Acts 21
1 [After] we said goodbye to the elders [from Ephesus], we [got on the ship and] sailed to Cos [Island, where the ship stopped for the night]. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes [Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after] that we sailed to Patara [town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island].
私たちは彼らと別れて出帆し、コスに直航し、翌日ロドスに着き、そこからパタラに渡った。
2 [At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that] there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia [region. So] we got on that ship, and it left.
そこにはフェニキヤ行きの船があったので、それに乗って出帆した。
3 [We sailed until] we could see Cyprus [Island]. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at [Phoenicia region, in] Syria [province]. We arrived at Tyre [city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers] had to unload the cargo.
やがてキプロスが見えて来たが、それを左にして、シリヤに向かって航海を続け、ツロに上陸した。ここで船荷を降ろすことになっていたからである。
4 [Someone told us] where the believers in Tyre lived, so we [(exc) went and] stayed with them for seven days. Because [God’s] Spirit revealed to them ([that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer]) [in Jerusalem], they told Paul that he should not go there.
私たちは弟子たちを見つけ出して、そこに七日間滞在した。彼らは、御霊に示されて、エルサレムに上らぬようにと、しきりにパウロに忠告した。
5 But when it was time [for the ship to leave again], we [prepared to] continue going [to Jerusalem]. When we left [Tyre], all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us [to the edge of the sea]. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed.
しかし、滞在の日数が尽きると、私たちはそこを出て、旅を続けることにした。彼らはみな、妻や子どももいっしょに、町はずれまで私たちを送って来た。そして、ともに海岸にひざまずいて祈ってから、私たちは互いに別れを告げた。
6 After we all said goodbye, Paul and we [his companions] got on the ship, and the [other] believers returned to their own homes.
それから私たちは船に乗り込み、彼らは家へ帰って行った。
7 After we [(exc)] left Tyre, we continued on [that ship] to Ptolemais [city]. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night.
私たちはツロからの航海を終えて、トレマイに着いた。そこの兄弟たちにあいさつをして、彼らのところに一日滞在した。
8 The next day we left [Ptolemais] and sailed to Caesarea [city], where we stayed in the home of Philip, who [spent his days] telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven [men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows].
翌日そこを立って、カイザリヤに着き、あの七人のひとりである伝道者ピリポの家にはいって、そこに滞在した。
9 He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them.
この人には、預言する四人の未婚の娘がいた。
10 After [we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for] several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea [district] and arrived [in Caesarea]. He [frequently] spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him.
幾日かそこに滞在していると、アガボという預言者がユダヤから下って来た。
11 Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem will tie up [the hands and feet of] the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people [as a prisoner].’”
彼は私たちのところに来て、パウロの帯を取り、自分の両手と両足を縛って、「『この帯の持ち主は、エルサレムでユダヤ人に、こんなふうに縛られ、異邦人の手に渡される。』と聖霊がお告げになっています。」と言った。
12 When [the rest of] us heard that, we and [other] believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!”
私たちはこれを聞いて、土地の人たちといっしょになって、パウロに、エルサレムには上らないよう頼んだ。
13 But Paul replied, “(Please stop crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going!]/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me [IDM] [from going]?) [RHQ] I am willing to be put {[for people] to put me} in prison and also to be killed {[for them] to kill me} in Jerusalem because I [serve] [MTY] the Lord Jesus.”
するとパウロは、「あなたがたは、泣いたり、私の心をくじいたりして、いったい何をしているのですか。私は、主イエスの御名のためなら、エルサレムで縛られることばかりでなく、死ぬことさえも覚悟しています。」と答えた。
14 When [we(exc) realized that] he was determined [to go to Jerusalem], we did not try [any longer] to persuade him [not to go]. We said, “May (the Lord [God] do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done)!”
彼が聞き入れようとしないので、私たちは、「主のみこころのままに。」と言って、黙ってしまった。
15 After those days [in Caesarea], we [(exc)] prepared [our things] and [left to] go [by land] up to Jerusalem.
こうして数日たつと、私たちは旅仕度をして、エルサレムに上った。
16 Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. [On the way to Jerusalem], we stayed [one night] in the house of [a man whose name was] Mnason. He was from Cyprus [Island], and he had believed [in Jesus] when people were first beginning to hear the message [about him].
