2 Chronicles 32
1 After King Hezekiah had obeyed Yahweh’s instructions and had done all those things, King Sennacherib of Assyria came [with his army] and invaded Judah. He commanded his soldiers to surround the cities that had walls around them, thinking that they would [break through those walls and] conquer those cities.
ヒゼキヤがこれらの事を忠実に行った後、アッスリヤの王セナケリブが来てユダに侵入し、堅固な町々に向かって陣を張り、これを攻め取ろうとした。
2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come [with his army] and that they intended to attack Jerusalem,
ヒゼキヤはセナケリブが来て、エルサレムを攻めようとするのを見たので、
3 he consulted with his officials and army leaders. They said among themselves, “Why should we allow the king of Assyria [and his army] to come and find plenty of water to drink?” So they decided to stop the water from flowing outside the city. So a large group of men gathered together and blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through that area.
そのつかさたちおよび勇士たちと相談して、町の外にある泉の水を、ふさごうとした。彼らはこれを助けた。
多くの民は集まって、すべての泉および国の中を流れる谷川をふさいで言った、「アッスリヤの王たちがきて、多くの水を得られるようなことをしておいていいだろうか」。
5 Then they worked hard to repair all the sections of the city wall that had been broken, and they built watchtowers on the walls. They built another wall outside/around the wall that was already outside the city, and they strengthened the defenses on the sloping terraces [on the east side of the area called ‘The City of David’]. They also made a large number of weapons and shields.
ヒゼキヤはまた勇気を出して、破れた城壁をことごとく築き直して、その上にやぐらを建て、その外にまた城壁を巡らし、ダビデの町のミロを堅固にし、武器および盾を多く造り、
6 Hezekiah appointed army commanders, and he gathered them in front of him in the square at one of the city gates, and he encouraged them by saying this to them:
軍長を民の上に置き、町の門の広場に民を集めて、これを励まして言った、
7 “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged on account of the king of Assyria and the huge army that is with him, because [Yahweh] is with us, and his [power] is greater than their [power].
「心を強くし、勇みたちなさい。アッスリヤの王をも、彼と共にいるすべての群衆をも恐れてはならない。おののいてはならない。われわれと共におる者は彼らと共におる者よりも大いなる者だからである。
8 They have to rely on the power of humans, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and to fight battles for us.” So the people became more confident because of what Hezekiah, the king of Judah, said.
彼と共におる者は肉の腕である。しかしわれわれと共におる者はわれわれの神、主であって、われわれを助け、われわれに代って戦われる」。民はユダの王ヒゼキヤの言葉に安心した。
9 Later, when Sennacherib and all his soldiers were surrounding Lachish [city], he sent some officers to Jerusalem to give this message to King Hezekiah and to all the people of Judah who were there:
この後アッスリヤの王セナケリブはその全軍をもってラキシを囲んでいたが、その家来をエルサレムにつかわして、ユダの王ヒゼキヤおよびエルサレムにいるすべてのユダの人に告げさせて言った、
10 “[I am] Sennacherib, the [great] king of Assyria, [and] this is what I say: 'While you are staying in Jerusalem, my soldiers are surrounding the city. So why [RHQ] are you so confident?
「アッスリヤの王セナケリブはこう言います、『あなたがたは何を頼んでエルサレムにこもっているのか。
11 Hezekiah says to you, “Yahweh our God will save us from [being defeated by the army of] the king of Assyria,” but he is misleading you. He wants you to die from having no food or water.
ヒゼキヤは「われわれの神、主がアッスリヤの王の手から、われわれを救ってくださる」と言って、あなたがたをそそのかし、飢えと、かわきをもって、あなたがたを死なせようとしているのではないか。
12 Isn’t Hezekiah the one who told his men to get rid of your god Yahweh’s shrines and altars on the hilltops, saying to [you people of] Jerusalem and other places in Judah, “You must worship at only one altar and burn sacrifices on only that altar”?
このヒゼキヤは主のもろもろの高き所と祭壇を取り除き、ユダとエルサレムに命じて、「あなたがたはただ一つの祭壇の前で礼拝し、その上に犠牲をささげなければならない」と言った者ではないか。
13 'Do you people not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people-groups in other countries? [We destroyed them all, and] none of the gods of those nations were ever able to prevent my [troops] from conquering them! So how can your god prevent my soldiers from conquering you?
あなたがたは、わたしおよびわたしの先祖たちが、他の国々のすべての民にしたことを知らないのか。それらの国々の民の神々は、少しでもその国を、わたしの手から救い出すことができたか。
わたしの先祖たちが滅ぼし尽したそれらの国民のもろもろの神のうち、だれか自分の民をわたしの手から救い出すことのできたものがあるか。それで、どうしてあなたがたの神が、あなたがたをわたしの手から救い出すことができよう。
15 So do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you like this. Do not believe what he says, because no god of any nation or kingdom has ever been able to rescue his people from being conquered by my army and the armies of my ancestors. So certainly your god will not be able to rescue you from my power'.”
それゆえ、あなたがたはヒゼキヤに欺かれてはならない。そそのかされてはならない。また彼を信じてはならない。いずれの民、いずれの国の神もその民をわたしの手、または、わたしの先祖の手から救いだすことができなかったのだから、ましてあなたがたの神が、どうしてわたしの手からあなたがたを救いだすことができようか』」。
16 Sennacherib’s officers said more things to belittle Yahweh the God of the Israelis and Hezekiah, who served God [well].
セナケリブの家来は、このほかにも多く主なる神、およびそのしもべヒゼキヤをそしった。
17 King Sennacherib wrote more letters insulting Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis [belonged to/worshiped]. He said things like this: “The gods [worshiped by] the people-groups in other countries did not rescue their people from my power. Similarly, the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my power.”
