and all the people who were dwelling in [the] land of Egypt in Pathros saying.
その時、自分の妻がほかの神々に香をたいたことを知っている人々、およびその所に立っている女たちの大いなる群衆、ならびにエジプトの地のパテロスに住んでいる民はエレミヤに答えて言った、
16 The word which you have spoken to us in [the] name of Yahweh not we [are] about to listen to you.
「あなたが主の名によってわたしたちに述べられた言葉は、わたしたちは聞くことができません。
17 For certainly we will do every thing - which it has gone out from mouth our to make smoke to [the] queen of the heavens and to pour out to her drink offerings just as we have done we and ancestors our kings our and officials our in [the] cities of Judah and in [the] streets of Jerusalem and we were satisfied food and we were good and distress not we saw.
わたしたちは誓ったことをみな行い、わたしたちが、もと行っていたように香を天后にたき、また酒をその前に注ぎます。すなわち、ユダの町々とエルサレムのちまたで、わたしたちとわたしたちの先祖たちおよびわたしたちの王たちと、わたしたちのつかさたちが行ったようにいたします。その時には、わたしたちは糧食には飽き、しあわせで、災に会いませんでした。
18 And from then we ceased to make smoke to [the] queen of the heavens and to pour out to her drink offerings we have lacked everything and by the sword and by the famine we have met our end.
ところが、わたしたちが、天后に香をたくことをやめ、酒をその前に注がなくなった時から、すべての物に乏しくなり、つるぎとききんに滅ぼされました」。
19 And if we [were] making smoke to [the] queen of the heavens and to pour out to her drink offerings ¿ without husbands our did we make for her cakes to form image her and to pour out to her drink offerings.
また女たちは言った、「わたしたちが天后に香をたき、酒をその前に注ぐに当って、これにかたどってパンを造り、酒を注いだのは、わたしたちの夫が許したことではありませんか」。
20 And he said Jeremiah to all the people to the men and to the women and to all the people who had answered him a word saying.
そこでエレミヤは男女のすべての人、およびこの答をしたすべての民に言った、
21 ¿ Not the incense which you made smoke in [the] cities of Judah and in [the] streets of Jerusalem you and ancestors your kings your and officials your and [the] people of the land them did he remember Yahweh and did it come up on heart his.
「ユダの町々とエルサレムのちまたで、あなたがたとあなたがたの先祖たち、およびあなたがたの王たちとあなたがたのつかさたち、およびその地の民が香をたいたことは、主がこれを忘れず、また、心にとどめておられることではないか。
22 And not he was able Yahweh still to endure because of [the] wickedness of deeds your because of the abominations which you did and it has become land your a desolation and a waste and a curse from not inhabitant as the day this.
主はあなたがたの悪しきわざのため、あなたがたの憎むべき行いのために、もはや忍ぶことができなくなられた。それゆえ、あなたがたの地は今日のごとく荒れ地となり、驚きとなり、のろいとなり、住む人のない地となった。
23 Because that you made smoke and that you had sinned to Yahweh and not you listened to [the] voice of Yahweh and in law his and in decrees his and in testimonies his not you walked there-fore it has happened to you the calamity this as the day this.
あなたがたが香をたき、主に罪を犯し、主の声に聞き従わず、その律法と、定めと、あかしに従って歩まなかったので、今日のようにこの災があなたがたに臨んだのである」。
24 And he said Jeremiah to all the people and to all the women hear [the] word of Yahweh O all Judah which [is] in [the] land of Egypt.
エレミヤはまたすべての民と女たちに言った、「あなたがたすべてエジプトの地にいるユダの人々よ、主の言葉を聞きなさい。
25 Thus he says Yahweh of hosts [the] God of Israel saying you and wives your and you have spoken with mouth your and with hands your you have fulfilled - saying certainly we will perform vows our which we have vowed to make smoke to [the] queen of the heavens and to pour out to her drink offerings certainly you will carry out vows your and certainly you will perform vows your.
万軍の主、イスラエルの神はこう言われる、あなたがたとあなたがたの妻たちは口で言い、手で行い、『わたしたちは天后に香をたき、酒を注いで立てた誓いを必ずなし遂げる』と言う。それならば、あなたがたの誓いをかため、あなたがたの誓いをなし遂げなさい。
26 Therefore hear [the] word of Yahweh O all Judah who are dwelling in [the] land of Egypt here I I swear by own name my great he says Yahweh if it will be again name my named - by [the] mouth of - any person of Judah [who] says [by] [the] life of [the] Lord Yahweh in all [the] land of Egypt.
それゆえ、あなたがたすべてエジプトの地にいるユダの人々よ、主の言葉を聞きなさい。主は言われる、わたしは自分の大いなる名をさして誓う、すなわちエジプトの全地に、ユダの人々で、その口に、『主なる神は生きておられる』と言って、わたしの名をとなえるものは、もはやひとりもないようになる。
27 Here I [am] watching over them for harm and not for good and they will meet their end every person of Judah who [is] in [the] land of Egypt by the sword and by famine until come to an end they.
見よ、わたしは彼らを見守っている、それは幸を与えるためではなく、災を下すためである。エジプトの地にいるユダの人々は、つるぎとききんによって滅び絶える。
28 And escapees of [the] sword they will return! from [the] land of Egypt [the] land of Judah men of number and they will know all [the] remnant of Judah who went to [the] land of Egypt to sojourn there [the] word of whom? will it be established from me and from them.
しかし、つるぎをのがれるわずかの者はエジプトの地を出てユダの地に帰る。そしてユダの残っている民でエジプトに来て住んだ者は、わたしの言葉が立つか、彼らの言葉が立つか、いずれであるかを知るようになる。
29 And this for you [will be] the sign [the] utterance of Yahweh that [am] about to visit [judgment] I on you in the place this so that you may know that certainly they will be established words my on you for harm.
主は言われる、わたしがこの所であなたがたを罰するしるしはこれである。わたしはこのようにしてわたしがあなたがたに災を下そうと言った事の必ず立つことを知らせよう。
30 Thus - he says Yahweh here I [am] about to give Pharaoh Hophra [the] king of Egypt in [the] hand of enemies his and in [the] hand of [those who] seek life his just as I gave Zedekiah [the] king of Judah in [the] hand of Nebuchadnezzar [the] king of Babylon enemy his and [one who] sought life his.
すなわち主はこう言われる、見よ、わたしはユダの王ゼデキヤを、その命を求める敵であるバビロンの王ネブカデレザルの手に渡したように、エジプトの王パロ・ホフラをその敵の手、その命を求める者の手に渡す」。

< Jeremiah 44 >