カイザリヤの弟子たちも幾人か私たちと同行して、古くからの弟子であるキプロス人マナソンのところに案内してくれた。私たちはそこに泊まることになっていたのである。
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, [a group of] the believers greeted us happily.
エルサレムに着くと、兄弟たちは喜んで私たちを迎えてくれた。
18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, [who was the leader of the congregation there]. All of the [other] leaders/elders [of the congregation in Jerusalem] were also there.
次の日、パウロは私たちを連れて、ヤコブを訪問した。そこには長老たちがみな集まっていた。
19 Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people.
彼らにあいさつしてから、パウロは彼の奉仕を通して神が異邦人の間でなさったことを、一つ一つ話しだした。
20 When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then [one of] them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you [(sg)] know that there are very many thousands of us [(inc)] Jewish people [here] who have believed [in the Lord Jesus]. Also, you know that we [(inc)] all continue very carefully to obey the laws [that Moses gave us].
彼らはそれを聞いて神をほめたたえ、パウロにこう言った。「兄弟よ。ご承知のように、ユダヤ人の中で信仰にはいっている者は幾万となくありますが、みな律法に熱心な人たちです。
21 [But our fellow Jewish believers] have been told {have heard [people say]} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying [the laws] [MTY] ([of] Moses/[that] Moses [received from God]). [People say that] you tell [those Jewish believers] not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our [other] customs. [We(exc) do not believe that this is true].
ところで、彼らが聞かされていることは、あなたは異邦人の中にいるすべてのユダヤ人に、子どもに割礼を施すな、慣習に従って歩むな、と言って、モーセにそむくように教えているということなのです。
22 But our fellow [Jewish] believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, [and they will be angry with you]. So [you] need to do something [RHQ] [to show them that what they heard about you is not true].
それで、どうしましょうか。あなたが来たことは、必ず彼らの耳にはいるでしょう。
23 So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised [to God] about [something].
ですから、私たちの言うとおりにしてください。私たちの中に誓願を立てている者が四人います。
24 Go with these men [to the Temple] and [ritually] purify yourself along with them. Then, [when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual], pay for what they offer [as sacrifices]. After that, they can shave their heads [to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men], they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws [and rituals].
この人たちを連れて、あなたも彼らといっしょに身を清め、彼らが頭をそる費用を出してやりなさい。そうすれば、あなたについて聞かされていることは根も葉もないことで、あなたも律法を守って正しく歩んでいることが、みなにわかるでしょう。
25 As for the non-Jewish believers, [we elders here in Jerusalem have talked] about [which of our laws] they [should obey, and] we [(exc)] wrote them [a letter, telling them] what we decided. [We wrote] that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, [that they should not eat] blood [from animals], and that [they should not eat] meat from animals [that people have killed by] strangling [them. We also told them that] they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.”
信仰にはいった異邦人に関しては、偶像の神に供えた肉と、血と、絞め殺した物と、不品行とを避けるべきであると決定しましたので、私たちはすでに手紙を書きました。」
26 So Paul [agreed to do what they asked], and the next day he took the [four] men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple [courts and] told [the priest] what day they would [finish] purifying themselves [ritually] and when [they] would offer [the animals as sacrifices] for each of them.
そこで、パウロはその人たちを引き連れ、翌日、ともに身を清めて宮にはいり、清めの期間が終わって、ひとりひとりのために供え物をささげる日時を告げた。
27 When the seven days [for purifying themselves] were nearly finished, Paul [returned] to the Temple [courtyard]. Some Jews from Asia [province] saw him there, [and they were very angry at him]. On another day they had seen Paul [walking around] in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple [courtyard that day. So] they called out to many other Jews [who were in the Temple courtyard] to [help them] seize [MTY] Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help [us punish this] man! This is the one who is [constantly] teaching people wherever [he goes that they] should despise the [Jewish] people. [He teaches people that they should no longer obey] the laws [of Moses] nor respect this holy [Temple]. He has even brought non-Jews here into [the court of] our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!”