セナケリブはまた手紙を書き送って、イスラエルの神、主をあざけり、かつそしって言った、「諸国の民の神々が、その民をわたしの手から救い出さなかったように、ヒゼキヤの神も、その民をわたしの手から救い出さないであろう」と。
18 Then King Sennachereb’s officers shouted in the Hebrew language to the people who were on the wall, in order to cause them to be terrified, thinking that as a result the army of Assyria could capture the city [without a battle].
そして彼らは大声をあげ、ユダヤの言葉をもって、城壁の上にいるエルサレムの民に向かって叫び、これをおどし、かつおびやかした。彼らは町を取るためである。
19 They belittled the God [worshiped by the people] of Jerusalem as they belittled the gods of the other people-groups of the world—saying that they were only [idols] made by humans.
このように彼らがエルサレムの神について語ること、人の手のわざである地上の民の神々について語るようであった。
20 Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah cried out to God, praying about this.
そこでヒゼキヤ王およびアモツの子預言者イザヤは共に祈って、天に呼ばわったので、
21 And [that night] Yahweh sent an angel who killed all the soldiers of Assyria and their leaders and their officers in the place where the king of Assyria and his army had set up their tents. So the king of Assyria left and returned to his own country, very disgraced. And one day when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons struck him with their swords and killed him.
主はひとりのみ使をつかわして、アッスリヤ王の陣営にいるすべての大勇士と将官、軍長らを滅ぼされた。それで王は赤面して自分の国に帰ったが、その神の家にはいった時、その子のひとりが、つるぎをもって彼をその所で殺した。
22 That is how Yahweh rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from their other enemies. Yahweh took care of them (OR, gave them peace) everywhere in the country.
このように主は、ヒゼキヤとエルサレムの住民をアッスリヤの王セナケリブの手およびすべての敵の手から救い出し、いたる所で彼らを守られた。
23 Many people brought offerings for Yahweh to Jerusalem, and also brought valuable gifts for King Hezekiah. And from that time, Hezekiah was highly respected/honored by the people of all the other nations.
そこで多くの人々はささげ物をエルサレムに携えてきて主にささげ、また宝物をユダの王ヒゼキヤに贈った。この後ヒゼキヤは万国の民に尊ばれた。
24 About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered his prayer. He performed a miracle [and healed Hezekiah].
そのころ、ヒゼキヤは病んで死ぬばかりであったが、主に祈ったので、主はこれに答えて、しるしを賜わった。
25 But Hezekiah [SYN] was very proud, and he did not thank Yahweh for being kind to him. Therefore Yahweh was angry with him and [and punished him] and [the people of] Jerusalem and other places in Judah.
しかしヒゼキヤはその受けた恵みに報いることをせず、その心が高ぶったので、怒りが彼とユダおよびエルサレムに臨もうとしたが、
26 Then Hezekiah said that he was sorry for being proud, and the people of Jerusalem also said that they were sorry [for their sins]. So Yahweh did not punish them during the remaining years that Hezekiah [was their king].
ヒゼキヤはその心の高ぶりを悔いてへりくだり、またエルサレムの住民も同様にしたので、主の怒りは、ヒゼキヤの世には彼らに臨まなかった。
27 Hezekiah became very rich and was greatly honored. His [workers] made storerooms for his silver and gold, and for his very valuable stones, and for spices and shields and other valuable things.
ヒゼキヤは富と栄誉をきわめ、宝蔵を造って、金、銀、宝石、香料、盾および各種の尊い器物をおさめ、
28 [His workers] also built buildings to store the grain and wine and [olive] oil [that people produced and brought to him]. They also made stalls for various kinds of cattle and pens for his flocks [of sheep and goats].
また倉庫を造って穀物、酒、油などの産物をおさめ、小屋を造って種々の家畜を置き、おりを造って羊の群れを置き、
29 They built towns and acquired for the king many flocks [of sheep and goats] and herds [of cattle], because God had enabled him to become very rich.
また多数の町を設け、かつ羊と牛をおびただしく所有した。神が非常に多くの貨財を彼に賜わったからである。
30 Hezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the Gihon Spring, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called ‘The City of David’. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do.
このヒゼキヤはまたギホンの水の上の源をふさいで、これをダビデの町の西の方にまっすぐに引き下した。このようにヒゼキヤはそのすべてのわざをなし遂げた。
31 But when messengers who were sent by the rulers of Babylon came and asked about the miracle that God had performed for him, God allowed Hezekiah to say what he himself wanted to say, in order to test [whether or not Hezekiah would admit that God had performed a miracle].
しかしバビロンの君たちが使者をつかわして、この国にあった、しるしについて尋ねさせた時には、神は彼を試みて、彼の心にあることを、ことごとく知るために彼を捨て置かれた。
32 A record of the other things that happened while Hezekiah was ruling, and the things that he did to please God, is on the scroll in which is written the vision that [Yahweh gave to] the prophet Isaiah. It is also written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’.
ヒゼキヤのその他の行為およびその徳行は、アモツの子預言者イザヤの黙示とユダとイスラエルの列王の書にしるされている。
33 When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the tombs where the most respected kings [of Judah] were buried. Everyone in Jerusalem and other places in Judah honored him. Then his son Manasseh became the king.
ヒゼキヤはその先祖たちと共に眠ったので、ダビデの子孫の墓のうちの高い所に葬られた。ユダの人々およびエルサレムの住民は皆その死に当って彼に敬意を表した。その子マナセが彼に代って王となった。
