1 Samuel 4
1 And Samuel told to all the people of Israel the messages that God gave him. At that time the Israeli army went to fight against the army of the Philistine people. The Israeli army set up their tents at Ebenezer, and the Philistine army set up their tents at Aphek.
イスラエルびとは出てペリシテびとと戦おうとして、エベネゼルのほとりに陣をしき、ペリシテびとはアペクに陣をしいた。
2 The Philistine army attacked the Israeli army, and as the battle continued, the Philistines defeated the Israelis and killed about 4,000 of their soldiers.
ペリシテびとはイスラエルびとにむかって陣備えをしたが、戦うに及んで、イスラエルびとはペリシテびとの前に敗れ、ペリシテびとは戦場において、おおよそ四千人を殺した。
3 When the remaining Israeli soldiers returned to their camp, the Israeli elders/leaders said, “Why did Yahweh allow the Philistine army to defeat us today? We should bring the chest that contains the Ten Commandments here from Shiloh, in order that Yahweh will go with us [when we go to the battle again, and] in order that our enemies will not defeat us again!”
民が陣営に退いた時、イスラエルの長老たちは言った、「なにゆえ、主はきょう、ペリシテびとの前にわれわれを敗られたのか。シロへ行って主の契約の箱をここへ携えてくることにしよう。そして主をわれわれのうちに迎えて、敵の手から救っていただこう」。
4 So the soldiers did that. They sent some men to Shiloh, and those men brought back the chest that contained the Ten Commandments. [They thought that if they did that, Yahweh would help them. They believed that] Yahweh sat on a throne between the statues of winged creatures [that were on top of] the chest that Yahweh Almighty [had given them]. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, went with them.
そこで民は人をシロにつかわし、ケルビムの上に座しておられる万軍の主の契約の箱を、そこから携えてこさせた。その時エリのふたりの子、ホフニとピネハスは神の契約の箱と共に、その所にいた。
5 When the Israeli people saw [the men bringing] the box into their camp, they were so happy that they shouted loudly. They shouted so loudly that they made the ground shake!
主の契約の箱が陣営についた時、イスラエルびとはみな大声で叫んだので、地は鳴り響いた。
6 The Philistines asked, “What are the people in the Hebrew camp shouting about?” Someone told them that they were shouting because the chest that contained the Ten Commandments of Yahweh had been brought to them.
ペリシテびとは、その叫び声を聞いて言った、「ヘブルびとの陣営の、この大きな叫び声は何事か」。そして主の箱が、陣営に着いたことを知った時、
7 Then the Philistines became very afraid. They said, “One of the Israelis’ gods has come into their camp [to help them] We are in big trouble now! Nothing like this has happened to us before!
ペリシテびとは恐れて言った、「神々が陣営にきたのだ」。彼らはまた言った、「ああ、われわれはわざわいである。このようなことは今までなかった。
8 (Who can/Can anyone) save us from their powerful gods [RHQ]? They are the gods who struck the people of Egypt with many plagues [before the Israelis left Egypt and traveled] through the desert.
ああ、われわれはわざわいである。だれがわれわれをこれらの強い神々の手から救い出すことができようか。これらの神々は、もろもろの災をもってエジプトびとを荒野で撃ったのだ。
9 You Philistine men, be courageous! Fight very hard! If you do not do that, [they will defeat us, and then] you will become their slaves, just like they have been our slaves previously!”
ペリシテびとよ、勇気を出して男らしくせよ。ヘブルびとがあなたがたに仕えたように、あなたがたが彼らに仕えることのないために、男らしく戦え」。
10 So the Philistine men fought very hard, and they defeated the Israelis. They killed 30,000 Israeli soldiers, and the other Israeli soldiers fled and ran away to their tents.
こうしてペリシテびとが戦ったので、イスラエルびとは敗れて、おのおのその家に逃げて帰った。戦死者はひじょうに多く、イスラエルの歩兵で倒れたものは三万であった。
11 The Philistines captured the sacred chest, and they killed Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas.
また神の箱は奪われ、エリのふたりの子、ホフニとピネハスは殺された。
12 On that same day, one man of the tribe [descended from] Benjamin tore his clothes and threw dirt on his head [to show that he was very sad]. He ran from the place where the armies were fighting, and he arrived at Shiloh late [that afternoon].
その日ひとりのベニヤミンびとが、衣服を裂き、頭に土をかぶって、戦場から走ってシロにきた。
13 Eli was waiting beside the road. [He wanted to hear news about the battle, and] he was also very anxious to know if anything bad had happened to God’s sacred chest. When the messenger arrived and told people what had happened, everyone in the town started to cry loudly.
彼が着いたとき、エリは道のかたわらにある自分の座にすわって待ちかまえていた。その心に神の箱の事を気づかっていたからである。その人が町にはいって、情報をつたえたので、町はこぞって叫んだ。
14 Eli asked, “Why are they making all that noise?” The messenger ran over to Eli and told him the news.
エリはその叫び声を聞いて言った、「この騒ぎ声は何か」。その人は急いでエリの所へきてエリに告げた。
15 At that time, Eli was 98 years old, and he was blind.
その時エリは九十八歳で、その目は固まって見ることができなかった。
16 The messenger said to Eli, “I have just come from where the armies were fighting. I left there earlier today.” Eli asked, “What happened?”
その人はエリに言った、「わたしは戦場からきたものです。きょう戦場からのがれたのです」。エリは言った、「わが子よ、様子はどうであったか」。
17 The man replied, “The Philistines defeated our Israeli army. They killed thousands of our soldiers, and the others ran away. The Philistines killed your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. They also captured God’s sacred chest.”
しらせをもたらしたその人は答えて言った、「イスラエルびとは、ペリシテびとの前から逃げ、民のうちにはまた多くの戦死者があり、あなたのふたりの子、ホフニとピネハスも死に、神の箱は奪われました」。
18 Eli was very old, and he was very fat; and when he heard what had happened to the sacred chest, he fell backward from his chair beside the town gate. His neck was broken and he died. He had led the Israeli people for 40 years before he died.
彼が神の箱のことを言ったとき、エリはその座から、あおむけに門のかたわらに落ち、首を折って死んだ。老いて身が重かったからである。彼のイスラエルをさばいたのは四十年であった。
19 The wife/widow of Eli’s son Phinehas was pregnant, and it was almost time for her to give birth to her baby. When she heard that God’s sacred chest had been captured and that her husband and her father-in-law were dead, her labor pains suddenly began. She quickly gave birth to a boy.
彼の嫁、ピネハスの妻はみごもって出産の時が近づいていたが、神の箱が奪われたこと、しゅうとと夫が死んだというしらせを聞いたとき、陣痛が起り身をかがめて子を産んだ。
20 The women who were helping her tried to encourage her by saying to her, “You have given birth to a son!” But she did not pay any attention [DOU] to what they said.
彼女が死にかかっている時、世話をしていた女が彼女に言った、「恐れることはありません。男の子が生れました」。しかし彼女は答えもせず、また顧みもしなかった。
21 She named the boy Ichabod, which means ‘no glory’, because she said, “[God’s] glory has departed from Israel.” She said that because God’s sacred chest had been captured and because her husband and her father-in-law had died.
ただ彼女は「栄光はイスラエルを去った」と言って、その子をイカボデと名づけた。これは神の箱の奪われたこと、また彼女のしゅうとと夫のことによるのである。
22 She said, “[God’s] glory has left Israel, because God’s sacred chest has been captured!” And then she died.
彼女はまた、「栄光はイスラエルを去った。神の箱が奪われたからです」と言った。