ところが、その七日がほとんど終わろうとしていたころ、アジヤから来たユダヤ人たちは、パウロが宮にいるのを見ると、全群衆をあおりたて、彼に手をかけて、
こう叫んだ。「イスラエルの人々。手を貸してください。この男は、この民と、律法と、この場所に逆らうことを、至る所ですべての人に教えている者です。そのうえ、ギリシヤ人を宮の中に連れ込んで、この神聖な場所をけがしています。」
彼らは前にエペソ人トロピモが町でパウロといっしょにいるのを見かけたので、パウロが彼を宮に連れ込んだのだと思ったのである。
30 [People] throughout [MTY] the city heard that there was trouble [at the Temple courtyard], and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple [area]. The gates [to the Temple courtyard were shut] {[The Temple guards] shut the doors [to the Temple courts]} immediately, [so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area].
そこで町中が大騒ぎになり、人々は殺到してパウロを捕え、宮の外へ引きずり出した。そして、ただちに宮の門が閉じられた。
31 While they were trying to kill Paul, someone [ran to the fort near the Temple] and told the Roman commander that many [HYP] people [MTY] in Jerusalem were rioting [at the Temple].
彼らがパウロを殺そうとしていたとき、エルサレム中が混乱状態に陥っているという報告が、ローマ軍の千人隊長に届いた。
32 The commander quickly took some officers and [a large group of] soldiers and ran to [the Temple area where] the crowd was. When the crowd of people [who were yelling and beating Paul] saw the commander and the soldiers [coming], they stopped beating him.
彼はただちに、兵士たちと百人隊長たちとを率いて、彼らのところに駆けつけた。人々は千人隊長と兵士たちを見て、パウロを打つのをやめた。
33 The commander came to [where Paul was and] seized him. He [commanded soldiers] to fasten a chain to [each of] Paul’s [arms]. Then he asked [the people in the crowd], “Who is this man, and what has he done?”
千人隊長は近づいてパウロを捕え、二つの鎖につなぐように命じたうえ、パウロが何者なのか、何をしたのか、と尋ねた。
34 Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, [and] some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand [what they were shouting. So] he [commanded] that Paul be taken {[the soldiers] to take Paul} into the barracks [so that he could question him there].
しかし、群衆がめいめい勝手なことを叫び続けたので、その騒がしさのために確かなことがわからなかった。そこで千人隊長は、パウロを兵営に連れて行くように命令した。
35 [The soldiers] led Paul to the steps [of the barracks], but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill [Paul. So the commander told] the soldiers to carry Paul [up the steps into the barracks].
パウロが階段にさしかかったときには、群衆の暴行を避けるために、兵士たちが彼をかつぎ上げなければならなかった。
36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!”
大ぜいの群衆が「彼を除け。」と叫びながら、ついて来たからである。
37 As Paul was about to be taken {[the soldiers] were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said [in Greek] to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “(I am surprised that you can speak the Greek [language]!/Can you [(sg)] speak the Greek [language]?)” [RHQ]
兵営の中に連れ込まれようとしたとき、パウロが千人隊長に、「一言お話ししてもよいでしょうか。」と尋ねると、千人隊長は、「あなたはギリシヤ語を知っているのか。
38 “(I [thought] that you [(sg)] were that fellow/Are you not that fellow) from Egypt [RHQ] who wanted to rebel [against the government not long ago], and who took 4,000 violent terrorists [with him] out into the desert, [so that we could not catch him]?”
するとあなたは、以前暴動を起こして、四千人の刺客を荒野に引き連れて逃げた、あのエジプト人ではないのか。」と言った。
39 Paul answered, “[No, I am not!] I am a Jew. I [was born] in Tarsus, which is an important [LIT] city in Cilicia [province]. I ask that you [(sg)] let me speak to the people.”
パウロは答えた。「私はキリキヤのタルソ出身のユダヤ人で、れっきとした町の市民です。お願いです。この人々に話をさせてください。」
40 Then the commander permitted Paul [to speak. So] Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand [for the crowd to be quiet. And after] the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in [their own] Hebrew language [MTY].
千人隊長がそれを許したので、パウロは階段の上に立ち、民衆に向かって手を振った。そして、すっかり静かになったとき、彼はヘブル語で次のように話した。
