2 Samuel 1
1 After Saul died, David [and the men who were with him] returned to Ziklag [town] after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days.
サウルが死んだ後、ダビデはアマレクびとを撃って帰り、ふつかの間チクラグにとどまっていたが、
2 On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head [to show that he was grieving]. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground [in front of David to show respect for him].
三日目となって、ひとりの人が、その着物を裂き、頭に土をかぶって、サウルの陣営からきた。そしてダビデのもとにきて、地に伏して拝した。
3 David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.”
ダビデは彼に言った、「あなたはどこからきたのか」。彼はダビデに言った、「わたしはイスラエルの陣営から、のがれてきたのです」。
4 David asked him, “What happened? Tell me [about the battle]!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan (are dead/were also killed).”
ダビデは彼に言った、「様子はどうであったか話しなさい」。彼は答えた、「民は戦いから逃げ、民の多くは倒れて死に、サウルとその子ヨナタンもまた死にました」。
5 David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
ダビデは自分と話している若者に言った、「あなたはサウルとその子ヨナタンが死んだのを、どうして知ったのか」。
6 The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain [where the battle occurred], and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The [enemy] chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul.
彼に話している若者は言った、「わたしは、はからずも、ギルボア山にいましたが、サウルはそのやりによりかかっており、戦車と騎兵とが彼に攻め寄ろうとしていました。
7 Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’
その時、彼はうしろを振り向いてわたしを見、わたしを呼びましたので、『ここにいます』とわたしは答えました。
8 He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’
彼は『おまえはだれか』と言いましたので、『アマレクびとです』と答えました。
9 Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’
彼はまたわたしに言いました、『そばにきて殺してください。わたしは苦しみに耐えない。まだ命があるからです』。
10 So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would (not continue to live/soon die). I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.”
そこで、わたしはそのそばにいって彼を殺しました。彼がすでに倒れて、生きることのできないのを知ったからです。そしてわたしは彼の頭にあった冠と、腕につけていた腕輪とを取って、それをわが主のもとに携えてきたのです」。
11 Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes [to show that they were very sad].
そのときダビデは自分の着物をつかんでそれを裂き、彼と共にいた人々も皆同じようにした。
12 They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and (fasted/abstained from eating food) until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle [MTY].
彼らはサウルのため、またその子ヨナタンのため、また主の民のため、またイスラエルの家のために悲しみ泣いて、夕暮まで食を断った。それは彼らがつるぎに倒れたからである。
13 Then David asked the young man who had told him [about the battle], “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.”
ダビデは自分と話していた若者に言った、「あなたはどこの人ですか」。彼は言った、「アマレクびとで、寄留の他国人の子です」。
14 David asked him, “(Why were you not afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king]?/You should have been afraid [that you would be punished if you] killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed [MTY] [to be the king].) [RHQ]
ダビデはまた彼に言った、「どうしてあなたは手を伸べて主の油を注がれた者を殺すことを恐れなかったのですか」。
15 You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty [MTY] of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him [with a sword].
ダビデはひとりの若者を呼び、「近寄って彼を撃て」と言った。そこで彼を撃ったので死んだ。
ダビデは彼に言った、「あなたの流した血の責めはあなたに帰する。あなたが自分の口から、『わたしは主の油を注がれた者を殺した』と言って、自身にむかって証拠を立てたからである」。
17 Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan,
ダビデはこの悲しみの歌をもって、サウルとその子ヨナタンのために哀悼した。
18 and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. [The song is called] ‘The Bow [and Arrow]’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar:
これは、ユダの人々に教えるための弓の歌で、ヤシャルの書にしるされている。彼は言った、
19 “You Israeli people, your glorious [MTY] leaders have been killed on the mountains! [It is very sad that] those mighty men have died!
「イスラエルよ、あなたの栄光は、あなたの高き所で殺された。ああ、勇士たちは、ついに倒れた。
20 “Do not tell it [to our enemies in the Philistia area]; do not tell to the people who live in Gath [city] what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon [city], because if you tell them, [even] the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those (pagan women/women who do not know God) to rejoice.
ガテにこの事を告げてはいけない。アシケロンのちまたに伝えてはならない。おそらくはペリシテびとの娘たちが喜び、割礼なき者の娘たちが勝ちほこるであろう。
21 I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of [the] Gilboa [area] [APO], and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty [king], fell on the ground. No one rubbed [olive] oil on Saul’s shield;
ギルボアの山よ、露はおまえの上におりるな。死の野よ、雨もおまえの上に降るな。その所に勇士たちの盾は捨てられ、サウルの盾は油を塗らずに捨てられた。
22 instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan [PRS] did not retreat carrying his bow [and arrows], and Saul always [defeated his enemies when he fought them] with his sword. [PRS, LIT]
殺した者の血を飲まずには、ヨナタンの弓は退かず、勇士の脂肪を食べないでは、サウルのつるぎは、むなしくは帰らなかった。
23 “Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together [LIT] while they lived and when they died. [In battles] they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions.
サウルとヨナタンとは、愛され、かつ喜ばれた。彼らは生きるにも、死ぬにも離れず、わしよりも早く、ししよりも強かった。
24 “You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes.
イスラエルの娘たちよ、サウルのために泣け。彼は緋色の着物をもって、はなやかにあなたがたを装い、あなたがたの着物に金の飾りをつけた。
25 “[It is very sad that] this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills.
ああ、勇士たちは戦いのさなかに倒れた。ヨナタンは、あなたの高き所で殺された。
26 Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves [her husband and her children].
わが兄弟ヨナタンよ、あなたのためわたしは悲しむ。あなたはわたしにとって、いとも楽しい者であった。あなたがわたしを愛するのは世の常のようでなく、女の愛にもまさっていた。
27 “It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned!
ああ、勇士たちは倒れた。戦いの器はうせた」。
