2 Samuel 2
1 Some time after that, David asked Yahweh, “Should I go back to [live in] one of the towns in Judah?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go up there.” Then David asked, “To which town should I go?” Yahweh replied, “To Hebron.”
此のちダビデ、ヱホバに問ていひけるは我ユダのひとつの邑にのぼるべきやヱホバかれにいひたまひけるはのぼれダビデいひけるは何處にのぼるべきやヱホバいひたまひけるはヘブロンにのぼるべしと
2 So David went up there, taking his two wives, Ahinoam who was from Jezreel [city], and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel [city].
ダビデすなはち彼處にのぼれりその二人の妻ヱズレル人アヒノアムおよびカルメル人ナバルの妻なりしアビガルもともにのぼれり
3 He also took the men who had been with him, and their families. They all started to live in villages near Hebron.
ダビデ其おのれとともにありし從者と其家族をことごとく將のぼりければ皆ヘブロンの諸巴にすめり
4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and [one of] them poured olive oil on David’s head [to show they were appointing him to be] [MTY] the king of the tribe [MTY] of Judah. When David found out that the people of Jabesh [town] in [the] Gilead [region] had buried Saul’s body,
時にユダの人々きたり彼處にてダビデに膏をそそぎてユダの家の王となせり 人々ダビデにつげてサウルを葬りしはヤベシギレアデの人なりといひければ
5 he sent messengers to the men of Jabesh to tell them this: “I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless you for having shown, by burying the body of Saul your king, that you were loyal to him.
ダビデ使者をヤベシギレアデの人におくりてこれにいひけるは汝らこの厚意を汝らの主サウルにあらはしてかれを葬りたればねがはくは汝らヱホバより福祉をえよ
6 Now I also desire/hope that Yahweh will faithfully love you and be loyal to you. And I will do good things for you because of what you have done [for Saul].
ねがはくはヱホバ恩寵と眞實を汝等にしめしたまへ汝らこの事をなしたるにより我亦汝らに此恩惠をしめすなり
7 Now, although Saul your king is dead, be strong and courageous, like the people of Judah, who have appointed me to be their king.”
されば汝ら手をつよくして勇ましくなれ汝らの主サウルは死たり又ユダの家我に膏をそそぎて我をかれらの王となしたればなりと
8 [While this was happening], Ner’s son Abner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth and went across [the Jordan River] to Mahanaim [town].
爰にサウルの軍の長ネルの子アブネル、サウルの子イシボセテを取りてこれをマナイムにみちびきわたり
9 There Abner proclaimed that Ishbosheth was now the king of [the] Gilead [region] and of the tribe of Asher and the region of Jezreel and the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin. That meant that he was the king of all of the people of Israel.
ギレアデとアシユリ人とヱズレルとエフライムとベニヤミンとイスラエルの衆の王となせり
10 Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he started to rule over the people of Israel. He ruled them for two years. But the tribe of Judah (was loyal to David/wanted David to be their king),
サウルの子イシボセテはイスラエルの王となりし時四十歳にして二年のあひだ位にありしがユダの家はダビデにしたがへり
11 and he ruled them for seven and a half years while he was living in Hebron.
ダビデのヘブロンにありてユダの家の王たりし日數は七年と六ヶ月なりき
12 [One day] Abner and the officials of Isbosheth went from Mahanaim [across the Jordan River] to Gibeon [city].
ネルの子アブネル及びサウルの子なるイシボセテの臣僕等マハナイムを出てギベオンに至れり
13 Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, and some of David’s officials [went from Hebron to Gibeon, and] met at the pool there. They all sat down, the one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the other side.
セルヤの子ヨアブとダビデの臣僕もいでゆけり彼らギベオンの池の傍にて出會一方は池の此畔に一方は池の彼畔に坐す
14 Abner said to Joab, “Let’s tell some of our young men to fight each other!” Joab replied, “Okay!”
アブネル、ヨアブにいひけるはいざ少者をして起て我らのまへに戯れしめんヨアブいひけるは起しめんと
15 So twelve men from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve of David’s soldiers.
サウルの子イシボセテに屬するベニヤミンの人其數十二人及びダビデの臣僕十二人起て前み
16 Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man’s side. The result was that all 24 of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called ‘Field of Swords’.
おのおの其敵手の首を執へて劍を其敵手の脅に刺し斯して彼等倶に斃れたり是故に其處はヘルカテハヅリム(利劍の地)と稱らる即ちギベオンにあり
17 Then [the others started to fight]. It was a very fierce battle. Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.
此日戰甚だ烈しくしてアブネルとイスラエルの人々ダビデの臣僕のまへに敗る
18 Zeruiah’s three sons were there [on that day]: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was able to run very fast; he could run as fast as a wild gazelle/antelope.
其處にゼルヤの三人の子ヨアブ、アビシヤイ、アサヘル居たりしがアサヘルは疾足なること野にをる麆のごとくなりき
19 Asahel started to pursue Abner. He ran straight toward Abner, without stopping.
アサヘル、アブネルの後を追ひけるが行に右左にまがらずアブネルの後をしたふ
20 Abner looked behind him, and said “Is that you, Asahel?” Asahel replied, “Yes!”
アブネル後を顧みていふ汝はアサヘルなるか彼しかりと答ふ
21 Abner yelled at him, “Turn to one side or the other, [and pursue someone else]!” But Asahel would not stop pursuing Abner.
アブネルかれにいひけるは汝の右か左に轉向て少者の一人を擒へて其戎服を取れと然どアサヘル、アブネルをおふことを罷て外に向ふを肯ぜず
22 So Abner yelled at him again, “Stop (chasing after/pursuing) me! (Why should I kill you?/It would not be good for me to kill you!) [RHQ] If I did that, (how could I (face/be reconciled with) your brother Joab?/it would be very difficult for me to (face/be reconciled with) your brother Joab.) [RHQ]”
アブネルふたたびアサヘルにいふ汝我を追ことをやめて外に向へ我なんぞ汝を地に撃ち仆すべけんや然せば我いかでかわが面を汝の兄ヨアブにむくべけんと
23 But Asahel refused to stop pursuing Abner. So Abner [suddenly turned and] thrust the butt end of his spear into Asahel’s stomach. Because he thrust it very strongly, that end of the spear [went though Asahel’s body and] came out at his back, and he fell to the ground, dead. All the other soldiers who came to the place where his body was lying stopped and stood there, [stunned].
然どもかれ外にむかふことをいなむによりアブネル槍の後銛をもてかれの腹を刺しければ槍その背後にいでたりかれ其處にたふれて立時に死り斯しかばアサヘルの仆れて死るところに來る者は皆たちどまれり
24 But Joab and Abishai continued to pursue Abner. At sunset they came to Ammah Hill, which is east of Giah, along the road to the desert near Gibeon.
されどヨアブとアビシヤイはアブネルの後を追きたりしがギベオンの野の道傍にギアの前にあるアンマの山にいたれる時日暮ぬ
25 The men from the tribe of Benjamin gathered around Abner in one group, and stood at the top of a hill.
ベニヤミンの子孫アブネルにしたがひて集まり一隊となりてひとつの山の頂にたてり
26 Then Abner called out to Joab, saying “Are we going to continue to fight forever [RHQ]? Do you not realize that [if we continue fighting], the result will be very bad [RHQ]? We are all descendants of Jacob. [So we should stop fighting each other] (How long will it be until you tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us?/Tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us.)” [RHQ]
爰にアブネル、ヨアブをよびていひけるは刀劍豈永久にほろぼさんや汝其終りには怨恨を結ぶにいたるをしらざるや汝何時まで民に其兄弟を追ふことをやめてかへることを命ぜざるや
27 Joab replied, “Just as surely as God lives, if you had not said that, my soldiers would have continued pursuing your men until tomorrow morning!”
ヨアブいひけるは神は活く若し汝が言出さざりしならば民はおのおの其兄弟を追はずして今晨のうちにさりゆきしならんと
28 So Joab blew a trumpet [to signal that they should stop fighting]. So all his men did that. They did not pursue the soldiers of Israel any more, and they stopped fighting.
かくてヨアブ喇叭を吹きければ民皆たちどまりて再イスラエルの後を追はずまたかさねて戰はざりき
29 That night Abner and his soldiers went through the Jordan [River] Valley. They crossed the Jordan [River] and marched all the next morning, and they finally arrived at Mahanaim.
アブネルと其從者終夜アラバを經ゆきてヨルダンを濟りビテロンを通りてマハナイムに至れり
30 Joab [and his soldiers] stopped pursuing Abner. And when he gathered all his soldiers together, he found out that in addition to Asahel, only 19 of them had been killed in the battle.
ヨアブ、アブネルを追ことをやめて歸り民をことごとく集めたるにダビデの臣僕十九人とアサヘル缺てをらざりき
31 But David’s soldiers had killed 360 of Abner’s men, all from the tribe of Benjamin.
されどダビデの臣僕はベニヤミンとアブネルの從者三百六十人を撃ち殺せり
32 [Some of Joab’s soldiers] took Asahel’s body and buried it in the tomb where his father had been buried, in Bethlehem. Then they marched all during the night, and at dawn they arrived [back home] at Hebron.
人々アサヘルを取りあげてベテレヘムにある其父の墓に葬るヨアブと其從者は終夜ゆきて黎明にヘブロンにいたれり
